*file this under inspiration*
The nice folks over at Elorde Alabang contacted me to shoot some pics for their new Alabang branch. I actually just intended to visit the place and see what it was like, but I took 2 bodies and some small flashes just incase there was some activity to shoot. Nothin sadder than shootin an empty gym, right? Bets was there so we were able to get some shots down. Also did some portraits with the trainers… Nothin fancy with the light, just balancing small flash with ambient… Didn’t bring any stands, just took some clamps with me.
I realized right away that I need a decent wide angle lens. The 24-70 on a crop body is not wide enough and the fisheye’s distortion takes away a lot of the “seriousness”, in my opinion. Sometimes you just need wide shots with straight lines.
Will return when I get to borrow some decent wide angle glass. No funds just yet to purchase my own. And I really don’t want to buy a crop lens, when I know I’m eventually getting a full frame body. Man, I wish I had oodles of cash to throw around.
But anyway, I’m posting a few frames I liked.
If ya live in the beautiful suburb of Alabang, and you’re lookin for a boxing gym, you can’t go wrong with the Elorde name. The guys there are warm and friendly too. Follow them here.
Cheers!
More Headhuntin…
Shot this last week for our annual office muse / escort “pageant”. I don’t wana shoot another headshot for a while now. Don’t get me wrong, I love shooting heads, I just need a little break.
Couldn’t have done it with out Hannah and Euvs! Thanks, guys. And thank goodness for white walls too, really the easiest way to get a clean background in no time.
Makeup by Hannah Acena check her out, she has good taste in music.
Assisted by my main man, Euvy.
more soon… cheers!
URCC 23: Unrivalled
2 things I realized this URCC…
1. when it comes to shooting the URCC I can’t see how Nikon can beat Pentax in terms of color. The Pentax Kx does a better job than the Nikon D7000 when it comes to color rendition. If only Pentax had a kick ass focusing system (and flash system cause they really need to up their flashes - 180th sync wtf????)
and 2. Cristine Reyes is too cute when she’s watching MMA… too bad, I couldn’t steal a picture…
A bit sad cause all the guys I rooted for lost in a bad way. Painful to see your local MMA heroes go down in defeat like that… Hope they bounce back next July.
head huntin
Every chance I get to shoot in the office, I make sure I drop whatever work I’m doing, and just leave it all hanging. F*ck the meetings. Forget the deliverables. Delegate shit. It’s time to make some pictures.
(hope my boss isn’t reading this)
