Last Friday, my husband and I went out to lunch for some little hunt for two barcode scanners because theirs at work broke, again! It is the second time that their one and only barcode scanner broke and his new boss wants to be sure so he asked hubby to get not just one but two for the office. I had the adventure of looking for new gadgets while we are on a hunt, I also looked and peeked of the prices of DSLR cameras today, particularly Nikon because I am an avid Nikon owner and I was so happy to know that some stores offer, 0% interest if you buy a camera from them plus they offer discount on accessories. I hope and pray this tight budgeting will be just this year and maybe with God’s grace, I can already invest on equipment so that I can offer more to prospective clients in the future.

My son recently had his birthday party. It was a simple party with just close friends and some relatives and why did I get a photographer to take pictures? I was first informed that my brother will be out of town for a company outing and he always takes pictures during my son’s party when my husband and I are busy with the guests and since he can’t possible take over, I’ve decided to just get a photographer. Luckily, my best friend knows someone who was willing to help us out. I actually admire his photographs long before I met him (he was my entourage partner during my best friend’s wedding), he was the one who took the pre-nup photos of my best friend and her husband and I really liked his works. He took great photos of my son during his party and I actually have favorites that I want in a separate personalized picture frame that we can display in our future homes. These are some of the faves…

Photos for me are very important because more than anything it is way better than videos and I can include it in my digital scrapbooking to make it even more personalized that can last for so many generations. Like my mom who keeps so many photos, we have photographs of my grandparents who are already gone that even my son can see when he is grown up.

Photography by Rodel Diaz

Sometimes there is a negative side if you want to go back to a hobby. Right now, I’m dusting off my Nikkie again and trying on taking some random shots. I started with some macro shots that I can’t achieve because I’m using my 50mm f1.4 lens which is basically used for portraits. So now, you might have guessed it right, I want a macro lens to use in taking photos of food, objects, etc. on a close up. My husband suggested I try looking for some extension something an “extension tube”, that is placed between the camera and the lens, I might look into that since a macro lens costs way over and I can’t afford one right now. Anyway here are my trying hard shots that are tweaked via PS, which tells me I need to learn to use Adobe Lightroom, I heard it is way better for tweaking photographs.

Meet Muchi, the friendship Kimi Doll that my friend, Jacq gave me.

The pasta I cooked to today

My wedding band and engagement ring

What do you think? I think what I need are these:

• Learn Lightroom
• Have a macro lens
• More practice
• More inspirations
• Read more tutorials
• Have a DSLR upgrade!!!!

Ang aking paboritong tsokolate ay dark na tsokolate na may halong mint. Di ako makahanap masyado ng ganitong flavor dito sa Pilipinas dahil sa tingin ko di masyadong mahilig ang mga pinoy sa lasang ganito ng tsokolate kaya ako naman ay tuwang tuwa nang banggitin ng aking matalik na kaibigan na meron daw akong mabibili nito sa isang malaking grocery store, buti na lang at miyembro ang aking ama sa grocery na iyon kaya ako ay nakabili kaagad.

Online friends recommended this action from this site. It was really cool and I practiced a few actions by combining them…

The edited photo: Vintage Gold + Vintage White + Sharpen then Cropped It

Edited Photo: Retouch Bonanza + Lighten + Vignette

Edited Photo: Grungy + Lighten

Edited Photo: Retouch Bonanza + Lighten + Warm Color Pop

Ito ang swimming pool ng hotel na aming pinagbakasyunan ng 3 araw at 2 gabi. Ito ay kuha sa The Bellevue Manila sa Alabang Muntinlupa. Kay gandang pagmasdan ng infinity pool na ito, kung wala lang sanang lagnat nung bakasyon na iyon ang aming supling, malamang kami ay nakalangoy na dito. Kami ay nakontento na lang sa paghawak ng malamig na tubig ng pool at pagmasdan na lamang ang magandang tanawin.

Wala nang gaganda pa sa larawan ng isang buong pamilya lalo na sa selebrasyon ng pagsalubong ng Bagong Taon. Taon taon simula nang dumating sa pamilya namin ang aming anak ay naging tradisyon na naming pula ang kulay na isuot tuwing sasalubungin ang bagong taon, pangalawang taon na namin ito. Para sa amin, ito ay nangangahulugan ng pagmamahal at kasaganahan sa pagdating ng bagong taon.

Yes, I’ve decided to make a photo blog and put all my projects there, most especially the photos I take whenever I have my cam with me. I’ve decided to speak there using photos and will talk less. Anyway, I have 3 blogs to speak my heart out if I want to… come and visit me here too. See you there!

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.