What do you get when you suddenly change hobbies? Other than ideas on telling yourself to get better on that certain field, there are certain sacrifices that have to be made. My last cosplay was still back in March this year, and take this, think about the months of hiatus. People have been telling me on Facebook that they haven't seen me in the cosplay community. For that, I can give you two reasons. First, for some reason, every single event is held on a Saturday. And I have work on Saturdays so no can do. I just can't file a leave whenever there is an event. That would leave me penniless. Lol! Second, I don't have the resources to cosplay ( money, time, etc.). Whether I like it or not, these are inevitable. Despite the reasons in my list, I am only going to give you two. Other reasons, well, may be a bit too personal.
But hey, despite my long hiatus in the cosplay community, I have been keeping myself busy with a new hobby.
Photography. That's right. You read it right. I still remember my first post as a blogger; telling myself how I wanted to become a photographer. Let's just call myself as a "
photographer-wanna-be". I am not worthy to be be called as a photographer compared to all the professionals out there. That would be unfair. Anyway, if you want to read my first blog post, you can do so
here.
This year has been good to me. So many positive happenings and the like. I got to have my very own first DSLR bought with my own savings. So yeah, if you've read my first blog post, you would know what I'm currently talking about. When I first laid my hands on this baby of mine, I didn't know what to do. I couldn't figure things out, for example, the shutter speed, the ISO, the exposure etc etc. And I know, to become a photographer, you'd have to eventually learn of these things. So during my free time at work, I would google away all the possible answers I could get. Google surprises you in mysterious ways. <3
I've done two shoots so far. I have a very sexy thing for
portraits. I don't know why but I know it's a calling. But for this blog post, I am going to have more emphasis on the first shoot I had which I entitled as the "
Two of Us". A couple shoot of famous Cebuana Fashion Blogger
Kryz Uy and her boyfriend inspired me to have one. The photos are enchanting. And the photographer was able to catch every moment of it. If you want to check the photos of their shoot, do so
here. So thus, the idea of me having a couple shoot as my very first photography project was born.
It was a bright cloudy day and I know, that didn't even make sense because we all know the word cloudy usually means "dark". I was having a hard time figuring my camera out. Photoshop is such a complicated program. It takes absolutely god given talent for you to be good at it. Anyway, what I did wrong was I set my camera to JPEG format instead of RAW ( have mercy on the photographer-wanna-be-that-didn't-do-her-homework-beforehand). So please forgive the photos if they are too pixelated and
grainy in your liking. I edited these photos
amateurishly using some editing programs I found online.
I would like to thank
Kimberly Lavarez and
Mico Sato for making this shoot a success and for acting
professional all throughout the shoot. Also to
Marjorie Bongbong, for sticking with us and for pampering Kim's face. Also thanks to
Ray Franchis Patalinghug ang
Mark Alud Villamor for teaching me the ways of photography. I couldn't have done it without you guys. Thanks for putting up with me and my selfish requests. <3 Lablab.
BTS regarding this shoot here:
http://mausarcon.blog.com/2013/08/24/bts/.
Your random and sometimes-a-photographer-wanna-be blogger,
MAU
And the make up artist has done her wonders on the model. ♥ Thanks Bits. xoxo
