The Royal Wedding

The Royal Wedding
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Everybody who can, tuned in on this important event in history. We did. We were of course curious just like everybody else.

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Bokeh Nights

Bokeh Nights
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

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Simple. No Frills. High ISO. Photo.

Untitled

Untitled
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

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I just love it that I have not been doing self-portraits for a few posts now.

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Paparazzo

Paparazzo
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

It's Tipsy Tuesday! More on that (tips) in a minute or less.

When I started this project, most of the photos were done in my afternoons. Sometimes it takes me hours to get the photo I was visualizing in my mind. But, I guess it's taking its toll already. I am running out of ideas most of the time. So what I am doing now is, instead of looking for ideas. I wait for it to come to me. Sort of.

I was watching this documentary "Teenage Paparazzo" by Adrian Grenier (from The Entourage). It was an "OK" documentary. I am not going to do a review about it because first of all, I can't. =)

Back to the photo and tip.

What I wanted to achieve here is to get that ringlight look without too much fuss. I do have an adapter but i don't really like the light output from it. It gives out a weird color shift. That's what I get for being cheap!

The lighting above is done with a single 580EX with an off-camera cord so that I can hold the light and rest it on top or the sides of the lens. That's why sometimes, if you notice, flashed photos from point and shoot cameras come out better than from DSLRs with external flashes. It's because the built in flash is very close to the lens.

It's a bit of wrestle holding both your camera and lens but that way I can still direct my light.

I don't recommend doing it in real life "paparazzi" situations though.

Shameless Plugging!

I just put up my Facebook (Fan) Page. I thought of doing this to keep my personal account more personal. "Like" me (?)

First Dance

First Dance
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

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the little one's been "dancing" inside.

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His Royal Ryeness

His Royal Ryeness
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This is Ryan. A friend for a long time, an enemy for a while but is now one of our very close friends.

He used to be quite famous, but I guess his sister is taking over his fame.

Easter Weekend

Easter Weekend
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These are our house guests this weekend. from left to right Ryan, Verna and JC.

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Tequila Rose

Tequila Rose
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This is Verna. She's a Certified ABT (American Ballet Theater) Teacher. A good friend. No, a very good friend. She's one of my wife's best friend but I've known her even before they met.

Did I tell you she's single?

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Spool-ed

Spool-ed
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

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Been busy the whole day assisting a shoot for a big Hotel here in Macau.

Tomorrow is another day

The Little One

The Little One
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

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saw our little one today. that's the baby's face on the right. They have the same jaw line.

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Caged

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Tipsy Tuesdays- Restricting Light (Gobo)



Putting a gobo on your light is not only for controlling light spills. It can also make an uninteresting wall to something more interesting.

For the photo above, I used our heater (which will be put on storage very soon) to create the effect on the background. I was primarily looking for some grills around the house but all I had available is not enough for the look I wanted.



One thing to remember when doing this technique. The strength of the effect depends on how far your gobo is from the background or object to light and how far your light source is from your gobo. The inverse square law still applies.

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Chimping

Chimping
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

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We all do this in any photo op in almost any situation, we chimp after a click.

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Warped

Warped
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

Back to strobing. Shot with a LOMO fish eye lens

Info:
Main is a Canon 580EX with an LTP above camera just off the the frame. Full CTO'd
Fill is from a reflective umbrella camera right with an LP 120.
BG light is an LP120 with a green gel.
PW plus II and Flex TT5

Discussions

Discussions
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

It's always an interesting talking with my former dance mentor in Folk Dance, Victor Flor (right). Sometimes its too interesting.

The Past Week

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It's all about chucks and cords and little bit of something else

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No post for the past week as I was "camping" on a mountain home with no internet connection. It was refreshing to be honest.

So here's what happened.

The main reason we were there, with the whole family, was for my sister's wedding. She planned a mountain/breakfast reception (I know, right) wedding. The place is in Lunao, in Bago City. A 45mins to 1hour away from the more famous Bacolod City in Negros Occidental.


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Sunrise at 30,000ft

Our day started with a delayed flight from Macau to Manila. I was very concerned for my preggy wife on this flight. there's is a 4 hour early morning lay over in Manila airport and i wanted her to be as comfortable as possible. Good thing though is that there is a 24hour spa in the airport. It was more comfortable than lying on a cold floor.


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Lunao Home

This is were we stayed the whole. It has a long family (my mom's family) history. I hope we can spend more time in this place to know it better.


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The W+K Wedding day

It was a very memorable wedding. Not just for the couple but also for their guests.


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Taal

After the main event, we still had a few more days to spend in "Camp". This my nephew Taal wearing a traditional garment called the "bahag". I use to wear this back in grade school and in high school for performances.


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Manual Labor

Prepping the soil for planting.


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Manang Uting

She took care of us the whole week in Lunao.


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Inasal

from our last lunch in Bacolod. Chicken Inasal take out.


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bring us back to the mountains

'Nuff said.

Bandaged

96 of 365. Be a good girl. See you in a week.
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

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Be a good girl. See you in a week.

Defining lines

Contract!
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

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Dance is one of my favorite photo subjects. Maybe i could say that it's my "specialty". Being a professional dancer for a little over a decade, i picked up a few lighting "must haves" in shooting dance by observing how the lighting designers light dance performances.

one of them is sidelighting. It's is my personal goal to give dancers a sidelight when ever possible. I don't, of course have to worry about it when shooting live performances because one, i don't have control over the lights and two, it's almost always there.

But in a photo session may it be in studio or outdoors. Sidelighting will not just separate your subject from your back ground it will also define their lines. Dancers, especially those with ballet training, work really hard to get those beautiful lines and it is our job as photographers to showcase what they've worked on for years.

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Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

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Info:
an LP120 is behind that shoot thru.
PW plus II

Let there be light!

Let there be Light!
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

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Uhm...

Info:
Elinchrom A-heads left and right
LP 120 with grid and zoomed to 85mm above and front of me.
Elinchrom skyport trigger
Optical receiver for the LP 120

At Dusk

At Dusk
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

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It's been a good sunny day today and yesterday. That's all I want to say. =)

Info:
Elinchrome Quadra A-head camera right bare with the supplied diffuser gelled with 1/2 cut CTO
Elinchrom skyport trigger

Messed up

Messed up
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

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My first high-key photo post in this 365. A messed up living room. It's not always like that in real life.

Info:
One light. elinchrom Quadra shot through a scrim around 3-4 feet away from me.
Elinchrom Skyport.