Burning Red

I've been taking Digital Art classes for quite some time now and because of that, I gained rights to tag along with the Photography class whenever I felt like it. Today's shoot was about close-up face shots. My friend and I had no clue what to do so we turned the model into a living sugar skull. (I painted a face today!)

I understand how the sugar skull fad can come off as racist (search: Cultural Appropriation) but we did this project with no intentions of discrimination. I apologize beforehand if you have been offended by my actions.

Surviving a Zombie Attack

The challenge: Create a movie poster out of a book you've read/your favorite book for my GIFT Class. This serves as an entry to a contest at my school's library as well.

The outcome (after 8 hours of sitting down and clicking and moving anchor points):

I based my poster on Max Brooks' The Zombie Survival Guide and used Garrett Nickelsen as my muse. Thank God my Photoshop didn't crash or lag at all while I was making my poster. (Everything is of original artwork minus the zombie motifs at the side, the little zombie replacing the "o", and that gun.) Finally getting the hang of using vectors!

Blame it on the weather

I attended Built By Sonic's 2nd anniversary yesterday and my camera went against me. I used the wrong setting and the color came out too red and grainy. Since it was practically my first time to try my new lens for a gig, I kind of understand the technical glitch. Changing in between lens was also dragging but it would take a little time to get used to, right?

I'm glad to have worked on this project with BBS! I got so kilig when I saw my work up on stage. Plus, I met a few cool people yesterday and I was introduced to new music (enough proof that OPM is certainly not dead). Also, Breaking Dawn was absolute shit in the best sense. My Twilight phase ended with me sobbing in the cinema house with Sharina and Nigel.

Place less travelled

Intrams Day 2 - We went all the way to ULTRA (ang layo?) to watch our Track team run towards the gold. I got to put my lens to the test today! I just cheered "KAIBIGAN KO YAN!" while they all ran and took photos along the way. It was fun being the team's photographer for the day!

#DUGONGBUGHAW

Here's my photo diary of the first day of our school's annual Intrams! The entire St. Paul Community comes together to witness different batches go head to head to compete for the coveted title of Overall Champions. Based on what I've heard, St. Paul's intrams is different from other schools because ours is a total bloodbath. The batch rivalry even goes to the extent of wrecking drum sets and endless bashing on social media. However, once the week is over, all is forgiven (but never forgotten *cue evil laugh*) 

The rivalry is solely founded on batch spirit. We nurture this spirit by rehearsing cheers, making banners, and beautifying our muse together all for the title. This year, my batch will surely rock and row our way to the top!

Secret Weapons

Yesterday was a day of a lot of firsts- It was my first time to watch a local band willingly and get the benefit of watching it from the photo pit! I got to shoot Chicosci's album launch for This Is Not A Chicosci Record at Eastwood with my entry level camera and my 18-55mm lens who were very intimidated to be shooting right beside the Mark Terence Sy. The lenses in the photo pit were bigger than my self esteem.