The gear is safe

Ang weird... i'm telling people i'm ok.. "gasgas lang ito." Truth is, i'm not so ok and i feel like i want to vent and moan and huhuhuhu about it. Yes, i only had minor injuries (a few bruises on my back, butt and a 5- inch scratch on my left leg), thank God. But, the thought of being hit (the rewind of it all) is soooo not cool! I'm laughing it off on facebook maybe just to make me feel better (defense mechanism). I'm scared. I don't want that to ever ever happen again. the motorcycle was slow. but the impact of the hit was remarkable, my hair was caught up somewhere on the engine, my cam bag was also caught up i dunno where. I was dragged a few feet and felt the sharp edges of the hard cement on my leg. it is slow motioning in my head. it felt like a doctor kwakwak game. parang nag buhol buhol ang katawan ko... when it stopped, people started to gather around me and helped me up. i heard them saying 'waaaah' and 'nyaaay'. panic mode! the 2 guys in the motorcycle didn't hit and run. buti nalang. their parents paid the hospital bill.

it's weird that i was in high spirits before the incident. i even planned to blog about it. now, im blogging about this accident. either way, i still thank God for still guiding me and giving me all the blessings.

i'm still thankful for the time spent with Klik today and the post-shoot tambay. i didn't feel the cinderella syndrome as well. :) tas parang ang daming napagusapan na may sense para saakin. :) because of my happiness, i thought of everything else that makes me happy (in the past and in the present)... and prayed, thank you...

Siguro sabi ni Lord, wag ako mashado masaya. hehe...

Lord, please make me feel ok again. please give me a good night sleep.

Let's be more careful next time! This is a wake up call.

A Chat with the Master

ero minsan para mabawasan

ang challenging naman

nag wa white balance shift ako

gamit yung bulb/?

nagdadagdag me ng blue and green

gamit ung bulb yes

ano tawag sa white balance na iyon?

yung gamit ko

pula parin

heheh

hay sayang. haha!

what if may event na bawal mag flash?

Tungsten po ung bulb natin

like theater/ ballet?

yan merong ganyan

talagang dapat malakas ang ilaw

ano ang gagawin? pag ganyan event tas bawal mag flash?

bili ka ng white balance ring

ano po yun?

wala available light ka talaga dapat malakas ung spot light

hahabuln mo sa ISO

ganun nung sumama ko sa ballet

tamo po tong kuha ko sa mga bading

hahahaha

pareparehas ng angle and croping

sige nga po patingin

http://belindalayug.multiply.com/photos/album/41/Diwata_Show

yan available light ako dyan

wala flash

ung iba di ko kuha

oh hehehe. haha. mga bading. ang kulet

naka spot metering ka jaan?

laging manual ka ba kapag may event?

evaluative po

dipa naka post ung catwalk na shoot namin kay belinda layug

oh ok. ah sino si belinda layug?

un makikita mo po talagang maiiba lang ung size ng subject pag medyo maliit ung subject

si ate bel ung ka group ko sa mga wedding photography

hehehe may photography business sila eh ako photogs po nila everytime may event

ah nice nice! galing naman!

eto po mga kinover namin

http://belindalayug.multiply.com/photos/album/45/ROBIE_AND_AYEN_WEDDING_DECEMBER_18_2008

http://belindalayug.multiply.com/photos/album/50/Charmaine_at_Eighteen_PRIVATE_E_RESORT

kapag ba may event, tas spontaneous yung kukunan, naka manula ka parin lage?

opo...

dapat familiar ka sa buttons ng cam mo

parang nokia

lang

wah ang galing!

ang bilis mo mag isip

masasanay karin po

pag lagi mo gamit cam mo masasaulo mo po ung metering

un lang naman po mahalaga dun

ung metering combination

ako e pag kukuha ako e nagdedecide pa ako

ano ang timpla

ano ang timpla

hehe

galing galing

ganto po

sample pumasok ka sa isang room

dpat un alam mo na kung anong ISO gagamitin mo

sample madilim ng konti ISO 800 ka na

next ano ba ung kukunan mo

group shot ba ito

or wide shot

or close up shots

para maisip mo kagad kung what aperture po gagamitin mo

aaaah. coolness!

what if movement ang kukunan

diba pag event

picture ka alng ng picture?

shutter mo po dapat po di bababa ng 60 den combine ng flash po

pag sa event naman na bawal mga flash kadalasan po malalakas ilaw non mga spot light

wow ok ok. sooo. aabangan mo talaga yung spotlight? or may dala kang continuous light?

ung set up ng lights po nun kaya na ng cam mo po un

hanggang ilan po ISO mo 3200?

opo 3200 lang ang ISO

so ok lang na todo ISO na?

ung 2,500 ok na po un

pero careful po sa high ISO

grainy result po

honga e

kaya as much as possible i try to use hanggang 1600 lang

kaya titimplahin mo rin kung san hindi grainy shots mo

or better intayin mo freeze subject mo para makagamit ka ng mababang shutterspeed and good ISO

kung baga, meron bang lighting condition na ang mataas na ISO ehindi mukhang grainy?

opo pag ganon

kaya pag gagamit ka high iso titingnan mo muna po ung ambient light mo

hahaha

Random thoughts... again

I want to go out today... but i don't know where.

I want to go shooting.

No one has ever given me flowers (not that i like flowers but it's the thought that counts).... wait. i think someone did... but it was a yellow rose. only it was half rotten. LOL

I have to make money out of my hobby so i can buy a new lens!

i wish i am a world-known photographer (i hope my english is correct. haha) so i can travel the world! haha.

Chasing sunsets

"Psstt, busy ka?"

It's great to have kaladkarin friends! haha! I invited Frankie to come with me to 'baywalk' so i can shoot the sunset. Since we were pretty early for the sunset, we went to Harrison Plaza to eat our late lunch. It was really a late lunch like 4:30pm! haha... Again, i had my hungarian cheese dog! YUM! it only cost P66.00. :)

it was not too far from CCP. Frankie and I just walked over there and asked how much the tickets were for Don Quixote. the cheapest ticket was P400 (no discount for students). pfft. oh well. nevermind. twas too expensive for me.

The sun was setting already. we hurried to the bay side where the fishermen were stationed. i got a nice view of the buildings. :) yey! i saw other photographers chasing the sunset, too. oh, btw, i was using my point and shoot camera. i wanted to bring my slr but i was thinking of going home late that night. since i used my point and shoot, i kinda had problems with the 'noise' of the picture even if i had it set to ISO 100. nevertheless, i'm happy with the outcome. i planned to have the pictures submitted for our Club's internal competition but those that i took were nowhere near complementary colors. Oh well. that's fine!

It was amazing how the sun just hid on the horizon. the color of the sky was just amazing. Frankie and i headed to makati after the sunset. He was looking for a blue shirt for their company's post- valentine's party (i think). I was also discussing to him what he should wear on his photo shoot and pointed on potential clothing i wanted for him. haha! told him to wear a blue shirt, white/ khaki pants and a brown pair of shoes. he wanted to have a remembrance of his long hair before he'd get a haircut. We talked more about it at White hat.

we came up with 3 concepts for the shoot:

1. the preppy look

2. the japanese inspired look

3. dang... i forgot the 3rd one!

i told him to go to the gym and develop muscles so he'd look good on photos. hahaha. he seemed to be very excited! haha. he eved showed me sample shots of some guy on FB.

i want male models this time!

Stupid Egg

Okray

nakaka hurt din pala kapag first time i-criticize yung work mo.... constructive criticism naman sha pero parang may kirot. hehe... siguro... aside sa na feel ko na nilait ang work ko, e, inis lang kasi kulang pa ang pag-isip ko sa ginagawa ko. parang shoot and go na ako. lol. pero ayos lang... kaya nga ako nagaaral para matuto... para mailagay ko sa maayos na larawan ang mga gusto kong kuhanan.

masaya ang workshop at sobrang dami talagang natutunan. ang fave topic ko ay yung composition. dami dami daming techniques para mapaganda ang litrato.... kung baga sige kalimutan mo muna ang mga iso, aperture at shutterspeed na yan... magcompose ka muna ng maayos... at pag hasa na, go! mag 3 pillars ka na. :) magaling mag turo si sir Nik Taytay... natutuwa ako sa mga nagtuturo based sa mga experiences nila, hindi yung galing lang sa libro. ;)

masaya rin kasama ang mga ka-workshop ko. :) ang kkwela. sa una tatahi-tahimik. mga pagod kasi sa byahe. pero once warmed up na, ayan, tawa tawa na. LOL!

Sobrang sulit ng basic photog workshop na ito talaga. :) sana magamit ko lahat ng natutunan ko.... i mean, gagamitin ko talaga! hahahahaha!

prepared narin akong ma-okray ulit. it hurts, pero mas gusto ko naman yung malaman ko yung mali at paano itama yun. :)

salamat sa pamilyang KLIK . :)

Arangkada

"banayad lang ang pagbitaw sa klats para hindi ka mamatayan!" - driving tutor

whoa! twas my first time to drive in a road with all the traffic obstacles! i was sooo nervous. gawd! but i survived!!! i need more practice.

Hot Air Balloon Festival (the boo boos)

i got frustrated today! :( until now, i don't seem to be satisfied with picture style my cam is producing. this was supposed to be the day when i just had to aim and shoot, not bother much on techie stuff. i just can't help it! these are my sentiments:

1. the pics on the camera's lcd look nice. but when i transfer it to my computer, they look a little over exposed. the colors do not seem right, too.

2. i keep changing the picture style settings. i'm now confused what to use (deoending the the lighting condition)

3. Grrrrh!

Canon, i love you. but please give me what i want! work with me!

oh... here's the thing.. I RAN OUT OF BATTERIES! I was not able to get decent pictures of the balloons. bummer!

Hot Air Balloon Festival

Planes. Kites. Divers. Paramedics. Balloons. People.

They were everywhere!!!! The HAB (Hot Air Balloon Fiesta) was held in the Air Force City in Clark Freezone Port. Ate and I arrived there at 7:30am. Since there were a lot of people in-line for the tickets, we decided to eat breakfast first before going in. The balloons had already flown anyway. I got a few shots of them in the air. (lousy looking pictures. pfft!)

At 9am, buying the tickets was a breeze! it was fast! We stayed inside the airport up until 7pm. Here's the list of what we did.

1. watched the airplanes do their routine

2. watched the kites

3. photographed the surroundings (i have sentiments about this. will share later)

4. tasted BUKO SHAKE! yum!

5. asked Ate Rochie to take pictures of me in the area. hehe

6. watched the divers prepare for their take-off

7. tour inside the airport guided by Pearl

8. ate lugaw and isaw

9. saw the HOt Air Balloons!!! :)

It felt like Disney Land. IT's amazing to have seen those HUGE BALLOONS! i did not expect myself to be in so much awe. I feel that the music and the night sky gave a certain feel to it. :)

Maximum upload size exceeded!

oh no no no.... this is bad... i have made my multiply account my official photo album! i didn't know they have this "maximum upload size exceeded"!?! oh well... it's time for another account then. shutterfly it is!!!!

here it is! my new photo webby! :) click the image to visit the website. naks! :)

http://nanaxiu.shutterfly.com

Road trip

whoa... i spent a fortune just for the fare going to (and from) tagaytay. well, actually, geca and i made a few stops before going there. we had to drop by st. cabrini to get the license numbers of our preceptors for our IVT cases. thank God i'm all done with it! :)

Anyway, it was noon and was scorching hot! the weather is becoming very confusing nowadays. on our way to tagaytay, dark clouds piled up in the sky and started to drizzle... so i thought "NOOOOOO. i neeeed the suuuun!!!"... mother nature heard me and made the rain stop.... (it was not really raining in some parts of the expressway!)

originally, we were supposed to go to nasugbu, batangas. we decided not to pursue it since it's late in the afternoon. so, we stayed in tagaytay instead. Shooting wass my main goal for this trip. i wanted to take photos of the taal lake and the mountains. guess what? the scene was hazy! *grrr* i was expecting the sun to light up the scene and give me a gorgeous landscape. sorry me. *hrmp*

i think this shot is pretty interesting. hehe

i haven't transferred the pictures in my PC. i have yet to discover if i did get nice shots. i hope i did!

where did we go? we went to the "palace in the sky"... palace? you call that palace? hahaha! it's more like "ruins in the sky"! Sayang. they should have taken care of the place. what a waste! the view should have been great if i went there in the morning (i guess). Next time, i shall.

overlooking from the palace in the sky. they look like toys. :)

the walk going down from the palace was better than being at the palace! there was ride going back to the market except the over-priced tricycle. no way will pay P80.00 just for a short ride??? we started to walk and felt the cool breeze of the place. the view was quite awesome too. :) the walk was indeed very short! we saw jeepneys! good thing we didn't pay 80 pesos. that's the fare going back to laguna already. we were supposed to go to 'picnic grove' and 'our Lady of Manawag' but decided not to 'cause we might miss the last trip going home. "Gala nalang tayo sa Paseo." and off to paseo, we were. :) Geez, i fell asleep in the van! yikes!

I told myself i'm not eating out.... sorry, but i did. *spank*.... yellow cab's spaghetti and meat balls + a 10 inch cheese pizza were for dinner. BUSOOOG! i went home with a fat tummy and a thin wallet.

it was fun. thanks geca, for the company. :)

Tagaytay-Nasugbu

I really do hope i will be able to go on a trip for a change! i hope it's sunny tomorrow.:)

The Uncluttering

Facebook seems to have a problem.

Anyway...

I am now "uncluttering" the cabinets in the kitchen. there are a lot of stuff there i want to give away since they're not being used...

Anilao...Pagsanjan... hrmmm

I want this week to be jam-packed.... on march, i'll be starting my hospital duties. so i better make something out of my time while im free as a bird... :) soooo... hrmmm... i might go around photowalking in:

1. Anilao: of course, im on a budget. i'll just go there to take pictures and go straight home... siguro mejo magtatampisaw ng kaunti. hehe

2 Pagsanjan: oh, this is an easy place to go to... there are a lot of old houses i can take a picture of. :)

3. hrmmmm.. can't think of anything more. LOL

pffft.... i will be a traveler on a budget. so i plan to only spend for my fare... Food? I shall bring my pack lunch. LOL.

Hachiko

*teeeaaaaars* Oh my gosh! this dog made me cry!

Hachiko, the loyal dog (how adorable!)

the candy warehouse

An online buddy and I were discussing a piece of our childhood when once upon a time, WE GOT LOST. I want it raw so just copypasted the convo... now, read...

i remember i got lost too

in a candy store in divisoria

yea? what happened?

oh shit! divi is so big

i know right? so i was wearing jeans and a cute snoopy stripped shirt. i lost an earring. and my hair was short... i was 6 or 5 back then

your hair was short? i cant imagine

lol

pogi!

joke lang

then?

i cant find my mom.... i cried.... then a woman came to me and said....."totoy, wag ka na umayak. hanapin natin ang mama mo.."

hahahahaha!

TOTOY!?!. natigilan ako nun! hahahahaha!

a child with one earring?!.... ang astig naman nun!

hahahahaha!

hahahahha

cute

WALA LANG. hehe