2009 December

Gideon Ferrer - A Peek Into the Outside World-
by Yugel Losorata–

Some people want to get lost, find themselves in an unfamiliar place, and ride their way back home. They bring with them great stories experienced from their own ‘magical mystery tour.’

For hobbyist Gideon Ferrer, he goes back with pictures of ‘unheard and distant’ places, always [...]

A Beginner’s Guide to
Flash Photography
Power Management of Your Flash
(Part 40)

 
In part 39 (December 8, 2009 issue), this writer briefly introduced “add-on gadgets” to your dedicated flash that will greatly improve the performance of your system in terms of recycle time. So far, I have only mentioned two (for Nikon and Canon), but of course other [...]

Merry Christmas to All!–

Readers who are fond of images that project a story might be interested in www.pictorymag.com. The site describes itself as a “showcase for your best photo stories.” Anyone can join and send images. There are weekly themes on different social documentary topics to guide the image submissions. One image per theme may [...]

Imagining the Future–

I‘m back at the keyboard now, with the future on the brain. I’m thinking that truly imaginative people do not consider it torture to have to “think differently”—mainly because it is “part of the package” of being creative to have everything come out fresh or different. But do you know what it’s like [...]

Zone V Camera Club awards its Photographer of the Year–

The Zone V Camera Club, one of the most active camera clubs in the country, recently held its yearend party. Part of the festivities was the awarding of the Club’s Top Ten Photographers of the year. Incumbent president Willie de Vera bagged the much coveted Zone [...]

Calling all photography enthusiasts!–

If you have a good photograph that you would like to share and you think is good enough to be published, send it to us (including some technical information about the image). We are looking for images of any subject that will catch the readers’ attention and paint a thousand words. After [...]

Being Prepared–

The hustle and bustle of the season seem to make us all busy and what normally happens to a good many people is the whole span of the holidays hits almost unexpectedly. How can that happen when almost as soon as the New Year celebrations are over, people start counting off the days before [...]