Photography Idols: Nicolas Méphane

Today I'm featuring portrait photographer Nicolas Méphane. I found out about him in Facebook by accident as I was browsing for photographers to follow or subscribe to. His portraits are like the ones that made me fall in love with in portraits in DeviantArt and by now I guess you guys already know the look and feel that I want in my portraits. One thing that I notice with his photos are his compositions and I'm sure they will look great in...

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Back In Afters

I met with Ice and Vincent yesterday at Afters for some good ol' get together since we haven't seen each other for quite a while. We got to talk about stuff that's happening with each of us; Ice's wedding and her preparations as well as how her fiance proposed, Vincent's growing business (among other things hint: gym time!), my status at work, why we should visit Makati Med, a good business venture for Ice and Vincent with me as their first test...

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Photography Idols: Nicoline Patricia Malina

My latest Photography Idol feature is Nicoline Patricia Malina. If I wanted to look at fashion photos, I know which photographer's page I'll visit. She's based in Jakarta Indonesia and has done editorials for big fashion magazines such as Elle and Esquire. When you see her photos, you know they're worthy to  be printed in magazines and be shared to others because they're just gorgeous. She has a mix of studio and ambient lighting, colored and...

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Smashing Pumpkins in Manila!

Even if it was raining really really hard and traffic was so horrible (an hour and a half on a usual 7-10 minutes stretch of a road), I braved it all just to watch the Smashing Pumpkins concert last Wednesday and guess what, it was all worth it! I'm not that of a big fan of the Smashing Pumpkins but when I heard their songs during my MTV years, I got hooked even though at that time I was in to RnB and HipHop songs. That's how strong and awesome...

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Camera Options ... Sony RX100

gearpatrol.com I don't want to make two consecutive Camera Options posts but I just have to add this to that list because this is exactly what I'm looking for! Have you heard of Sony RX100? Well, it's the camera that is pictured above and it's one fantastic P&S camera because it's the answer to my dilema between Canon's S100 and Fuji's X10. I'm having trouble deciding between Canon S100 "pocketability" and Fuji X10's sensor capability...

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