Mesha

I was invited by Alfie Ramos, another Filipino photographer based here in Winnipeg, Canada to a photo shoot. At first, I had exactly no idea about the concept he had in mind. I only knew that his model would be Mesha, one of the very talented people I know because of her modeling, dancing and acting.

I opted to do a BTS video shoot instead, but I got a few stills too. The shoot went awesome! See the BTS video to find out.


BTS for Alfie Ramos Photography from Jun Angeles on Vimeo.

A couple more stills on http://www.flickr.com/photos/jundogg/sets/72157638599590135/

Model: Mesha Lovegood

Hair: Gil Maglalang

Makeup: Geoff Amanonce

Photographer: Alfie Ramos

With: Sherwin Herana

Now, I needed to dust off my gear afterwards. It's all good!

Kayla

The initial concept did not happen for some reason, but the shoot continued - results even better. 

Boudoir shoot on a very cold Sunday with Kayla.

Tape Art

This Michael Jackson tape art reminds me of Bruno Mars' "Just The Way You Are" music video. Yes, the music video was inspired by the artwork of Erika Iris Simmons - Ghost in the Machine. More can be seen at iri5.com

Photo taken at Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum in Genting Highlands, Malaysia.

Meet The Milkshake Hotties

The Milkshake Hotties consists of young aspiring dancers. They are usually seen in several party clubs in the metro. 

A friend photographer asked me to join them do a group photo session. Photos will be used in the group's Facebook fan page.

Mhyka, Mel, Hanna, Ehra and Trish

Life Is A Race

Curved downhill road at Chin Swee Caves Temple, Genting Highlands in Malaysia.

Nifty50

When I was starting with photography, I used to ask myself, why do photographers have more than one lens in their gear? Why don't they just buy one that will be used all through out? Some even have their "trinity" of lenses. All along, I learned that it's quite necessary to have lens choices that fit the proper shoot or assignment.
   
My first lens is a Nikkor 18-105mm. It came with the D90 kit when first purchased almost a couple of years ago. Personally, I find it not that convincing enough in terms of quality in low-light scenarios, because its widest opening is only at f/3.5 at 18mm and before I got it, I was used to the Sigma 18-55mm f/2.8 lens + D40 gear, which my brother lend me. Still, I give big credit to this lens for helping me as an infant in photography's ins and outs, plus it's my best bud during our previous travels. I've seen and captured great memories through this 105mm lens.

Finally, I got a prime lens that I've been researching and reading about for several weeks while funding for budget. This fixed focal length glass would be helpful in low-light situations - where I used to find myself in.


Nikkor 50mm 1.8G a.k.a. "nifty-fifty". I call mine Nifty50 for a change.

Where's the lens? Obviously, I'm using it. Several images of this lens can be found online, have it your way.

Have I come to the stage in photography life that I am also needing more than one lens? Prolly! Hopefully, this would help me more to become a better photographer. Some might say this is not the best prime lens or whatever, but I believe it would definitely serve it's purpose. 


Now, I will stop typing and continue on with the shooting. 


Meanwhile, see these photos below, few shots I have taken during the first few minutes I have Nifty50 on. 

The only model in the room - my lovely wife.

Bokeh! We'll surely have more of this with Nifty50.

The evil me, of course.

Thanks for reading! If you have tips and tricks with this lens, please share. I would like to see your gallery as well. 

Note: All photos in this post were taken using Nifty50.