Starting a Photography Blog

February 11, 2017 4:08 P.M.

I initially started doing photography as a hobby when I bought an Olympus E-PM2 and a 14-42mm kit lens 4 years ago. It was my first real camera, and I enjoyed shoooting a lot of JPEGs, despite my frustrations on having mostly blurred images at night due to slow shutter speeds and a lack of knowledge on ISO settings.

Fast forward to 4 years, I am now shooting with an OMD E-M5, which I bought last year for a trip to South Korea. My E-PM2 still functions as the second camera body my wife uses (to take pictures of me) despite the broken LCD screen. I've bought a couple of lenses through the years and learned to shoot in RAW and post-process images in Adobe Lightroom. I've been shooting a lot of pictures and posting it in social media. And I still remain as the amateur photographer I was back when I started my photography (lol).

I am starting this Photography Blog since I really want to share the shots I take with everyone. I'm not a pro, and I don't plan on being one, I've been reading entries of photography blogs (Steve Huff, Ming Thein, Phoblographer etc.) and watching a lot of videos on Youtube, but I guess the best way to learn photography is have other people give a feedback of my shots.

I'll be ending this entry with  a couple of pictures from our trip to Baguio City last Christmas.

taking my usual selfie with OMD
ISO 200, 45mm, f/2.8, 1/50 sec using 45mm prime

i love taking pictures of blue cloudless skies
ISO 200, 45mm, f/7.1, 1/250 sec using 45mm prime

beautiful sunset skies against pine trees taken outside our hotel bedroom
ISO 200, 45mm, f/4, 1/40 sec using 45mm prime

good cheap burgers, way better than your usual fastfood chain
ISO 200, 45mm, f/2.2, 1/100 sec using 45mm prime

night shot of baguio city taken at mines view park
ISO 320, 20mm, f/7.1, 60 sec using 20mm prime

my wife, parents and sister enjoying grilled dried squid and buttered corn
ISO 800, 20mm, f/1.8, 1/13 sec using 20mm prime

evening mass at christmas eve at baguio cathedral
ISO 200, 14mm, f/7.1, 2.5 sec using 12-42mm f/3.5-5.6

the christmas tree outside the hotel lobby
ISO 200, 26mm, f/4.5, 1.6 sec using 12-42mm f/3.5-5.6

Photos are taken RAW, editing done thru Lightroom. Better resolution pictures are posted in my Flickr account. Feel free to give some feedback or tips, should you, by any chance, get to read my blog. Thanks!