Day 1

While I was using my mac I heard a loud snore. I thought it was coming from my dad but the source of the noise was coming from under the sofa. I peeked under it and found it was my chubby dog Chum- chum snoring!hahaha..he is soo cute. He just woke up in this photo I took of him and he was still stretching and yawning.

365 photo project

My classmate is currently doing the 365 photo project and I think I'll start doing it too. Doing this project will really help boost my picture- taking skills and it would be really nice to have a journal of the things that happened to me in a year.

Here are some tips by Taylor Mcknight who started his own 365 photo project last 2004. I checked his project site here and his photos are really amazing.

TIPS ON HOW TO DO IT

Here are six tips on how to create your own Project 365:

1. Bring Your Camera Everywhere
   Yes, everywhere. Get in the habit. Grocery stores, restaurants, parties, work, and school. Going to a movie theatre? Snap a pic of the flick with your phone–there are photo-ops everywhere. If you have one of those tiny tiny cameras, you have no excuse not to have it in your pocket all the time. And if you don’t? Camera phones are a great substitute.
   
2. Make Posting Easy
   You can install blog software like Movable Type or WordPress on your own site and create an entry for each photo, but for true ease of use, try a photo sharing site. Flickr will let you post a week’s worth of photos in 2 minutes flat, and fotolog and Photoblog.com are geared toward a photo-a-day workflow. Making it fast and easy means you’re much more likely to do it.
   
3. Vary Your Themes
   Try to capture the day’s events in a single photo. Perform photographic experiments. Take a photo of someone new you meet, something you ate for the first time, or something you just learned how to do. Take a photo of something that made you smile. And don’t forget to take a photo of yourself at least once a month so you can remember how you’ve changed, too.
   
4. Tell a Story
   Use your blog entry, or your photo description, to explain what’s going on in each day’s photograph. How good did that dinner taste? What made you want to take a photo of that stranger? It’ll help you remember down the road, and it gives friends following along a better appreciation of why you took the photo you did. You don’t need to write a lot, just enough to add some color.
   
5. Don’t Stop, No Matter What
   This is perhaps the most important tip of all. You will get tired of taking a photo every single day. Some days, you will consider giving up. Don’t. The end result is worth the effort. Remind yourself why you wanted to do it in first place.
   There will be times you’ll think there’s nothing interesting left to take a photo of, and times you’ll think you didn’t do anything exciting enough to take a photo of. There’s always a great photo to be made.
   Get out of the house and take a walk. Or stay inside and look around. Take a photo of something important to you. Take a photo of the inside of your house so you can see how your taste has changed over the years. Take a photo of anything, just don’t stop.
   N.b. It helps if you’ve told your friends about the project and asked them to follow along. Their encouragement will keep you going!
   
6. Post early, post often
   Plan on going through and posting your photos at least once a week so you don’t get backlogged and feel overwhelmed. Ideally, post every day or two. Again, spend the time up front to make sure it’s quick and easy to post. It’ll make all the difference.

Forever 21 Close Ups: easy hair and make up tutorials

Forever 21 Close up: "Pops and Coppers"

F21 has come up with short make up and hair tutorials that are very easy to do. You get what you need to know in just 1:30 minutes :) They are also featuring their cosmetic line "Love and Beauty". I checked their page and the products are affordable. I don't know if F21 will open a branch here in Davao but I do hope they will. But I'll only buy the accessories because they are soo cute :)

I love this particular tutorial because it's very light and natural and perfect for everyday wear :)

Facebook...why?!

*Sigh*..When Facebook introduced Timeline waaayy back, people were eager to change their accounts But it never occurred to me to change mine. After visiting my friends' changed profiles, I discovered that with just a few scrolls down your page, a person can view everything that you posted even from the time you first started using Facebook! Talk about mishandled privacy. All the things you said will be visible to anyone. And it's a real feast for stalkers too. BOTTOMLINE: I HATE TIMELINE and I DONT WANT TO CHANGE MY PROFILE! Facebook will make all profiles Timelined on April 8. WHY FACEBOOK?!WHHYYY?? >:l

*I think I got this photo from rareaudreyhepburn.tumblr.com

I find this particular photo of Audrey Hepburn really alluring. She appears really relaxed and the way her hair looks is really refreshing from all the other photos of her with perfectly coiffed hair. I love it how she looks really teasing and childlike :)

rugged but comfy

I swear these three are the most comfortable things you can wear.
You can still look cute while being rugged.
I wouldn't mind ging anywhere as long as Im wearing this.

My brother's prenup shoot

After days and days of planning about the concept for their prenup shoot, today was the day that all of it materialized. It was such a looooooonnngggggg day of shooting but I can say we all had fun. My brother's bride was simply beautiful, that, as I glanced at her, I couldn't help myself gasping a "Wow"

We started really early, waking up at 6:30 and preparing to go to the first venue: the vast and quaint area near Crocodile Park

It was really hot during the day. I swear I almost fainted from the extreme heat. But my brother and his bride endured the sweltering heat for a good shot.

The next venue was at the beach. It was actually a private property but we managed to sneak in (fufufufufu (--,) ). My brother prepared a lot of props that really made the shoot a lot interesting.

The last venue was at a park where Earth Hour 2012 was held. One of the activities that was planned for this years was the releasing of sky lanterns. The crowd cheered as the first lantern flew to the dark horizon.

Our patience was really tested when it began to rain really hard. It was a big OH NO because we all thought that the sky lanterns will be canceled because of the rain. But after a few minutes the weather permitted the participants to resume with the sky lanterns. Just when we were about to light out lanterns, the rain started to pour heavily again! Yes thanks a lot weather, you're really helping out here. But thankfully it stopped and the sky cleared. Watching the lanterns fly into the sky was really breathtaking. They appeared like stars as they wafted higher and higher.

I really have to commend the photographer for an awesome job. He wasn't afraid to experiment and he was quick and witty enough to utilize the elements from the surroundings. He also inspired me to sharpen my skills a bit in taking pictures. He shared that he just started with a point and shoot camera!

I can't wait for the photos from him and maybe study some of his editing styles ;)