Note to myself: Do not live in the past. That's what I got for today, this wonderful early morning in particular. Sure, I've had some fine memories, but try as I could to recreate them, I always would end up disappointed. We could produce duplicates - but do perfect copies of anything even exist? That's a thought.... Continue Reading →
Sample 25 – ‘Watering Hole’, Baguio 082012
I missed shooting lately so I've been using what's probably the latest piece of camera gear I got - The Toyota Revo - to go around to places around the city to shoot some updated 'scapes. I just had to stop in this particular area. It's funny because it was the view to the right... Continue Reading →
The Stillness Of Dawn
"A wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he establishes his way." - Proverbs 21:29 Do not be steered by the accusations that satan makes against you and other people. By the grace of God, through the blood of Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit, you have been made... Continue Reading →
Run! (Status, part II)
My mom gave me a magazine to read around a year ago, and it's been tucked away collecting dust... until now. As I was going through what I was going through in my previous post, and as I was talking to my girlfriend (and best friend) about what I was feeling, I was half-focused in... Continue Reading →
Sample 24 – A Delicate Farewell, Set 2 (Chula Vista ’11)
A few hours ago I was writing about how down I felt in a blog, considering all the issues I've been facing over the past weeks. There's crisis here and there, and I'm not talking in the general sense, but in my own personal life. Though I thought I was going on the right track... Continue Reading →
Status
(The first portion of this was written in McDonalds when my phone was running of out juice)Usually they would ask us at church how we are, to which a good majority would say, "I am greatly blessed, highly favored, and deeply loved by God." Right now, if someone were to ask me the same question,... Continue Reading →
Sample 23 – Ortigas Overpass, Night and Day
It's the return of the dreaded HDR... Well, at least what I hope are competent reasons to still do that processing approach. These used to be in my flickr photostream until I deleted them a few hours ago. I got some feedback regarding that first shot, that there was some barrel distortion going on. It's... Continue Reading →
Sample 22 – Faux Frost (Carmen 101110)
Add captionClose-Up GrassI'm downloading some tutorials on how to use Lightroom right now. While waiting I decided to go ahead and try playing with one of the many RAW files I have backed up here. No HDRs here, people. I ignored the Photomatix icon and opened the NEF file with Adobe Camera Raw (ACR), something... Continue Reading →
Checkpoint 2
Hunter//Gatherer20 Plus posts so far. I've been pretty lazy in the sense that I don't even look at the raw equivalents of the shots I've been taking, choosing to do very minimal post-processing techniques (mostly resizing) on JPEGs instead. So that's one thing I plan on doing moving forward - I've always been told to... Continue Reading →
Sample 21 – The Menacing Sun (Pensacola ’08)
Death Ray over Red LobsterThundercrackerYup, we're going back to HDR-Land for a bit. I will leave these shots edited as they were whenever I spent time on them, which could be years ago. One of the best ways to end a day in my book is a good meal followed by a relaxed shot. Last... Continue Reading →
JB's Personal Brain Defragmenter 