Photography: Day 7 | RAKK on?

When I took this shot, I was minutes away from sleeping since I have work in the evening.

I wasn't out and about this day since I was working on deliverables. Fortunately I was able to get that task done, but I got tired and wasn't able to get my daily shot down yet. I looked at the keyboard and it caught my attention, and played with the color of the LED and stuck with purple.



About the shot:

Shot in the room in a hazy afternoon, with a Huawei P9 on Manual mode.
EXIF data: 1/60s, ISO 1600, 2.2/F @ 27mm. Shot on 1/7/2019 - 2:51PM.


Edited in Snapseed.

Photography: Day 4 | Hunting for something interesting

I usually start and look for interesting subject or lighting on the beginning of the day. I usually hunt as soon as I step out of the office in the morning. I tried a few shots but not getting what I want. So I went and picked up my wife, and straight home and tried again.

Thus I got this cat looking up, I just hope that the light was more interesting, for now I'll go with this image.

About the photo: 

Shot outdoors under a shade on a sunny day, with a Huawei P9 on Manual mode.
EXIF data: 1/60s, ISO 100, 2.2/F @ 27mm. Shot on 1/3/2019 - 8:22AM.


Edited in Snapseed.

Photography: Day 3 | An attempt for a portrait session

It is now, January 3, 2019 around 7am. I'd like to try to write before I get my photo shot. I know it seems weird but, I'd like to write this post and see how I'll construct my write up after the actual shot. Writing the intro shouldn't hurt since this is just a place holder sort of speak...

I spoken with my office mate to accompany me to help me shoot her as subject to help me practice. I have a rough idea what I'll be shooting but I'll have to see how the shooting conditions will be and time constrains.

...Continuing the write up it is now, January 3, 2019, 00:46AM.

So we went out to Metrowalk, a place filled with bars and restaurants that open before or after lunch.  We opted to shoot there since there's minimal people to interfere what we were doing.  I was very happy with the output even though our shooting time was short, we were still able to get a lot of images.

I shot with 2 cameras, 1st on my Huawei P9, 2nd on Sony A7r Mark III. I want to utilize both cameras that I had that time to its fullest during the session.

I hope I can get productive output same as this day.

About the photo: 

Shot outdoors under a shade on a cloudy day, with a Huawei P9 on Manual mode.
EXIF data: 1/60s, ISO 200, 2.2/F @ 27mm. Shot on 1/3/2019 - 8:22AM.

Edited in Snapseed.

Team PCheng 2014 Recap: A look back at the year that was

2014 was a big year for us. We had big projects and arguably more projects that we ever had and we're very grateful for that- it just shows that all our hard work is finally paying off. Aside from the increase in projects we also got new equipment to help us with all the Team PCheng work, until recently Paul and I would have to share with my old HP laptop when working on photos for him and writing blog posts for me. Now this old HP laptop, is really old and really slow, we suspect some hardware problem with the heat sync or the cooling pad, or the thermal paste with the processor, something like that (I won't pretend to know what I'm talking about-because I don't). Basically the laptop overheats so much that it's so slow we have to put electric fans in front of it just so we can (barely) use it. But last August 2014 I won a freaking iPad mini! (Thank you Sky Cable! ^_^)

Julz Savard of Save Me Hollywood opening for Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
in March at Eastwood City. 

The plan is to have the laptop fixed - you know just in case we need to bring work with us or maybe travel and work at the same time or have work as travel (any excuse just to travel, because we're not just a couple of nerds who like to stay at home to watch movies and DVDs, we like to travel too! And my wish for 2015 is to get to travel more :p Even if it means bringing work along-we do 't mind). 

So going back to the recap - Paul and I had to take turns using the really slow laptop, so having the iPad, I got to do blogging and some social media managing on the tablet while Paul worked on photos on the laptop. Before the year ended though we were finally able to get a new PC (thanks to our 13th month pay) and so even if it's not the PC specs that Paul would have liked it definitely has made things faster for us. It's really important for me to mention this upgrade as I am eternally grateful for it, especially when I think about how we would have to take turns with the old laptop before but now we each can get some work done at a faster and more efficient speed. Definitely a big highlight for our 2014! ^_^

We were tapped by Tokyo Bubble Tea to feature their new Milo Series of Drinks as well as other yummy food - hoping to get to blog more about food this year -
gotta watch the waist line though! :P 

Although we, for some reason covered less music shows, concerts and gigs for this year (blame our ugly schedule, which aside from night shifts also meant working on weekends) we got to have a wider scope of things to cover and blog about. For one, it was our first year to be part of Nuffnang which meant more blogging opportunities for us. We got to attend a couple of blocked screenings and win and enjoy prizes - remember all those Cadbury chocolate?! Yup- all thanks to Nuffnang! Definitely looking forward to more blogging opportunities with them and maybe win even bigger prizes in 2015. 

And as if we were cementing our foot hold in the blogging community, it was also our first time to attend Blogapalooza - we had fun even if we were dead tired since once again we had to come from work :p Will definitely attend this year but will make more preparations (file leaves and get enough rest) ^_^

Sealed with a kiss. Our biggest project up to date getting to cover the
wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Dayanghirang.
#DevAndEmEverAfter

Carvings at Pinto Art Gallery in Antipolo. 

This 2014 we also got to blog and feature a couple of galleries and attend opening of art exhibits of some artist friends. Hoping to get to do more of that in 2015 ^_^ 

We also officially became a partner blogger for Amplify.ph :) so even if we haven't been covering as much local gigs as we would have wanted, we got to feature a lot of up and coming local acts on the blog. We even got to meet Iligan based band Loop when they came over to Manila and for us who support local music as much as we do it was really an honor. It was like a culmination of our 2014 support of OPM. While there was a decrease in covering local gigs we got to do more album/EP reviews this year and I'm looking forward to doing more in 2015.

Iligan based band Loop during the Route 196 show of their Manila tour. 

Noticeably we had more projects this year- we have been tapped to cover weddings, birthdays, christening and a couple of team shoots. Even if it meant loosing rest and sleep at times, Paul and I went ahead and pursued these projects. It was an honor being able to capture memories in photos. Throughout 2014, Paul and I also continued on with our crusade to bring printed photos back in this day and age, where everything is digital and every one is just happy uploading everything on social media but Paul believes that photos just shouldn't end on your timeline but should be printed as well. I guess that's just our being 'old' :P For 2015 we will definitely continue on printing photos and sharing that with not only our clients but with people we meet. I'm hoping to get to buy an Instax, so we can have photos printed (through polaroids) right away. Maybe in the future (or in this year) we can include that in our photography packages. ^_^

2014 was a big year for us and as we begin with the first few days of 2015, Paul and I will continue to treat everything as we had like one big misadventure. Thank you for everyone who has been part of our 2014, whether you were a client, a follower or a reader, thank you so much for the support! Hoping that you'll join us for another crazy ride in 2015.

Click HERE for More Photos of our 2014 Recap! 

Project 365: January 2014

As promised, here's  another photography related post.

If you have been following or checking out the blog, you may have seen last year's(2013) project 365.  So, in pursuit to improve and learn more on photography, I took on another year for project 365 for 2014.

Starting of the year way back in 2013(January 24), I took on project 365 with an iPhone app. Here's a link to my app uploads.  It challenged me to shoot photos everyday. The objective of the project as stated in my blogpost earlier, is to improve.  It was quite a challenge to force yourself to keep shooting every single day of the year, especially for a lazy and scatter brained person like me.

The 2013 project is a 2 sided story for me, on the positive side I've completed project 365, however I wasn't able keep my blogpost up to date I was only able to post from Week 1(last week of January 2013) to week 14 (first week of May 2013). I'm not sure if anyone was following those posts, but if there are people who check it out, I apologize for not following-through, due to busy schedules and full time work related conflicts.

At the beginning of 2014 I thought deeply whether I should take on project 365 again, can I still shoot daily? What stipulations, limitations and rules do I have to set myself?  I've been discouraged by a few pros on YouTube videos that I watched, that project 365 is a waste of time.  As I finished up the 2013 project, I just went ahead and continued to take it on.  Again, what do I have to lose?

This time, I won't be relying on my iPhone, or point and shoot cameras, only with my Canon 500d, or my brother-in-law's Nikon D7000, unless both DSLRs are not available.  Another stipulation is, to bring the 500d where ever when ever.  To the people who know me, they won't be surprised that I have a camera bag with me or black messenger bag. 

Another commitment is to upload daily, write some thoughts that went in to that image. I have multiple media streams of the said project: Facebook, G+, Flickr, Project 365, and Instagram.  It may take a while to get them up to date, but I'll do my best to get the photos uploaded and up to speed.

Day 1(2014)| 343(2013) - A new day, a new year	Day 2(2014)| 344(2013) - 7 fist technique	Day 3(2014) | 345(2013) - 5 minute shoot
Day 4(2014) | 346(2013) - Listening	Day 5(2014) | 347(2013) -  Inihaw	Day 6(2014) | 348(2013) - Highlights blown out
Day 7(2014) | 349(2013) - When the sun rises	Day 8(2014) | 350(2013) - Tiles	Day 9(2014) | 351(2013) - Tilted world
Day 10(2014) | 352(2013) - Justine's little critters	Day 11(2014) | 353(2013) - Dodge Coronet, Super Bee by Hot Wheels	Day 12(2014) | 354(2013) - Batgirl for a day
Day 13(2014) | 355(2013) -  Curves	Day 14(2014) | 356(2013) -  Left behind	Day 15(2014) | 357(2013) - Walk of fame
Day 16(2014) | 358(2013) -  Tools of the trade	Day 17(2014) | 359(2013) - Taking it to the streets	Day 18(2014) | 360(2013) - From the back
Day 19(2014) | 361(2013) - Seats	Day 20(2014) | 362(2013) - From the vacant lot	Day 21(2014) | 363(2013) -  In motion
Day 22(2014) | 364(2013) - Parked	Day 23(2014) | 365(2013) - Pedestrian lane	Day 24(2014) - Co'z it is ice cold
Day 25(2014) - Second new year	Day 26(2014) -  Sophia and her puppy	Day 27(2014) - Morning dew
Day 28(2014) -  Limit set	Day 29(2014) - Where the lines cross	Day 30(2014) - Reaching the skies
Day 31(2014) - Looking away

In hindsight, I thought that I was going to scrap the blogpost about project 365 and my progress, but due to certain occurrences, I had to learn html coding.  As you can see, all photos for the month of January are here and can be viewed in larger size. I have to apologize on some of the photos since they have been transferred from one media site to another, making them lack luster, and get pixelated. I didn't anticipate that I'll be posting them in larger format.  Maybe next time, I'll be able to upload better and bigger resolution images.