Overjive Shoot Sneak Peek

Here are some proofs that I am not yet dead or missing but just busy juggling my day job, part-time job and other stuff about life. 

Photography Inspiration: Brassai

If there was one photographer who live and very much showed his love for the place where he lived in it's Gyula Halász or more commonly known as George Brassaï or Brassaï for short. A Hungarian artist who did a lot of creative work like making sculptures, films, drawing and above all photography. Brassaï first worked as a journalist for a Hungarian newspaper but later moved to Paris wherein he stayed there for all his life.

Of Posts and Plays

Last Sunday I headed out to join a tour around at some of the beautiful but forgotten places here in Manila. The itinerary was pretty long (we are supposed to go to Arroceros Park, Aduana and many more) but because of the inclement weather we just trimmed down the tour into two places. First was the Philippine Post Office or PhilPost and the other one was the Manila Metropolitan Theater both are situated in the Lawton area.

For this shoot I challenged myself not to use my trusty wide angle lens and explore the capabilities of my nifty-fifty. At first it was tough because I am accustomed to shooting the whole scene first rather than focusing on the intimate details specially when it comes to architectural details.

Photography Inspiration: Irving Penn

I just recently discovered the great Irving Penn while I was researching things for a blog post at work. I was actually taken aback after seeing the photograph of the Ballet Society and the image of Lisa Fonssagrives. His images are just so powerful and poetic that it feels like the eyes of the person in his photograph is looking right at your very essence. Most of his photographs are stripped off color and elaborate backgrounds which makes his work so direct and emotionally charged.

A Different Light

Cara Phillips a photographer from Detroit shot these wonderful portraits using UV lights to illuminate her subjects. The portraits shows and emphasizes the beauty of the imperfections of the skin under a different wave length of light.

(Source: Fubiz)

Quiapo

I ventured out alone to Quiapo today to try my take on street photography since I was so inspired by a handful photographs that I saw yesterday and after reading this.

I also learned a very valuable lesson today: Never shoot in raw when doing street photography, bah too late for regrets well at latest I got nice photos.

My favorite photo in this set.

Cheers!