Got my very first Etsy purchases. Well, I already purchased Etsy items before but usually they were given as gifts to an online friend and her daughter but now I’ve decided to buy something for myself and I thought of buying some earrings that I can wear with my casual clothes.

The Verdigris Flower Earrings for $28.00

Midnight Bloom Earrings for $30.00

They came in a native small green pouch and nice wrapped in linen paper. I’m just happy with my very first purchases.

Sunday afternoon was like a sleeping frenzy to my family. After a sumptuous lunch at home, my family (Hubby, Son and I) went straight to take our afternoon nap. We were like pigs, I know but we were so tired that morning, waking up early to go to mass then went to the mall to do some errands. We woke up around 4 pm realizing that we were in bed for like 4 hours. Yikes! So we slept late last night because of that and had some snapping frenzy in our bedroom. So why “Discovery” for the title? Because I will be posting about my tiny little discovery while using the external flash last night.

The external flash pointing directly to the ceiling…

Shutter Priority. f/4. 1/80.

Shutter Priority. f/3.8. 1/80.

But if you point the external flash sideways, you will achieve this more dreamy effect…

Shutter Priority. f/4.5. 1/80.

Shutter Priority. f/4.8. 1/80.

Shutter Priority. f/4. 1/80.

Isn’t it great to discover little things everyday? I’m just glad I tilted the camera that night. Happy Monday!!!

Huli na ako sa Litratong Pinoy ngayong Linggo.

Ito ay kuha isang umaga na kung saan maagang nagising ang aming anak. Napakabilis ng panahon, siya ang wala pang 1 taon dito at masayang pinagmamasdan ang mga kambing na kumakain ng damo sa aming likod bahay.  Di man puro ginto ang nasa larawan, sa aking palagay ay nagkulay ginto ang paligid dahil na rin siguro sa sikat ng araw at kulay ng aming kwarto. Sa mas malalim na halaga ng larawang ito, ang aking mag-ama ang yaman ko, ang mga ginto ng aking puso.

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This is a shot, one morning when my son woke up really early. Time flies so fast, he’s not even 1 year old here and he was so happy watching the goats eating grass at the back of our house. Even if there is no gold in this picture, in my opinion the photo had this golden effect because of the sunrise and the color of our room. To a more deeper meaning of this photo, my boys are my treasure, they are the golds of my heart.

… we have the four seasons here in the Philippines then I will have the time of my life wearing Fall Sweaters that are awesome. I dreamt of wearing winter clothes ever since I had fashion sense, whatever that means. As much as I love Summer, I also love Fall. When we went to the United States to visit our relatives there, I got the taste of fall and I must say, I love it. I don’t miss sweating, it’s like your inside the fridge all the time even if your outdoor. LOL. Anyway, I saw these nice sweaters that will be so cool to wear with matching a cute top under it, jeans or a chic skirt and leather boots!

These I like to order since I can wear it here…

Curious where I found these cool items? I was browsing Yen’s Blog and saw the shop. Hopefully they ship to my country. Yikes!

I’ve been reading raves about Photoshop and I must say I am one of the many people who says, “Whoever invented Photoshop is just pure Genius.” Thank God it was invented, not only I get to make scrapping pages without too much fuss, I also can adjust whatever and wherever to make a photograph perfect, the way my eyes perceived it before I snap my camera. You have to admit that SOOC (straight out of camera) most of the time are not always amazing, you really have to tweak the photos just to make it look real, the way you saw it, full of color and life… Right?

See the comparison:

Original

Tweaked in Photoshop

Original

Tweaked in Photoshop

Original

Tweaked in Photoshop

I must say that there could never be a perfect camera but our eyes and PS is our miracle so that what we perceived that day we took our photos can also be perceived by the people who are look into our photographs just like these photos.

I’ve been studying and practicing my slightly forgotten hobby. To tell you frankly, I’m an Auto Girl and since my son who is so active is my favorite subject, turning the dial to Child Mode has been very comfortable for me. I don’t have to check on the settings all the time, but fate actually made me decide to maybe make myself understand the basic. As most of you know, my D50 is not functioning well right now, the built in flash is not in sync with the body so when I use the Child Mode which uses the flash all the time, the photo turns peach black so I’m forced to use the manual mode without using the flash. Though taking pictures are limited, like I need sun or ample lighting to take okay photos, I am now practicing the S Priority and A Priority in my Manual mode. I have these to remember…

Shutter:

Usually brings the motion in a photo. It helps you capture a running horse or in my case, a running toddler. It usually is represented in fractions or fraction of a second, the one you see like 1 (one second) or 1/1000 (one one-thousand of a second) is the shutter. 1, which is a slow shutter speed and 1/1000 is a very fast shutter speed.

Exposure: Shutter Priority of 1/30

Exposures: Both Shutter Priority of 1/60

“I should have increased the shutter more but since I’m just experimenting and practicing, I’m just glad I captured some motions nicely.”

Aperture:

As for the aperture, which is the opening in your lenses which resembles the pupil of the eye and since I’m an Optometrist it became more easy for me to understand that Aperture tells you how big the hole is, the bigger the hole, the more light passes through. Low aperture=Wide Hole=Brighter Photo=Shallow Depth of Field. Aperture is represented as the number and the letter f before it.

Exposure: Aperture Priority of f5.6

Notice that the background is not so blurred compared to the photo below which the depth of field is shallower.

Exposure: Aperture Priority of f4.8

Exposures: Both Aperture Priority of f5.6. Notice that the blurred backgrounds and the light in both pictures even with different focus are of the same amount.

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Take note that I’m not a professional and I just want to share with you how I understand the things I read online and maybe through my term, the layman’s term you can understand it more. Happy snapping!

To some girls who take about an hour just to shower alone, it only takes me about 10-15 minutes to be inside the shower. I used to stay in the shower for quite a long time but now that I’m a mom, I have to really rush it almost all the time except if my son is asleep.

So on with the tag:

Copy and paste this in your blog, answer the questions and feel free to link all your blogs if you have 2 or more blogs.

Participants: Tints of My Heart | Merger Guru | My BIG Picture | Your Blog/ Blogs

1. What do you do first before taking a shower? I usually brush my teeth first.
2. First routine in the shower? I usually wet my face first, soap it and wash it.
3. Body or Head first? I usually shampoo my hair first, wash it and put on conditioner then let it stay there while I soap my body.
4. How many times do you soap your body? Twice if I have the time but once almost everyday.
5. Post here a picture of the items most essential to your bath time and enumerate their importance to you:

Sunsilk - Recent Shampoo but I’m planning to change as soon as I finish the whole bottle. I usally change my shampoo brand every month.
Zulin - Very cheap conditioner I use. Hiyang ako eh so I’m sticking to it until I get tired of using it.
Met Soap - I have a fair complexion and I love my skin tone, to maintain it, I use Met. Gladt I’ve MET! LOL.
Dr. Kauffman - I know it’s a strong soap but my pimples lessen when I used this so I stick to it until I can buy Obagi again.
Dove - Right after shower I put dove deo right away. I just love the smell of it on my underarms.

Tagging my Twittermates. Happy Posting!

I’m not much into earrings. You will always find me wearing my white south sea pearls all the time. I don’t mind it wearing over and over again, I feel comfortable wearing them but when I was etsy shopping with Jacq last week and remembered buying her a little gift from KimBDesigns at etsy, I think last year, I thought of asking her how were the earrings and she told me they are still pretty so I thought maybe I should buy myself from Kim again. Really nice investment if the quality doesn’t change over time right? I’m very particular with jewelries and I think they are worth it. She is a nice lady and I think I will consider these as my early Christmas Present for myself… See my prospects here…

Particularly interested in the first pair from the second row, the Midnight Bloom Earrings.

Love the last pair at the bottom, Scroll Earrings.

I thought of sharing here great movies I’ve seen, since it’s all about me blog, let me share one of my fave past times, watching movies… Here’s my first.

We saw another Korean movie last night. I had fun watching it because 1st, Gong Yoo was in the movie… 2nd, it was really funny… 3rd, it has a good story plot. I hate drama movies, I don’t like the heavy feeling when you have to cry and spend almost 2 hours only to have a heavy heart in the end. Last night, just like the other nice movies I’ve seen in the past, I had a smile on my face. Seeing Gong Yoo on screen is always a treat, a nice story is just a bonus. Did you get to watch Kim Sam Soon? The comedy koreanovela on television, she is the star character in She’s on Duty and I find her really funny plus she and Gong Yoo have chemistry, they look really nice together even if the movie is also an action movie.

Just an eye candy.

Rating: 9/10 (just because)

For Viewing: Higly Recommended (if you are up for Korean movies)

Try visiting the shoppe to see great products. You won’t get disappointed plus we have 2 new designers, that added more awesome products to choose from. So what are you waiting for? Go click that mouse over the link above and get your precious grabs now!