Pinoy Photographer

Pipho first Photo Op trip of 2008..

Posted by tekgik under Landscape, Travel, kaBlog

Initiated and organized by my good friend Dave Deluria, I helped on the Itinerary. Unluckily the weather was really bad. But with passion and eagerness we enjoyed the whole day trip.Destination Majayjay, Liliw, Nagcarlan, UP Los Banos Laguna. We cut short the itinerary since

the first stop ate a lot of time just going to Taytay falls. The bus is overwhelmingly big for the road to our first destination.

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Last day of Hot Air Balloon Fest

Posted by tekgik under Events, People, Travel, kaBlog

As usual, I spent the last day of Hot Air balloon fest with my family. My sone enjoyed the humongous balloons! Look at him here

 

 The weather was not really good today, but after the balloons had lift off the venue this unique pattern of the sky caught my attention.

and after a few hours we left and went to Brettos to have our hearty breakfast Yummy!

 

Blessing in disguise

Posted by tekgik under Events, Landscape, Travel, kaBlog

Yesterday I went to shoot the 12th hot air balloon fiesta with PiPho friends. After the balloon prep (torch testing and inflation), a co-PiPhoL Ton S (Terence) approached me if i wanted to ride a balloon? At first, i was thinking if he was joking but when approached the biggest balloon of the day which is the Lindstrand the octupus shaped balloon he is not kidding. The chase crew which was his good friend said there is a big chance of being a passenger. After the Lindstrand had completely erected I was asked to jumped in and it all happened so fast I was overwhelmed of what happened.

So why Terence gave his slot to me? Well unfortunately he is going for work and he might be late for that. Terence yo the man! Thanks

My 12th Hot Air Balloon Fiesta photos

To view it large, click on the thumbnail and the Show Photo In Full Size that you can see below

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Downtown Manila

Posted by tekgik under Documentary, Landscape, People, Portraits, Travel, kaBlog

From Binondo Church, Ongpin, Sta. Cruz, Lawton back to Quentin Paredes. We roamed the streets of Downtown Manila last saturday. svgallery=manila_downtown08

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

Back from Singapore

Posted by tekgik under Nightscape, Travel, kaBlog

Im already missing Singapore! I was back last wednesday evening with my family. We were very impressed how clean, organized and picturesque this little country has. Unhappily I got overcast & rainy days and wasnt able to capture nice day shots.

Anyway Im prepared about it since it was raining in Manila when we depart here. I just enjoyed the trip with my family especially with my wife & son.

Although it didnt gave me nice sunny blue skies. I was able to have a very clear evening skies on the first day where  I did my night walk nightscape.

Some more to be posted soon

Travel to Singapore

Posted by tekgik under Travel, kaBlog

We are off to Singapore next week, Il be with my family and family friends. We are very excited for our son Raffy because he loves “Ewrrplane” (airplane) he’s into toys and movie clips with airplanes. Raffy’s first flight was last years travel to Hong Kong, 2nd was Bohol and next week is his third time. Im a very excited Dad

This will be a nightscape / urbanscape galore or shopping galore? Nahhh I must resist
Il share you my stock shots, as always “Pray for great weather”

Industrial photography

Posted by tekgik under Landscape, Travel, kaBlog

I love photographing ALL. I mean all subjects from simple office paper clip, up to the wide variety and complex nature of a factory. I’ve been shooting 2 weeks straight on an industrial project, their factory, products and talents for their brochure and website. Its really challenging because of the schedule, the on-site factors especially the heat and noise levels. We have finished the two parts and im very much confident to say the client was very happy! Of course Im flattered and felt Im worth his money and time. The concept is away from the usual brochure, It has a “lifestyle” “simple-deep-meaning” concept… Sorry i cant describe in words. Anyway Its very much good to work with a creative director with the same vision. We are all happy

Right now while typing this, Im on a Tug Boat project in Subic. But too bad Im just here inside the hotel because of silly weather.We are hoping for a good weather tomorrow. Im waking up before 6am to catch good light. This project is for calendar,brochure & website.

Unfortunately I can’t share the photos I took since these projects are not yet finish. Instead, Il be sharing you some of my side-shooting photos while I do the actual project and scouting for sites.