Avant Garde Photoshoot

I just finished editing the rest of the photos from the Avant Garde Photoshoot I had with the NOCTURNALS and by the looks of it I really love the output. Although I did not take that much pictures of April I got one decent photo edited for her. I like the effects I did on this set and will probably stay away from it next time. I do not want to bore people with the same lights thingy again.

I think I did bore quite a number of people on my Mr and Ms UE sets a few weeks back. I am trying to finish their photos til tomorrow because the pageant is quite near. I just hope I get to still have them impressed with their photos. I know it is quite good for my standards and I want to have them be seen as is on some of the raw shots but maybe a little editing so I could combine some of the shots would be nice for their portfolio.

Here are the group shots by the way from the Avant Garde Photoshoot... we did this in Orchidarium in Manila. It was a nice place but I would rather have lunch some place convenient and less expensive on the budget since their food was but average chinese.

Oh My! Duplicate File!

I just finished editing photos this morning and now it looks like a huge mess on my computer. I almost lost my sets a couple of hours ago because the files I saved are located in different folders. With hundreds of files having the same name I know for a fact that there are one or more duplicate file on hand. You cannot simply discount that because I keep them on the default names most of the time. I need to delete them because I really need the hard drive space. That is where it gets complicated since you cannot view all the thumb nails one by one to compare which ones are edited and those which are not. I have uploaded most of them in social networks and I am glad both the models and my friends appreciate it.

It means so much to me to hear people appreciate my work. I spent hours working on one or two photos depending on the effect I would like to have on it. Organization is a must and I have actually amassed around 40 photo shoots already. Each one on different folders and some of them are already archived. If there was one thing I should improve on now, it would be taking care of the raw files. I have lots of photos already out in the public and making sure my copyright is included on the meta data I would have to embed this one by one. Thank heavens there are things I can use to be able to do that. Otherwise I would have made a mess again and start all over! I hope you like my shots too.



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Under Represented

I just noticed that Nuffie has lots of Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian users but not so much Pinoys on it. I wonder why. Has there been a shortage of Filipino bloggers perhaps? Well, I don't know but there are so much opportunities on line that my homeland had never been able to grasp in the last few years. There are not that much Filipino bloggers that have networks as huge as Nuffie and that seems to make me worry. Should I launch a nationwide nuffie campaign so they get to join there too? I wonder why Nuffie is not thinking about it =/ I guess that is something to do in the next few years.

Site owners like me would benefit from it since my audience is going to be boosted locally. I know for a fact that there are Philippine members already but why are they not using Innit? Maybe they do not see the reason to do so. I see that there are lots of entries when there are contests but no one makes an effort to use nuffie in this part of the world. What do you think could motivate Filipinos to use this? Are contests enough? How about monetary gifts? Do you think its worth it to be a member of this community?

Let me know what you think... Please comment! =)

House Changes

Sometimes no matter how much you try to avoid things from happening it still becomes a reality. I do not really regret re-modeling the house but it has taken me quite a couple thousand bucks to have my room perfect to a tee. My beds spread are all new and I even bought pillows to match the comforter Mom bought last Christmas. I do not know interior design but I guess I know and appreciate good looking things when I see one. I guess when God spread blessings for aesthetics I think I have amassed a lot of it to say humbly. I would want to have my room to look perfectly finished and have a few pieces purchased for accent. Do I still have the same black and white palate from last year you ask?! Well let's just say I put in a splash of color here and there and I bought artwork to get the theme started. I do not want it to end up like a huge collage of fabric patterns which I think I did last year.

Today this is a huge step for me and the investment I did on the whole house is really worth it. I guess I learned to at least do less control over what I think is better for the place I stay in. I had doubts but I think even if other people do things in my place it was nice to see the result went pretty well. Believing in them may have gotten me somewhere and hey! It really is not that bad so if there is any consolation, I like it a lot just so you know! At least I get very good nights sleep!