macro shots...Ü

After posting my perspective in photography as an introduction, now i'll post some of my pictures which i took from some vacations, escapades and photo trippings. So for now i'll start with the subject macro shots. I am still an amateur photographer, though i haven't been in any workshops or seminars i try to do self-study about photography through internet. Since there are free e-books and online workshop, i took advantage of this chance using my free time at home.
So, here some of my samples...Ü



*dried leaves in sepia mode



* a cracked paved floor from a grotto



*a closer look of bermuda grasses

Photography in my perspective...Ü

My fondness and love for photography actually started when my parents gave me a digital camera when i graduated from high school, and that was four years ago. Owning such gadget then was quiet a privilege to me since having one would definitely make you a stand-out since only few can afford to own a digital camera. But there's something more beyond that superficial privilege, because having that gadget earned me to have love for photography. I know that i am such a sentimental person, that's why as much as possible i'd like to capture the best moments in my life. But, there's much more than just having simple flick of a cam, and that is exploring the beauty of any thing that is worth to be captured. But for me, in a much deeper sense of photography, taking pictures would also mean as 'an act to unravel hidden and explicit emotions and meanings'.

I believe that there are things that are very significant but because of the vastness of our milliue, we tend to ignore those that are important. That's why photography will help you to value things around you. It can be a tool to find the right focus of any subjects. And with that focus, you can surely discover and eventually appreciate its existence and its significant meaning.

These thoughts my perspective of photography - something beyond the ordinary click of a camera.

I have always wanted to enroll myself in a seminar/workshop that tackles photography. However, because of academic responsibilities as a college student, i never had the chance. But now that i am a graduate, i am planning to attend weekend sessions for photography classes after i have settled myself for a job. Practicing photography is quite expensive, the gadget itself will automatically cost you thousands of bucks, and of course one should spare a part from his allowance or salary for workshop fees or payments. Taking it as a hobby is already expensive, and taking up a few steps for the professional field will definitely create a hole to one's pocket. Because it would require you to have other equipments like lights, tripod, additional lenses and etc. And this is what i have recently realized, 'money = education'. This goes to say that in order to gain impressive education, money should come first as a priority. This has been the prerequisite to anyone who would like to avail a good education. And i really admire those people who really struggles just to achieve this level of profession in photography or in any profession.

Though money has been the first mode and a first step to any goal, however, at the end of the day, 'skills, passion and perseverance' will always be the key to achieve our goals, even if they seem to be elusive at first, there is no such thing that these three can't conquer...

Photography would probably one of the oldest art, from which you can see its continuous development from the equipments itself, and most of all from the pictures where good memories and ideas were imbued and reflected. Moments are meant to be captured and to be reminisced, either they are something that draws a smile from our lips or something that pauses us from sadness and melancholy. But no matter how they were captured, the important thing is, we were able to reflect from that actions and of course, appreciate its beauty and glory unfaded by years passed.

Writing Movie and Drama Reviews..Ü

I have always been a movie buff since i was in high school. And i guess, i have become more enthusiast in watching movies when i took up AB Mass Communication. Since ours was a generalized one, i mean the curriculum, our major subjects were divided in cinema, theater, television and radio production, advertising, public relations, journalism and etc. Having a curriculum like this would mean, that we are 'Jack of all trades', having only a parcel of each of the subjects. But this didn't obstructed me to learn more. Actually, during my four year college life i have realized that i can also excel in other fields of communication, of course, aside from writing which is my hobby, i found myself challenged in creating concepts or ideas for a certain product or event. And seems like i have also developed love for research writing, and now that i am a graduate, i really miss the time wherein i didn't have any sleep at all and found myself unconsciously alighting from the jeepney (a local public transportation vehicle) because of intense drowsiness.

Aside from these, what really made me appreciate the course i took up was because of our cinema class under Sir Ting. It was definitely such an exquisite experience because thru it, i have learned to love watching films more and its different genres- drama, silent movie, action, sci-fi all are which under the categories of classical, european up to the modern or the recent types of movies nowadays.

And since i love writing, (i'm not saying that i am really good at it, though) i decided to do reviews to be posted here in my blog. And i opted to work reviews of asian dramas and movies, since i am watching more than a handful of it in a week (that's the power of internet!Ü). Doing this will also help me to improve and practice well my writing skills...Ü

So, as for a start, i did a brief review of My sassy girl, i have already posted it, but i haven't yet posted its synopsis...

So, for know, i wish for myself to update this blog frequently...

and hope this could be a help for others who seeks for a good, (take note, good daw!) movie reviews, and of course! i wish my works to be like one(good)!

My Sassy Girl

My Sassy Girl/Yeopgijeogin geunyeo (2001)

starring:
Tae-hyun Cha as Kyun-woo
Gianna Jun / Ji-hyun Jun as The Girl


My Sassy Girl is one of the movies that paved way to the stardom of Korean movies and series. In fact, MSG's fame have reached the US that they produced an english remake of the said movie. In Asia alone, if you will ask some movie buffers about MSG, everyone will surely recognize and will probably recall how the movie went out. And i am not an exemption! Nonetheless, my brain will instantly blink once the title of this movie is mentioned.
Moreover, the plot was definitely good and the portrayal of the characters. Characters alone, or perhaps the actors have their own distinct image which made their difference suit their love team, as protagonists of the movie.
Soundtrack. I guess, everyone can recognize the melody of the song "Pachelbel Canon" (actually, i even downloaded the whole soundtrackÜ). This classical song of Johann Pachelbel blended the whole motion picture. And despite of being a classic song, still, it had managed to reach the hearts of the audience, especially the part wherein the lead actress played this song in an auditorium. Well, aside from this track, 'I Believe' by Shin Seung Hun is among the favorites of many soundtrack holders of this movie. In fact, there is another filipino/tagalog version of this song which was sung by Jimmy Bondoc.
I guess, one of the significant reasons why this movie was well loved by the audience was because of the cinematography accompanied by the captivating melodies of the musics used in the movie. And of course, the actors delivered the characters excellently, even if the protagonist guy was quiet an idiot there (heheÜ). To sum it all, the movie was a refreshing offer of the korean movie makers to the avid movie goers...Ü

*credits: Hancinema.net (picture)