composing inside the box
Monday, April 26th, 2010location: malajog beach resort, calbayog city
camera: canon eos 7d
shutter speed: 1/4000
f-stop: f7.1
focal length: 320mm
ISO: 400
metering: spot
exposure control: manual
cropped in equal dimensions

location: malajog beach resort, calbayog city
camera: canon eos 7d
shutter speed: 1/4000
f-stop: f7.1
focal length: 320mm
ISO: 400
metering: spot
exposure control: manual
cropped in equal dimensions

traveled place: Villareal and Talalora, Samar
in this trip, i tried to observe the quote by Morley Baer, “Quit trying to find beautiful objects to photograph. Find the ordinary objects so you can transform it by photographing it.”
Almost always, if we go to someplace, we look for exciting or beautiful scenes in order to get ‘great shots’. but how about if the place offers nothing of your expectation? The challenge is, take everyday objects or ordinary scenes and transform them into something special… and along the way, it will allow us to see ‘ordinary’ things in a new different way.
some of my attempts…
maqueda bay at low tide
domesticated raptors
places traveled: islands of sto niño, almagro, camandag and tagapul-an
the kiri-kiti island
kamandag island from sto.niño view
there is nothing more challenging for us photographers to have a pictorial session while we feel burn-out, having heavy colds, cough and aching muscles. this was my condition last sunday. tried to manage to inspire myself by clicking the shutter here, there and everywhere for i need to pump my adrenaline before the actual pictorial session starts. honestly, i feel like am facing a ‘blank frame’ at the start, but with few clicks, i seem to fall into my ‘zone’ and slowly pictures are coming into the ‘blank frame’. now, if you’ll ask me how to explain this ‘process’, my answer is ‘i don’t really know’… maybe it is just about taking time, catch breath and take in the view around, and above all have fun in creating images in our own unique way.

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SAME WORKSHOP WILL BE CONDUCTED IN CALBAYOG ON MAY 14, 2009
for details, please contact CITY ARTS AND CULTURE OFFICE or Jonas Lim

| one day workshop | workshop fee includes 2 snacks and lunch | participants should bring their own digital camera, point and shoot will do | first-come, first-serve basis | limited to 25 pax only |