JCBulatao Photography.

I haven't been posting any of my personal photography lately. Most of the photos I've been taking have mostly been via phone and none really stand out. Tonight however found me nearly face to face with an invisible subject. Invisible because it was dark, and it was only by chance I saw him move. Say hello to Kermit. He was just sitting on the rebar minding his own business.  He makes a farely decent ringlight subject too. Big eyes.  Eventually I took one shot too many and he decided he'd had enough of a glamour shoot for one day.

Ok, I'm pretty sure someone out there has somehow compiled a list of websites from which you can get the best deals from. If no one has, well, I hope this particular entry will be it.  For everyone who's ever been interested in photography, or have declared their passion for the art, I think it's common knowledge that it's a pricey endeavor. Every now and again you're tempted to buy new gadgets, be they bodies, lenses, or off-camera lighting equipment, or even little bits to build your own stuff. Every now and again I write an entry regarding a piece of equipment I myself have purchased or tried out and link you to some websites where you can buy them from. However, I have yet to come up with a comprehensive list of websites and links in one entry, so here we go... The Philippine Photographer's (not nearly comprehensive) BUYER'S GUIDE (working title) : some of the best places online to buy your photography equipment (list will evolve. watch this link)....

The People of DIYphotography.net have a couple of offerings for us folks with limited budgets that help improve our photography. Aside from reader inputs and actual DIY stuff, they've been selling a DIY Ring Flash which you assemble yourself, and a dual flash bracket. I've purchased the former, as you've seen in previous posts, and I've successfully used it at several events with a pseudo-gorilla-pod from CDRKING as a makeshift handle. While that works, sometimes it needs a bit of re-adjusting, and the legs don't hug the flash as tightly as I'd like it to. So a couple of nights before going out clubbing with my cousin, I decided to create a make shift handle out of PVC. I don't have a detailed step-by-step because I was mostly winging it. Just cutting to test. Photos from my phone next.  seen as mounted on a tripod  it's basically 2 T joints, a couple of lengths of pipe, and an elbow. The first T joint has a hole drilled / melted thr...

i haven't been using my OM lenses recently. probably because most of my shots have been in low light environments that need flash, which would give me a focus assist light if my lens was auto focus. and since i dropped my brother off at work early last Sunday, i decided to take a short walk around the malls near work, and snap some pictures while running errands.  regarding the title, while i do actually have a 50mm OM lens, since i'm using it on a 4/3rds body, the cropping factor (2x) turns that into a 100mm, so I decided to go with the 28mm. Easier to focus with it too.  3 different subjects for the walk... lunch, desert and an alley. chicken pork adobo (dry), tomato and red eggs, and boiled saging na saba) soft serve icecream cone (20php) mega b basement Saint Francis Alley (where the best and cheapest eats are)

Good day all. I recently had to reinstall the OS on my PC because of, well, I'm not quite sure actually. Along with the OS and all the drivers, I've to install my necessities, like media players, browsers, as well as photo-editing software. Unfortunately I am as yet unable to install photoshop. However since the need to edit a couple of photos was great, and remembering that I found a usable substitute based entirely online, I opted to look for and use EDITOR  by pixlr.com It works a lot like photoshop (heck of a lot more than Gimp does, at least last time I tried that) with some similar keyboard short cuts. Works in a pinch. :) Have browser, will photo-edit.

Thanks to my mom who pointed it out to me. There's a billboard along Katipunan Avenue that asks passers-by "Why not steak?" And why not? Good beef right? But beware! Check the fine, or in this case inset print... Tenderlion daw. Run Simba, run!

Hello February! As per usual, work and life got the better of me and I spent January away from this beloved blog, save for the monologue about Olympus. And that entry wasn't quite so happy. I think it's time to focus on more positive things about my life and Photography. Just thought I'd begin compiling a photography related wishlist. I think most of you are aware of the first one and how that turned out (except for some big ticket items, I pretty much fulfilled the rest of my wishes). Lets see if I can't redo the list and add to it. 1) Olympus E5 - I was wishing for the E3 initially, but what the heck! Go big or go home! The E5's got video! Why not? 2) Olympus Zuiko Digital 12-60mm 2.8-4.0 SWD lens. Still want this one. 3) CDR King film scanner - if anything's going to get me excited about making more pinhole cameras (which I should write about in another post), it's this. :) 4) Olympus FL-50R. 5) Macbook Pro 6) Honda CBR400. Just because I wan...

(This entry has long brewed in the back of my mind since first reading about the scandals in Olympus corporate . I just need to get it out even if it is a month or so behind the times.) I've pretty much been an Oly user for most of my online digital photography life (save for the brief stint with the Aiptek pencam and the Canon G3). I'm a fan of the small format. I'd like to embelish some more, but the truth is it was mostly opportunity that brought the Olympus brand into my life. The hot-shoe-having C5000Z and the underwater scuba housing that we got at sale price gave me the chance to go digital seriously with my personal photography and at the same time give me digital access to the beauty of life under water. The C5000Z served me well, but my desire for more pixel power and DSLR-like looks and functionality came calling to me in the form of the C8080WZ.    The C8080 was robust, looked a lot like a DSLR, had the hot shoe that I knew I couldn't live without,   bu...