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Thursday, August 30, 2012
A Not-So Sublime Genesis
Photography seemed like a far-flung
extension of my interest in art. My teen years (yes, I mean those three-persons-can-fit-in-my-baggy-clothes
interlude) were spent vomiting ink, needless to say consuming pastel, on
spotless, smooth, thin surfaces. It’s funny now of how I thought of myself as a
hot stuff that could draw. Back then, sketching was a useful scheme to get
girls’ attention slyly. Hahaha…
But then someone from the neighborhood grew up and I came to
terms with the fact that I am and can never be, though my name suggests what my
future should hold, one of The Great Raphael’s modern replicas. I cannot paint
the great works of creations as perfectly as I would want nor paint a face
flawlessly, as frustrated as I was. And then like a genius, (forgive my self-absorption
momentum) I realized (no, discovered is an apt word. I'm supposed to be a genius, am I
not? LOL) that technology indeed offers a venue to remount my hope on art
through photography.
My first owned digital camera was
a basic Nikon Coolpix. Not that it did much justice to the real beauty a moment
offered in those days, but it worked its ass off (if it ever had one) to freeze
every effin’ important second of my life and my friends and friends of friends
lives. I hanged with it for some time for one good reason: I cannot afford a
better one. The second camera I poured by frustrations unto was a Nikon Coolpix
p100. It was somehow a good piece to practice photography. It has a few of the
basic ingredients in maneuvering photo effects. And it has a good deal of zoom
capability. I was delighted with how that piece of machine can replicate, and
does more, what my eyes can see.
It was only until recently (and
by that I mean 9 months ago), that I got hold of my very first Nikon DSLR. It’s
not worth hundreds of thousands. But it’s doing a pretty good job with my
not-so-newly-found obsession. I took pictures every chance I got. Learned
tricks and brilliant ideas from renowned photographers through online tutorials,
blogs, featured stories… all information I can grasp whenever I hit Google.
Well, you see, I wasn’t born with a silver spoon, so participating on the real
stuff that costs thousands is not much of an option. Luckily though, our humble
town has a handful of practiced photography enthusiasts who share their pieces
of the pie with the rest of us, neophytes.
When my partner bought her DLSR
as well a few months after I did, we started offering services for small
wedding events and other occasions for three reasons: (1) practice makes
perfect (2) we enjoy seizing those perfect unguarded moments of pure joy (3)
and what better way to practice and indulge ourselves with our obsession other
than that we get paid for? :D Plus, we get to update and add accessories with
it. So hail to all patient and wonderful clients! =)
I and my partner is a work-in-progress.
We’re maybe still in the slopes and were definitely tried, but you know what
they say, “What doesn’t kill you will make you stronger.” So yeah, this fascination
upon witnessing your happy moments and freezing them for your great great grand
kids to see will make us better and stronger.
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You POSE, we SHOOT!
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