Pinoy Photographer

Frayed MacBook Pro Power Brick

Posted by tekgik under Tech, kaBlog

Yes im also a victim of this “phenomena”. I researched the net and luckily found out that its covered by applecare, what a relief! The problem now is that I lost my MBP’s receipt. For the meantime while digging my storage… I bought new one. I hope it doesn’t not come with the same “phenomena”.

So if you have the same fate with your power brick i suggest that you replace it right away You’ll never know if you will get electrocuted and fire blast.

my new one, white & clean

No Sinulog, No Dinagyang for me this time!

Posted by tekgik under kaBlog

No Sinulog for me this year because I was really planning to go to Dinagyang instead, unfortunately I also didn’t make it because of unexpected errands. My PiPho Org buddies was able to go there and they did enjoy it…”Inggit ako mode”

maybe next year Regie

UNESCO Photo Contest

Posted by tekgik under News

I got this from a mailing list.

Photo contest on “The Changing Face of the Earth”

UNESCO’s Earth Sciences Programme is running a photo contest on the theme of The Changing Face of the Earth, to raise awareness among youth of the state of the planet. There are several cameras and 40 book prizes to be won. Entries close on 30 June 2008.

Contestants may enter in one of the two following categories:

• 15-20 year olds and
• contestants aged 21 years and over.

Each contestant is invited to submit a single colour photo depicting her or his personal testimony to the Earth’s rapidly changing landscape in a positive or negative way. The photo should illustrate one of the ten themes from the International Year of Planet Earth (see list below). Photos may portray rural or urban scenes and should depict changes to the landscape caused by natural phenomena or resulting from human intervention.

The Prizes

Each of the winning contestants in each category will receive a copy of two UNESCO books in English or French, depending on their preference: Explaining the Earth and The Changing Face of the Earth.

Explaining the Earth depicts our planet’s place in the Universe and in our Solar System, the Earth’s structure, plate tectonics, the role of the atmosphere and hydrosphere, the formation of reliefs, the ice ages and natural hazards.

The Changing Face of the Earth traces continental shift since the Pangaea, a single supercontinent, began breaking up 250 million yeas ago, via 10 maps.

In addition, the best entries in each category will win a camera. The names of the winning contestants will be announced in the October 2008 issue of A World of Science and on UNESCO’s science portal.

Choose one of the following ten themes for your photo

• Soil – Earth’s living skin, Planet Earth in our hands
• Groundwater – towards sustainable use
• Hazards – minimizing risk, maximizing awards
• Earth and health – building a safer environment
• Climate change – the ‘stone tape’
• Resource issues – towards sustainable use
• Megacities – going deeper, building safer
• Deep Earth – from crust to core
• Ocean – abyss of time
• Earth and life – the origins of diversity

How to enter

If sending in your entry electronically, please complete the form then send a high resolution photo (300 dpi, 700 KB minimum) bearing your name as an image file to:photocontest@unesco.org

If sending in your entry by post, please complete the form then send your photo to: Changing Face of the Earth Photo Contest, Editor, A World of Science,
UNESCO,1 rue Miollis, Paris 75732 Cedex 15, France.

• • Publication Date: 17-10-2007

Il probably join this one

Mono-Toned today

Posted by tekgik under Gallery, Mono, Uncategorized, kaBlog

I played around with my recently bought camera. Im enjoying this monotones via picture styles svgallery=mono_20080123

Selective Coloring

Posted by tekgik under Landscape, Post Processing, Tips & Tricks, Travel, kaBlog

A PiPhoL posted a question about how to make selective coloring. I answered his query and that post gives me an idea of doing this particular photo in selective color

Steps in selective color in photoshop

1. Copy layer (ctrl+j)
2. Go to top layer
3. Open hue & saturation (ctrl+u) and put the saturation to 0 (to the left)
4. Select background layer
5. Pick eraser tool (ctrl+e)
6. Pick brush (b)
7. Choose rounded brush adjust by right cliking or ([ or ])
8. Adjust hardness to suit usage

9. Erase the area of the tshirt
10. Flatten then save
11. Voila you now have a selective color photo

Easiest but tricky method is Selective Color

Asian Formula 3 2008 Photos

Posted by tekgik under Events, Gallery, Sports

Some of my photos yesterday at Asian Formula 3 First Leg held at Batangas Racing Circuit. svgallery=Af3_08

Asian Formula 3 2008

Posted by tekgik under Sports, kaBlog

First leg of the Asian Formula 3 held at BRC. Its a rainy race I got wet with the drizzle I lip in my camera body to a plastic bag from mc donalds We travelled for two hours and we dont want to disappoint ourselves so we shoot while its raining. Heres one.

 

my brothers wedding

Posted by tekgik under People, kaBlog

Finally my brother Rommel just got married today at Phil-Am & Gazebo Royale. More often gatherings like this has been a big family, relatives, friends reunion.  I know that they love each other very much. Wish them the best. I had the chance to shoot in the sidelines and took portraits of my family & relatives. I slap my 50mm 1.4 and canon 5d and put it on iso 1600. One photo for the night!