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My 15 Favorite Nokia N8 Images Gallery

May 20, 2011 Exposures / Photography
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A kid in Binondo

A kid in Binondo

As most mature photographers would say, “The Best Camera is the one you have”. This is more true now when Mobile Phone’s imaging capabilities are getting powerful and closer to replacing a common point and shoot cameras. I’ve had my Nokia N8 for more than half a year now and am very much impressed with its 12mp larger than usual camera sensors. As much as Nokia is currently having multiple personality disorders with their Operating System of choice, we can’t deny Nokia produces phones with mean hardware especially on the multimedia department. So here I’m sharing 15 of my favorite photographs taken with the Nokia N8.

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Dispatch: A Flagellant at Angeles

April 23, 2011 Dispatches / Exposures / Travel
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Angeles Flagellants

Angeles Flagellant (Olympus E-PL2, 40-150mm at 100mm, F5, 1/250, ISO 200)

It was a Bloody Good Friday at Angeles, Pampanga. We were there to witness the Siete Palabras (The Seven Last Words) re-enactment which is a first at Barangay Lourdes, Angeles City. It was chaotically interesting I could say. But alongside there were numerous flagellants. At first I thought I couldn’t handle the gore, the pain of seeing them punish themselves and their blood splattering all over the place but it was interesting to observe their practice of this old Filipino tradition.

Environmental Portraits: Burgos Gamet Gatherer

March 31, 2011 Exposures / Travel
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Gamet Gatherer

Gamet Gatherer (Olympus E-PL1, Lumix 20mm, F1.7, 1/1250sec, ISO 100)

She goes by the name of Che. I saw her along with her friends from afar on my way behind the impressive rock formation of Kapupurawan in Burgos and had to look closely. They were gathering a Gamet (or Nori for Japanese), a red edible seaweed which is part of Ilocano’s diet as they make these into soups, scrambled egg ingredients and other delicacies. It’s also a big industry here as they export them in Japan. Che and her friends thread the sharp coral rocks and the waves in Burgos every morning till noon to gather these Gamet as it is their source of food and income.

Shot with an Olympus PEN E-PL1 and Lumix 20mm pancake, I made sure I have a Circular Polarizer attached to lessen the light coming in so I could shoot wide open at F1.7 here since it’s close to noon already.

Environmental Portraits: Civet Coffee Bean Gatherer

March 22, 2011 Exposures / Projects
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Lucinda

Lucinda the Civet Coffee Gatherer (Olympus E-PL1, Lumix 20mm, f1.7, 1/250, ISO 400)

This is Lucinda, a Civet Coffee Bean gatherer in Talisay, Batangas. Every morning, for half a year, she and her husband would wake up before the sun rises and traverse three mountains, including Mt Malarayat in Batangas to find the precious fecal remains of the Civet Cat. These cat poop are then processed to become the world’s most expensive coffee, the Alamid Coffee. Here, Lucinda shows a four hours old cat poop with coffee beans in the forest of Mt Malarayat.

Environmental Portraits: To Look or Not to Look?

March 1, 2011 Exposures / Photography / Travel
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Old Panutsa Lady

Old Panutsa Lady (Olympus E-PL1, Lumix 20mm, F1.7, 1/25sec, ISO 400)

They say they eyes is the most important aspect of a portrait. It has to be clear to show the expression of the person in the picture. But the question is, does it always have to look straight at you? There are times the eye contact can mesmerize you but looking away can also paint another story. Here’s a photo of an old lady from a Patupat Factory in Pangasinan organizing a pile of panutsa (sweet brown sugarcane delicacy). Shot with the Olympus E-PL1 with the 20mm f1.7 Pancake lens just a few minutes apart, one photo is looking at the camera and the other one is looking far away. Which do you prefer?

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Environmental Portraits: Photographers Infront

February 19, 2011 Exposures / Photography / Projects
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Allan

Allan (Olympus E-PL1, Lumix 20mm, f1.7, ISO 200, 1/800sec)

We’re always behind our camera that’s why photographers are seldom seen on our pictures. We can be so absorbed during shoots but while walking on a bird hide path at Candaba Bird Sanctuary in Pampanga, that corridor of bamboo walls was just too scenic not to ignore. So with my Olympus PEN E-PL1 along with the Lumix 20mm f1.7 I thought of taking environmental portraits of a couple of my photographer friends with me.

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Environmental Portraits: What’s so Funny?

February 3, 2011 Exposures / Photography
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Nina and Izah Laugh

Nina and Izah Laugh (Olympus E-PL1, Lumix 20mm, f1.8, ISO 800, 1/400sec)

Here’s to continue with my Environmental Portraits Project using the Lumix 20mm f1.7 Pancake with the Olympus E-PL1. Can I just say I’m loving this pancake lens more and more? Now on this photo, I just love the character of this photo, especially on Nina and Izah’s smirky expression. it makes you just want to go behind them and see what’s behind that evil-looking iPod. Which I did after taking this photo and I won’t tell. As you can see from the setting, the ISO is 800, I would have preffered it to be lower but I just got out from the lowlight interiors of a church and I had no time to change lest I miss this shot.

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