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Copyright Violations Rampant in Ilo-ilo

January 29, 2009 | News | 3 Comments

With all the copyright laws and information about photographers’ right… some people and some entities seems stubborn, some intentionally want to look like an ignorant to follow and RESPECT rules and copyright. A fellow photographer’s photos were used without permission, not even [...]

Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Parish – Tahanan Ni Maria

January 28, 2009 | Articles | 12 Comments

My photos got shortlisted in Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Parish’s Tahanan ni Maria Photo Contest / Exhibit in General Santos City. This is in collaboration with the Gensan Camera Club, members pooled their photos for the upcoming exhibit. The photos will also be used for the OLPGV’ [...]

Something Light

January 26, 2009 | News | 8 Comments

Update (Feb 7, 2009) : I finally got my self a Panasonic Lumix LX-3, I have tested a few shots with this tiny wonder. See my macro shots here [...]

Unjading Jade

January 24, 2009 | Portraits | 50 Comments

Model / Dress and Bikini Wear : Barbie Jade Lazaro MUA : Ren Tampus PA : Aldrico Lubaton, Jr. For a while I have been shooting mostly landscapes and it’s been months since my last fashion and glamour shoot. I’m glad to have met Barbie during the Fairytale Make-over event at KCC Mall last [...]

Firmware Update for Canon 40D and Nikon D3 & Nikon D700

January 21, 2009 | News | 2 Comments

Canon and Nikon released updates for the firmware of Canon 40D, Nikon D3 and Nikon D700. Firmware updates include corrections to battery capacity display, sensor cleaning malfunction, assist beam firing, color correction, time zone discrepancy, rare black dot occurence in long exposures and many oth [...]

Some webhosting @$%#$!

January 20, 2009 | News | 5 Comments

I don’t know what took them so long to bring their servers back online. My site was down for a whole day! And now it’s back up but it’s damn slow. I just hope they won’t do anything like this again… last minute changes with a very long downtime. Arrgh! Update: I just fo [...]

Viva Sto. Niño!

January 15, 2009 | Articles | 14 Comments

I woke up very early today. It was cold and the weather was really not that cooperating but nevertheless we proceeded to Tambler, General Santos City where we jumped off to be part of the annual celebration of Sto. Niño, the patron of Barangay Bula. From Tambler we traveled for around an hour to re [...]

Sigma 18-250mm f3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM

January 15, 2009 | Gadgets & Reviews | No Comments

Sigma announces another lens in their line-up, the Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM with a 13.8 times zoom ratio. It incorporates Sigma’s original anti-shake compensation function. The lens incorporates four SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass elements and three aspherical lens elements that pro [...]

Camera Shops

January 12, 2009 | Gadgets & Reviews | 14 Comments

For those who wanted to buy camera and photography accessories, I have listed some reliable stores below. Since I’m very far from Manila, and camera shops are very scarce or have only a few items, it had been difficult to grab some items I need. I’m glad to have these list, which since [...]