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The heat of summer from time to time goes off as the rainy months are heading us. What comes around this June? Weddings are at the peak when it is June. Majority of the sections being covered in this issue will be of weddings and engagement photography. The Weekend Photographer is up now for 3 months already, and I thank you for your support for this – you are the fuel that makes this magazine be published! Majority of the articles here were written using the Samsung Tab 7.0 Plus and are of a Microsoft Word document and then finally printed into the PDF format. Thanks to my colleague, Lance Contreras for taking my profile photo above. Enjoy! Bert Aricheta Editor / Layout Artist / Photographer

Cover photo by Bert Aricheta. Featured polymer figurines created by Charmaine May Medina. Nikon D90 at 1/80s, f/4, ISO1000 Tethered through my Lenovo S10-2 Netbook.

This is the third issue of The Weekend Photographer Magazine, an independent free e-magazine for photography.

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WHAT’S INSIDE?

4 ON LOCATION Regine Tolentino’s 8th Annual Ultimate Summer Workshops

7 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHERS Jeff and Lisa Llarena

11 MY LIGHTING SETUP The Classic Ring Casting A Heart-shaped Shadow

12 READERS’ HOT SHOTS featuring Sean Aleta Klienne Eco Bert Aricheta

16 MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY Capturing Music in Weddings

19 PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY Distracting Background? Blur It!

22 MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY Wedding Giveaways Galore!

25 ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY Distortion Correction

30 GEAR REVIEW Samsung Tab 7.0 Plus Yongnuo RF-603N/C Wedding Photography (Art, Business & Style) by Steve Sint

35 FEATURED SITE Wedding-Photography-Tutorial

33 ANDROID APP REVIEW Lighting Studio 0.9.8 by Jianzhong Li

36 FEATURED MAG Digital Photographer Philippines Digital Camera, UK Edition

DO YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE? EMAIL: [email protected]

SUBJECT: TWPM CONTRIBUTION

39 FEATURED CAMERA CLUB Happy Goats Tribe

27 THE DIGITAL DARKROOM Selective Color Desaturation In Adobe Lightroom 4

29 DIY CORNER

“Gorilla” Wired Pod For Speedlights


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ON LOCATION: Regine Tolentino’s 8th Annual Ultimate Summer Workshops Text and photos by Bert Aricheta My assignment was to cover Ms. Regine Tolentino’s Annual Summer Workshop recital last May. It was held at Market! Market! Activity center and my call time that day was around 1PM, and I was there by 12 noon to prep up for the event. What I had with me was the Pelican 1510 hard case which encased by Nikon D90 with the Nikkor 80-200mm f2.8D Push-pull lens as my primary, and the Nikon D80 with the Tokina 28-70mm f2.8 lens as my secondary.

Top photo: Ms. Regine Toletino Delivering her closing remarks to the viewers. 100mm, 1/200, f/2.8, ISO1000

Another camera that would take some quick shots was the Panasonic GF1 paired with the Olympus 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 lens. I also had 3 Nikon SB600 speedlights with me. I prepped up 2 SB600 with their compact light stands at the sides of the stage. The 3rd SB600 was in my utility bag just in case I wanted to do some shots with the subject close to me. These speedlights were remotely triggered by the Yongnuo RF-603N flash trigger.


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I Top photo: Top photo: Earl with fellow Speed Dancers 80mm, 1/160, f/2.8, ISO1000 Since the event was well lit, I had no option to fire the 2 strobes that are on the sides. My shutter speed was playing about 1/100 to 1/160th. I couldn’t get below 1/100 as the subjects would go blurry caused by their movement. Remember, this is a dance event – movement is surely be there in capturing the photo. Another challenge that I had was when sunlight was creeping through the windows of Market! Market!. With that, I ramped up my shutter speed even faster to around 1/400s.

The White Balance of my cameras were set to Auto, letting the power of the cameras to decide on how the captured photos would be. My choice of lenses that I used were the following, together with what objective that I want to take the photo with it:

- Nikkor 80-200mm f2.8D Push-pull lens was used to photograph a really tight shot from a shot till the knees to a closeup shot of the face of a subject.

- Tokina 28-70mm f2.8 was used for subjects that were off the main stage close to me. It really matches the 80-200 and 28-70 lens combo.

- Olympus 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 was used for quick shots where group shots were taken. This is a smaller lens than that of the 14-42mm (or 14-45mm) f3.5-5.6 of Panasonic itself.


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Post processing was done via Adobe Lightroom 4. My workflow was: RATE PHOTOS IN WINDOWS IMPORT ALL PHOTOS IN LIGHTROOM 4 ADJUST EXPOSURE/CONTRAST/ COLOR/BLACK and WHITES This work flow came in faster than rating the photos in Lightroom 4. I had a whooping total of 5000++ photos all in all on that event.

Top photo:

Gerard Maristela 110mm, 1/100, f/2.8, ISO1000

Bottom photo: Kid recitalists

in their dance number 44mm, 1/100, f/22.8, ISO1000

Follow Ms. .Regine Tolentino on Twitter! @reginetolentino Regine's Boutique and Studios Unit 6 and 7 Valencia St. cor. N.Domingo St. Valencia Hills Condo. Commercial Complex Bgy. Valencia, Quezon City Office: 726-6669 / 7238289 www.reginesboutique.multiply.com


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FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHERS: Jeff and Lisa Llarena Text by Bert Aricheta Photos by Jeff and Lisa Llarena

The Weekend Photographer Magazine features a couple who share their passion of photography. Jeff and Lisa Llarena are married for six years now. Both of which are into the portrait and wedding photography world, and are based in Quezon City, Philippines. The Weekend Photographer Magazine shoot in some questions to the lovely couple. they are. The Weekend Photographer Magazine: What field of photography are you into? Jeff & Lisa: Portrait and Wedding Photography.

Above Photo: Photo & copyright by Jeff & Lisa Llarena TWPM: When did your interest in photography started? Jeff: Lisa was actually the first one to get into it. She started shooting and developing black and white film when she took a photography elective in college. She was pretty much hooked from that point on. I distinctly remember going out on dates with her and all she'd do was shoot the entire day. This went on for quite some time until I decided to pick up her spare camera. I figured I was there already anyway, I might as well shoot. Didn’t think I’d get hooked, but I did. We've been shooting together ever since.

“…A photographer is the sum total of his life experiences. Live life, and have stories to tell.”

– Jeff and Lisa Llarena


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TWPM: Who influenced you in photography? Jeff & Lisa: Our work is influenced more by music and movies than by other photographers. We particularly like filmmakers Kurosawa and Wong Kar Wai. TWPM: How did these persons influence you? Jeff & Lisa: We are drawn to how these filmmakers use light and angles to create a powerful narrative and establish mood. Jeff: Since Lisa started shooting before I did, she’s also been a great influence on me as well. She’s very particular and admittedly obsessive when it comes to getting it right on camera.

Above Photo: Photo & copyright by Jeff & Lisa Llarena I’m the same way now. She’s more the emotional shooter though, and I’m more technical. TWPM: What would you say to inspire people who are (or would be) interested in photography? Jeff & Lisa: Shoot everyday. A 365 project is a great way to practice, and find your own voice. A photographer is the sum total of his life experiences. Live life, and have stories to tell.


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TWPM: Did photography served as a key in your relationship? Jeff & Lisa: We were a couple before we came into photography, but it has been a great common ground for us. It’s a passion that we share. Since we work together, we’ve also learned to be more accommodating and considerate of each other. It’s hard, and not a lot of couples can work together without wanting to kill each other, but we’ve managed to find a rhythm that works for us. :) TWPM: As a couple who are both entwined in photography, what common areas in the field of photography do you both share with each other? Jeff & Lisa: We both shoot portraits and weddings. We have slightly different shooting styles but we complement each other. TWPM: Were your works published in public? Jeff & Lisa: Junebug Weddings Best of

the Best 2010 Wedding Essentials

magazine, 2011 onwards Latest issue of Martha

Stewart Weddings magazine

TWPM: Do you do photography workshops? Jeff & Lisa: We are currently planning a workshop which will be announced on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ jeffandlisaphotography TWPM: What tip can you give to aspiring photographers (mention one only)? Jeff & Lisa: Shoot in manual mode. :) You could get in touch with Jeff and Lisa and view their work at the following websites: www.jeffandlisaphotography.com www.facebook.com/ jeffandlisaphotography www.twitter.com/lisallarena www.twitter.com/jeffllarena


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MY LIGHTING SETUP: The Classic Ring Casting A Heart-shaped Shadow Text and photo by Bert Aricheta This is actually a challenge to reproduce the classic macro shot of wedding rings placed in between the pages of a bible. Tools of the trade were the light source (I used the Ledgo CN-B144 which was fitted with a home made snoot of tin foil), Tin Foil to create a snoot, a mini tripod for the light source the bible and the ring from Vente! Vente! It is not an ordinary thing that I put a snoot on a LED array of a light source, snoot particularly come in circular fits for the strobes, this one in particular is a rectangular shaped light source, that’s why a flexible material that will direct light to a certain point is needed.

About the lighting diagram, you can download a PSD template of it from Kevin Kertz’s website (www.kevinkertz.com). In This Photo: The above photo was shot using a Panasonic Lumix GF1 with the Olympus kit lens of 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Photo below shows the actual setup. Note that this could be better achieved with the use a much more harsher light source such as a speedlight.


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READERS’ HOT SHOTS: Sean Aleta Top Photo: Discovery Suites, Ortigas Center, Philippines Canon 20D with the Tokina 28-70mm ATX PRO II f2.8 1/80s, f/2.8, ISO 400, WB AUTO Right Photo: Discovery Suites, Ortigas Center, Philippines Canon 20D with the Tokina 28-70mm ATX PRO II f2.8 1/80s, f/2.8, ISO 400, WB AUTO

“40th (Ruby) Wedding Anniversary of Justice Noel and Cynthia Tijam. The day started with a sun shining on the horizons as the couple prepares on the celebration of their 40th ceremony by our Creator. A lot of happiness can be felt around the church as well as on the reception and Discovery Suites in Ortigas Center. The ceremony was filled with different politicians as well as some lawyers. There's a live acoustic band that played on the entire celebration to give a warm and romantic ambiance. An intermission number by the couple's grand daughters were also seen. This is one of the proofs that love can tie two hearts even if time moves fast.”

DO YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE? NEXT ISSUE’S TOPIC: RAIN & THE WET SEASON EMAIL: [email protected] SUBJECT: TWPM READERS’ HOT SHOTS:[subject/theme] Example: TWPM READERS’ HOT SHOTS:[Rain]


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READERS’ HOT SHOTS: Klienne Eco Right Photo: Mr. Jerico and Ms. Marivic Roxas Blvd., Manila, Philippines Canon 350D at 50mm, 1/1250s, f/10, ISO 100 “The light of the sun reflecting to the sea and giving hair light to the subject plus the boat crossing was perfect scene for silhouette shot.” “This photo was taken at the back where the reception was located. The atmosphere is almost perfect for mixing a strobe and ambient lighting to create more drama to the bridal portrait. ” Left Photo: Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines Canon 350D at 10mm, 1/100s, f/20, ISO 400



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READERS’ HOT SHOTS: Bert Aricheta Right Photo: Jingo & Honey Valmonte’s Wedding Café Ysabel, San Juan, Philippines Nikon D90 at 12mm, 1/8s, f/4, ISO 1250 Lit by a Nikon SB600

“In one the programs during the reception, the couple were requested to dance with their parents. With this shot, I had lowered the shutter speed in order to capture motion on the two pairs. With the Nikon SB600 it helped me freeze the subjects. ”

Left Photo: Ninio & Jane Gunayon’s Wedding Fernwood Gardens, Quezon City, Philippines Nikon D90 at 200mm, 1/160s, f/2.8, ISO 1250 “Our table was far out from the stage on the reception that day. My Nikon D90 with the 80-200mm f2.8 did the trick, just in time that the lovely couple were dancing next to their wedding cake.”



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Include your full name. Photos must be of 72 DPI or higher resolution. Place a watermark of your name or your name and logo at the lower right potion of your photo. Take note of the location, the camera used, its focal length used, shutter speed, aperture, and ISO settings. Place a short description of how you come about in taking the photo.

DO YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE? Send two (2) of your photos that’s of the required theme for next month and the following information in your email to: EMAIL: [email protected] SUBJECT: TWPM READERS’ HOT SHOTS:[subject/theme] Example: TWPM READERS’ HOT SHOTS:[Rain]


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MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY: Capturing Music In Weddings Text and photos by Bert Aricheta Photos from Jane and Ninio Gunayon’s wedding at Fernwood Gardens Enhancing a wedding is adding music through the wedding itself. This also includes during the wedding reception. Wedding music generally are sometimes more on the acoustic ones. Details The key players are having stringed instruments, percussions and hand drums such as bongos or a djembe to give the earthly ambience. Now capturing the details on how the instruments are played is the key. Of course you still have to include the musician himself. The following are some details that are likely to be captured:

Fingers strumming the guitar or a harp.

Palms that bounce over hand drums

The bow that slides through the strings of a violin or a cello.

The fingers that play off the black and white keys of the piano.

The hands that shake the maracas, or the tamborin.

...and of course, the mic wherein the vocalist sings into.


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Composition Depending on the angle of the shot, the inclusion of the musician playing could be around the detailed portions stated above. It would be not on the same angle as that of the details. When choirs are to be photographed it would be either of: Straight shot of the whole

group, capturing all of the choir members within the frame.

Taking a focus on one choir member then letting the rest be out of focused - creating the emphasis of the depth of field (i.e. Isolating the main vocalist on a choir). This is generally done by shooting from the side. Or if the main vocalist is up front, a straight forward shot with a single focus point towards the main vocalist will do just fine.


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Photographing guitarist at an angle where the neck of the guitar could be seen still is one of the compositional images. The following should be taken in consideration: The guitar player looking at

the strings where his fingers are strumming.

When the guitar player looks at the end part of the neck – that’s when you photograph him sideways as he is nearly facing in the camera.

Piano player photographs may include the whole piano within the frame. The expression of the player’s face as he faces down to the keys, or when he tilts his head up as he plays the piano.


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This was one of our regular photoshoots with Ms. Anna Marie Conde. Our location was at La Mesa Eco Park at Quezon City. To create the background of a subject to have such a large depth of field is a lens having a large aperture. Just in time to test my Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D, I used it instead of the Nikkor 50mm f/1.8. The lights that I had were two Nikon SB600 speedlights, each mounted in a 6 feet compact light stand.

PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY:

Distracting Background? Blur It!

Text and photos by Bert Aricheta Modeled by Anna Marie Conde

Makeup & wardrobe by Anna Marie Conde

Above photo: Anna Marie Conde

Makeup and wardrobe by Anna Marie Conde

I had to simulate sunlight at the right of Anna. With the use of the SB600, I was

able to do so.

Nikon D90 with the 85mm f1.8D, 85mm, 1/160s, f/2, ISO160

I wanted a shot that reproduces sunlight that strikes the model from the side. So with that, I have set my main light about 1/4 power. The fill light which was facing the model was set from either 1/32 or 1/64.


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Focusing with the main light perching its light from the side of the models was a challenge, especially when taking the whole frame of the model standing. Almost all of the images shot were out-of-focus! Lesson learned here was to put Auto focus off, and then manually focus the lens to take the shot. One solution to this also may require the camera to be tethered to a laptop/netbook to see that the subject is in focus, even though during the photoshoot the images look at focused since the image is viewed only on a 3" LCD screen of the camera.

Above photo:

Anna Marie Conde Makeup and wardrobe by

Anna Marie Conde Nikon D90 with the 85mm f1.8D, 85mm,

1/160s, f/2.2, ISO160

My metering was set to selective single area. On the side or on the middle of the frame is where I set my markers, depending on where I place the model within the frame. At an aperture so large such as f/1.8, images captured in the bright sun would over expose the shots. A solution to this was having an ND (Neutral Density) filter at the front pf the lens - which I did not bring because my vari-ND filter only has a 52mm filter adapter, the Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D had a filter thread for 62mm filters!


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So I had to shoot the model at shady areas within the park to avoid direct sunlight to hit the model. The park, like any other wild life parks have many trees in it, green foliage is ever present. Sometimes they put your image out of tune and they act as a distracting background. Blurring the background would do the trick. Situating the model out further would help the background to be much more blurry.

Bottom photo: Anna Marie Conde

Makeup and wardrobe by Anna Marie Conde

Nikon D90 with the 85mm f1.8D, 85mm, 1/160s, f/2.2, ISO160


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My colleague, Charm Medina creates miniature figurines made out of polymer clay. Recently I saw photos of her crafts as tokens for their upcoming wedding. Last Friday, I paid her a visit and took some photos of her works of art. At first I planned to setup a 2-strobe setup by using my two Nikon SB600 speedlights (and making my third SB600 as a background fill light), but then I opted for a continuous lighting setup using the two LED arrays;

MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY: Wedding Giveaways Galore! Art crafts by Charmaine May Medina Text and photos by Bert Aricheta

Above photo: Girl Figurines

by Charm Medina Nikon D90 with the Tokina AT-X 50-

250mm f/4-5.6 (1:1.4 – 1:27) the Yongnuo SYD-1509 (composed of 135 individual LEDs) and the Ledgo CN-B144 (composed of 144 LEDs). The Ledgo CN-B144 served as my main light while the Yongnuo SYD-1509 as my fill light. Continuous lighting with the two LED arrays were used in order to do the WYSWYG of the whole picture.


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Using the strobes would mean adjusting the speedlights manually after taking in the shot. Though I had the Minolta VF Lightmeter with me to set in the corresponding camera setting to create the shot given the power settings of the flash, it would be easier on-the-spot to control the lighting as I see it live through my camera's viewfinder. There were two options of what lens should I use, either the Tokina AT-X 50-250mm f/4-5.6 or the Nikkor 50mm f1.8 with the extension tube. I used the Tokina 55-250mm since with the use of the extension tube; I would loose a lot of light to get an image so close.

The classic Tokina AT-X 50-250mm f/4-5.6 is a push pull lens, which then makes the subject be magnified in either of two ways: - pull the chamber of the lens towards you to get in close (largest magnification is achieved from 1:1.4 up to 1:27). - move in closer to the subject to get a larger shot. I tethered the shot thru my Lenovo S10-2 netbook via USB and a USB-Cat5E converter to extend the length of the cable the links my Nikon D90 and the Lenovo S10-2.

Above photo: Miniature goodies

by Charm Medina Nikon D90 with the Tokina AT-X 50-

250mm f/4-5.6 (1:1.4 – 1:27)


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I used tethering my shots in order to preview if the subject is in focus or not. I could rely on the focusing indicator that below the viewfinder area, but then sometimes I still miss at certain areas. I used spot metering in order to create a great depth of field for the miniature subjects. I was worried about the white balance at my first shot. At the CLOUD white balance setting, it is a bit of the bluish tone, and then dialed in to enter the white balance temperature, and set it into 5250 Kelvin. I did not set the white balance to AWB because my light source is constant and the whiteness does not vary all throughout the shoot. Capturing miniature subjects such as these tokens would require a steady hold of the camera. I hand held my camera in taking these shots. When my shot was in parallel with the horizon, I would prep my camera using my fingers as a cushion between my camera and the table. In certain scenarios, a castle-cross is needed to focus and put hold of the camera on a tripod. A cable release as well or a wireless remote would be of help so as not to introduce shake to the camera while triggering the shutter to take a shot.

You could contact Charmaine May Medina at the following:

Mobile Nos.: 09054316959 and 09232475196

FB Account: CharMed Clays (facebook.com/charmed.clays)

Email: [email protected]

Top photo: Table number holders

by Charm Medina

Middle photo: Cake topper

by Charm Medina

Bottom photo: Miniature goodies

by Charm Medina


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ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Distortion Correction Text and succeeding photos and screen shots by Bert Aricheta Santuario De San Antonio, Makati City, Philippines Nikon D80 with the Tokina 12-24mm f/4 lens 1/320s, f/8, ISO200 shot at 12mm

In wedding events, capturing the church and reception venue is great! Taking the shot though with a wide lens, a lens having a smaller focal range such as at 11mm, 12mm or even at 18mm for the minimum focal length of kit lenses would create distortions on the edges of the structure photographed. Lens correction tools are readily available. In this section we would particularly cover the correction method from Adobe Lightroom 4.

Commonly, distortions of an image are brought up as vertical lines on side of the image tend to curve around the center. The super imposed image is greatly seen when subject is near the lens. This is the reason that wide / ultra wide lens are NOT OFTENLY used for portrait photography as they tend to distort the model. Considering the focal plane and the horizon, the edges of the structure to be photographed should not be close to the corner of the frame so when correction comes into place, we could have a margin wherein we could correct the distortion and may also be able to delete the unwanted edges of the image.


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Steps in correcting distorted structural images: 1. In Adobe Lightroom 4, import the image into the Library. 2. Switch into Develop mode at the top. 3. Traverse down to the lower portion of the right pane. 4. Enable the Lens Corrections portion. 5. The first problem that we see in the photo of the church is the front side of the facade, they tend to slant diagonally upward from left to right. 6. The solution to this is to adjust the vertical perspective. Lightroom has these cross hatched gridlines that help us to align the image. We will use these as our guide when adjusting the vertical properties of the image. 7. Adjust the vertical properties of the image to around -45. 8. To correct the roundness of certain areas of the church's wall, we adjust the distortion properties of the image. Adjusting it to around +20. 9. Notice that we adjusted the vertical and distortion properties of the image, we open up blank area outside the working image. 10. We now then crop the image, excluding the blank areas from the parameter within the frame of the image. Take of the corners when we place the crop guidelines. Another alternative of correcting lens distortion is profiling what lens was used. Unfortunately, Tokina is not part of the list of manufacturers in Adobe Lightroom 4. Lightroom 4 supports the available lens support for Sony, Sigma, Tamron, Canon and Nikon. Surprisingly the list includes Apple's lenses for their phones!


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THE DIGITAL DARKROOM: Selective Color Desaturation in Adobe Lightroom 4 Text and photos by Bert Aricheta Modeled by Anna Marie Conde Makeup by Anna Marie Conde This is one of the photos with Anna at La Mesa Eco Park from the previous article of Portrait Photography. Our objective is to clear the green stuff from the foliage at the foreground and background of the scene. This makes the model stand out from the photograph. Desaturation of the green background is achieved thru turning down the saturation levels of the colors, GREEN and AQUA all the way down. Keeping the RED and ORANGE colors a bit accentuated in their saturation.

Photo by Bert Aricheta Modeled by Anna Marie Conde Makeup and wardrobe by Anna Marie Conde Nikon D90, 1/160s, f/2.2, ISO 160 at 85mm


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4 Easy Steps! 1. Ramp down a bit Saturation

at -4 and ramp at midpoint Luminance of RED at +46. Ramp as well the Saturation of ORANGE to +48. Put off Saturation of GREEN at -100.

2. Put off as well the Saturation of AQUA, -100.

3. Lower down the Clarity to -10. 4. Add some effects of Vignetting

with setting it at -22.

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DIY CORNER: “Gorilla” Wired Pod for Speedlights Text and photos by Bert Aricheta This was used when I was invited by a friend to take some photos on a birthday party of a pole dancer. I took a visit at True Value, Shangri-la EDSA to purchase the materials. I had an existing cold shoe that had a ¼” thread on the bottom of it (taken from a flash bracket that I used). Materials needed: 1 meter of AWG #10 solid wire ¼” nut ¼” washer Tools needed: Long nose pliers Screw Driver Wire stripper Procedure: 1. Download and print a copy of

this project with instructions at the following link:

http://issuu.com/theweekendphotographermag/docs/diy-issue03 2. Cut the wire into two 2-foot

lengths. 3. Strip the insulator of the wire at

the middle for about 2-3inches to expose the solid copper wire.

4. Using the ¼” nut, wrap the

exposed middle part of the wire unto the ¼” nut using a pair of long nose pliers.

5. Do the same to the other 2-foot length wire.

6. Fasten the pair of wires unto the nut, in between washers and then screw firmly the nut into the cold shoe.


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GEAR REVIEW: Samsung Tab 7.0 Plus Text and photos by Bert Aricheta Powered by Android 3.2 (Honeycomb), it provides the acceptable speed of the dual 1.2GHz ARMv7 Processor to display photos and play videos. The Samsung GT-P6200 is a phone and a tablet in one. It offers a regular SIM card slot, and has a micro SD Card slot capable of supporting up to 32GB micro SD card capacities. The screen resolution is about 1024 x 552. The rear camera is just 3MP, and its front is 2MP – not good enough for using it for regular photos especially if subject is not well lit. Being an Android device, there are lots of open-source software available in the market. An example of which is an article below regarding an Android application that could be useful for us photographers.

One thing that tablets offer is the portability of having the photoshoots pegs be with you on the shoot, and you could also use it as a slave to control tethered shoots via a netbook or laptop but with the tablet as the controller and pre-viewer. And yes, you could download this magazine and bring it with you to browse on with the Samsung Tab 7.0 Plus. See Page 34 to scan the QR code and download it directly to your Samsung Tab 7.0 Plus. The Samsung Tab 7.0 Plus is compact enough that it fits the Lowepro Utility Bag. Mall prices range about from PHP 18900 – PHP 19900.


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GEAR REVIEW: Yongnuo RF-603N/C Text and photos by Bert Aricheta The Yongnuo RF-603 series is suffixed with “N” for Nikon cameras, and “C” for Canon cameras. It is presumably an upgrade for the RF-602 series. Positive aspects of the RF-603 are of the following:

- One unit is a transceiver, so a pair could interchange with each other. It could either transmit or receive a signal to trigger a flash.

- Each transceiver is powered with two AA batteries readily available when in need.

- A unit could trigger remotely a camera through a complimentary cable.

- Each has an ON/OFF button, so accidentally powering it ON is avoided.

- A PC-Sync port is provided for triggering studio strobes.

- A pass-though connection from the hotshoe of the RF-603 to its own hotshoe receptacle – TTL triggering of the flash is supported if its in between the camera and the speedlight.

There are though some drawbacks with the RF-603 though:

- Obviously, you need separate triggers for Canon and Nikon, and Panasonic is not supported – though the RF-603C could be modified to suit the Panasonic cameras (will soon be featured here).

- There is no hotshoe lock! A secure flash coldshoe is needed.

- It could not stand alone on its own. A flash stand is needed, not like the Yongnuo CTR-301P.

Street price for a pair is about PHP 1750.00


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GEAR [BOOK] REVIEW: Wedding Photography (Art, Business & Style) by Steve Sint Text and photos by Bert Aricheta This is my first wedding photography book that I had. Steve Sint covers the following areas of wedding photography:

- The wedding repertoire – a complete event coverage tackle points during a wedding.

- Framing and posing of the bride and the groom.

- Working with external flashes.

- The equipment used in wedding photography.

- Relating and selling or your wedding photography craft and skill.

- Pricing and packages the kick off your wedding photography business.

National Bookstore sells (as of that time before) for PHP 699.00.


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ANDROID APP REVIEW: Lighting Studio Version 0.9.8 Having a tablet powered by an Android Operating System? Here’s a sizeable application for planning ahead of your photoshoot! Lighting Studio version 0.9.8 developed by Jianzhong Li is one cool application that is similar to Kevin Kertz’ application for studio light setups (See The Weekend Photographer Magazine, Issue #01 for the featured website). The databases of items to add using this application are of the following, among others: Cameras - Canon EOS 1D MarkII - Canon EOS 5D MarkII - Canon EOS 5D MarkII with 70-

200mm lens - Nikon D3S - Nikon D80 - Leika M9 - Panazonic Lumix DMC-G1 - Pentax 645N

Text and screen capture (via the Samsung Tab 7.0 Plus) by Bert Aricheta Strobes - Strobe - Strobe Barndoor - Gridded Strobe - Red/Green/Blue/Orange Gelled

Strobe Backdrop - Small Backdrop Models - Model with shadow Softboxes - Octobox - Octobox with Grid - Softbox

Exporting the lighting diagrams could be saved as .BMP images. One could also have the option to share it in any of the social media sites such as Facebook, or Twitter (depending on what is installed on your tablet). As far as sending suggestions or bug reports, you could email to [email protected].


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SCAN THIS QR CODE AND DOWNLOAD A COPY NOW AT

YOUR MOBILE OR TABLET


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FEATURED SITE: Wedding-Photography-Tutorial http://www.wedding-photography-tutorial.com/ Text by Bert Aricheta

As presented by Daniel Usenko, among others, a preview could be played or downloaded. There are a lot of Vimeo uploaded tutorials in this site!


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FEATURED MAG: I-Mag Photography http://www.imagphoto.com Text by Bert Aricheta As for now, I-Mag still hasn’t published this month’s issue, here just the previous month’s Issue 35. The I-Mag Photography Magazine sells for about PHP 200.00.

Onset Photo from http://www.imagphoto.com


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Onset Photo photographed by Bert Aricheta

FEATURED MAG: Digital Photographer Philippines http://digitalphotographer.com.ph Text by Bert Aricheta Issue number 44 covers the Boudoir Photography and DPP’s 2012 anniversary and Chillin’ get –together events. Topics such as Shoot Video Like A Pro, and an article regarding Memory Cards in the Inside Tech section are covered. The Digital Photographer Philippines magazine sells for about PHP 295.00.


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FEATURED MAG: Digital Camera (UK Edition) Text by Bert Aricheta This was Issue 122 which covers The Beauty of Raw, learning how and why to shoot raw, answers to common questions regarding Raw and editing/saving of Raw images. The Digital Camera (UK Edition) costs around PHP 799.00.

Onset Photo photographed by Bert Aricheta

Onset Photo from http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/


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FEATURED CAMERA GROUP: HGT (Happy Goats Tribe) http://www.facebook.com/groups/hgtribe/ Text by Bert Aricheta, Excerpt as written by Mr. Erick Tan and photo from HGT 2nd Anniversary by Dr. Carlo B. Cruz I am proudly one of the “goats” of HGT, and here I present an excerpt of how HGT was formed. The following text is from one of the documents in the group’s Facebook page, and was written by Mr. Erick Tan. Top photo: HGT 2nd Anniversary Group Hug Photo and copyright by Dr. Carlo B. Cruz

The Goats Behind the Group By Erick Tan (http://www.facebook.com/groups/hgtribe/doc/315924871756027/) Time and again, people has been asking why? Why HGT? What is HGT? What does it stand for? What is the meaning of HGT? Admittedly, there is no one answer to that question. Let me tell you a little secret, well, HGT really stands for Horny Goat Tribe. WHAT? You heard me right, HORNY GOAT TRIBE. Why Horny Goat Tribe? It is a long story, better told over a couple of buckets of beers, :D. To cut a long story short, a group of horny young men decided to do a pw (photo walk) somewhere in the deep recesses of Norzagaray, somewhere along the way, we met some goats eating weeds, there you have it, hehehe. Seriously, we found Horny Goat intriguing, that is why we used that name for a group. We were thinking then that with a name like that, who will take our group seriously? True enough, nobody. Hehehe. Anyways, this group was formed not to be a real org in its strictest sense, it is a loose group of individuals who loves photography. Eventually we became good friends.


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We then decided that what is a group without officers? hmmm.... why spoil something good in the first place? hehehe. What the heck, let us elect officers for our group, hmmm again, that is when things started going down. As it turned out, HGT was meant to be a group of people sharing the same passion but as friends nothing more nothing less, we don't really need officers, we are already disciplined as it is. That is the reason why we do not have officers, everybody has a voice, everyone has a right to like or not to like something, everybody has a free will, and guess what, more often than not, with this set up, we easily come up with a consensus. :D Democracy at work or rather communal democracy! :D

Where do we stand right now? Everyone is having a hell of a good time with HGT, there are plenty of activities to do with HGT, and to top it all off, you have plenty of LOVING and CARING friends who shares whatever knowledge they have. What more can you ask for, think of this as your second family and quite frankly, being with HGT is sometimes addictive. I hope I did not bore you guys with my endless and meaningless banter, so what do we say now? GO GO GOATS!


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Documents

The Weekend PHotographer Magazine Issue 03