EdwinKarganilla.com V2 is up!

Today, I spent the entire day fixing my portfolio / gallery.  I must say, I am very pleased with the outcome, considering I have zero knowledge on html. 

I hope this will be the start.  Need all the support I can get!

Si edwink, nag portraits???

Yah, those were the words thrown at me.
Wala ba akong karapatang mag try ng glam and portraits? :D

Tested my two new, a 50mm f/1.8 and an old school 70-210 f/4!
Damn, ang sharp ng 70-210 f/4 ko! Sulit na sulit!

Here's a slideshow of the rest of the photos I took:

Here's a full screen version of the slideshow.

Update!

I'm a certified panorama and vr addict. I have completed my setup. Now time for some practice... some shots from my recent trip to Ilocos with Abby...

Hoping to make something out of this new passion...
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Geartalk :
1. Sold my D70s 700nm IR camera
2. Sold my Landscape filter set (CPL, ND400x, NDG, holders etc)
3. Sold my Benro B-0 ballhead
4. Bought a classic and rare Nikkor 70-210 f/4 zoom.
5. Bought, again for the xth time, a Nikon 50mm 1.8D - 2 yrs CDSC!
Never ending GAStos is bad for the wallet...

Fishy fishy...

Nikon 10.5mm 2.8 on a Nikon D90
0.017 sec (1/60), f/2.8, ISO 500
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I lab et!!! My setup is now complete!
Can't wait to create my own virtual world!

The lighthouse of Cape Bolinao

Bolinao, Pangasinan | D70s IR, 12-24 F4
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IR cam sold. I'm sad. but I'm also happy. I now have a fishy!

Looong time no post...

Wow, it's been almost a month since my last post. Time does fly fast. Have been preoccupied lately with so many things going on.... Hahaha, I don't know what to write anymore! I know! Gear talk!

Sold my D70s IR converted just this afternoon. Though it was hard for me to let go of that camera, I just had too. Have to finance another project... tomorrow I will get it and will soon post samples! Can't wait. Hopefully that will end my GAS attacks... sa December na sana next.

I have completed my basic filter setup, Hitech NDG 0.9 SE, Kenko Pro1 CPL, and a Hoya NDX400, plus a cool Tamrac filter pouch to hold them! Finally was able to test them out seriously. So many to learn so much to develop. I have to admit, I am starting to love shooting long exposures (unlike before!).

August 2009 has been interesting. I was able to travel a lot. Climbed Mt. Arayat in Pampangga (of which I am yet to upload photos, went with some cool friends and of course my Abby to El Nido Palawan and last week had a quick trip to Bolinao where photos above where taken.

The incident last week was unforeseen. It drained me a lot, and I thought the Bolinao trip would help. Up to now, I feel "lowbat", dunno why.

Maybe I need a hug from my bebeh... Abbyko!!! mahal ko!!! san ka na???

Longing...

Nikon D70s IR, 1/800 sec, F/8, ISO 200, -2/3EV
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While the team was busy with the BPP activity, I went to the back of the house and saw this row of greens. I shot full manual, and prayed I got it right (exposure comp on IR cam is not accurate anymore due to IR blocking filter).

The mountains on the left is our exit point last June 08 coming from that 3 day long hike that brought us to Cambulo, Batad, and Naggor. Will never forget that moment on the waiting shed. Finally, a phone signal!

Going Infrared...

edwink goes IR!!!
Hope this leads me to somewhere...
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Updates!!!

BPP Project Aral Treks for June 2009 - Success!
Abby met the family. =)
New camera hehehe... D70s IR 700nm
Finally, my own pano head - Nodal Ninja III MKII
Still searching for that elusive telephoto
And still craving for that macbook...

The cove's allure...

Nikon D90 + 12-24 F4 @ 14mm, 3 sec, F/8, NDG+ND8
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I can still remember when I had the beach for myself. It was just the sea, the sand, the pines and myself. I would run to the woods and play on the river's edge. I would walk the long beach, leaving the only footprints on the stretch of sand. I would sit on top of the hill and gaze upon the beauty of this place. I would spend hours of doing nothing, thinking of nothing, just watching the waves break and listening to the rubbing of the pines.

Leaving paradise, I told myself... I have to go back. And that's what I've been doing for the last 3 years...

Bluer than blue Xth version

Don't you just love the blues?

Smile...

Sagada 2009
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Abby, balik tayo Sagada!

Checking history

American War Memorial,
The Fort, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
January 13, 2007

Revisiting my archives.

In my 3 years in photography, these are the only photos I took with a Hoya IR (Thanks to Vernes for letting me use his R72). I just don't have the patience in shooting IR and don't know how to pp them properly. =)

Sunset @ Potipot

D90 w/ 12-24, 1/100 sec, F/8, ISO 200, ND8, ND Grad 0.6
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If there's one thing in my life that's missing
It's the time that I spend alone
Sailing on the cool and bright clear water
It's kind of a special feeling
When you're out on the sea alone
Staring at the full moon, like a lover...

Lightning Crashes

Jammin at Ayuyang, Baguio City
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Oh now feel it
Comin' back again
Like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind
Forces pullin' from the center of the Earth again
I can feel it

Change

Mt. Tabayoc, traverse to Mt. Pulag via Tawangan
May 1-3, 2009

It was so hard to wake up at 4:30AM, considering that the previous day we hiked for 10 hours straight the lematik-infested Tawangan trail to the saddle of Pulag. And previous to that, we did a day hike to rainy Mt. Tabayoc (2nd highest in Luzon after Pulag), and the night before that, the long agonizing 6 hour bus ride from Manila to Baguio seating on a not so comfy plastic stool.

Here's my second attempt to capture what Pulag has to offer...

The love of my life

Abby with her zoolander pose!
Hehehe... Joke lang! Love you!

We were on top of the tower at Capones Island
in Zambales. I was so afraid...
yes I am afraid of heights. So what. Lolz...

I am out...

Cornfields at Alfonso Lista, Ifugao
December 1, 2008
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Balsa sa Sampaloc

Sampaloc Lake, San Pablo City, Laguna

April 18, 2009

D90 & 12-24, 0.3 sec., F/8, 15mm, ISO640, RAW
ND8 + 0.6 ND grad HE + tripod + shutter release
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Thanks to my sweet Abby for bringing me there!

When my day stood still...

Sad day today. I did not expect this.
I almost had my dream.
Guess that's why it's just a dream...

May kulay, walang kulay....

Trying a new workflow. Kapa-kapa. Hula-hula.
Read more, study more, practice more, shoot more!
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