Tag: Environmental Portraits
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Environmental Portraits: Civet Coffee Bean Gatherer
This is Lucinda, a Civet Coffee Bean gatherer in Talisay, Batangas. Every morning, for half a year, she and her husband would wake up before the sun rises and traverse three mountains, including Mt Malarayat in Batangas to find the precious fecal remains of the Civet Cat. These cat poop are then processed to become…
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Environmental Portraits: To Look or Not to Look?
They say they eyes is the most important aspect of a portrait. It has to be clear to show the expression of the person in the picture. But the question is, does it always have to look straight at you? There are times the eye contact can mesmerize you but looking away can also paint…
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Environmental Portraits: Photographers Infront
We’re always behind our camera that’s why photographers are seldom seen on our pictures. We can be so absorbed during shoots but while walking on a bird hide path at Candaba Bird Sanctuary in Pampanga, that corridor of bamboo walls was just too scenic not to ignore. So with my Olympus PEN E-PL1 along with…
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Environmental Portraits: What’s so Funny?
Here’s to continue with my Environmental Portraits Project using the Lumix 20mm f1.7 Pancake with the Olympus E-PL1. Can I just say I’m loving this pancake lens more and more? Now on this photo, I just love the character of this photo, especially on Nina and Izah’s smirky expression. it makes you just want to…
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Johnoy Danao Rocks the Riles at Boni
His body sways back and forth to the rhythm of his strums as if in trance, he enters to the groove of his music. Johnoy Danao is a new face and voice for me in music. And from his solo acoustic performance of his original Ulan to his rendition of Bob Marley’s Redemption Song, I…
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Environmental Portraits Project
Normally, Portrait Photography shows the dominance of the subject’s face on the frame. It aims to show the subject’s character facial features and expression. Ideally, portraits are shot with a lens at least 85mm (on a 35mm equivalent) long on wide apertures at least f2.8 to flatten out the perspective and separate the subject from…