this is just perfect.

i would love to get a chance to get close to a performing band and enjoy their music from behind =)

rosarioko:

HIJO at the Philippine Jazz & Blues Guitar Festival last night. 

MORE HIJO pics + Francis Brew with Karel Honasan and Mike Alba

OH AND YOU NEED TO SEE MY PHOTO OF THE DAY: Nathan Azarcon - FRONTMAN & CENTERPIECE hahaha

note to self: forgive yourself and move on

life:

Happy Birthday, Marilyn Monroe.

Not published in LIFE. Four photographs of Marilyn Monroe at age 22, Hollywood, 1949. (J.R. Eyerman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

See more photos here.

photojojo:

50 Quick Photography Tips in Less Than 15 Minutes

Kai over at DigitalRev put together this video that offers photography advice in burst mode: 50 (or 49) short and sweet tips in less than 15 minutes. If you take yourself too seriously, be warned: the tips are presented in Kai’s trademark “infotainment” style.

If you’d rather not watch the 13 minute video, here are the tips in text form thanks to Reddit user blufox4900:

1. UV filters are a waste of time
2. Lens hoods aren’t a necessity
3. If you’re not using the hood, put it away
4. Don’t treat your DSLR like it’s your baby
5. Stop hating on others
6. Get cheap lens caps
7. Pack light
8. Use a zoom for convenience
9. Prime will make you think more
10. The 35mm is the most practical one lens setup (on the 1.5 crop)
11. The 50mm looks better
12. Better cameras don’t make better photos
13. Know how your camera works before you go out to shoot
14. Always be ready for the shot
15. P-mode isn’t just for beginners
16. Bump the ISO if needed
17. Auto ISO is your best friend
18. Rely on the Rule of Thirds
19. Take lots of shots
20. Don’t take photos of any old sh*t
21. “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough” — Robert Capa
22. Contemplate your shot
23. The best equipment doesn’t help if you’re not standing in the right spot
24. Sharpness is overrated
25. Concept is king
26. Don’t look like a wrongun (i.e. a creep)
27. Don’t drink and shoot
28. Shoot when you’re full of energy
29. Sometimes it feels great to wake up really early and shoot
30. Think about what light you want
31. Emulate the style of the greats to get started
32. …but don’t keep doing it
33. Photography is as much a reflection of the person taking the photo
34. Shoot to please no one apart from yourself
35. Discreet or direct — it isn’t all that important
36. Setting themes keeps you focused
37. Change things every once in a while to keep things fresh
38. Everyone has creative blocks
39. Be critical of yourself
40. “Seeing is not enough, you have to feel what you photograph” — Andre Kertesz
41. You need to be there with the camera
42. The relationship is about you and the subject, not you and the camera
43. Stop chimping
44. Be brutal when it comes to deleting awful photos
45. Show only your best work
46. Changing photos to B&W doesn’t make an uninteresting shot interesting
47. Look at other people’s work
48. Post your work online, let others critique your work
49. There is no easy way
50. ???

via anythingphotography; DigitalRev; Reddit

photojojo:

50 Quick Photography Tips in Less Than 15 Minutes

Kai over at DigitalRev put together this video that offers photography advice in burst mode: 50 (or 49) short and sweet tips in less than 15 minutes. If you take yourself too seriously, be warned: the tips are presented in Kai’s trademark “infotainment” style.

If you’d rather not watch the 13 minute video, here are the tips in text form thanks to Reddit user blufox4900:

1. UV filters are a waste of time
2. Lens hoods aren’t a necessity
3. If you’re not using the hood, put it away
4. Don’t treat your DSLR like it’s your baby
5. Stop hating on others
6. Get cheap lens caps
7. Pack light
8. Use a zoom for convenience
9. Prime will make you think more
10. The 35mm is the most practical one lens setup (on the 1.5 crop)
11. The 50mm looks better
12. Better cameras don’t make better photos
13. Know how your camera works before you go out to shoot
14. Always be ready for the shot
15. P-mode isn’t just for beginners
16. Bump the ISO if needed
17. Auto ISO is your best friend
18. Rely on the Rule of Thirds
19. Take lots of shots
20. Don’t take photos of any old sh*t
21. “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough” — Robert Capa
22. Contemplate your shot
23. The best equipment doesn’t help if you’re not standing in the right spot
24. Sharpness is overrated
25. Concept is king
26. Don’t look like a wrongun (i.e. a creep)
27. Don’t drink and shoot
28. Shoot when you’re full of energy
29. Sometimes it feels great to wake up really early and shoot
30. Think about what light you want
31. Emulate the style of the greats to get started
32. …but don’t keep doing it
33. Photography is as much a reflection of the person taking the photo
34. Shoot to please no one apart from yourself
35. Discreet or direct — it isn’t all that important
36. Setting themes keeps you focused
37. Change things every once in a while to keep things fresh
38. Everyone has creative blocks
39. Be critical of yourself
40. “Seeing is not enough, you have to feel what you photograph” — Andre Kertesz
41. You need to be there with the camera
42. The relationship is about you and the subject, not you and the camera
43. Stop chimping
44. Be brutal when it comes to deleting awful photos
45. Show only your best work
46. Changing photos to B&W doesn’t make an uninteresting shot interesting
47. Look at other people’s work
48. Post your work online, let others critique your work
49. There is no easy way
50. ???

via anythingphotography; DigitalRev; Reddit

which one to work on…

black-and-white:

DSC03512 (by Ezani Zainal)

coolchicksfromhistory:

Mi-ran assumed that nowhere else in the world were people better off, and that most probably fared far worse. She heard many, many times on the radio and television that South Koreans were miserable under the thumb of the pro-American puppet leader Park Chung-hee and, later, his successor, Chun Doohwan. They learned that China’s diluted brand of communism was less successful than that brought by Kim Il-sung and that millions of Chinese were going hungry. All in all, Mi-ran felt she was quite lucky to have been born in North Korea under the loving care of the fatherly leader.

Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Korean defectors from their childhoods to their escapes.  Through these stories readers learn what it was like to grown up in totalitarian North Korea, how the 1990s famine impacted the lives of ordinary North Koreans, and what it takes to escape.  

North Korea is a single party state with very limited interaction with the rest of the world and one of the most militarized countries in the world.  Nothing to Envy is worth reading for its look at a practically hidden population and an important political region.  It is also worth reading if you’re a fan of post-apocalyptic fiction because sometimes fact is stranger than fiction.

Nothing to Envy on Amazon

zbzb:

Date-stamped digital snapshot, every day from May 24 through June 23.