Beauty & Possibilities - My Photography Journey

A collaboration indoor studio photoshoot with photographers Man Fai Hui, John Michael Tan and Jeff Villafuerte... For more information or to contact any of the members of this collaboration team, you may message them directly in their fb pages below - PHOTOGRAPHERS Man Fai Hui- https://www.facebook.com/manfaihuiphotography John Michael Tan- https://www.facebook.com/Clicks-Snaps-1611342825861570/ Jeff Villafuerte- https://www.facebook.com/Jeff-Photography-1720166741554398/ Penny Ilagan - https://www.facebook.com/EarthlyVisionz/ VIDEOGRAPHER Manny Ilagan- https://www.facebook.com/EarthlyVisionz/ MAKEUP ARTISTS Francis Herrera- https://www.facebook.com/makeupbyfrancisherrera Kieth Florino - https://www.facebook.com/kitkats06 Models Juliane Ramirez ** Steffanie Mhei Valenzuela https://www.facebook.com/aniemhei.english Chymbeelyn Galicha de Pasion https://www.facebook.com/Jerhyl14 MJ Paigao Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/maryjane.gollayan G...

The first time I actually saw Zeszie was in another shoot by the group SayCheese... I wasn't attending their event at the time but I saw some photographers taking her photos. The first thing that came to my mind was how pretty she is and what a unique individual seems to be. I loved the platinum hair color she had, thinking how i always wanted hair like that. I hoped that one of these days I would be able to have a shoot with her as well. Well, fortunately my wish came true, as this is the second time I was able to photograph Zeszie. The first was a winter themed shoot and now this florals shoot. What stands out most when I photograph Zeszie is how natural and at ease she poses. And wow...a new hair color....what a treat to photograph!!! Here are her shots from my open shoot. To get to know a little about each one, i asked them to answer a few questions.... ZESZIE COLLERA GUTIERREZ - ABOUT BEAUTY - "Beauty is a recourse, it is the natural way of expr...

"Happiness is having natural beauty" Here is another model from the Basic Modelling Workshop Session 1. She has a fitting name, Lovely, because all her shots surely are...lovely!! Here are her shots... Here is her album: LOVELY To schedule a  Classic Beauty Portrait Sessions,  you may send me a message on my facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/EarthlyVisionz/ Smile and Stay Beautiful...Happy Shooting...  

When I saw these two ladies, I thought I was having double vision...they actually aren't twins but they sure do look a lot a like. These ladies also joined the Basic Modelling workshop 1 which was held this past June 18. There will be a second session next month (July 16) which anybody who wants to learn all about being a model can join. It is organized by Ms, Katherine Tovera...to learn more or to register you can visit the event link below: BASIC MODELLING WORKSHOP SESSION 2 Here are the sisters Micah April and Apple from session 1: Here are their albums - Micah April  and Apple To schedule a  Classic Beauty Portrait Sessions,  you may send me a message on my facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/EarthlyVisionz/ Smile and Stay Beautiful...Happy Shooting...

"A warm smile is the universal language of kindness " - William Arthur Ward Most of the times, we want models to have a far away serious pose..it gives the photograph mystery and drama. This model certainly has that down...she is awesome at projecting.... Yet, what I love about shooting her is her smile... it also has that mystery like you just want to know what mischievous plan is she brewing up now... very lovely... Here is Patricia from the Basic modelling workshop on June18, 2016 PATRICIA https://www.facebook.com/369708589743959/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1057573924290752 For Classic Beauty Portrait Sessions, you may send me a message on my facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/EarthlyVisionz/ Smile and Stay Beautiful...Happy Shooting...

"Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze." I have been waiting to shoot Xienalyn for a while now. We had a scheduled shoot which i had to cancel due to an ache in my back from shooting... I finally got the chance and it was awesome... I love her elegance comes through in the camera... Here is set 1 of our shoot together.. Her album is here: XIENALYN    https://www.facebook.com/369708589743959/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1057022734345871 For Classic Beauty Portrait Sessions, you may send me a message on my facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/EarthlyVisionz/ Smile and Stay Beautiful...Happy Shooting...

"Beauty might bring Happiness...But Happiness ALWAYS brings Beauty!" What a fortunate thing it was that I was able to take photos of miss Rogelyn...She is just gorgeous. Actually, she was in a different event and i thought she was one of the models from our event. Nevertheless, I was lucky because just take a look at these beautiful shots....and THAT smile is absolutely irresistable.... Here is Ms. Rogelyn.. Her album is here: ROGELYN   https://www.facebook.com/369708589743959/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1056999354348209 For Classic Beauty Portrait Sessions, you may send me a message on my facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/EarthlyVisionz/ Smile and Stay Beautiful...Happy Shooting...

"ALWAYS KNOW HOW VALUABLE & UNIQUELY BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE" This is Micaela...She was one of the first that I photographed in the open shoot (which followed the Basic Modeling Workshop) She is a young aspiring model and indeed her beauty is evident in her eyes and in her smile... Her albums is here: MICAELA https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1056429387738539.1073741884.369708589743959&type=3 For Classic Beauty Portrait Sessions, you may send me a message on my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/EarthlyVisionz/ Smile and Stay Beautiful....Happy Shooting!!!

Still tinkering with the settings of the Sony A6000 and today I wanted to learn more about the focus settings. Since I love taking pictures of my 2 dogs, I needed to learn the auto focus settings for moving object.... I set it to Continuos Focusing Mode which is AF-C  with the focus area being wide. I was still having a bit of a problem getting it to focus specifically on my dog's eyes.... This one focused more on Riley's nose...still cute if you ask me...of course I am a bit biased... What I actually had to do was to turn off the face recognition feature and turn on Center Lock-On Auto Focus.... There I was able to choose a specific point to focus on....this is better.... You can see that it is focused on the eyes and not the nose like the last picture Not too big of a difference I guess but, for me, it is important to be able to focus on the eyes....for more impact... Here are the rest photos I took after I got the settings down...also added +3 in ex...

So, it has been years since I've actually picked up a camera. Of course I have my cellphone camera but, it's just a common snapshot that I like to take. I just haven't been in the mood for any artsy shots. I lost my passion for photography. But lately, an ember has started to glow... And here I am now, new camera in hand and try to re-learn all the techniques from manyyyy ages ago... Well, first up, get used to the new cam....my hubby and I decided to do a shift from our favorite camera brand, Nikon to a mirrorless one...Sony. We would have loved to go with the A7 full frame camera...but it is currently out of our budget. So instead, we decided to buy the Sony A6000. We read and heard many good reveiws about it and this will be the camera I will use to get back into the photography groove.... My first step is to get used to the camera....I don't know why but I am sort of shying away from pressing the shutter to the camera. I have a fear that every picture I captur...