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Entries from May 2007

The Search for Cristo Falls

May 31st, 2007 · 5 Comments

Matt & I have been planning to visit our friend Deks in Antipolo for quite a while; he is also a balikbayan from Saudi Arabia. At last, it happened yesterday.

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Tags: Friends · Landscapes · Nature · Photo Ops · Photography · WTF

Experimenting on Nikon CLS

May 29th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Bundled with an SB-800 Speedlights is the Nikon’s Creative Lighting System (CLS) wherein a flash can be controlled off-camera. This is one of the considerations that I had before buying one, I’ve read a lot of discussion about this & the strobist technique & I was very impressed of it’s capability. After spending [...]

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Tags: Gears & Gadgets · Photography

Timely Upgrade

May 27th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Karir na ito! I decided to further enhance my capability as a photographer, during the last few photo-eb’s that I’ve attended, I saw what’s lacking. I bought 3 must haves, a battery grip, zoom lens & speedlight (flash).

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Tags: Gears & Gadgets · Photography

Dino Land

May 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Eversince Tobey saw this photo, he’s dying to go & see these dino replicas being displayed at the Baywalk in Manila Bay. After invading the Museo Pambata & having lunch in a nearby mall, I let them see this dinosaurs.

At first, Tobey was hesitant to even come close to them but after realizing that [...]

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Tags: Family Matters · Kids · Leisure · Photo Ops · Photography

Spread the Love

May 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments

i was tag by Mousey, so im spreading the love…
~Start Copying Here~ Alexa Redirect Train by Carl Ocab. Rules: Put anything you like above this list – Chit Chat, talkies, introduce what this is. Something like that. Start copying on the “~Start Copying Here~” and copy all the things listed without removing the links. (Of [...]

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Tags: Friends · Meme & E-mail · Tags

Invading Museo Pambata

May 23rd, 2007 · 4 Comments

School openins is just around the corner & I have to give-in to my niece & nephew’s request. CD (Christine Dawn) wants to re-visit the Museo Pambata1, while Tobey is dying to see those large dinosaur replicas lined-up at the Baywalk area.
Like every good-hearted uncle, I gave in to the request, we visited the [...]

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Tags: Family Matters · Kids · Leisure · Photo Ops · Photography

Shooting Cosplay

May 22nd, 2007 · 6 Comments

An invitation to shoot, learn and have fun was posted in Jayvee’s blog & it was picked up by fello hobbyist.
It is a model shoot wherein the models are dressed-up like your favorite animè/manga characters, this sub-culture is called cosplay, two models were present, the first was Jerry Polence & the other, demn! sorry I [...]

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Tags: Events · Photo Ops · Photography

A Day at the Avilon Zoo

May 21st, 2007 · 6 Comments

I was not prepared for this shoot, I got invited by fellow PiPhols while shooting the Ferraris at the NBC Tent. After having lunch, we proceeded to Avilon Zoo, it took us about an hour & a half drive to reach the place, Avilon Zoo is located in Bo. San Isidro, Rodriguez, Rizal (formerly [...]

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Tags: Photo Ops · Photography

Shell V Power/Ferrari Event @ NBC Tent

May 20th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Isa na namang photo ops ang pinuntahan ko, isang exhibition sa NBC Tent sa The Fort entitled: Shell V Power/Ferrari Event. Nung nabasa ko sa thread ng PiPho nag-sign-up agad ako, free kasi ang entrance at may chance pang manalo ng trip to Italy for 7 days o kaya naman 3 days sa Boracay. [...]

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Tags: Events · Photo Ops · Photography · Trade Shows

Bloggerwave.com - a new way to earn money from your blog

May 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I’ve found a new way to earn money by blogging, this time through Bloggerwave.

This scheme will add to the various money making program that I’m currently running here in my blog. Bloggerwave is a simple program wherein you need to write an article featuring the sponsors (which they call opportunity). Two of my [...]

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Tags: Money Matters · Site Update