i finally got the courage to blog

It's my first time as a blogger so please bear with me, i apologize from some wrong choice of words & grammar for now. To tell you frankly, it took me a month to be able to find time & also have the courage to create this blog. I know for a fact that Im not that good in writing, i don't have the gift of writing ika nga but im hoping that after a couple of weeks or months, i would be able to learn more from my experiences & take some comments of other bloggers and my interested readers on a positive way. I always believe in the saying that "Experience is a great Teacher" thus im trying my best to learn on this..atleast I tried.

As an Introduction, this blog is all about my adventures & journeys in life. Anything of what pops out of my mind, all about my hobbies, my favorite foods, my cravings, my love for clothes & fashion finds 'coz i luv dressing up myself & ofcourse i really really love to travel if my time & budget permits. Its like a stress therapy to me. I also like to shop & find new things that are cheap yet very useful on my everyday living.

Furthermore, I also believe that life is too short, that's why I wanna live my life to the fullest & try out new things like this one---"Blogging".

Just to share w/ you guys how happy I am after posting my first blog a while ago, i spare a little time to treat myself & celebrate the launching of my first blog. It was also my first time to go to "SERENITEA". It was all my first time today, 10/24/11 ---hehehe. After clicking publish on my blog, I simply ordered their famous milk tea, my choice of Okinawa drink with pearl & their spicy chicken fingers that was really yummy. Their milk tea was way better with other milk teas i've tried. To end this up, I wanna share this drink to all of u, my first ever readers...Cheers!

photos were taken from my instagram account (joyce reyes) & my tumblr account (http://mariejoycereyes.tumblr.com/).

thank you for reading guys. if u have some comments or suggestions, please feel free to post or email me. and I will be glad to get back to you as soon as possible.

xoxoxo

second time on photo contest

I really love taking pictures so much that I enrolled myself to photography lesson. It so happen that the company that I was working was so generous that they offered it to eligible employees for free. Thank God naka save ako. As long as you have the guts, skills & initiative to learn plus you have a DSLR camera then that's it voila! After the entire 6 sessions workshop, we have this so called photocontest where in you will get medals if you get 1st place. Its also good  that we can learn from the critics of some professors and invited guests (professional photographers) from The Federation of Philippine Photographers Foundation (FPPF). 

To know more about FPPF here is their official website

http://www.photoworldmanila.com/

This was my chosen entries for the following categories:

                         my entry for STILL LIFE category entitled "FRESH FRUITS & VEGGIES"

  my entry for TRAVEL:WATER category entitled "THE CLEANEST LAKE IN THE PHILIPPINES"

                                my entry for PORTRAIT category entitled " BATANG DARNA"
                                              (won second place by .001% in score, sayang!)

         my entry for PHOTO JOURNALISM:Street Vendor category entitled " TAHO SA UMAGA"
                                                                                       i  won first place, yess!


Unfortunately, i need to get 2 first place to be able to attend on the Photoworld Asia on January 2012 that costs P5000 but I only got one first place. check this site for more information http://www.photoworldmanila.com/photoworldasia/

Moreover, here are some of my entries which was also printed and wanted to include in the contest but then we need to choose only one of our best shot for each category.

                                                                   " MACAU CAKE"
                                            

                                                                        "SERENITY"

                                                                   "DAPIT HAPON"

                                                                  "DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL"

                                                                   "BATANG DARNA"

                                                              "GOLDEN SUNSET"                                                             

sample of one photo crictic video from one of our professor taken during the photo contest itself.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkrRtRmSn5w&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Just a simple advice: bawal ang pikon sa photo critics, just take it as a lesson so u won't repeat the same mistakes again in taking pictures.

Important things to remember before taking pictures:

CLEF means 

                      C- Composition & Concept

                      L- Light

                      E- Exposure

                      F- Focus

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