Some things just bear repeating

December 2005

May 2012

I say the talent's there

On some weekends, the happy trio would just go out walking with our cameras in tow. My bugey's shots from October till this month have just been uploaded in our desktop. I'd say of the hundred shots he took, there were some that were really impressive and promising. So on with the mummy bragging: 

He took this shot on our walk home after a Sunday mass last October.
I like the perspective he used here. 

This one I like for the contrast. I'm not sure if he intended this.
But heck, I'm unapologetically biased. So I say,  he did. :) 

I'm really proud of this shot. He took this on a cold rainy afternoon
when I told him to find something else to do after watching two
DVDs in a row. He switched the TV off ( what an angel!),
 got his clic toys and wooden blocks, and made this cute house.
While trying to take a shot, I told him what Lakay had taught me-
to take pictures of toys (in my case, of kids)within eye-level of the subject.
My eager student got the idea in a snap, lay on the floor, and took this shot.  Bravo my love!

This one he took when we went to the nearby Arenberg Castle last October.
Lakay and I have our own versions of this shot.
The bugey joined the bandwagon. I like to show off here the
steadiness of his hands. And his sense of proportion.
Makes me really think that the talent is there. (ahrrrm, please agree!) 

This is a really great shot. Taken about three weeks ago
while we were walking visitors around the Botanical garden.
Notice how balanced it is? So proud proud proud of you my baby!

bridge and ripples

the happy trio project

This post should've been entitled "A Camera of One's Own," because it's initially about my then constant bickering on the hassles of not having my own camera. How many a picturesque sight have I let pass simply because I don't have a camera ready at hand? Of course, I can always bring Lakay's SONY SLR if not for the unbearable heaviness of it's being!

At last, those days of lamentation are over. My most awaited package has reached my sister's doorstep today! With the help of two great fellows (who are just as obsessed with framing beautiful things through their lenses and skills that I have yet to acquire), I now have my own camera. (Thanks Auntie G and Uncle G)

Seriously, the happiest reasons I have for this new possession are about a sense of identity and family-hood. With regard to identity, I'd say this more as my perception of Lakay's own needs. Although I have never really heard him complain about having a "director" breathing down his neck while taking photos (he honestly said that he never minded at all and I love him tons for this), I really want him to have his own space where he can develop his craft some more. On the thing about family-hood, I'm referring to that picture I've conjured up in my head a long time ago--one fine Spring day with Lakay, the little one, and me, each carrying a camera of his or her own, while taking pictures in the park. Not bad, eh?

The dream will soon come true. I'm so excited about this year of filling up my computer with the results of our happy trio project.

Our first autumn together

Today the happy trio took a walk in the woods.

It was the little one's first taste of autumn.

And lakay's too.

We missed taking the pictures of Autumn's glorious days of fiery red, orange, yellow (the two boys were down with the flu).

But we were still greeted by beautiful sites like these: (lakay's shots)

Trees are a paradigm of real beauty. They are beautiful in their lush and flourishing days of green. Beautiful still in days when they are rendered bare.




Autumn is a beautiful season. Painfully beautiful, I must say.

Leaves (like stars) are at their brightest when they are about to die.