Enchanted Kingdom Trip

006 - Don't play with your food! (Part 2)

It's been a while since our last post. But as promised, here's the second part of "Don't play with your food!".

Here's the list of what we used in this shoot:
1. Reading Lamp
2. Improvised reflector (illustration board covered with silver foil)
3. Backdrop (illustration board)
4. Camera
5. Tripod
6. Pistachio
7. Pasta
8. Lemon Slice

For the rest of the photos in this shoot, click here


Next post, we'll take a tour in Enchanted Kingdom! :)

005 - Don't play with your food! (Part 1)

Our parents always tell us not to play with food. But for the sake of photography and blogging, we'll be breaking this rule for now.

We want to recreate this blog using materials available in our homes.

Here's the list of what we used in this shoot:
1. Fish bowl (with  water)
2. Reading Lamp
3. Calamansi (or lime, or lemon, etc.)
4. Improvised reflector (illustration board covered with silver foil)
5. Backdrop (for this I just used a blank wall)
6. Camera
7. Tripod

Timing is a big factor in this photoshoot. We took several shots before we were able to capture the image that we wanted.

You can play with different background colors in order to achieve the look that you want.

For the rest of the photos from this shoot and our other photoshoots, click here.

Watch out for the second part of Don't play with your food! :)

004 - Model Photoshoot (Michelle) # 2

Last photoshoot before summer ends and before our schedules become really mixed-up.
Location: Pool in one of the condos in Makati
Model and Outfit: Michelle Macaraig
Make-up: Jenn Ignacio

For the rest of the photos, click here

003 - Model Photoshoot (Michelle)

We miss photoshoots! It's been a while since we had our last photoshoot so we grabbed the opportunity we had last Thursday (06.13.13). We collaborated with Mhickoh Production's first ever model, Michelle, for the shoot. 

While we intended have a theme for the shoot, we had limited resources. So for the outfit, we had this blue floral dress from tiangge for around PhP 350, beige high-heels, round dangling wooden earrings we borrowed and a vintage necklace. For the hair, we just went for small curls/waves. We would also like to thank Jenn for doing Michelle's make-up for free and for giving some tips for Michelle's poses :) 

It was raining very hard so we decided to shoot in our unit, hallways and fire exit. Most of the photos are not fully focused. Something I have to work on and learn ASAP. 

At the fire exit. Changed the paint to blue.

Yellow dress. In my top 3 list of favorite photos. 

Pink and purple dress.
A little more natural could have been useful but yeah, we're in a no-window fire exit,so no sunlight.  

White dress. Haggard look? Haha.
Used radial blur  (spin) for the background. 

Mint green / Blue green dress. Curious about what she is looking at.
The shadow is too strong due because of pop-up flash. 

Pink dress. This is one of the shots I like the most. 

Candid shot. Just  tried a different background for this one which reminds me of a telecom network.
Originally shot with a plain white wall as background. 

Emote. Also one of my favorite shots because it has a little emotion in her face.
Most of her  poses are poker faces (peace! well she knows that. ). 

For other photos during the shoot, click here. 

002 - Manila Tour (Binondo/Chinatown and Intramuros)

*all photos were taken using a point&shoot camera only and processed in adobe lightroom. 

My office mates and I decided to go on Manila Tour in June 1-2. We booked tours from Ivan Dy for the Binondo tour and Carlos Celdran for the Intramuros Tour. It's not my first time in these historic places but it was my first time to go on a guided tour. 

First stop (meeting place): Binondo Church lobby

Like some of the churches in the Philippines, it allows people to light up candles and offer their petitions and prayers. The candles are color coded (green for prosperity, pink for thanksgiving, etc.) for PhP 5.00 each.

Next stop: Breakfast 

For the first meal of the trip, we had kiam peng (salty rice) and this photo on the right which I forgot the name. It is basically tofu with hot sauce and pickled radish (atsara). I'm not really a fan of spicy food but those who tasted it said that it's not that spicy. The meal also came with a soup, winter melon (kundol) tea, and/or coffee.

 

Meryenda (snack):
 A few minutes after we had breakfast, we ate our meryenda/snack. We had dumplings (which were boiled not steamed),the second photo is like "torta" here in the Philippines which tasted like the dumplings but only that they were fried, and a chicken dish (curry-like dish with the influence of indian/middle eastern cuisine).


During our walk, we saw this street sign of Ongpin and we were so curious that we even asked the tour guide if it means something. Only to find out that it does not mean anything at all and might just have been a mix up of the letters. Nevertheless, this have been a famous street sign in Chinatown.

 After a few minutes and a stomach already more than half full, we stopped by Holland bakeshop and tried their Hopia collection. It has many different flavors from monggo, buko pandan, black monggo, pork, etc. Beside Holland bakeshop is a store selling all these preserved goodies. They almost preserve everything such as ginger, plums, corn, mangoes, and pork.

 

Our last stop is in the Lumpia house where we tasted a different kind of lumpia. It's like lumpiang ubod but with less sauce, with seaweeds and little bit of hot sauce. 

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On our way to our Intramuros tour, we passed by the Manila Cathedral which is currently under renovation. 

See the evolution of the kalesa, the mode of transportation centuries ago. From the traditional look made from wood and capiz, it has now incorporated the Department of Tourism campaign "It's more fun in the Philippines" below. 

 

Our tour guide, Carlos Celdran, made our tour very interesting/theatrical. He was able to give us a different perspective on the history of the Philippines especially of Manila from the pre-colonial period up to the Japanese period. You have to go to the tour to know more *wink*. 

This is the entrance of Fort Bonifacio, where Jose Rizal was held captive before executed. 

After the tour inside Fort Bonifacio, we rode the kalesa to San Agustin Church which is also under renovation. Celdran's trivias about how this Church  shows what being Filipino is like was also interesting.