Month: October 2012

Week 40 | 2012

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Only 12 more weeks in the weekly project I can hardly believe I’ve last this long. I think it would be beneficial to start to collect my thoughts as to what I’ve learned in this soon to be 52 week. For starters, I can assure you that cameras don’t really matter all that much. I think I’ve proved that to myself. Keen readers of the blog will know I’ve been around the block as they say with my chosen camera gear but in the end, we create what we create. More importantly I think its our thought process as we see a frame and bring that frame to completion via processing. Processing for me is so intimately tied to vision because it hones in on what you saw and what you want your viewer to see – guide the eyes. I tell you though, its no easy task. It takes time and practice. Personally, I think I’ve done it a few times this year with a few frames. Matter of fact, I’ll probably do a …

Practicing Wedding Portraits

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Readers of this blog will know that I recently got engaged with Isabel a few weeks ago. So as a photographer (enthusiast) I’m always thinking of possible venues to have some great sshots. I took my camera and my lenses and I had a quick photo session and I discovered a few things that I will later elucidate on a longer post but suffice it to say that practice makes perfect, actually like one my professors use to say “perfect practice makes perfect.”

Week 39 | 2012

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Its hard to believe but here I am at the 39th week of 2012 and I’m still going with this project. I really want to thank my friend Wouter because without his wise words this project would have probably ended by now. After 39 weeks photographing almost everyday what does one learn? Well for me personally the journey has been quite interesting. I’ve tried more cameras than I care to name but I do finally agree that its the photographer behind the lens that creates the magic. I use to have a hard time coming this realization and always thought that the better gear gives you better images. Wrong, a better photographer will give you better photographs. I’m just a regular photographer like many of you reading this blog and I’m the most normal person you’d ever imagine but I can tell you that I have a vision and I know how to create it. Keep in mind I’m not saying I’m a great photographer. All I’m saying is that I have a vision and I can …

Market Adventures

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Yesterday, I was feeling quite ill. You know the type of feeling where you body aches all over. Your nose feels like a water hose, yeah, those types of flu like symptoms which make you want to stay in bed all day. Nontheless, Isabel and I needed to go to the market to buy a few things we needed and what better way to spend my time at the market than snapping a few frames. I told Isabel, “babe, you take the cart and I’ll photograph a little bit,” she obliged and I was on my way roaming around the market like a tourist. Usually on this trips I used to take a small compact like a Ricoh GR Digital 3 or a Panasonic Lumix LX5, both of which have great macro features but these days I’m only shooting with one camera ― a dslr, the Canon 40D and a few lenses (but that’s another post, I just got a fast zoom). Anyway, like one my favorite tv shows says, Law & Order, “These are …