The Story Behind my Photography 2005 & Beyond

2005 and beyond-

The very same Karl Zeiss Sony Cybershot 5.1 MP returned to the Philippines with my name on the box. I had my first digital camera. Although second hand, a hand-me-down, it was a camera nevertheless. A digital camera. It had great features and even as I couldn't adjust the settings as a DSLR - I couldn't complain. I finally could waste the memory card on inanimate objects. I took on my first trip to Wao, Lanao del Norte and took pictures of the road, the hills, people, and everything that I could frame in. So it began.

Here are some early photos in 2005 stored in my Multiply account.

Eventually as the needs went further to editing, my handy dandy DSC and I were constant companions alongside a USB wire or card reader as I learned Picasa - my thanks to Charissa Akut, a great emotional photographer herself, then Photoscape, GIMP - and finally Photoshop.

My best attempts were with family members; my twin nieces Farhannah and Farhannie, my sister, until I ventured in a 2010 Calendar of Birth Flowers with my make up artistry, styling, and photography skills with a non-SLR camera.

I would say I am not a photographer by profession but by passion, I am. And that I don't need an expensive Nikon D90 - well, soon but not now - (or mind someone giving me that, so says my witty conscience aka sister) to exhibit, to show off, to emphasize this very love of this aspect in Art. This Photography. I think it merely takes the patience, the practice and for the lack of anymore p-starting words - PASSION.