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Nokia N8 Gallery: Street Photos Set 1

June 28, 2011 Galleries / Photography
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Downpour in Manila

Downpour in Manila

The first Nokia N8 Gallery last month proved to be a popular posts here since it showcased the imaging prowess of the N8. It’s always comforting to know I have a capable camera in my pocket so whenever I’m out on the streets I take the opportunity to take photos when I see some interesting subjects. I think I’ll be doing a compilation of Nokia N8 shots every end of the month. This month I’ll be featuring a set of street photos that I liked. Took them colored but just converted them to Black and white via adjustment layers then re-sized.

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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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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: 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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Now OnBoard: Seair Inflight Feb-March 2011

February 16, 2011 Photography / Reading
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Seair Inflight Insider's Guide Opener Spread Feb-March 2011

Seair Inflight Insider's Guide Opener Spread Feb-March 2011

It’s all about Romantic Getaways, Room for Twos and finding the Best Booze on Seair Inflight’s February-March 2011 Issue. Also inside is a walk through Binondo to welcome this year’s Year of the Rabbit. Got a photo on their opening spread for “The China Syndrome”. Check out the rest of the issue’s feature at Seair Inflight’s Facebook Page.

Environmental Portraits Project

December 10, 2010 Exposures / Photography / Projects
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Wide eyed Alexa

Wide eyed Alexa (E-PL1, 20mm, 1/30sec, f1.7, ISO 800)

Normally, Portrait Photography shows the dominance of the subject’s face on the frame. It aims to show the subject’s character facial features and expression. Ideally, portraits are shot with a lens at least 85mm (on a 35mm equivalent) long on wide apertures at least f2.8 to flatten out the perspective and separate the subject from the background with at least beautiful enough bokeh (or background blur).

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Now Onboard: SilverKris Inflight Mag Nov 2010

November 1, 2010 Photography / Projects
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Silverkris Makati Art in the City

Silverkris Makati Art in the City Opening Spread

It’s a great experience to have worked again with a different international inflight publication this time just to see their work process. Asked what cosmopolitan city we can easily feature aside from Manila, we pitched the idea of Makati and its ever growing creative spots. It’s a bit of challenge to shoot around Makati since it’s one of the most unfriendly places for photographers, but we managed to pull it off. If you’re flying anytime this month via Singapore Airlines, don’t forget to check out the SilverKris Inflight Magazine and the feature story on Makati, “Art in the City”.

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