Night Rider

Night Rider
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

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Sometimes laziness can bring you somewhere unexpectedly good.

It took me more than an hour to make this miniature mini cooper interesting. I went from plain white to plain black back ground but found them boring. Add bokeh to make it more interesting right? Then, it took me more time to figure out a nice angle and lighting with the bokeh.

When I was happy with the angle and light with my LP120, I thought the bottom half of the frame was too dark. Here's where the laziness came in. I was too lazy to put up another stand and strobe for the bottom half. I remembered i had this led bike light in my drawer and since i was exposing for 2 seconds, why not "paint" it with light.

I did couple of exposures for the bottom half, sides, front, etc and masked them together in post. I figured it was easier that way. Ended up using 3 frames only.

Melting heart

Melting heart
Originally uploaded by jojomamangun

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I wish i could say that she ate, chewed or destroyed something in our house and gave me this look while I was scolding her.

It's those moments that would just melt you heart, right? When you would, if your a dog owner or lover, place your hand on your chest and would say "awww..."

But Cuddy, isn't like that. She doesn't chew stuff at home except for her own toys. She's toilet trained and just pooped and peed at home only when she can't hold it in anymore. She's been with us for almost 4 years now.

And we can't wait for her to meet the little one soon.

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not a very creative blog title and i apologize.

TipsyTuesday post below 185.


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For a while now, I am more and more shifting back to using bridge. I like the simplicity and speed compared to other applications I've used.

The photo above is a product of my experimentation in Camera Raw. I was looking for a look that says summer, sun, fun. I was trying salvage boring photos i took from an event last night.

I saved the preset. drop me an email if you want to use or improve it. preset trade anyone?


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Just another night at our living room. This was supposed to be a one light exercise but turned out to be four freaking lights.

TipsyTuesday Post: Using a Shoot thru umbrella

A lot of shooters I know and follow on the internet is not really a big fan of shoot thrus. They say because of its parabolic shape, it throws light everywhere. It's hard to control. It is of course 100% true. But for the shooter on a budget or starting shooters, this is the first light modifier we usually have.

When I first got my lights. just 2 strobes with no intensity control (Forgot the term but its like a simple light bulb. I still have it to this day), it came with two umbrellas, one reflective and a shoot thru. The first time i was using them, I kept on using the shoot thru as a reflective. until i saw somewhere online that its actually called a shoot thru umbrella and i just figured why not put it the other way around. Genius, right?

Back to the tip.

I guess the strength of a shoot thru is that you can put it really close to your subject and produce a very soft light.

I use them all the time specially on location. it's easy to put up, easy to pack. Be careful when using it outdoors on a windy day though. go figure.

It's a very versatile piece of gear and dirt cheap too!

As usual, click on the photo for larger version.

Isn't it nice that I keep on posting photos of my wife and instead of mine? It's easier that way too.