Speaketh, My Soul
My love affair with photography started in childhood. At a young age I remember playing and "shooting" (imaginary, of course!) with my grandfather's, Vicente Tarnate's, Rolleiflexes, Leicas and Nikons. He was a photographer and he loved photography. I know he did. He made a living out of his love. I wonder where my Lolo's cameras are now? Me, I just love to capture moments. Moments of people, colours, my world under the ever-changing shades of light. "Freeze" them & hopefully keep their memories somewhat alive through my photographs. Is "preserve" the word for it? When I look through the lens I know I have the ability and the humbling power to share what I saw and felt to whoever wish to view them afterwards. "How?", you ask? I just know. Just like you do with your captures. I have no formal education in photography. I just click away whenever my eye catches something or someone, that, at least to me warrants attention. (Which I am sure as you all know, in most cases, is almost every bit of everything around us!). Whatever there is or was - joy, excitement, or (I wouldn't lie to you) even, perhaps, simply spur-of-the-moment "nothing", whatever the moment brings is extended by the photograph that flickers into my LCD. I know it may sound selfish but I take photographs not to please whoever might have a chance to have a look at them, but to satisfy my own excitement. To share whatever or whatnot feelings I had before, during, and, happily, after every push at the shutter button. Photography allows me to breathe in and exhale. You see, my bottomline is simple. I am a child again when I hold my camera. To me photography is when my photographs allow my Soul To Speaketh...
My love affair with photography started in childhood. At a young age I remember playing and "shooting" (imaginary, of course!) with my grandfather's, Vicente Tarnate's, Rolleiflexes, Leicas and Nikons. He was a photographer and he loved photography. I know he did. He made a living out of his love. I wonder where my Lolo's cameras are now? Me, I just love to capture moments. Moments of people, colours, my world under the ever-changing shades of light. "Freeze" them & hopefully keep their memories somewhat alive through my photographs. Is "preserve" the word for it? When I look through the lens I know I have the ability and the humbling power to share what I saw and felt to whoever wish to view them afterwards. "How?", you ask? I just know. Just like you do with your captures. I have no formal education in photography. I just click away whenever my eye catches something or someone, that, at least to me warrants attention. (Which I am sure as you all know, in most cases, is almost every bit of everything around us!). Whatever there is or was - joy, excitement, or (I wouldn't lie to you) even, perhaps, simply spur-of-the-moment "nothing", whatever the moment brings is extended by the photograph that flickers into my LCD. I know it may sound selfish but I take photographs not to please whoever might have a chance to have a look at them, but to satisfy my own excitement. To share whatever or whatnot feelings I had before, during, and, happily, after every push at the shutter button. Photography allows me to breathe in and exhale. You see, my bottomline is simple. I am a child again when I hold my camera. To me photography is when my photographs allow my Soul To Speaketh...
Interestingness and Explore
Interestingly these photographs made it. How. I don't know. Why? I don't know either. But it was all because of you why they're there. Why I'm here. Maraming salamat po!
Interestingly these photographs made it. How. I don't know. Why? I don't know either. But it was all because of you why they're there. Why I'm here. Maraming salamat po!
Monochromes / Duotones.
Monochrome comes from the two Greek words mono (μoνο, meaning "only" or "alone"), and chroma (χρωμα, meaning "color"). For an image, the term monochrome is usually taken to mean the same as black-and-white or, more likely, grayscale, but may also be used to refer to other combinations containing only two colors, such as green-and-white or green-and-black. It may also refer to sepia or cyanotype images. Duotone is a halftone reproduction of an image using the superimposition of a contrasty black halftone over a one color halftone. This is most often used to bring out middle tones and highlights of an image. The most common colors used are blue, yellow, browns and reds.
Monochrome comes from the two Greek words mono (μoνο, meaning "only" or "alone"), and chroma (χρωμα, meaning "color"). For an image, the term monochrome is usually taken to mean the same as black-and-white or, more likely, grayscale, but may also be used to refer to other combinations containing only two colors, such as green-and-white or green-and-black. It may also refer to sepia or cyanotype images. Duotone is a halftone reproduction of an image using the superimposition of a contrasty black halftone over a one color halftone. This is most often used to bring out middle tones and highlights of an image. The most common colors used are blue, yellow, browns and reds.