Dreaming To Be A Famous Photographer

[ImnotTHOR™]

yan... ganyan ang mga gusto kong kuhanan...

[mykgo2000]

by , on Flickr

[mykgo2000]

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/8832/MRiDkw.jpg

[glut_func]

been wanting to get back into this hobby pero tinatamad ako... since wala ako makitang maayos na photoshoots dito sa pinas subukan ko kaya mag macro ulit...

[praetorius]

yan mas maganda macro :-)

[glut_func]

yan mas maganda macro :-)

 

eto sample ng mga tira ko - http://manilatonight.com/index.php?showtopic=31489&p=9779581

 

nakakatamad kasi mag shoot ulit, wala ako maisip na magandang i-subject ....

[praetorius]

 

eto sample ng mga tira ko - http://manilatonight.com/index.php?showtopic=31489&p=9779581

 

nakakatamad kasi mag shoot ulit, wala ako maisip na magandang i-subject ....

and here's mine :-)

 

D7K_1262 by preytoryus, on Flickr

 

and

 

D7K_1238 by preytoryus, on Flickr

[glut_func]

i admire macro enthusiasts who can shoot bugs without it flying away...tried that before pero nahirapan ako, i even researched for the best lens and techniques pero hindi ko afford so i stuck with stills na lang pati objects. Tapos crop na lang then enhance ng konti sa post.

[praetorius]

kung finicky critters ang target mo, then you need longer macro lenses :-)

[glut_func]

yeah, i knew about that, tried looking for 180mm lenses back in SG pero masyado mahal sa price range ko so nag settle ako sa 90mm na tamron. Talo talo na lang sa subject at presentation haha... bahala na kung mapangitan yung titingin lols

[praetorius]

hahaha, subjective naman lahat ang photography.

for me, stress-reliever lang to, i don't care what other people say about my photos :-)

tyaga lang din ako sa Sigma 105 kasi yan lang din kaya ng budget.

[glut_func]

ako naman puro hobby lang talaga...yun nga lang, its a short lived one. Havent shot again since 2013, nakatago lang gears ko, buti na lang wala pang fungus.

 

honestly, i never really put my photos out publicly - not really bec im shy about showing them or not that i think they're really panget but rather ayoko manakaw yung tira at concept ko... some pinoy shooters can be really "feelingers" when it comes to their shots. Coz of this why i chose to stay away from pinoy photog groups like a plague back in SG.

[ejt70]

Makabili lang ako ng DSLR, masaya na ako

[praetorius]

ako naman puro hobby lang talaga...yun nga lang, its a short lived one. Havent shot again since 2013, nakatago lang gears ko, buti na lang wala pang fungus.

 

honestly, i never really put my photos out publicly - not really bec im shy about showing them or not that i think they're really panget but rather ayoko manakaw yung tira at concept ko... some pinoy shooters can be really "feelingers" when it comes to their shots. Coz of this why i chose to stay away from pinoy photog groups like a plague back in SG.

Good thing you avoided them, hahaha.

 

Although meron din naman positive vibe kung nasa group, lalo na pag newbie. Just don't rely on the group.

 

the best advise I had: "Keep on shooting"

[glut_func]

Good thing you avoided them, hahaha.

 

Although meron din naman positive vibe kung nasa group, lalo na pag newbie. Just don't rely on the group.

 

the best advise I had: "Keep on shooting"

 

i like to rephrase my last post: hindi lang feelingers sa shots ang ibang pinoy photog but rather feelingers talaga TOWARDS other photog's works and even in general. Back when I was still a member of an FB pinoy photog group and dami ko gusto comment tungkol sa mga ganung photog lalo na sa mga post nila pero i decided na umalis na lang sa group. Besides, sino ba naman ako kundi isang hamak na hobbyist lang di ba? Tsaka mahirap na, don't wanna hit a nerve na rin - they can get real salty once their "creative" freedom gets under scrutiny.

[praetorius]

I ALWAYS welcome criticism sa work ko, that's one way to improve kasi eh.

marami ako nakabangaan na fellow photographers. I even got hauled to a barangay "lupon" sometime last month kasi I criticised a photography teacher for saying "mas malakas ang flash output pag nag shoot ka in portrait mode kesa landscape orientation ang camera" hahahaha.

[glut_func]

I ALWAYS welcome criticism sa work ko, that's one way to improve kasi eh.

 

marami ako nakabangaan na fellow photographers. I even got hauled to a barangay "lupon" sometime last month kasi I criticised a photography teacher for saying "mas malakas ang flash output pag nag shoot ka in portrait mode kesa landscape orientation ang camera" hahahaha.

 

lols sana hiningian mo ng pruweba tapos dun mo tinira...

 

personally, i also welcome criticism IF i asked for it pero yung ibang photog hindi marunong makaintindi. Buti sana kung naglagay ako sa post ko na "C&C please" pero hindi naman tapos wagas kung makakatay ng tira ko, pangungunahan ka pa sa diskarte na kesyo dapat ganito dapat ganyan pero pag tiningnan mo mga laman ng album tadtad naman ng imagenomic or filter and, god forbid, bad compo ang mga tira. And yes, i am being mean pero totoo naman.

 

Para sa kin, ang totoong marurunong na photog ay yung mga marunong rumespeto sa tira ng iba tsaka sila din yung mga nakaintindi talaga sa basic fundamentals ng art of photography. Sila din yung mga tumatahimik lang kasi they let their works speak for themselves instead.

[Queen Darkeinjel]

lols sana hiningian mo ng pruweba tapos dun mo tinira...

 

personally, i also welcome criticism IF i asked for it pero yung ibang photog hindi marunong makaintindi. Buti sana kung naglagay ako sa post ko na "C&C please" pero hindi naman tapos wagas kung makakatay ng tira ko, pangungunahan ka pa sa diskarte na kesyo dapat ganito dapat ganyan pero pag tiningnan mo mga laman ng album tadtad naman ng imagenomic or filter and, god forbid, bad compo ang mga tira. And yes, i am being mean pero totoo naman.

 

Para sa kin, ang totoong marurunong na photog ay yung mga marunong rumespeto sa tira ng iba tsaka sila din yung mga nakaintindi talaga sa basic fundamentals ng art of photography. Sila din yung mga tumatahimik lang kasi they let their works speak for themselves instead.

How true.

 

Had an experience once sa photog forum. I posted an image and yung nag C&C sabi sakin, di niya magets yung image. Yada yada yada.

 

Kesyo walang value, walang message, etc etc etc. Pag silip ko sa mga posts

 

 

Haaaaaaayyyy!

 

Yung iba naman na mas marunong said otherwise. Hinayaan ko na lang sila magkagulo.

[praetorius]

hahaha, yung nagpa-blotter/barangay nga sa akin pag tinignan mo mga posts nya, para kang nag shoot sa 3/4 inch na GI pipe ng mga 10 ft ang haba sa sobrang kapal ng vignette.

Just happens kasi na Founder sya ng isang photo group dito sa lugar, sila ang nagpapatakbo ng photography course sa isang university at medyo napahiya yata sa sinabi ko :-P

[glut_func]

How true.

 

Had an experience once sa photog forum. I posted an image and yung nag C&C sabi sakin, di niya magets yung image. Yada yada yada.

 

Kesyo walang value, walang message, etc etc etc. Pag silip ko sa mga posts

 

 

Haaaaaaayyyy!

 

Yung iba naman na mas marunong said otherwise. Hinayaan ko na lang sila magkagulo.

 

This is why I never show my best shots to anyone ng basta basta. Yung mga magaganda kong tira pinapakita ko lang dun sa organizer ng shoot na sinalihan ko at sa mismong model nung shoot - both of them ARE actually in the modelling industry, tied sila sa agency so if there's anyone who have the right to critic my shots, its them. Mahal ang singil nila sa per head kada shoot pero ok lang at kahit brutal sila kumatay sa mga kuha ko oks lang din kasi they actually know what they're saying. And for some reason, they never shot me down, i actually get praises from them hindi yung puro "like" lang sa photo tapos they even ask for the hi-res of my shots to put it in their comp card.

 

hahaha, yung nagpa-blotter/barangay nga sa akin pag tinignan mo mga posts nya, para kang nag shoot sa 3/4 inch na GI pipe ng mga 10 ft ang haba sa sobrang kapal ng vignette.

 

Just happens kasi na Founder sya ng isang photo group dito sa lugar, sila ang nagpapatakbo ng photography course sa isang university at medyo napahiya yata sa sinabi ko :-P

 

Ah yes, ang walang kamatayang vignette. It's not that I hate the effect I actually use it myself pero dapat may pinakikibagayan din talaga. Sabi ko nga sa isang post ko somewhere here in mtc na kahit gaano kapanget ang isang tira mas lalo lang papanget pag pinotoshop. Uso sa mga FB pinoy photog groups yung mga theme of the day tapos makita-kita mo merong magpopost ng igorot na napaka-smooth ng balat - i was like WTF? kelan pa naging flawless ang balat ng isang matandang igorot na nakabahag di ba? tapos lalagyan pa ng lens flare... anak ng.. gagamit ka lang din naman ng filter aba'y gamitin naman yung ayon sa tira at ayusin naman ang pagtimpla hindi yung basta iaactivate mo lang tapos lalaruin mo yung sliders then tapos na.

[praetorius]

natawa nalang ako.

 

hay buhay photographer nga naman :-)

[glut_func]

Sunday Share: (naks, talagang may theme hanggang dito)

 

From my first ever photoshoot/workshop back in SG. Coming from doing macro and stills, this was my first time venturing in beauty/glamour shoots back then. I got so giddy with my outputs (90+ raw shots in about 2 hours of shoot) I practically went wild in post process and experimented on whatever filters I could get my hands on. After burning nearly about 4 hours of my day off processing just a single shot, in the end, simplicity got over me and this was my final output for this shot.

 

Gears I used for this was my sony a35 with tamron 90mm macro lens, ambient lighting (10am on a saturday) and reflector was also used. Shot in full manual mode and in RAW. Originally post processed using photoshop on a macbook pro so if you're viewing this photo on a windows computer or non-apple device wag ka na magtaka kung medyo malabnaw ang kulay. Pero if you are actually viewing this on an apple device then colors might come out vibrant and yet, not overly saturated. Now I understand why post processing is preferred using a mac computer, mas litaw ang colors kahit na naka default calibration ang monitor mo.

 

Prior to posting this, I had to crop out the excess frame bec I need to remove my original watermark that bears my full real name on it and replace it with my MTC ID all over the photo instead.

 

http://i65.tinypic.com/2ue2phu.jpg

Edited June 25, 2016 by glut_func

[praetorius]

as long as properly calibrated ang monitor, no issues, be it Mac or Windows-based.

mahabang diskusyon to sa color correction, profile, etc.

I personally use a hackintosh on IPS panels :-)

[Fastrabbit]

Gusto ko din matutunan ang photography. D300 nikon

[glut_func]

as long as properly calibrated ang monitor, no issues, be it Mac or Windows-based.

 

mahabang diskusyon to sa color correction, profile, etc.

 

I personally use a hackintosh on IPS panels :-)

 

noon wala ako idea sa calibration na yan, basta tira lang ako ng tira sa post process ng hindi ko inaalintana ang kulay. This was before when I was still using windows for post pero nung nagkaron na ko ng MBP at dun ko sinubukan mag post process nagtaka ako bakit karamihan ng mga dating edited shots ko naging malabnaw ang kulay so I researched about it. Dun ko ngayon naintindihan ang calibration. I honestly wanted to try those pero hassle lang para sa kin kasi hobby ko lang naman to and I dont do this for a living kaya I just resorted it to default ever since.

 

For me, as long na tama lang ang exposure ko sa shots ko ok na yun. Minsan naman pag tinamaan ako ng katamaran while in the middle of post processing lalo na pag trip ko isalba yung isang shot na medyo panget ang tira, dinadaan ko na lang sa cropping tapos convert ko sa grayscale then oks na haha... yung tira ko na yan sa taas is actually one of my bad shots kasi alanganin ang angle ko dyan so I just cropped from shoulders and above tapos konting timpla eh di gumanda pa hehehe... para-paraan na lang yan eh.