Raffy Paredes

Fun Sites and Readers–

Last week, this column introduced the PhotoScape image editor. Those who used it while connected online may have tried the button that connects the user to www.pictriev.com, a just-for-fun website. When you upload your image to this site, the first thing it does is guess your age. Then, it attempts to find [...]

More from Our Readers–

I recently discovered a free and easy-to-use photo editor that would be great to share with the readers. This is PhotoScape from www.photoscape.org. Aside from the usual viewer and editor, the program also has a batch editor, a photo splitter, a RAW converter, screen capture, a feature to combine multiple images into [...]

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Cassandra Moira A. Sawali of De La Salle Lipa is today’s first featured contributor. Cassandra took some pictures when her Development Communication Class recently visited Tarlac to observe the development in the Aeta community. With her images, she also shares her thoughts on the visit: “These are the things that touched my [...]

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Before going to our readers’ contributions, I would like to share some practical information regarding the care of the memory cards in our digital cameras. Depending on how we use them, memory cards can have a shorter or longer lifespan. I am listing just a couple of points from the guidelines given [...]

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Again we start with a call to all readers to continue giving support for the relief and rehabilitation of all Filipinos whose lives were severely affected by the recent calamities.

And now to our new contributors who recently sent in their materials. We start today’s column featuring Romeo Lipa from Tondo, Manila. Romeo [...]

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The column today is an assortment of image themes from new and old contributors.
New reader Kaye Arevalo of toothdekayed.multiply.com starts off today’s feature with her image taken from the muddy streets of Provident Villages just three days after “Ondoy.” “If this is not positivity, then I don’t know what it is,” she [...]

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Before anything else, let us all continue supporting the survivors of the recent flood and typhoon get back on their feet. After the initial relief from the disaster, they will be needing support in rehabilitating their homes and livelihood.

We have already seen a lot of images on the devastation wrought by the [...]