new journey for arnel pineda

aura: sleepy
audio: imago - highway

remember the band called journey? the band that is known for hit songs like "open arms" and, "faithfully" just to name a few.. well they have a new front man/ vocalist.

arnel pineda, of quezon city, philippines, made it big when he was discovered by the band's lead guitarist, Neal Schon, via youtube! click here to watch a short clip on how arnel was discovered. arnel was the former vocalist of the band called "the zoo", and have been performing in local bars before he was discovered.

i think this video was reason. i watched it several times after seeing it the first time..

another humble proud to be pinoy, kick @ss dreams do come true story for all of us. :D

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photoworld asia 2008

aura: sleepy
audio: sinosikat? - so blue

it's the event of the year for all photography lovers, professionals, hobbyists, enthusiasts, would surely find time to drop by the venue from january 31 to february 5, 2008. some surely did register to several seminars or workshops to be conducted by some of the world's well known and professional photographers. come all, and drop by ayala center, makati.

photoworld asia 2008
january 31, 2008 - february 05, 2008
ayala center, makati, philippines.
*info taken from photoworld asia 2008 official website.

for more information and full details of the schedule, visit photoworld asia's official website. click here for full schedule.

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nikon d60

nikon announces it's newest lineup, the nikon d60. this model is believed to be replacing it's successor, d40x. for first look, visit nikon's official website.. you could also visit dpreview to take a look on what they have to say about d60.


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canon eos 450d

canon announces their latest eos line up last january 24, 2008. the canon eos 450d. for full specifications, visit canon's official website. or you could visit 3rd party, dpreview, website to know what are their first impressions on the eos 450d.


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trashy

aura:: blank
audio:: blank

hehe.. my tummy just feels funny these past few days.. either i'm not feeding it well or it's being overfed. haha!

anyway, had a shoot last january 20 at my good friend, Darwin's pad.. they have this abandoned house just beside their home and i noticed that we can do a shoot at it's parking lot.

one of my favorite shots..

thanks to my fellow photographer, Roget, for bringing his kick @ss equipment (light stands, triggers and, extra flashes).



3 light set up. one above the stairs pointing to the subject as the main light. another one directly below the stairs, in front of the subject as the fill light and, another one below the stairs (our righter side).
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curves

aura: sleepy
audio: the red jumpsuit apparatus - disconnected

had a shoot last weekend and this is my favorite candid shot (original photo).



played with photoshop curves with this picture. thanks to Jerry for giving me some tips about curves.

curves can be found under the menu Image>Adjustment>Curves...

play with it. adjusting the right part will adjust the highlight tones, while the left part handles the shadow tones. you may opt to adjust the mid part too if you want to adjust the mid tones.

to better understand curves, visit this site i found. click here.

my curves somewhat looked like this and came up with the image below..






i also edited the orientation of the photo, adding watermarks plus, making the background white. hehe..

enjoy!

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foreign artists to invade manila

aura: sick
audio: none

this year is going to be a blast! and it sure will put holes to our pockets! haha! a lot of foreign artists are gonna perform here this year. as early as the first quarter, several artists are already lined-up.

My Chemical Romance
january 25, 2007
taguig open field

Ne-Yo - tickets
february 29, 2007
araneta coliseum

Maroon 5 - tickets
march 05, 2007
araneta coliseum

Incubus - tickets
march 09, 2007
araneta coliseum

yes! they are coming to manila to perform live!!!
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alone

aura: starving
audio: the red jumpsuit apparatus - cat and mouse



i somehow felt lonely after seeing this...

post processed, the original picture looked warmer. adjusted the saturation and color. the picture was also resized.
picture owned, shot and post processed by Kenneth Yu Chan (c) 2008.

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baskets and koi!

aura: full
audio: let go - boys like girls

these shots was taken way back last november 4, 2007. stopped over at a floating resto on our way back from pangasinan. dad, mom and, i, with some of my parent's friends visited Our Lady of Manaoag that time. got hungry and decided to eat for a while.

forgot the name of the restaurant, but it's huge! it's a floating restaurant, with lots of koi and, flies. haha! had a hard time and didn't enjoy lunch there that much. but fortunately, the place was ok.. :D
colorful baskets ::
aperture :: f/ 3.5
shutter speed :: 1/160
iso :: 100
*uneditted


koi ::
aperture :: f/ 3.2
shutter speed :: 1/125
iso :: 100
*uneditted


all photos were taken and owned by kenneth yu chan (c)2007.
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Shannon Rei C. Lim

aura: full
audio: jordin sparks - tattoo

meet the newest member of our family.

welcome to the world Shannon Rei C. Lim.

born december 05, 2007.




picture taken with natural light. no editing done with the images. (c) 2007.

happy 2008 everyone!!!
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