SM City Clark 2nd Pyrofest Competion 2013

So I went to the 2nd Pyrofest Competition at SM Clark, and to start off this blog post I would like to say, WTF SM Clark? WTF happened with the organizing committee of the event? the traffic, the chaos EVERYTHING was not organized well.
Me and my friends went there at 6:30 PM, again 6:30 PM. The show was suppose to start at 7 PM but when we got there, we suddenly realized that there were no seats available! kudos to the event's organizers, I mean how stupid are they to not match the tickets they have given out to the seats that they are using. Another thing, When we tried to enter the "New" meeting place, the people who are in charge with the entrance was not organized and I think they were not even prepared for this event. The guards were stubborn, you tried to ask them nicely and they will like reply in a sarcastic way(which just irritated me a lot). I just didn't like how they reacted. It was a total CHAOS last night. Another problem that I have encountered, me and my friends have the Gold tickets, NOT THE GENERAL ADMISSION one, but, when we got there there were no seats available! we should've just got the General Admission tickets because it is way cheaper than the Gold ones. Hence, the lady from the ticket booth said that the Gold tickets WILL GUARANTEE YOU A SEAT AT THE EVENT. What happened SM? why didn't I get to sit? I just sat at the concrete pavement because I was just so dead tired standing. Another thing that made me irritated at the event was that the event was not well organized, its just fucked up. Sorry SM Clark but the event was a disaster(in terms of organizing it) but on a positive note the firework exhibitions were spectacular, words can't even describe it.

Here are the pictures:

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The organizers need to improve their organizing skills, if this will happen next week then only God knows what will happen.

PS: The reason why I used photos from http://maycameralangako.blogspot.com is because this is my other blog, this is a photoblog where I blog about pictures that I've taken. please do visit my other blog just click HERE

Mga Litrato: Back to Black with Baguio

And hello! this is another Photo blog post, it will be all about pictures that I've taken with my camera.
So here's the story, Me and my family went to Baguio for the holidays.
During our stay there I've decided to take pictures for artistic purposes, and that's when I came up with these photos.
The photos are all black and white or monochrome, I did it to make it more dramatic and beautiful.

here are the photos:

The awesome view from Mines View Park.

The Peanuts from the market.

 

The picture above is from Burnham park.

Inside the amusement park in Burnham park.

 

 

A kid just fell while rollerblading at the skate rink.

The photo below was taken at  Solibao restaurant near Burnham park. This is their Sinigang Bagnet, which I love because it is just so yummy. Every tourist should try this dish.
 

It rained during our stay but luckily I was able to take this picture, this was taken from our car's roof, I think the flower fell from a tree during the rain and landed on the car's room. I am just inlove with this picture.

 The flowers of Baguio:

The fog at Marcos Highway:

I am definitely going back to Baguio, and next time I will take more beautiful photos.

My new 50mm lens is so awesome!

So after a month I finally posted something  again, and this time its about my new 50mm lens.
A 50mm lens is considered to be a prime lens, a prime lens is a type of lens that has a fixed focal length.
Unlike zoom lenses or those kit lenses, prime lenses can't zoom in or zoom out when taking pictures but because of that, prime lenses tend to have lower apperture(1.8 for the lens that I bought but some other lenses can go as low as 1!) which will result in more light and less noise in the photos that you took.
Using a 50mm lens will also give you that blurred background effect or Bokeh effect which makes your photos look amazing and dreamy.

Pictures of my new 50mm lens:

 You can buy this lens at your leading camera store for only 6,000 pesos! this is cheap for a very good investment.

I decided to use my new lens out and this is what I got(note that the following photographs are not edited and it is raw based from my camera's settings)

 

As you can see, the field of depth is quite amazing with natural light, the photo above was taken in our car in normal daylight.

 

 

The sushi look amazing, because of the low aperture the camera will have more light so that it can focus more on the subject, and I believe this is the best example of it. As you can see the sushi are the only focused thing in the picture, any other subject rather than the sushi is slightly blurred or blurred throughout.

This lens is actually good for those people who wants to be Food-tographers.

 

The amazing fried siomai shot, I really love this shot because is really focuses on the dripping of the sauce, and once again the background is blurred so that you will only focus more on the subject.

 

The depth of field in portrait shots is just amazing.

 

I was surprised with this shot because even if the subject is just as small or thin as it gets, the lens will still focus and will give you a depth of field of it.

 

and the last shot I took, well I really love this shot because the background is over exposed but the subject is not, which gives you that dreamy effect. I took this photo outside in normal daylight. 

I really recommend for beginners or amateurs (like me) to invest in buying a new 50mm lens. 

Yes it does have its bad side, like you can't zoom in or zoom out when shooting, but that's the point.

Using a 50mm fixed lens will train your creativity and your ability to take a beautiful shot with those restrictions and plus with a lower aperture, your shots will truly be amazing because it can take in more light than other lenses. 

Like myself, I have already concluded that this is an investment I will never regret.

Invest in a 50mm lens and you'll feel what I am saying.