My blog turns 1!

Starting this post with the cliché saying “time flies so fast”. Indeed. Everything was a blur! I can still remember when I was on the process of creating this tumblr and now it turns a year old! As a birthday gift to my photo blog, here are my most favourite photographs (in different categories) to date + the story behind my blog title.

Full set here.

Full set here.

Full set here.

No matter what you do, do it with confidence.

“I’m afraid no one will read my blog” – I remember saying this to myself before I created this tumblr account. I’m always anxious of the possible outcomes of my works, to receive negative criticisms and to hear judgements. But I suddenly came to a realization: as long as I love what I’m doing, why should I care anyway?

Full sets here and here.

So at the eve of 19^th of September 2011, inside room 212 of Soleil Residences (my former dormitory), I finally decided to create a tumblr account. I remember getting lost at first and being overwhelmed by the number of requirements I shall respond with. As I was filling up the empty blanks one by one, random thoughts were again bugging my mind but I tried so hard to refuse them all. After a jiffy, I came with the requirement Blog title. Hohwmaygahd. I can’t think of any! It’s taking me up a while to think of a good title when something ran into my head (cue: bright idea sound effect): NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, DO IT WITH CONFIDENCE.

These are words to live by, I must say. There is and will always come a certain point in our lives that we feel like we’re not good or capable enough of doing something. We feel so down, pressured and insecure. Probably because we don’t believe in ourselves that we can do such things. Or fear hits us even before trying. Or people around us bring us down. Or we lack support from our family… 

Full sets here and here.

But we should not let those things stop us from chasing our dreams. We should realize that there’s an answer to them all: Confidence. By being confident, we can conquer the world and can do all things with ease. We don’t always have to consider what other people might think and say of our work – go ahead and finish what you’ve started and listen to criticisms afterwards.  If we know we can do it then don’t give up. “A lot of people will tell us that we can’t, all we have to do is turn our back and say: “Watch me!””

So stop feeling that you’re not good enough and start pursuing your dreams! Always remember:

The hobby

Like what I’ve said in my first post, you may expect from this blog the subject photography. Taking pictures of different scenes is actually my hobby. It started during highschool and progressed when I got my dslr as an advance Christmas present on December 18, 2010 (thanks mom and dad!) I’m getting compliments from many people saying I’m really good in taking photos. Some are even joking that the ones I post on my facebook account were from Google haha! But I know I’m way way far from being a good photographer. I only know the basics— I still have to know more not only in taking good pictures but also in post-processing them.

Anyway, here are the shots on my collection:

TABA
This is actually our dog (we named him Taba because we cant think of any lol) who suffered from a severe illness. But would you believe me if I say that he was “reborn” before he got lost? He was healed by our vet by injecting something. After a couple of months his coat grew back, making him look like a Chow but sadly he got lost one day. Maybe someone “dog-napped” him because he got so fat people wanted to eat him :( We know he didn’t die, coz if he did, we should’ve seen him around the vicinity. Poor Taba. We should’ve not let him go outside our house.

Starbucks 2011 Planner

My second planner from Starbucks. Since I got my first, I said to myself that I should have the succeeding ones even just until the end of college. Took this using a Sony digicam.

Name that flower

Do you know what it’s called? Just saw this along the garden of my aunt last Christmas.

Gumamela

Name that flower 2

I just don’t know its name. It’s a familiar one though. Like seeing familiar faces but cant recognize who they are haha

Run

Ignite the light

Hey Pussy!

Are you Antonio Banderas? lol

Sea lights by the sea shore

Though I wasn’t actually on a sea shore haha

Road to success

Vintage Wedding Car

Lakeshore

Bokeh

Sky’s the limit

UST in full green

400 years of excellence

Sa paglubog ng araw ay ang pagsikat ng Tomasino

The last 2 photos were the ones i submitted to vivasantotomas.tumblr.com and they reblogged them! (though I think they reblog all the photos submitted to them. haha)

As you notice the photos are not in HD. I just downloaded them from my facebook cuz my original copies are…….. long story. But they are still with me. And sorry for the jologs title. i just suck on giving titles.

Me and my friend were actually planning of entering a photog class last summer vacation but sadly, it didn’t push through. Hopefully next summer!

Hope you like my photos! And I’m looking forward to add more in my collection. Have a happy Sunday! Don’t forget to attend mass!