Experiences from the South

Beach Shots: Again

by Tanchi | 6:19 AM in My Banana Experience, Photo Manipulation, Photography | comments (2)

Obviously, its Thursday and the interesting part is we have our 2nd reunion party of this year, weird isn't it? but the good thing is, I took some shots on the beach and it ends well.

BOY WITH A FLOATER: his weapon of mass destruction.

WILD FLOWER: as usual, I don't know the name of this flower.

STONES: a pile of stones put together to create a strong bond.

Badges

by Tanchi | 8:29 AM in Photo Manipulation, Zero-Leveled Photoshop Tutorials | comments (0)

Recently, I've been planning to do badges for web icons, and here are some of my ready-to-use badges in web icons and web developments. What you think?

Glossy Font Effect

by Tanchi | 7:25 AM in Zero-Leveled Photoshop Tutorials | comments (1)

This is a tutorial of making a more appealing font effect through nice combination of colors and font. I've also learned this thing since I've been on Photoshop.

THE 14 WAYS CREATING GLOSSY FONT AND REFLECTION:

1.) Open a new document in any size and fill the background with white (#ffffff)
2.) Type in your text, in this preview I type "font effect" and set the font style on Bahaus 93 and set the font color to lighter blue (#7eb5e8)
3.) now set the foreground color to #7eb5e8 (lighter blue) and the background color to #4398e7 (darker blue).
4.) then go to blending options (right click the text layer and select blending options).
5.) after selecting blending options, check the gradient overlay box and set the ff:

angle - 90 degrees
opacity - 100 percent
scale - 100 percent
blend mode: normal
gradient: select the gradient blue, the colors we set above (lighter blue to darker blue)

6.) after adding a gradient overlay, check the stroke overlay box, and select a color from the color box, and set it to #2f6395 (darkest blue) and set the size to 2.
7.) now you have a font with gradient, we will add a gloss on the font's upper part.
create a circular shape on the upper part of the created font.notice that the shape have almost covered the font, so reduce its opacity to 17 percent in the layer palette.
now ,we can see the font and the gloss on its upper part.

to add a cooler look, we will make a reflection of the font:

8.) but first, merge all the visible, but do not include the background layer.
9.) then duplicate the merged layer font.
10.) ctrl + t to rotate the duplicated layer to 180 degrees.
11.) hold down alt + shift while dragging the left side button of the duplicated layer to its right side (if you did it correctly, the "font effect will still be read, but it is inverse.)
12.) then reduce its opacity to 50 percent
13.) pressed "e" to select the eraser tool, and set its opacity to 43 and its flow to 80
14.) erase the bottom part of the duplicated layer carefully, and erase it until you'll get your favored result.

Still Photography

by Tanchi | 6:04 AM in Photo Manipulation, Photography | comments (3)

I've been given so much time for boredom this week, sembreak is already starting, and boredom,too. I'd still prefer to be in the house than strolling around somewhere, but managed to stroll once in a while. There are so many things I can do whenever I'm at home, I can do photographs, sketch, or even movie-watch, so many things, I just haven't thought of it yet.

Wednesday, staying at home feels fine, there's a laptop to keep you busy, a television, keeping you entertained, and a camera, to capture still objects, so... obviously, I did it.

Here's some of my still photography: (correct me if these didn't fall in still photographs)

TWILIGHT: Already dusk, and find a chance to capture this flower witnessing the imperfect sunset.

UNFIXED STREET: strolling around the city, and found some unfixed wirings on the edge of the street.

YELLOW-FLOWER: can someone give me the name of this flower?

I've been Into an "Ukay-ukay" Experience

by Tanchi | 5:12 AM in My Banana Experience, Pinoy Articles, Things | comments (1)

"Ukay-ukay" or mixed in English, is a Visayan term used to describe sets of used, or aged-clothes and apparels which are sold at their lowest price. Some are branded, while others are not. Typically, these clothes are sold at around 15 pesos to 45 pesos, it depends on the style of the clothing.

Tuesday, a very sunny-day, me and my long-time friends went strolling and decided to go around the public market, where most of the "ukay-ukay" spots are found. Around 10 am, we met and started finding some cool and unique clothes. I've been into many mounds of clothes and still I can't find a nice one. Most of them are almost trash, believe me.

On our way, we decided to tour the other part of the market. There we found some cool clothings, in fact, i've even bought a New Balance jacket fot only 35 pesos, cool isn't it? I also bought a jacket, with a chibi monkey on its print. So many nice displays, but its getting late in the noon, and the sun is getting hotter, so we decided to part ways and go home. 2 pm, I arrived, and took a deep nap.

Filipinos are very fond of this activity and it was my first time doing that serious thing. So it makes me proud that, at least, i've experienced that one-of-a-kind Pinoy experience. Believe me. :)

Random Shots on Tuesday

by Tanchi | 4:54 AM in Photo Manipulation, Photography | comments (0)

Tuesday's random shots:

ISLA PARILLA: Actually, I didn't went there, my mom just got a brand new photo for her friendster (lol). So credits, to my mom.

FORTUNE-HUNTER: I took this shot at the public market while strolling and buying stuffs.

Emotions On Photography

by Tanchi | 6:36 AM in Photo Manipulation, Photography, Things | comments (0)

In a picture or portrait, there's always an emotion. Happiness, sorrow, excitement, or even vengeance. Everything is expressed through the setting or how did we manipulated and enhance the photo. Although I'm just an amateur photographer, mainly a hobbyist, I still consider the setting, the ambiance of the environment, and the overall mood surrounding the place. For instance, a black and white or monochrome photograph, would be capturing the attention of the viewer as a dull and sensitive portrait. Picturing people with emotions would be harder than picturing still life because you have to be accurate in knowing the emotions of the captured photo. Always remember that the type and style of the light and exposure of the photo would affect the expressions found inthe photo, it may alter the real emotion of a photo.

Here are some of example of my expressive photos which usual persons perceive by just looking at them:

DOWN BY THE LAKE: a black and white photo, and added some sepia tones to create a more vintage shot.There are so many emotions hovering above this photo, for example, this shot may be perceived as a loss of a former lover, or a life struggling. The photo is in "grief".

BOTTLE IN THE SAND: what idea would come into your mind if you see this photo. Different perceptions are created, just like, a long loss bottle found along the shore to remininsce the past, etc.