Archive for August, 2009
Saying Goodbye–
Parents seem to be, at times, the greatest ally while at times your greatest foes. Some level of rebellion or misunderstanding seem to be part of a young adult’s life but in the end, people do come together, albeit still with some pain and hard feelings. Saying goodbye is always hard regardless of past [...]
Raul Echivarre - Into the drama of black and white
by Yugel Losorata–
In today’s colorful world, it seems that some of the most dramatic images are projected in black and white. Looking into the portfolio of Raul Echivarre puts sense to the statement, with his shots proving that one need not rely much on various colors [...]
A Beginner’s Guide to
Flash Photography (part 35)
The FP Flash Mode
If you are a beginner and still in the stage of mastering the use of four flash metering modes, this article might be too complicated for you. If you are an amateur who enjoys shooting for landscape and other outdoor scenes, this may not interest you. [...]
A special request–
A couple of readers who sent in eclipse photos past last week’s deadline start off today’s features.
Alexander A. Santos, a computer operator at ChinaBank says that he used five layers of film as a filter, a 200mm focal length, ISO 200, and a shutter speed of 1/4000.
Nelson Sagun of Davao City had a [...]
The Fine Art photographic print as an investment–
Today’s National Artist Awards is an issue that remains up in the air. Why were the original short-listed selections changed in the first place? There were speculations that future searches for National Artists would not be confined to the seven arts, but would come to include other fields [...]
Spreading smiles through photographs–
With the introduction of ‘Smile Shutter’ technology on Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot phones, Sony Ericsson embarked on a campaign to collect a million smile photos, raise a million peso for UNICEF, and spread the smiles all over the Philippines. And to prove that the nation can smile for a cause, the company has [...]
Calling all photography enthusiasts!–
If you have a good photograph that you would like to share and you think is good enough to be published, send it to us (including some technical information about the image). We are looking for images of any subject that will catch the readers’ attention and paint a thousand words. After [...]
