note: sorry for posting this late, my pc crashed when I was about to post this…

Last Saturday – July 16,2011, is the day of our shootout! It was a day of reckoning for us students as we get to apply all the theories we’ve learned hands-on for the past 6 weeks and choose one photo unedited or non-photoshopped that is to be printed and submitted on our graduation day which is to be held on July 23.

We all first met at Imagine Nation Studios to discuss the things we need to do and divided ourselves into groups then off we go to have our lunch 1st at the nearby and ever famous Alob-Alob restaurant! xD

I personally find the six (6) themes that was given to us to be challenging as I don’t or haven’t tried doing those kind of shoot yet but I liked them anyway 🙂

One more thing, we were all shooting in manual mode… it’s daunting at first but we soon got the heck of it. Being in a team does help a lot in setting our exposure right as we share and discuss to have the right exposure tailored for our theme. We were given 15 mins for each model. And 15 mins is just too short so we need to work fast, really fast! There were 4 models that will pose for us during this event
and I should really say this, that they were all really patient and cooperative, thanks to all of u guys! 🙂

The place:
– Wildlife Center in Quezon City

Time:
– We started shooting around 2:30pm I think and the sun was really overpowering that time. What makes it more difficult is the passing of some thick, dark clouds every now & then. And because of that, light values was very unpredictable. One minute its too harsh and by the time you got your exposure right then here
comes the cloud/s and now, you are just left with a itsy-bitsy quality of light 😦 but it eventually turned great as the time starts hitting almost 4pm 🙂

Whew! I think we were all physically drained as we finished the shootout. I personally would like to thank my classmates for being such good samaritans in having us in their cars 🙂 Thanks Steve, Joedel and Doc Nenel! 🙂
and of course the rest of the PDP Batch 10! I hope we still get to meet, shoot and pass on the word of God even though we are almost at the end of our class.

Lastly, to the rest of the staff of Imagine Nation Photography most specially to Mr. Derrick Lim, Mr. John Mateos Ong, Ms. Shayla Sanchez-Hembrador, Ms. Arlene Briones and Mr. Toto Villaruel. In behalf of PDP Batch 10, I personally would like to thank all of you for having us in your class and sharing your God given talent to us be it photography or not. You guys are just awesome! Wishing you a thousand if not millions of batches este weddings and shoots to come! ^.^

Update: July 29, 2011

I honestly didn’t know that the photo we would submit would be an entry for another contest! and my photo of Rodz’s won 1st place! yey!:) thanks a bunch PDP and Imagine Nation Photography for the prize you gave me! 🙂

below are some additional photos I took from our shoot out:

besides working full time in an office. Rodz does part time work as an image model. if u guys are interested in working with her let me know so I could hook you up.

this last photo is a portrait of Ina from which I almost ended up submitting. but after knowing that no-photo editing/enhancement software’s should be used it ended up sitting on my desktop 😦 and so I’d thought I’d share it here so you guys could see it 🙂