Sydney, Australia

Here are my favorite shots from two of my most recent trips to Sydney while visiting relatives.

When: September 2007
Camera Used: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX7

Manly Beach: I like how the trees look almost silhouette-like.

Sydney Opera House: Amazing architecture.

Darling Harbour: Took this shot just seconds before the sea gull flew away.

Lindt Chocolat Cafe: Love the Parisian feel in this photo.

Sydney by Sail: Sailing was SUPER fun! Our boat was slanted when I took this. Glad to know there were no sharks in the area.

Sydney by Sail 2: The blue comes out really nicely with the Party setting in my Panasonic. Although making this Sepia or B&W would look great as well.

Sydney Harbour Bridge: I enjoy taking against-the-sun photos because of the dreamy effect it brings; almost romantic/nostalgic.

When: December 2004
Camera Used: Sony Cybershot DSC-T1

Sydney Harbour Bridge: Had to take this quickly as I shot this while we were in the car.

Manly Beach: Colors in this picture are pretty, very summery. I made a copy of this but muted the colors a bit and it came out even better.

Manly Wharf: I like this photo but I think I like it more because of the kid and his mom than its photographic quality.

Bondi Beach: If I took this photo bird's-eye view, you would see countless sea gulls resting on the Lifeguard Station's rooftop.

Bondi Beach 2: Such a beautiful beach, but less intimate/cozy than Manly, in my opinion.

Lil' Miss Shutterbug

During a brief stay in Bintan Lagoon resort in Indonesia, I gladly clutched my camera in one hand as I curiously inspected the whole place looking for random subjects to take photos of.

The resort was definitely worthy of the term, boasting beautiful, irregularly-shaped pools on one side and sandy white beaches on the other end. But what caught my attention one afternoon was this picturesque scenery of a gazebo surrounded by full-bloomed flowers.

So I readied my camera, steadied my arms, and as I peeked through the viewfinder, I slowly counted,

"...One......Two..........Thr--," cutting myself off after realizing I was talking to a landscape.


Click. Another blooper for me to take home with.



My family teases me all the time on how I would always waste film (and now, file space) on landscapes. And back in Grade School, my friends found it funny how I would take a close-up shot of a flower with the beach in the background and call it "scenery." Oh yes. I was a self-proclaimed photographer even before I got hold of my first digital camera.

I like to dabble in a lot of things. Photography is one of them, though I have yet to determine if I'm passionate enough to make a career out of it, or I'm happy with it just being one of my hobbies.
Well, either way, that's the great thing about Art, about Photography.
It doesn't discriminate.

It doesn't matter if you're a professional or an amateur shutterbug.
A perfectly calculated shot is no different from a point-and-shoot one as long as you are able to translate the beauty of your subject to your work.

As long as you move people with your photographs, that's definitely the icing-- or the chocolate frosting, whichever suits your taste- on the cake.




So I welcome you to my Photo Blog where I will feature favorite shots from my camera as well as random photos I love. I'll try to keep the text on each entry short and simple since photographs do speak for themselves.

And Norman Jean Roy , my favorite photographer, could not have said it any better: "I started taking pictures at a very early age. I think I was six when I first started. I never thought of it as anything more than taking pictures for fun. But that's when I got addicted to the idea of freezing a moment; there was something about that concept I thought was cool, to just go click, click, click and know that you're stopping moments in time."

Photographically speaking, of course.