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25@365: Day 263

angela — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:15:27 +0000

FEBRUARY 20, 2011 – This is a camera-filled entry. Be warned.

Photos were taken Saturday morning when I was still feeling well. GT-san took my portrait for my exhibit and then we kind of had a showdown and introduced each other’s photographic tools.

25@365: Day 041

angela — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:07:56 +0000

JULY 13, 2010 Playing around with K’s D80. …

Nikon D80 + Image FD Mount 28mm f/2.8

angela — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:22:42 +0000

This is why the lens matters. So I was playing around with the camera and the rather unconventional lens that I attached to it. The photos look dreamy though with the soft focus, but then again I think the lens just won’t cut it.

I have attached a Canon 50mm f/1.4 on the camera a couple of days after, but I have yet to take the shots. Kelvin has been complaining how his D80 does not deliver sharp photos (he thinks my D40 does better), so I guess we’ll see if his camera is not working well, ha ha.

25@365: Day 010

angela — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:58:25 +0000

JUNE 12, 2010 – Saturday was a busy day.

I was hired to do freelance work last Saturday for a friend’s friend’s wedding. Armed with my trusty D40, borrowed D80 body (from Kelvin), and with a little help from friends Jon, Andrew and Lemarie, I went to the war ready to aim shots. In a not-so-deadly manner, of course.

I’m actually glad that I was able to use (albeit for a short time) some skills I’ve learned when I was doing studio work at a local photography studio. I need to sharpen my knowledge though.

Wedding photography is a big challenge for me., It’s cool to document an event for someone and at the same time it’s not comfortable knowing that I’m in charge of physically preserving the memories of that event. But then again, there are ways to prevent or to offset that, even though it means I have to haul my equipment around (thank goodness I have friends!).

Saturday’s gig tested my patience. The weather was not cooperating. There were schedule problems. Plans did not push through. Some of the things I thought of did not materialize. I think it’s just reality, and weird things are bound to happen during that day. It’s not a cookie-cutter event. If something failed, I just had to breathe deep, move on, and take more photos.

Lemarie and I got home around 10 in the evening, thanks to my parents who picked us up at the reception. It was fun though, despite the stress.