Raffy Paredes

Hello 2010–

Welcome to another year of fun and creative photography.
How about starting the year by designing your own perpetual calendar? The site Photojojo (http://photojojo.com/content/diy/perpetual-photo-calendar/) describes how.

Bring your camera wherever you go and shoot images of numbers between 1 and 31. Take pictures also of letters or words to represent the days of the week. Add [...]

New Year’s Resolution–

With 2010 just around the corner, today’s column starts off with my new year’s resolution that some readers may also like to consider doing. And that is: to shoot a photo every day starting January 1 till December 31. On any theme or subject. It could be a portrait, a social event, a [...]

Merry Christmas to All!–

Readers who are fond of images that project a story might be interested in www.pictorymag.com. The site describes itself as a “showcase for your best photo stories.” Anyone can join and send images. There are weekly themes on different social documentary topics to guide the image submissions. One image per theme may [...]

Still at it at 6 –

I was looking at past issues of this column recently and I realized that last month marked the beginning of my sixth year in Picture Perfect. I started writing for Through a Lens, Clearly in November of 2004. It was in 2006 when this column started featuring the photography of [...]

Assorted Images–

New contributor Jeg Vallido of Cavite starts off today’s column feature. “My passion for photography began after spending time with my friends in Dubai over a year ago,” Jeg relates. “A professional photographer who became my friend taught me the basics. And from then on, I started snapping pictures.” He believes that “the passion [...]

From the Inbox (21)–

While looking for new free software on the net, I came across a fun image editor that performs just like those photo booths at the malls. Photo-Bonny (www.photo-bonny.com) provides multi-colored frames of various designs and assorted “stick-on” that you can use to decorate your images. It also allows the user to write [...]

A Photo Essay and Other Images–

AC Dimatatac, who works as a media assistant for Greenpeace Southeast Asia, describes himself as an “an amateur photographer who likes to document environment and social issues.” AC sent over a photo essay on charcoal workers in Tondo, Manila titled “The Black Life.” Due to our limited space, we are [...]