Film-based cameras

From the 20 students that I train in Photography, less than half of the students have a camera of their own, Even if they do have a camera, its an MP3 player. About 5 students however have good quality cameras though they're' digital. The rest have a theoretical knowledge of the lesson, These students are a bit of a problem on my part because it is harder to train them. They almost always have zero output. On their side, some exerted efforts in borrowing a camera. I decided to allow them to use film-based old cameras, their output then become the scanned image. Here are examples of them.

The print looks a lot better than its digital counterpart. A scanned image from an SLR camera.

Another Photocontest

I encourage my students in joining a photo-contest. This is a most recent one although I suppose they couldn't join anymore here since its so close to school year ending with them very busy in their requirements.

This is the third contest held by Hulagway Photographic Society and Clique-the MSU-IIT Photography Club. This contest is also sponsored by Kodak Express of Iligan, which is found in Gaisano Mall of Iligan.

If you are from Iligan and want to show your wares in Photography, you can join here too. Its my service for those who want to learn Photography in a bargain way, but with not a bargain knowledge.

Now, lets continue with my adventures...

Up Close and Personal

Close Up Photography

Macro Photography is a rather unknown term to many people. Its just a term for a type of lens that does well in making Close-Up pictures. Close-up are good in making small things look big. It literally focuses on a subject. Now a subject is the object you want the viewer of the picture to look at. In this exercise, I wanted the students to take close-up shots of anything they find interesting around the school. Now our school, Iligan City East High School-Sta. Filomena, the name itself conjures rural images. Although our school is in a city, its far from the center of the city and is more rural than urban. To find anything interesting in such a place is not hard to do. But students do very well in surprising their teacher.

This is technically not a close-up but it is close enough so you can appreciate the whiskers of the cat.I like the color contrast, orange on green. And the cat seems comfortable enough to pose for the photographer without running away.Taken with Canon Powershot A400 digicam.

Taken using Pentax Optio E30, this close up is so clear that one appreciates the individual dewdrops.


 

The close-up of the papaya's center stalk does not focus much on the subject but clear enough for one to like the greenness of the picture.



Below are some outstanding shots that blew me away. Remember, these are beginners who just learned how to take pictures.

You are probably wondering that this Sony DSC W110 picture is inside a flute?

From the same camera as the flute, this simple flower appears detailed.

Water about to drop. Again taken with the same wide-angle shot at close-up range. This camera was borrowed from a classmate and submits the shot to me. 


So my voyage seems to have acquired a compass too!