The school I go to.

Surely, you guys know that the FEU campus is my favorite place to have a photowalk at. It is not just because I am there almost every day so it must be easy for me to roam around the campus but it is mostly because, as what I always say, every corner of the school is beautiful and picturesque.

When I am here inside the university, I forget that I am actually in the very busy and noisy district of Sampaloc. The campus is just completely and undoubtedly different from the district where it is in.

Here are some photographs I took in my school last Wednesday late morning.

Aaaaahh, I would not mind to be here every single day.

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28 September 24 Permalink

Proverbial rose in a sea of thorns.

I believe I already posted some, if not all, of these photos here in my blog before. But because I am really in love with this photo set (and also because I do not have any new photo to post as well because of my broken camera, LOL), I am posting these photographs of my school again.

I should say that I love this specific photo set because my school seems to be blooming here. It was a Sunday morning when I took these photos so there were very few people walking around FEU. It was a perfect time for me to have a photo walk around the campus and to realize its beauty when pacified.

Anyway, the title of this post, “Proverbial rose in a sea of thorns,” is actually a quote from Ivan ManDy, quoted by blogger Ivan Henares on his post about his visit in the FEU campus (read).

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18 September 15 Permalink

Pastries.

Last Thursday, we had a food photo shoot in our photography class. I was the head photographer (… or something? I’m not sure if I gave justice to that title though, haha!) of my group so pressure was really all over me.

Food photography is not easy. As what I tweeted prior to the shoot, the photographer has to be quick when doing food photography because the food gets dry or distorted due to the studio lights. In our case, we had pastries so our cupcakes’ icing melted after like ten minutes. Most of my photographs of the donuts also turned out to be crappy because they looked damn dry and do not look appealing anymore. Haha!

Oh well, I enjoyed the shoot because of the, well, food.

PS: It was hard to take photographs when cupcakes and doughnuts are in front of you, as if screaming, “Come and eat meeeeh!”

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25 August 20 Permalink

Rainy Sunday.

I was at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Complex today with my group mates to have a photo walk. Last week, our Photography professor assigned each group to a certain place to have a photo walk in and we were assigned to CCP Complex; others were assigned to Ongpin Street, Paco Cemetery, and Fort Santiago.

I set the call time at 7:00AM (I was the group leader so I had to set a call time and meeting place and all that) but I woke up at 7:30AM already. Haha! What an ideal leader! LOL. The weather this morning was really amazing so I didn’t get up early. Good thing that even my members also woke up late so everything was still well. :)

While we were in front of the CCP building itself, stranded because of the heavy rain, we were approached by a street photographer. He talked to us and gave us a bajillion of advice about street photography. He was very kind to share all those tips and secrets! A lot of photographers would teach you basics of photography but they wouldn’t really teach you their secrets and some techniques. But from the the 20-minute talk we had with him, boy, we learned a lot. My group mates (who were not really into photography) were suddenly excited and giddy to have a photo walk after our talk with him. Haha!

Basically, we just had to take photographs of the area as our latest lesson was street photography. To tell you honestly, I am not really that comfortable in taking candid shots because I somehow feel it is unethical or something. I always believe that all people deserve privacy so they shouldn’t be photographed behind their knowledge.

However, when I was already in CCP, I realized that there were really great stories in every corner of the historic complex that would look good when photographed so most of my shots were mostly of different people from different ages doing different activities.

And because it was raining, we had no choice but to use umbrellas while taking photographs so our cameras wouldn’t be touched by raindrops. Obviously, it was not easy to be holding the camera using your right hand then holding the umbrella using your left hand. But we had no choice — the rain didn’t seem to be wanting to stop.

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29 July 8 Permalink

FEU under a starless night sky.

Last Thursday night, my professor in Photography asked us to go out of the classroom to take photographs that show lines, curves, and the holy rule of thirds. We were given thirty minutes only to accomplish the task and then we have to print the photographs (size 3R) then submit them on Monday.

You guys surely know how much I like taking photographs around my University and how I always take pride of the FEU campus’s beauty. Taking photos at FEU should not really be hard for a photographer because every corner is picturesque. However, last night’s photowalk was a challenge to me because God knows that I am not really a fan of taking photos at night.

Here are some photos I came up with;

Unfortunately, also, I was not really in the right and positive mood that night — and you got to be in the best mood for a photowalk. I was not really able to spill my creative juices. Boy, I am really uninspired these days. And because I am not satisfied with these, I will have a photowalk again tomorrow night with my friends Mav and Nina. I pray to all the gods that I will in my best shape. I need the best grades.

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14 July 6 Permalink

Tamaraw Region.

I was in school today to cover an event both as a news writer and as a photographer (it was my second time to do both simultaneously). Yes, it was a Sunday yet I was in school wearing my school uniform.

Anyway, to my surprise, the visitors were students and faculty from an Australian university and also from my former school, Adamson University! It really surprised me! When I saw Marc (one of my closest friends during my Adamson days who is now the president of the Adamson University Student Government) and Arbie (a Tumblr friend who is also now an officer of AUSG) went out of the bus, my eyes suddenly popped out! It was sooooo nice to see them again after a long time, really.

Anyway, after the event, I stayed at the campus and had a photowalk alone. I just abused the fact that no students were around the university.

I do not think I am allowed to post photographs of the visitors so allow me to just post photos of the campus;

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8 July 20 Permalink

School day.

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30 June 14 Permalink

University of the Philippines, Diliman.

I was in the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City yesterday to visit a long-time Tumblr friend Nikko who just transferred from De La Salle University, Dasmariñas to UP Diliman this academic year and also to, of course, have a long overdue photowalk with him. We were planning for a meetup and a photowalk for almost a year! Finally it ended already. Haha!

The acacia trees, the jeeps and terminals, the long walks, the bicycle lanes, the flying Frisbees, the wide array of eateries with affordable meals, the “Wanted: Kapayapaan” posters, and a lot more, all define the campus of the 104-year-old institution.

The UP campus was beautiful though I feel that my photographs do not justify the university’s beauty. Sad. The photowalk was hella fun though! I am looking forward to going back.

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23 June 15 Permalink

One big day: Part 4.

I almost forgot about these photographs. Haha! Allow me to upload them tonight because of a good reason; SOME OF MY PHOTOGRAPHS WILL BE SEEN ON NATIONAL TV! Oh yes, you read that right.

Some of my photographs (well, just very few of them) from my One big day and Flowers, ribbons, and tux photo shoots held last May will be shown in one of GMA’s talk shows anytime this week, which will be about wedding organizing businesses.

Last summer, I was privileged to be tapped to be the photographer of the wedding organizing business Sofia and Cassey’s Collections’s photo shoots for their new wedding gowns. And then just a month after those photo shoots, I was told by them that they will be featured in a talk show of one of the Philippines’s television giants and that few of my photos will also be shown on TV! Oh, my joy.

So today, I accompanied my cousins (the owners of Sofia and Cassey’s Collections) to GMA for their taping/shoot for the episode’s interview. I will post some behind-the-scenes photographs soon. For now, I will just post some remaining photographs from my One big day photo shoot.

I clearly know that I am still not, you know, a “professional photographer” and that I am practically new in this field (I just got my DSLR last April). I still sometimes get bamboozled and all with my camera’s settings. I do not have gears and accessories as I only have my camera’s body and its kit lens. But still, I cannot deny that I am very happy because even though my works are still at the amateur level, I know that they are really my works and my works alone.

For the latest issue of the FEU Advocate, my photo was used as the issue’s headline photograph (link). Now, few of my wedding and portrait photographs will be shown on television even for just few seconds. I just can’t be any happier.

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19 June 4 Permalink