With the availability of GPS, traveling is made easy. You can go and drive anywhere you want. From GPS gadgets alone and now with cellphone and tablets with GPS applications and now even camera. Casio has a casio camera with gps. It can make your traveling easy with just carrying a camera and GPS in one. But I don’t think we still need it here in the country where all you have to do is to stop and ask direction from the people on the side of the road.

I already saw the printed results of the pre-nuptial photos I took for my sister in-law and her fiance (and now husband) in Boracay. Although I am generally satisfied, I still really want to make them look better. I am still dreaming of owning an external flash. If only I have that, maybe I could make the outputs better.

Maybe I should save enough to buy it for her wedding. I really value every photo I have taken even during the time that I was still using film camera. I also bought an album not just for photos but also for the negatives. Now that I am using digital camera, I always see to it to have it save on my hard drive as well as burn it on CD. I also upload it online and hopefully I will have it saved on large capacity and fast compact flash drive. Captured unforgettable memories can only be taken once that’s why I put importance t it.

“Ask and believe, and it will be given unto you”. This is one of the many verses from the sacred scriptures that I love. I will never forget last year when I dreamt and prayed for a digital SLR camera. That dream came true when I had my Canon 1000D five months ago. Then last month, I wished and prayed for 55-250 mm IS lens that I may use it for my sister in-law’s wedding. Last week, our Almighty Father Yahweh granted it but with an extra 50mm 1.8 lens. That’s why I feel almost complete by now.

That’s why I never stop praying and believing in Him. I know He is always there for us and He will give it if we really need it. This time I am asking Him again for a camera flash to complete all my dream photography essentials. I have been searching for a sale camera lens online for my Canon DSLR for a week now. I am happy about the results of my photos but I still wanted to make it better with camera flash.

I am still saving for it right now. Hopefully, I could have it on my sister in-law’s wedding to complete my Canon system and to be proud of the results of her wedding photos as my special gift.

I spent my whole day searching for my dream Digital –SLR camera. I was torn between the latest models of Canon DSLR which is the Canon 450D and the new one which is Canon1000D. The two almost have the same specification except that the Canon D450 has 12 mega pixels while the 1000D has 10 mega pixels. Also, there is a slight difference in price.

It is really my dream to have my own DSLR which is my long overdue wish. I wish I could buy it at a discounted price like what I have discovered in Black Friday ads.

I really love a Canon brand and in fact, I already have had two Canon SLR cameras.

I was searching for some old pictures of Makati Business area where Ayala and Makati Avenue where located to have a post entry on my blog about what it looks like before that what is Makati Business District today. But it happen I saw this bunch of old pictures taken in a year 1945 where an American tank rumbles down Rizal Avenue towards Azcarraga. It was posted by TheCameraReturns titled : Nostalgic Fool in one of the forums. I tried to find out the identity of the postie to give him due credit, but since I am not yet a member of that forum site, I don’t have the permissions to view members profile. According to his post “The wartime objective may have been Old Bilibid Prison, where American Prisoners-of-War were being kept. Thankfully, the second  house from the left still stands.” 

That  location turned out to be the intersection of Rizal Avenue and Mayhaligue. Its was  C.M.Recto present day, another picture taken just 3 blocks away from Azcarraga. The wartime objective may have been Old Bilibid Prison, where American Prisoners-of-War were being kept. And you know what, in another picture the second house from the left still stands. For more than 60 years, I don’t know when the new pictures were taken.

But this is how camera and photo creations are so important. They can keep the memory of the past, so that it could be use in the future.

I discovered one form of art. Actually the name was taken from a commercial trademark but it is related to photography. Forgive me on this but I am not sure whether my definition of this is correct. I was just writing this post as a person who loves photography. I just want also to explore this world which is related to photography and it is called Lomography.

It is actually the commercial trademark of Lomographische AG from Austria for products related to photography. I have seen this episode on TV and was fascinated by those photograph results from this kind of camera. Since I enjoy discovering photography, I hope to be able to give it to you someday.

According to Wikipedia, lomography emphasizes casual snapshot photography. Characteristics such as over-saturated colors, off-kilter exposure, blurring, “happy accidents,” and alternative film processing are often considered part of the “lomographic technique.” Users are encouraged to take a lighthearted approach to their photography and use these techniques to document everyday life, as the Lomo LC-A’s small size, simple controls, and ability to shoot in low light encourages candid photography and photo reportage

Here are some sites for those who also heard it for the first time. In these sites, you will be able to visualize what are those photos that are related or called or result of lomography.

1. http://www.lomography.com/
2. http://www.lomomanila.ph/

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