A few weeks ago, I received an email from Yahoo, letting me know that I have become a power-user. According to that, I would have more priority in transactions with Yahoo--I still have to see that.

I do like the fact that I have bragging rights, I had my email since 2000 with Yahoo. Eight friggin years! (My other active email has been with Yahoo since 1998, and interestingly enough, I am not a "power user" under that account. oh well.

photography and the "project" are all going well. we have a project for this saturday, but I have yet to contact Ria. I hope she's good for July 5. =) Can't wait, just so excited.

the other "project," well, is more like a waiting game. we'll see how that goes as well. don't really want to jinx it. (same with the project mentioned above, don't want to jinx it).

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Another HDR attempt. waaaaaaaaaaaaaa. crazy. i could still not figure out the colors!

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The two images below is edited differently. The first is the HDR Manual Process (Adobe Photoshop CS3's HDR Merge feature is weak), and the second a simple ACR Processing. I needed to practice more on the color adjustment because the top image looks like that from a Harry Potter scene. In any case, the top portion has greater detail and color range compared to the image in the bottom, also noticeable is the highlights being more visible under HDR process.

HDR has two images merged (Under Exposed + Over Exposed Image), ACR has only one with a "correct exposure."

See for yourself:

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Okay, I am taking my photoediting a notch up. This time I am playing with HDR. I am practicing at this point. I have already figured out Nikon D80s auto-bracketing feature (sadly, I still need to take three successive images), otherwise, I can get away with setting the exposures in Photoshop (not actually the same thing, but will do if multiple shots is impossible). Anyway, the attached images are my first attempts at this. The first with only one RAW file, the second being with three different RAW files.

Due to time constraints, I will post these images later this evening.

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really busy the last few days.

- i did a birthday shoot for my ex-coworker's child, i think i did pretty well in that
- i did a birthday shoot for my brother, i am a bit disappointed, too little time, too few people, wish i could meet more of his workmates
- i'll be doing a baby shower shoot this july
- i'll also be doing a preggy shoot for our friend.
- i am still trying to go through my shit with university of phoenix
- i still need to figure out a way to deal with the whole business--fictitious name and all
- logo
- business card
- website design

at least i kind of got started on the whole referral thing, yesterday a couple of r.a.'s friends inquired of "my services," well, i am just starting out. a few asked if they can access the photos online. well, not yet, i'm working on that. today, lil brother sold me. haha. nice.

i'm retiring to bed, i can't keep my eyes peeled right now.

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arg

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yeah, and i want to do nude art photography as well... i can only dream right? =)

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ok, i find their prices intimidating, and no, i don't want to get killed by posting who they are here. but dude at $6k for a wedding shoot (say 8 hours), they are not exactly good. i think i can get decent photos like them (considering my level), and my friends teray and ted can certainly take wayy better photos than them. it's possible that i just don't like their style? maybe, i need to find a wedding to shoot and see how gutsy i really am. i mean, i really have no idea how i'll end up with it. yes, i am still asking for a payment--i'll ask for the following: gas money, some money and a full ownership of the photos will be retained. i will advise the first that, this will be my first wedding shoot.

ahh, the unbalanced life.

either that, or take photos of my relatives' or friends weddings (do not volunteer--have them hire a photographer still), i still want to be a part of the fun you know. i really don't like presenting the photos i took from my wedding with tep. ay caramba.

i am itching to ask caroline from starbuko/barnes og noble to model. we'll see if i have the GUTS to ask. weee. pia pating has always asked me about her, and if i have had the guts to ask. haay.

ambottttttttttt.

in any case, i am revisiting most of the photos i took. the reason being is that i only got the monitor calibrator just recently--and it did corrected the way i see colors (you know, good in my monitor, sucks in yours).

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i want to write stories again. =)

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