ito ang kauna-unahang premyong natanggap ko sa mundo ng photography. issue no. 21 ng digital photographer magazine worth 295. 2 kopya ng ganitong magasin ang binigay sa klase namin, isa para sa best photo at isa para sa needs improvement. at sa kin napunta ang isa. at alin sa 2 iyon ang nakuha ko? wahaha putik...malamang alam nyo na.
i have been attending a basic photography class for 3 weeks now. its a five-week class held in intramuros. the first sunday was about learning the most elementary thing in photography, knowing your camera. how to hold it. how to operate it. what do those dials mean. what the icons mean and all that jazz. after that, the fundamental concepts were taught: lighting, shutter speed, iso, depth of field, etc etc. and to cap off the session, we were given homework to test how much we've absorbed.
so the following sunday, all our photos were posted on the board. everyone gave their comments and chose their favorite picture and the one they thinks needs improvement.
the photo on the left was the best shot, and the right got the needs improvement mark. which one was mine? putik, the one on the right! huhu
first comment. hmm...im giving E2 the needs improvement mark (huwaatt??akin yun ah) because its underexposed (sinadya ko yun!!!). ang ganda pa naman nung kulay, sayang hindi napalabas (gusto ko nga ng dramatic effect eh!!).
second comment. para sa kin E2 din yung needs improvement kasi parang out of focus (shallow DOF nga gusto kong pakita jan eh, lapitan mo para makita mo kung saan yung nakafocus na area!!!).
third comment. fourth comment. fifth comment. (fine. fine. fine)
teachers comment eto yung focus nya yung sa gitna. yung sa harap tsaka yung sa likod blurred. (buti pa si maam nakita) eto sigurong areang to ang gusto nyang iemphasize (i love you maam) pero dahil pare pareho sila ng kulay, naemphasize ba? (syet, guilty!) you should be clear what your subject is, what youre trying to show, to communicate (syet, wala nga, bow na).
during the discussion, when asked what went wrong, i explained that the picture had 2 versions, one with the white background and the one submitted. dun sa white background, kitang kita mga kulay kaya lang nakornihan ako. i wanted to make the colors more subtle and to make the mood more dramatic. i love contradictions. bawasan ang kulay ng mga makukulay na bagay at lagyan ng kulay ang mga walang kulay. kaya ang ginawa ko sa makulay na necklace, nilagay ko sa itim para magkadrama.
and the teacher said, aahh...eh hindi nila nagustuhan eh.
me. oo nga. obviously. but the most important thing i learned was the most basic thing that a photo dummy needs to know, you need to have a subject. hehe sa lahat ng komento, dun ako pinakanatamaan, wala akong malinaw na subject.
anyway, it was fun. painful but fun. i got a magazine anyway so ok na din 
