NIGHT SHIFT

I'm on night shift. I couldn't sleep that much these days.... I don't know why (actually I know about 40% on why I couldn't sleep)... so I packed my stuff (camera, tripod, ipod, water and a paper and pen....i usually forget my cellphone these days)....packed my stuff and went for a walk outside, but I didn't go too far...just at the end of our street where I could get a clear view of the moon. Good thing dad wasn't going to be home 'til 1 am because if he was.... the farthest I could go would be our gate hehehehe; mom did not notice me go outside because she was busy watching PRIMETIME BIDA ;P and I asked the household help to cover for me and open the gate when I give them a 'holler' hahahahaha.

I don't like using flash even at night so I experimented with the cam's ISO settings..... At first, I set it to ISO 800...with low exposure levels and a very slow shutter speed....but I got images that were too bright...... In the end I settled for an ISO of 400 with a very slow shutter speed and lower exposure levels (Sorry, i forgot the exact values)...and I got this. Because I currently have only 1 lens filter....A gradient overlay was made (via photoshop)......just to make the picture more dramatic.

Also, I remembered that only AF-S lenses could be used on the D40....and I only have 1 lens 18-55mm..... that's why the image isn't clear enough... I couldn't use my dad's other lenses because they are not AF-S.


On a very boring day, I went to UP (without asking perrmission) to take pictures. But I ended up sketching things due to boredom.... so I made a scratch of some simple things that make me smile.....

FUN FACT: Teddy goes with me almost all of the time hahahaha.

These are not oil pastels.....it's watercolor in the form of crayons hahahaha...just wet the brush and get colors from the tip... you don't really need to mix the colors anymore because there's a wide spectrum of colors to choose from..... Well, I just need to get better at rendering...

This flower is called 'TUNGKOD NI MARIA'. Sino kaya si MARIA??? Siya kaya si MARIA MAKILING????? Hmmmm..... Anyway, this photo was taken atg our garden. Apperture Priority.

Maybe I Just Miss You

"Lying in my bed my bed again and I cry 'cause you're not here.
Crying in my head again 'cause I know that it's not clear.
Put your hands inside my face and see that it's just you.
And its bad, and its mad, and it's making me sad.
Because I can't be with you......
........'cause you're not here....."

At first I thought of just taking a picture of the notebook, marker and teddy.... but because of the color of the bed spread and of what I was wearing...I thought of joining in. Hehe. But this shot wasn't really made from above the bed. I was figuring out how to position the camera to make it appear as though the shot was taken from above....but because my head started to hurt (due to the unbearable load of thinking)... I cleverly put all the stuff on the floor and put the tripod with the camera on the bed. 10-second self-timer was hard to use because I kept on jumping from the bed to the floor, and I was hearing complaints from the first floor (they thought I was doing something crazy as I usually am). But after about 20 shots..... I finally decided to stop...my poor cardiovascular system might give in haha. So I just picked this one out. Then I made some adjustments on the photo's hue, contrast and colors to make it more vibrant. Because I forgot to remove the cam's white balance from 'cloudy', I had a hard time adjusting the levels.

In case nobody understands the hiragana scribbles.... It's my name in Japanese. I know I should have used Katakana, but this just looks better. ;P

This was taken at our family hall (whatever, masyado nga yun maliit to be called that hahaha) Anyway, it's the only place in the house which has a white wall without obstructions.

The concept is clear and is written in very bold letters on a piece of bond paper. All details are on the picture.

It was hard using the auto focus mode on a plain area because it does not focus at all!!! So I figured to use manual focusing. I was supposed to wear something colorful to compensate the 'whiteness' of the background but.... we haven't done the laundry yet...hahaha. Major adjustment on saturation and contrast during editing.

"....and I miss you; Don't you miss me? I just don't know where to start. Its like when I'm without you things just fall apart..."

On the Cover

Modeling Stint

If Anne and I would look like this in the future, I'd laugh for 24 hours. I think I look gay. And if ever this magazine was really for sale, the topics aren't interesting enough. Hahahahaha.