Random Many Things: The Abandoned Chapter

"Sometimes, interesting things comes from something forgotten".....
Sadly, December became soo crazy that I had to sacrifice a few projects to incorporate more time for more important work such as the ones I had with some clients. One of those projects is my 365...

I listed all the days I missed and pretty much, I have totally failed hahaha. I don't wanna cheat and just upload all the things I planned on posting up for each day I missed that I would be taking in one day, that wouldn't be a proper 365 anymore lol so instead, I'm transitioning back to my Random Shots which are shots taken on any given day, pretty much like a photo journal. It makes a lot more sense too, my 365 was identical to my Random Many Things album, and it just didn't look easy on the eyes. I'd still be following the same description method though: date taken, title, and what's it about, but I'm not looking forward on updating the galleries haha.... ohhhh welll -.-

Abandoned
Taken: January 29. 2011 3pm

Below are some images I took during the artist photo session with my friend and local phtographer John Kyle Pangelinan of John Kyle Photography and an underground young local talented musician named Richard Matsuyama aka MC Ryoku. The set of the whole session was in the island's biggest outdoor mall which is disappointingly abandoned and destroyed now. This place used to be gorgeous and full of life, but since the island's economy fell, the whole place got shut down.

Now it stands lifeless, only housing what used to be, or more like what is left. The place had been vandalized and burglarized for years and it literally looks like a ghost town. It's pretty much an example of what the world would look like when all things fail.

Though the place maybe an eye sore to some, to others like myself, the place is a world of anything that could be taken creatively. Sometimes the worst places could provide the most interesting pieces of art and below are my examples of the very idea.



I hope u guys enjoyed some of my most recent shots =]
Stay awesome!
-Nix


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LAAAAATE POST: Still Life 2010 (Self Work)

"My work simply needs more spotlight on here HAHA XD ".....Ok, so the saddest thing bout me is not at all updating about my work on here -.-"Yeh, what's the deal?" you say, well deal is I've been busy, and still is and haven't updated my galleries, except my Facebook Fanpage which I hardly use the images from cause of the quality... Sooo, by the time I get on updating those galleries, you all will be able see the previous stuff I've been working on ^-^

Sorry again...
I'm trying my best to keep up =/

Anyways, as you all know, I am still currently trying to get used to my new camera.
Yup, the Nikon D7000 which I got last year. I haven't mastered it yet, got a loong way to go, but so far so good. I also can't wait for some projects I've been planning on, so hopefully those would help me get better too.

So moving onto the works...
I mentioned this set on my Project 365 post, it was the night I met up with a friend of mine (who also happens to be a well known local photographer down here)to learn some basic tips on getting started. It was a pretty fun night, just learning and stuff. At the same time we were both trying to learn our Speedlights, since we were both new to the SB-600, and I just acted like a lil kid in a candy store every time I learned something new about the equipment. At the end, I headed home to practice some more. Best way was to do some still lifes which I wasn't new at. I always did these shoots during high school for art class.

It felt really good to go back to doing something I used to do back then. Made me feel all happy inside hahaha. Anyways, my set up for this set was easy. I got out my white illustration boards as a backdrop and floor. Usually you'd use a light box for product photography, but as of right now, I ain't got one so I just had to compromise.

Now ever since I landed a job as an admin/graphic designer for The Athlere's Foot of Saipan and Guam and as well as Boarderline, I've turned into a sneaker junkie. I won't call myself a Sneakerhead cause I don't know all the technical stuff they do, but I love them sneaks just as much =D. One of my fave brands just gotta be them J's and when the SC-1s came out here, I had to cop a pair of my own. I wanted these blue ones for my boyfriend too, so we'd have something matching to wear when we finna meet, but we don't got the men sizes here =,[. Hopefully one day I'll get to get him the same pair online.
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Below gots to be one of my fave shots so far. The perfume was given to me by my sister back in GA for Xmas long ago. It sadly ran out, but I tend to keep empty perfume bottles cause they just looks soo cool haha. At this point I played with the light alot. The first pic though, I decided to play with a lil. Since my true passion is photo manipulations, I just had to do something on the graphic side with this one. In the end it turned out to be pretty killer ^-^
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Then there is the Shiny Lil Thangs shot, where I just piled half of my collection of jewelry. Pretty great shot, but when I can finally afford a micro lens Imma try this out again. ^-^
Shiny Lil Thangs
Thanks for viewing the post yah'll!
Much love and peace,
Nix



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First Week Of Project 365

I found out all bout the 365 project when I wrote about Julia Wang's photography. It was really interesting, the whole concept around it is that you must take a picture every single day for the whole year and post and write about them aswell. This whole project will help you to become better in your craft and you'll be shock on how much you'll improve by the end of the year. So I thought to myself that since my brand new first DSLR camera was coming in, that I should use this project to get used to it.

For the past months of getting back into photography, I've been using only a compact point-and-shoot camera. Yup, all my work tagged with Myreikko Imagery were all taken with a point-and-shoot ^-^.
Truth is the last time I've ever worked a DSLR was back in high school during the whole semester I took up photography. So you could just imagine my reaction when I finally got my camera and already had 1 photo shoot scheduled 3/4 days after.




001/365 112910 "First day with the new camera (Nikon D7000)."I read the manual a couple of times after we finally had the order down. I've read full reviews on this very camera before I even made a serious decision. I am honestly not disappointed. There's nothing bout this camera that I don't like except the fact that I get frustrated trying to learn it lol. Though they did advice that this baby wasn't meant for a beginner, aye I rather take my chances haha.




002/365 113010 "Mom and Bokeh."Above was my first attempt to get a bokeh feel and a clear un-shaky portrait. That's my mama by the way lol. Overall I can safely say I did a good job hehehe just wish it wasn't so orange -.-




003/365 120110 "Spiz'ikes."Ahhh, this day was da bomb. I met up with a fellow photographer and friend of mine to learn some basics from him. After a good talk and some sharing of quality knowledge, I went home that very night with one objective: Play with the Speedlight I bought with the camera and do an old time studio shoot. I do these shoots alot before, just something I did when I was bored hahaha. I got some sick images that night , even though I was fighting with the camera and the flash ahaha.




004/365 120210 "Java."This was taken after my first photo shoot with the new camera. We decided to chill at one of the local bars and grab a drink. The drink above though isn't from the bar hahaha, it's one of my favorite flavors from a really popular cafe here called Java Joes. This night was something to remember fo'sho. New experiences, new equipment, new people. It was awesome and I can't wait for yah'll to read about that very shoot.




005/365 120310 "Tripp-Lite."I thought I was done for the year with all the buying of expensive equipment, but to dad a new camera meant more photo shoots meaning more important files in my computer and knowing that the power here tends to be so messed up, it isn't worth risking the life of my 2k Imac. So I had to swallow my pride and bought a UPS Battery Back-Up System -.-




006/365 120410 "Raindrops and Lollipops."This was an awesome day! LOL I know, I know. You see them rain drops, bet you're like wat's so awesome with a rainy day on a photo shoot. Well cause the whole day it didn't rain, there was hardly a gray cloud in the sky and I had amazing results with my 2nd and 3rd photo shoots with my new cam. Like the pick above, they came out Happy Dandy!!




007/365 120510 "Tis the Season."Another day, another photo shoot. I was pretty happy with the results from this day too ^-^. New concepts, new feel and I got some pretty awesome shots! It was the day I started noticing that I was getting just a lil better than compared with the first day I had the cam hehe. Once again, I can't wait for you guys to read bout this shoot ^-^

Well I hope all yahll enjoyed my first week of the 365!
Stay tuned for the Second week and see what I come up with next =]


Love and Peace,
Nix





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