Canon EOS 5D Mark II: buy one, take one
I wasn’t expecting it. I upgraded to a full-frame dSLR and got a second Canon EOS 5D Mark II for free.
Yep, it’s the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. The one in the photo above is the unit I got for free and it even came with a 24-105mm lens. The problem is that unlike other [...]...
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Monday morning in U.P. Los Baños
I know it’s been too long since we last visited UPLB because we got lost on the way to DTRI.
We passed a map of the campus but we didn’t stop to check our location thinking we’d know by instinct where to go and we’d land in DTRI without issue. But we were wrong. We landed [...]...
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Ship ahoy!
Strange or not, one of the things I obsessed with during the cruise was photographing boats and shorelines. I especially liked scenes that included both boats and a wide expanse of shoreline. It’s amazing to watch an island come into view. First, it’s a just a speck. Then, a blurry mound....
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Home decorating 101: a bowl of eggs on the coffee table
Foreword: For those who read this blog for the photo tips, all photos in this entry were taken with an aperture value of 2.2 to create the bokeh effect.
I love jade. But there’s the ultra expensive jade and the less expensive jadeite. When I saw these handpainted jade (jadeite, I’m sure)...
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Sunday morning at Hinulugang Taktak
There are many ways to tell a story. And there are many ways to view the truth.
These are photos of Hinulugang Taktak. As a photo enthusiast, I could choose to tell you that there are two ways to capture the image of flowing water.
In the photo above, the drops of water are discernible. By changing...
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State of war
This photo appears on billboards, in malls, on print ads and on TV.
Despite having seen it in so many places at many different times, I never really gave the image a second thought. I’m not a basketball fan so what do I care about images like this? I think it was Sam (or was it Speedy?) who first...
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