Through a Lens, Clearly

Yellow Tributes (2)–

More readers sent in their tributes to Tita Cory after last week’s feature.

Michael “Vaskt” Morota from the Flickr groups of Flickristas Indios & Photo Kalye says his images are “In behalf of my groups, a tribute to our dear Mother of Democracy.”

Raffy Paredes

One of Irish Manuel’s images of the funeral procession is called “the yellow parade” which “depicts the love of every Filipino for Tita Cory.” A second picture, of the coffin with the four guards, Irish shares: “It is sensational for me, since it exudes the drama of that day.”

King Cornel of Dagupan City was unable to shoot the actual events of early August but nevertheless came up with a symbolic tribute through a picture of Jose Rizal’s statue with a yellow ribbon on his wrist. The image, titled “Mi Ultimo Adios-2″ was taken at the Rizal Park in Binmaley, Pangasinan. Some of King’s collections can be seen at kumpapey.multiply.com.

Jay Ralph S. Almaras sent in a shot of a helicopter framed by the fingers in a Laban sign titled Di Yan Tutubi. Ralph says he is still a newbie who learned basic photography only last June. “I’m just starting to explore the world of photography and want to learn more,” he writes. Other images by Ralph are available at ralphalmaras.multiply.com.

John Carpio took his photos on Aug. 3 while walking to the Manila Cathedral from Quiapo area. Among his images are the Philippine flag at half-mast at the Post Office building, a poignant symbol of national mourning, and a yellow flower.

Readers who want to see more images of the funeral procession may be interested in the virtual/panoramic pictures available on the web. See one of the most viewed panoramas at http://www.virtualphilippines.net/Panoramas/Cory_Aquino/Cory_Funeral_LRT.html.

Other contributors for today are Jason Aragones, Jaycee Chua, Katrina Francisco, and Vermont Coronel.

Jason Aragones shares his light painting photo experiment inspired by a special friend whose luminous name appears in the image.

Jaycee Chua, a licensed mechanical engineer out of Mapua Institute of Technology says he started shooting in college just for fun. He became more interested in photography when his manager at his current job taught him some camera basics and asked him to cover an event. However, Jaycee says that he is still a newbie who has yet to acquire his own equipment and attend a workshop.

Katrina Francisco writes: “I am a nurse and photography has been my sweet escape, from toxicity and stress. I try my best to have a getaway with Dixie (my one-and-a-half-year-old DSLR), whenever I get the chance.” She says that when her photo titled “Spidey Sunset” was taken, she had not been aware of the spider’s presence as she was too busy focusing on the sunset. She noticed this after viewing the series of images she had just taken. Katrina also shares that she wishes to study post-production techniques “to enhance my work…but for now I’m still working on my compositions.”

Alternative photographer and long-time contributor Vermont Coronel (www.vermonyo.blogspot.com) today shares another of his adventures into non-traditional photography – lumen prints. Vermont says he achieved the images by placing the object (in this case, a plant) in between a sheet of glass and photographic paper and exposing this under the sun at high noon. He then processed the paper in photo fixer for six minutes. Vermont says that other people have successfully done this even without chemicals but he is not sure if the image color may change. He says that he used expired photo paper (which is better according to him) and exposed his work exactly at noontime to avoid slanting shadows.

And finally, readers who are interested to learn about the experiences of the Astronomical League of the Philippines team who went to Wuhan China to observe, study and record last month’s solar eclipse can visit www.astrophotophils.com for their story and great images.

For comments, suggestions or just to share an idea or image, e-mail rfyparedes@yahoo.com.