Light Painting

Here's my attempt at light painting. I learned all about it from the Digital Photography School.
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Test shot done by Alyannah. This is her attempt at writing the letter A.
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aMy turn.
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aRichard's heart.
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aA for Alyannah.
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aAly's circles.
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aKrisan dapat to, pero kinulang ng oras.
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aKaya Kris na lang.
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aPwede! But I need more practice :)
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Gear: Canon EOS 400d, SLIK tripod and my Nokia Cellphone for the flashlight. Wala kasi kaming maglight. Hehe!

Krisan in Red

Arrghh...I'm becoming addicted to Picnik! This is what happens when you have a lot of spare time. Here's another photo that I edited.
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aPhoto was taken by Alyannah using her Sony digicam. I just had to crop it a bit. Ang galing ng big girl baby ko no?
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Expect more Picnik-edited photos on this blog!

Walang Magawa

I've been trying to stay away from the mall to avoid making impulse purchases so lately I just stay at home and surf the net all day. I landed on this cool website where you can edit your photos. I picked one of my favorite wedding photos and experimented with different effects. Take a look.

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Original photo.

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Focal black + white effect.

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Color boost effect.

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Focal zoom effect.

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Lomo-ish effect.

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I wish I had Photoshop, but it's pricey and even if I did have the money to buy it, I don't think I will have enough patience to learn it. This will do for now. Try it with your own photos! Check out Picnik. Registration is free and you don't need to download the software because you edit your photos online. Enjoy!

Alyannah's Picture Gallery

As promised, here is my post showcasing the photos that Alyannah took during my birthday week. I will also include here other photos that she took over the past couple of months. You see, our little girl impressed her titas not only with her shopping/lakwatsa/lakaran endurance, but also with the photos that she took. So allow the stage mother to brag. Hehe!

When we bought a new DSLR, we gave our old Sony digicam to Aly, hoping that she will take interest in taking photos. I'm glad that she did! All we had to teach her were the basics on how to operate the camera -- how to turn it on/off, how to take a shot, and the like. She would also tinker with the camera on her own...blah, blah, blah...Ok, I know you're no longer interested in this because you want to see the photos already so without further ado, here are the photos that our future photographer, Alyannah, took with her digicam:

Let's start with her favorite subject, herself...

...then, she also discovered the mirror...

...she got more creative by taking photos upside down.

When Aly learned how to use the self-timer, it became her favorite.

Nung una, paupo-upo lang sya, tapos natuto din syang mag-pose...

...and to use a different angle.

Syempre, hindi pwedeng mawala si Becky, one of her favorite subjects.

She also likes these "you shoot me, I shoot you" pics...

This is one of my favorite pics because she was able to capture her lolo Bernie's smile.

Now, let me show you the photos that she took at the Grand Palace when our visitors were here.

Aly took these photos like a pro. She would kneel down to get a better angle, she'd wait for the other people to pass by, etc. She became a bit bossy too because she would bark orders to her titas like "stay there", "don't move", "stop", etc. She got carried away so I had to remind her to say "please" and to ask the titas nicely.

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The next day, Aly also took photos of my birthday party at R&B Karaoke.

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That's all for now! I will collect more photos so I can brag again. Hehe!

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Before I close this post, here's one more look at our little photographer:

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Great job, Aly! Mom and dad are very proud of you! *Hugs!!*

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Notice how she also uses the viewfinder even if it's a point-and-shoot camera? Feeling naka DSLR din sya.