I find it difficult to take pictures of people. Except some friends that I know who would be game to pose for the camera. One of them’s Shane who wore my vest tonight, with her new shoes and casual get up. She looked awesome, if I may say.
I have much to learn when it comes to editing. And I also think I should’ve checked the settings on the camera I borrowed for these pictures so that her skin didn’t look mottled or spotted. Hrm.
Tags: clothes, Fashion, photography
Halp! I needs votes for my photo~! I submitted this photo of a ray from Manila Ocean Park.
I hope you like it! 
Please vote for it!
I don’t own one. I just happen to be one of the members of an Asian Team in the Great LC-A Race and so I got a chance to use the camera for a little over a week. I didn’t get it immediately from the shooter before me. Anyhow, here are some shots I really liked from the set:
Just Waiting
Feet against a post. Probably the most boring subject but the lighting makes it dramatic. To think I only shot this with Lucky Color ASA 200.
Greenbelt 3 lights.
Funky Christmas lights in the park. I love Greenbelt 3 park and it was nice that JM and I were able to take photos in the area.
Looking back at Ninoy.
JM just happened to be standing and I thought it would look great in a photograph. So here he is looking back at Ninoy.
PedXing.
We have already crossed the street from Philippine Stock Exchange. Then it dawned upon me that the afternoon sun might look good from the middle of the road, where the yellow rails were. And I was right. JM and I both loved the shots we took in that area.
But now that I’ve seen the other contestants’ entries, I see that there’s so much more I have to learn when it comes to taking pictures. I need to find the story in a scene. That’s what’s making it artistic.
Anyhow, I realized that the LC-A isn’t so special to me. Maybe I am weird. I just love my Vivitar UW&S, I guess? But yeah, it’s nice that it does have metering, and zone-focusing. But I’ve had terrible shots because I forgot all about the zone focusing. Or maybe I am really just not used to it. But for the hefty price tag, I am not sure if I’d be willing to spend for it. I’d like to borrow one again because it’s really lightweight. If it’s a camera for me, probably not. A digital camera would be better bang for the buck in my case.
Tags: asa 200, film, lc-a+, lca, lomo, lucky color, photography
What my skirt looks like in front.
The back view of the green skirt.
This is my first time to make a skirt with a curved hemline. It’s more difficult to sew because I had to stop at certain points to make sure the stitches curve. There was also a whole of cloth involved in the process because I followed the guide I saw on the EGL community on how to make a flared skirt.
New things I learned:
Because of this list of things I learned, I now have a better idea of what kinds of projects I want to make so I could improve. I know I still have my apron, blouse, petticoat and bloomers to make but I’d spend Friday and Saturday for most of them. I might outsource the blouse though. It’s just too difficult for me.
I want to make another skirt. Maybe out of a certain pair of old jeans or something. Also, a skort is tempting. Really. I used to have skirt/skort. Its zipper in front made it into a skirt. That skirt/skort was something I had when I was 10 or 11 years old. Should be interesting to make one this time around.
I haven’t been playing with my Pinky:St dolls as much as I used to. For one thing, my table at the office is always a mess. And I mean it. Cables everywhere! There are also bigger toys on my desk: The dancing cow that some friends gave me on my birthday, the teddy bear speakers from JM, the first Manikako doll I sewed, the cute doll Joshua gave me and Krauser II. I miss my cute little dolls though.
At home, my sister has played with the dolls in a comic she submitted for a contest. It was cute! I wish I could post it here but I’d have to ask her permission. I’ve got so many dolls already after a year of collecting frantically. Haha. I was really looking at Ebay listings and buying regularly. But I haven’t collected everything yet as some are not very interesting to me and some are very rare and expensive.
Haaay. I really should play with them more often because I really think that they can’t stay in the boxes forever. I am still thinking about the newer dolls, if I should still get them because they are cute. But if I can’t play with them and show them the love they deserve, it won’t be nice. 
I plan to take their pictures again soon. Must think of ideas so that my dolls will really have fun too. 
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