new things

i just take things lightly now a days. this is like writing your diary all over again as we begin. i don't take stressful jobs and just sit and write things as a way to put my mind calm.

finally i have given up the things that are baggage and live life. i am still in the process of knowing myself all over again. may be this what others call soul searching, some may call it rediscovering oneself but i will just call it the open journey.

don't give a wrong idea but i am not facing a break up or a divorce (we don't have one in my country) its just different when you have kids, going to an adventure with a husband is one thing but have your little ones is a whole new animal.

we have things planed out on how we will be able to go explore the world with my children. we are not taking a car no this trip but rather a bike or a motorcyle one. i just hope that i can start things early so we can truly explore even in short distances.

wedding of the year

 Such a Fun day with everyone. This is by far the coolest wedding i have been. people are just so lay down and let the day go by.

it's with weddings like this one that makes me say to myself that i did the right thing. now i am ready to take the leap just like these guys and enjoy the ride. 

sinulog 2015 City of Naga

On every 3rd Sunday of January one of the most awaited events in Cebu dazzle the street. Sinulog is so popular not only in it's province but the whole country if not the whole world. It is one of the oldest mardigra in the country, and one of the largest street party in the country. 

Now everyone love  Sinulog that after few years different Municipalities and Cities around the provence of Cebu are adapting their own Sinulog celebration. What once a Sinulog that is only in Cebu City is now being dance too in diffrent parts of Cebu.

This is one of the Sinulog that is celebreted outside metro Cebu. Photos are taken from Sinulog 2015 at City of Naga, Cebu. Which is celebrated during the 4th Sunday of January. 

i'm back

you think i quit? guess again! i am back.

eating anitibiotics

due to unforeseen events i am now eating antibiotics for more than two weeks. i will be fine. the doctor said that i might get well soon. so as of the following months no pictures and no photography for me.

5th award

this photograph has been at veiwbug for more than two years. and it's the first time that they give an award for this. thank you viewbug.

naked in your eyes

are times when you think that life is boring then something hit you in the head. i never expected that i would be able to capture such image in one of the most unlikely places. one of the first thing that hits me is the juxtaposition of the whole picture. it's like placing pickles in an ice cream or wearing a two piece bikini in Antarctica. it's odd, it has something to convey and it's interesting.

i won another award

i didn't even know i won this award at viewbug but still i am thankful i have another one.

controlling the light: (in combo)

one of the first photos that i made for the strobist sesiers. i only use one speelight in this shot which is in slave mode to create the wonderful highlights for the subject. as of now i am experimenting on a one light set up.

finally controlling lights

it's really hard to control lights... nah not really. it sounds hard if you have no clue what is a light and how it works (in general). if you know the true nature of a light then you won't have a hard time controlling it. so the first thing that you should do is to understand what is a light, i think your physics teacher got it covered. remember folks photography is science too so you should know something like a little science to get around it. we can control light by bending, reflecting, bouncing and you can do cool stuff by refraction. well enough with the science thingy lets go to work... after years of somehow being a natural lights photographer, finally there is one critique that made me jump to artificial lights. it is true that sometimes as a photographer you have that point that you need additional light in order for you to get what you want. and this is where artificial lights comes in. and to be a master you need to combine ambient light with your speedlites to create or recreate a light (which is i am miles away). so i need a light that is handy and somehow helps me to control light. after months of looking into that matter i found exactly what i need. well created some of it.

i got the speedlite but i just don't have the perfect softbox. something that is light and very collapsible. when i gave up and i can't seem to find what i need i ask my boyfriend to make me one. the idea of the design came from me but the hands that made the models and the actual on is him.

i use a huge umbrella for this, a black and silver taffeta fabric, a white plastic, two small clamps, blots and nuts, two aluminum rivets, two L shape metal strips.

i cut the umbrella tube or pole and then took out the four out of eight of the top notch rib or rib to give me a square frame of the sofbox. sew the taffeta fabric together.

small clapms , blots and nuts, aluminum rivets and the metal strips are used as the mounts. i use a tripod here.

these are the sample shots taken using the diy collapsible softbox. in three-quarter view and profile view.

preparing for the better

right now i am doing all i can to make a bigger and better project this year. hope i can do something out of the ordinary. wish me luck guys...

hope that you will still spend sometime with my post.

sometimes i just wish i said no

one of the things that i love about photographing is the fact that i have a chance to be part of someone or somebody's most important time of their lives. but i never thought that i could be one of those who is silent in a corner and witness great sadness.

being an event photographer i never thought that i would photograph a funeral, something that is really, really something that i never have thought that i would do in my career but i did. i was there and it sucks because it's such a gloomy day thought the sun is up. most of the time the only thing that echos in the silent day is the sobs of those who were left behind.

and it is the first ever job i took that i did ask myself... do i do this again? can i do it again? i know that this is my second project (on a funeral) but really do i need to be in this type of situation again?

the whole project is too out of my character it is totally in contrast with my personality and i felt out of place. i photograph to be able to share happiness and joy, not bear witness to a sad day. bottom line is i hate sad things, its something that i don't really need in my life but everything in this funeral is worth photographing. do i like the photographs yes i do, but i am not happy with sad situations.

the wedding project

this wedding is part of a school project... everything here is not real but we all made it realistic for the viewers...

we all had fun with this shoot... the students are very cool about it. some were even very exited about the whole event. i am just happy that everybody participated well and made the whole event a success.

this wedding is the first ever solo wedding that i have ever shoot, considering that i am not really a wedding photographer. but this whole event open up to a whole new experience, i am very glad that i had a chance. i learn something that i don't really learn in my usual photography... i just thought that in wedding photography there is a whole new discipline. you need to work with people... literally work with them. combination of ideas is the key. you need to combine your own idea with others to have a spectacular shoot. and the best part is that i have fun with every second of it.

luntian is my name

for years now i am bearing the name luntian... many would ask why do you have that name?

people are mostly given names when they are born and same equation is used why people have names... because it describe them (mostly). if we trace back history most of the names are given to our ancestors because it describes them... like they are as swift as a kidlat (lightning), as hard as a bato (rock), or they are like a hiyas (jewel). we are given the name because it's part of who we are and what we are to the people who love us.

luntian (green) is who i am. it represent life, fertility, well being and most importantly it represent nature. yes luntian is kalikasan (nature) that is who i am. it is the only thing that describes me best... a person one in nature.

it is the only time that i am at rest... i can feel that i am revitalizing when i am in her midst. it's really the place where i can really think. and ever since i am always in love with mother nature. it's like you can't separate her from me.

who am i? i am the daughter of mother nature for she always nurture me and everyone else in this planet.