First Charcoal Sketch

I'm no artist compared to most people but I have this great appreciation for arts and the like.  I just thought of sharing my first charcoal sketch back in 1999.  This photo was taken by my MacBook Pro's iSight.

Phil Clevenger - Adobe Lightroom Interface Designer

I found this cool video about Phil Clevenger, the man behind the Lightroom user interface. This is about what brought him to Adobe, and what he learned from his time at MetaCreations designing ground-breaking interfaces for software like Bryce and Kai's PhotoSoap. He also gives some hints at some possible directions of the Lightroom UI, and his philosophy around the evolution of user interfaces in general.

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Tainted

The spirit within feels deeply unloved, 

As the frail body alone keeps standing. 

Her own eyes are judging: "She'll never be loved." 

Disgusted by the reflection staring, 

She walked away and nowhere to be found.

12 hours sleep

I was asleep for 12 hours as a result of working late for the past week but it was worth it. I had this longest dream in my life. When I woke up, I was astounded how the story unfolds...the twists and turns--everything! It was as if I was watching a movie but seeing myself playing a part. I can't take it off my mind as I got up and started working. I don't know if it has something to do with what I am listening right now while I'm doing this design layout for an album. I'm into Hans Zimmer's recently. The theme from Armageddon serves as my "national anthem" everyday for the past two weeks. For some reason, it squeezes my creative juices and inspires me to do well. I think there is something in his music that is so beautiful that it complements every scene in a movie. It is so magnificently created that it stirs up someone's mind by just listening to it. You could imagine a thousand of events, a million of emotions and a zillion of ideas having it around. Perhaps that helped me decide to write a movie script based on what I have dreamt last night. (I apologize but I can't divulge any information about it yet.) I'm just thankful to his music for bringing inspiration to a lot of people like me.

More info about him at this site.

Seeing through

In my journey, I have been enjoying taking photographs of people, places and events.  I think being a photographer by profession is such a blessing for me because you do not only get the chance to do what you love doing but also earn from it.  However, the best part of taking photos is when you do it at leisure.  When pressure is off and expectation is absent, you get full control of whatever photo you would want to create.  Those are the times I try to experiment as much as possible.  So from one photo to another, I came up with a collection of ABSTRACT photos which I didn't realize until I found them pilling up.  

As I look at those photos, suddenly, it takes me to the place and time where I took it.  It reminds me of what circumstances I am in and what emotions I have in that particular shot.  I believe that everyone has a photographic memory, but not everyone can translate it.  I'm just lucky to have made it by accident.  Now, I have been exploring what I discovered from here.  With that, I am sharing some photos in my collection...

 

"HACKED"

 

"CONFUSION"

Scribble 101

I have been once a writer, twice a spectator

Thrice a  critic, but suddenly I realized

I can do this all at the same time in one sitting

Now I am a photographer.