Amateur Clicks

As you know I took a basic photography class to move my silly beginner ass from the full AUTO mode to a MANUAL camera mode. Not that there's nothing wrong with full auto mode, but I have always felt that with AUTO I can't maximize the capacity of my camera and feel the worth of its price (ouch!). So there, last Sunday I finished it but I didn't win the photo contest (1,2,3... sob! Awwww maaaann!). No I'm not going to share my assignment photos yet (ahem...) but I would want to share some photos that I took when over the past weeks that I was with my camera. 

Note that these photos are not edited. Pardon me, as even US pro mastah photographahs need to be humble and share amateur photos. Ay naku!!! Wake up *slaps my wrist*! Stop day dreaming :) But really what I am trying to point out is that I have seen improvements on my photos, you may not agree but I did!!! *jumping for joy here* Kung may nakita kayong artistic flair, it's most likely accidental hahahaha!

Some photos around Manila or at least from where I went the past few weeks :)

 My attempt at shooting cityscape in low light setting, This was taken outside my window.

  Taken at the Skylounge cafe in one of the condo's in Taguig past 6:00PM and the sky was painted in full pastel colors! My heart soared!! The accent (yessss! uma-accent! *thanks my composition instructor*) on top is NOT a meteor but an airplane that just took off. I used a slow shutter speed thus the trail light effect. Oh yes, I now know them shutter ek-ek! 

Oh yes, achieve!! but overexposed light, paak! oh well, making progress while attempting to shot light trails from the traffic in Taguig. 

Purely accidental, subject moved while photo was taken thus the ghostly effect. :)

An afternoon shot at the American Cemetery :)

Alien in the City!!! made of tubes and spikes! This is one of the many art structures at The Fort. 

Pootpat, Footfat... ano ba talaga?!! Footpath. 

I was looking for a subject for my human activity assignment... and look what we have here!! shuuuweeett! But no, I didn't submit this. :)

This is one accidental shot, if I didn't look behind my shoulder before crossing the street, I wouldn't have seen this. My heart jumps for joy every time God decides to show off and paint the sky in pastel hues :) Who wouldn't love this? This only lasted for several minutes, mind you. I didn't even think about my camera settings, I just clicked, clicked and clicked. By the way, this is part of the selection I had for my landscape assignment but I didn't submit it. :) 

My photos aren't picture perfect but they make me happy. I'm making progress you see, one click at a time :) More to come, dreaming of doing some photowalk. In black and white :)