Since I had my camera, I was always reluctant to take shots during the night. For one, I feel intimidated about taking shots in the dark and not use flash. I say this because I realized that unless you have rock-steady hands, taking night shots by hand is quite difficult, take a look below

As you can see, I have very shaky hands ^^, and if you’re going to shoot at night, I strongly suggest you get a tripod.

What I like about night photography is that it adds more characters to your shots;

Normal scenes create more impact;

and you see normal places in a different light.

Trying to capture moving lights in the day would rather seem odd, take a look below;

You really can’t appreciate its beauty in daylight.

There are a lot of things you can do with night photography, difficult as it is to perfect it, taking great shots will definitely be worth it. And here are a couple of things you can do with night photography:

Play with fire;

or see amazing fireworks!

Capture breathtaking light projection;

or even turn your niece into a fairy!You can draw silly images;

and even say hello to your friends!

There are a lot of things to do with night photography, go out and try to experiment with them!

I had this assignment on a photography forum that I joined. What we are told to do is to drive/walk 10 minutes away from home and then take a photo of whatever laid on that location. The instruction is that you should stop at exactly 10 minutes of walking/driving and make the best out of that location. I ended up taking these photo along with the other ones.

A shy cow looks away as i took its photo…

A little “malunggay” tree, top view

Yellow bell flower

And then after walking for a total of 20 minutes, I go home and find a beautiful person. It makes a tiring walk all worth it!

Back when I didn’t have a DSLR and I had to take photos with my cellphone, I was already fond of taking photos in macro mode. I was always amazed on how a camera focuses on a certain object and blurring the rest of the frame. Now having a DSLR, taking photos in macro has always been a part of my snaps. I am liking it! (:

Took this picture when I was testing the aperture of the camera.

Being new at photography, I am a bit hesitant in taking photos of people especially little kids since they move around a lot. Taking pictures of non-moving objects for me sometimes are difficult, then can you imagine what will be the outcome if I took moving subjects? But in times like these, how can you resist seeing kids having fun and reminding you of how you were when you were at their age? I can’t help but shoot away (:

Here’s EJ and Sasha goofing around in front of the camera. Can’t help but smile whenever I look at this photo (;

When I started taking photos, I noticed that I like taking photos of plants and trees. Maybe because I find them easy to photograph because they’re really not moving (:

Above is a picture of a tree named aratilis/saresa a local version of cherries.

Some of the plants that are scattered around the house

I have started this hobby last April 15, 2010 when I brought home a Nikon D40. Yes it is an obsolete model and yes it is not brand new, but who cares? What’s important is now I got a camera and I am venturing into a world full of joyful things! ü

The photo above is my first try on aperture, I had to take a couple of shots to get a photo without shake.

—-Beginning of Code—-

import java.io.*;

public class MergeSortArray {
private long[] theArray;

private int nElems;

public MergeSortArray(int max) {
theArray = new long[max];
nElems = 0;
}

public void insert(long value) {
theArray[nElems] = value; // insert it
nElems++; // increment size
}

public void display() {
for (int j = 0; j < nElems; j++)
System.out.print(theArray[j] + " ");
System.out.println("");
}

public void mergeSort() {
long[] workSpace = new long[nElems];
recMergeSort(workSpace, 0, nElems - 1);
}

private void recMergeSort(long[] workSpace, int lowerBound, int upperBound) {
if (lowerBound == upperBound) // if range is 1,
return; // no use sorting
else { // find midpoint
int mid = (lowerBound + upperBound) / 2;
// sort low half
recMergeSort(workSpace, lowerBound, mid);
// sort high half
recMergeSort(workSpace, mid + 1, upperBound);
// merge them
merge(workSpace, lowerBound, mid + 1, upperBound);
}
}

private void merge(long[] workSpace, int lowPtr, int highPtr, int upperBound) {
int j = 0; // workspace index
int lowerBound = lowPtr;
int mid = highPtr - 1;
int n = upperBound - lowerBound + 1; // # of items

while (lowPtr <= mid && highPtr <= upperBound)
if (theArray[lowPtr] < theArray[highPtr])
workSpace[j++] = theArray[lowPtr++];
else
workSpace[j++] = theArray[highPtr++];

while (lowPtr <= mid)
workSpace[j++] = theArray[lowPtr++];

while (highPtr <= upperBound)
workSpace[j++] = theArray[highPtr++];

for (j = 0; j < n; j++)
theArray[lowerBound + j] = workSpace[j];
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
int maxSize = 100; // array size
MergeSortArray arr = new MergeSortArray(maxSize); // create the array

System.out.print("How many input? [1-100]: ");
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
Integer howMany = null;
try {
howMany = Integer.parseInt(br.readLine());
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error!");
System.exit(1);
}
for(int i=1; i<=howMany; i++){
System.out.print("Enter number " + i + ": ");
BufferedReader br1 = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
Integer iNum = null;
try {
iNum = Integer.parseInt(br1.readLine());
} catch (IOException err) {
System.out.println("Invalid Input!");
System.exit(1);
}
arr.insert(iNum);
}

arr.display();

arr.mergeSort();

arr.display();
}
}

—-End of Code—-

I watched Jennifer’s Body last night and it was not as I expected. I read about how this movie sucked before in various forums and blogs so I had little expectations with this movie, and surprisingly it was not that bad. Storyline was good but Megan’s acting is not that good. I think they included her in the cast just for eye candy, just to sell sex; the transition from good to bad of the character was not properly played by Megan. Aside from her acting, everything else is good enough to see it. Plus the soundtrack is great!