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My New Friend – Venturing into Serious Beginner Photography

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Camwhoring at a Coffee Shop in Chinatown

Just got back from my short trip to Manila last January 10-14, 2009 with Vince. The agenda was to buy my first DSLR, a Nikon D40 with a Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens. I initially wanted to buy the 18-200mm but I wasn’t able to conjure enough money :(
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Traveling like Phineas and Ferb during my Kalibo/Libacao/Pandan trip

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A week after the board exam, I was on the road again. This time, I was with Vince, one of my close friends and blogger of Explore Aklan. I tagged along with Vince when he returned home to Kalibo, Aklan. He had already planned on going to Libacao and Pandan, Antique and invited me to come along with him. So I did, since I don’t usually pass off the opportunity to travel and I’ve always wanted to go to these particular places.

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Improved self-portraits

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Shooting people is one of my weaknesses as a photographer. I think I take acceptable landscape shots and animal/wildlife shots but when it comes to shooting subjects that are something so dynamic and interactive such as a human, I can’t seem to be confident enough in pressing the shutter due to self doubts whether it will result in a good shot.

So I convinced my friends to let me take portrait shots of them until I get better and I did. I’ll post some pictures of my friends if they will agree. My newly enhanced skill has also helped me take self-portrait shots, so in the meantime, I’ll just post some pictures of myself:

Got lost in Your Eyes
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