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…i have been working on post processing photos for the past days now and so far i am quite happy with the results. this is the 2nd leg of the whole wedding album. i hope that Anne and Mitch and family will like the whole package as much as i am happy with it.

really touch. it’s been 2 days since we got back from a 4-day fun-filled and gastronomic Connecticut vacation which started off with my niece’s wedding on Sunday. i even had the privilege to act as secondary photographer which is great. tiring but great. so far so good outcome too. this is what i am supposedly be working on right now, post processing so i can show you how it turned out and submit the final copy to the couple and of course, post on my photography website. it hasn’t been updated for months and it’s about time i do so. this hobby is slowly turning into a professional endeavor for me. i hope soon i can have my own photography business.

i’ll have to start off with unpacking though! haha! nah, i have started and it’s no fun. doing the first load of laundry and i don’t look forward to more. but then again, nobody will do it, and i can’t work in a conducive manner when my world is a big mess. ahhh!!! i miss binging and chatting and just playing, pure fun and family time is always the best!

…we have learned to love the quaint atmosphere of Newport, Rhode Island. kaya kung may pagkakataon, ito ang GUSTO naming balikan muli…

maraming turista ang nagpupunta dito dahil nar in siguro sa dahilang tinatawag na Ocean state ang Rhode Island. marami ang na-e-engganyong pumasyal sa may dagat. bukod doon, marami ring mga shopping-an!:)

An entry to Litratong Pinoy…GUSTO!

…i am taking this opportunity to ask you my equally photo enthusiastic friends, how do you really take good action shots in manual mode other than a fast shutter speed?

what is follow focus?

and this i want to try myself too..
“panning. using a slower shutter speed, follow the action and press the shutter while STILL MOVING the camera.”
..this way the subject remains in focus while the other objects around it blur which creates the illusion of movement in the photo.

the photo above on the other hand is quite the opposite if we take the kid as the main subject.

ilan lamang ito sa napakarami kong tanong at challenges sa ngayon.

in the mean time…i also think that every single day my kids go to their karate class is like a test to them as every single improvement they do every single day makes them eligible for a step up…and i’m so proud to say that for only about a year or even less they are both now donning brown belts with 2 stripes! 2 more stripes and they are on their way to a junior black belt!

An entry to Litratong Pinoy—PAGSUSULIT/TEST or exam.

..ang ibon.

..hindi nga ba’t ito ang simbulo ng pag-asa?

an entry to Litratong Pinoy…PAG-ASA. hope.

Our home telephone keeps on ringing and i let it do just that, ring. You know why? Most of them are telemarketers and i do not intend to waste my time talking or even listening to those people. But sometimes it gets me to questioning, what if one of those calls are from companies offering an auto insurance quote? Now that will save me time from searching and deciding which one to take, if in case they are reliable enough with a very promising package.

…one of life’s greatest upside. a gift worth treasuring. just glad that my daughter found this beautiful friendship early on in her life. what they have is so special that even studying in different middle schools cannot break that special bond. love seeing them together last Sunday, doing what they do…and Vicky giving Sam that hug when it was time for her to go home. and as she walked out, Samia said…’maybe in college we’ll be in the same school again.’ maybe…:)

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he set of photos where this shot is a part of, is the root of all evil…so to speak, of my recent heartache. the pain of losing a whole lot of good photos in the perfect setting, perfect subject is simply heart stabbing, mind wrenching pain!!! i tell ya! needless to say, i was oh so mad and sad the past days because of this and up until today i just can’t get over it. that said, i have decided to head back to Plimoth Plantation which is a trip to…

“the 17th century!where you can smell a pottage cooking inside a colonial house, or watch a traditional Wampanoag dugout boat being made….ask questions from skilled educators and interpreters. Make your textbooks come alive!”

..anyway…back to the photo. to make a long story short…this shot was one of the reasons why my files had to be deleted from the SD card that day. thinking i have already saved them on my hard drive. we went to this kite fest last Sunday for some family fun in the sun.oh it’s such a whole twisted story really.. i have 3 SD cards…all full. my card reader went dead.  i moved the photos from the said card through a USB, direct from the camera..for the very first time.my hard drive and external hard drive boinked on me too, losing space to save up files.i saw the photos…all of them in one particular folder! they were really good, if i should add. at least as far as i’ve seen in the few seconds i had to view them before we headed out.needless to say, i was rushing out and it sort of prompted me about the memory not enough to save [even send to recycle bin!] so it asked me if i want some files deleted permanently, and yes you guessed it right…i clicked yes. thinking the files are safe in one folder!!!! d’uh!!!!siguro, i just need to pour this all out by blogging about it…gaya ng ginagawa ko ngayon, para makalimutan ko na ang kaga—lingan ko! hahaha! anyway…napalitan naman ng ibang kasayahan ang lahat ng nangyari…sa pamamagitan nitong araw na ito…that was well spent. with the FAMILY! and well documented. more photos to come!

an entry to Litratong Pinoy…PAMILYA! dapat yatang title nitong post ko na ito, ‘ang sakit, sakit!’ ika nga ni bea alonzo sa isang movie..wahahaha!

…sort of. ang ibon na ito ay parang estranghero sa akin kais naman sa dinami dami ng mga ibong nagliparan sa paligid ng bahay namin, ito ang kauna-unahang nagpakuha ng litrato sa akin! madalas ay di ko sila maabutan…subalit ang isang ito, nilapitan ko pa ng kaunti pero nakisama. naaliw lang ako sa kanya. ang bait eh:)an entry to Litratong Pinoy….ESTRANGHERO.

in memory of my father-in-law, who passed away early this morning…we will miss you, dad!timing na naman ang tema natin ngayong linggo.  May your soul rest in peace, dad.  We love you!An entry to Litratong Pinoy..BULAKLAK.