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Cramming in what I, together with Faith,  have solicited/compiled as hopefully relevant points for the “Photo Blogging 101″ session during iBlog5 proved to be more of a chore than I expected. I sounded like a nervous wreck (pfffft! Pampasira sa image shet! LOL).  For one, we were so pressed for time up there that we only later on realized that we skipped some important points that we wished to give out. Not having slept the night before can do that to you. Revising the presentation slides to the way it finally looked, looking for (fully attributed) photo samples to support the pointers we shared the night before in an attempt at perfection, and putting on a helm of authority over an audience of talented, passionate, and probably more adept populace added to the pressure. Yay! An excuse, I think I haz it!

That alibi didn’t work now, did it? Boo me! Thanks for bearing with us me but we hope you at least got even just one take away from the 20 minutes we had with you.

Let me share here some other points in our agenda that we meant to put across. You may consider this as more of a complement than the main talk:

Food Photography: Natural light is still way up there in the best-in-bringing-out-the-”delicious”-in-food- photographs section. As a light reflector, I got this tip from a food magazine way back, you may use a white plate (or bond paper) to bounce off light to illuminate a shadowed area of your subject. Do not use flash (or at least do not use the flash that comes with a point and shoot camera) or flash light unless it’s an emergency situation (or unless you have a DSLR with a light diffuser and fully manually adjustable settings). If the event is at night, come back during daytime. Doing so will also give you twice the basis for an opinion on the food you are reviewing (IF you are reviewing food).

Event Photography: publish/show more photos of the main subject of the event and less of the people attending the event on a blog post. This will make your accompanying photo more relevant and useful for visitors who would want reference on the product or service you featured.

Composition:  if you intend to take closer photographs, abuse the macro function of your cam and see to it that the focus is on the part of the object you want to highlight for the shot (like the eyes or face of a person, for example). For depth, shoot through foregrounds and blur out backgrounds while using the longest focus (optical) that you can. No or limited optical zoom? Go (or walk) closer to the subject.

This is it for now. I’ll add to this list with links on several more useful references for the items we’ve taken up. 

Thank you, Janette Toral, for giving us a most humbling opportunity to share ideas in the fellowship of bloggers, old and new.

You may also want to read about some photography and digital imaging tips I’ve previously written for this blog:
1. Cam Phone Shooting Tips From Your Rockstar Paparazzi
2. Photoshop CS4 Tutorial: Black and White
3. Shooting “Batman on Gargoyle” by Keiji Iwakura

See you all in iBlog6!

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You may want to read on/watch the entries/videos other attendees have made regarding iBlog5 below:

Live stream feed last May 9

• Blogging 101 by AJ and Mica 1/2 (2/2)
• Photo Blogging 101 by Faith and Fritz 1/2 (2/2)
• Mobile Blogging by Edwin 1/2 (2/2)
• Do’s and Don’ts of Blogging by Benj and Juned 1/2 (2/2)
• Blog Promotion and Traffic Generation Strategies by Coy and Winston 1/2 (2/2)
• Legal Issues in Blogging by JJ
• COMELEC on Blogging and Bloggers by James Jimenez 1/2 (2/2)
• Corporate Blogging by Mannix Pabalan of AyosDito.ph
• Blog Marketing & Advertising insights by Jayvee
• Problogging by Fitz 1/2 (2/2)
• The Secret Behind Taking Your Blog to the Next Level by Anton

Video

• RPs Blogging Community Preparing for the 2010 Polls (GMA News)
• iBlog5 (Sonnie)
• Interview on iBlog5, iBlog6, and the Top 10 Emerging Blogs Project (Carlo)

Photos

• AJ
• Focal Glass
• Ada
• Dexter
• Jen
• Rochelle
• Nina
• Xere
• Azrael
• Ada
• Arbet
• Rommel
• Noemi

Blog Posts

• iBlog5: The Philippine Blogging Summit Aftermath (Micaela)
• Bakla Goes to iBlog5 (AJ)
• iBlog5 tackles blogger’s role in election (Patricia)
• iBlog5: Back to the Basics of Blogging (John)
• The iBlog5 Experience (Marhgil)
• iBlog 5: My first blogging event (Randy)
• My iBlog5 Experience (Maureen)
• The Thirsty Blogger Attends iBlog 5 (Fitz)
• Success of iBlog5: Congratulations (Gilbert)
• IBLOG5 and Taboo (Juned)
• Deconstructing the iBlog5 Summit (Fencesitter)
• How to blog about blogging (Tikisoka)
• Timeline of unreported noteworthy occurrences at the 5th Philippine Blogging Summit (V)
• The Secret in Taking Your Blog to the Next Level (Anton)
• The iBlog5 Experience (N.F. Trapa)
• COMELEC is PHAIL (Laya)
• iBlog5 is the 5th Philippine Blogging Summit (Jehzlau)
• Ukay-ukay Escapades at iBlog5! (Madz)
• Are you Evolving as a Blogger? (by Anton Diaz @ iBlog5) (Lawrence)
• Post iblog5 (Christa)
• My iBlog5: The 5th Philippine Blogging Summit Experience (Jeffrey)
• iBlog5 (Carl)
• Photoblogging 102, tequila shots, dancing and hulabaloo at iBlog5 (Poyt)
• Blogging for Bloggers (Rene)
• My iBlog5 Aftermath (Leira)
• iBlog Experience (Maria Katrina)
• iBlog5 5th Philippine Blogging Summit at UP Diliman (Tonyo)
• Top 5 Tips That Probloggers Will Usually Not Tell You About Making Money Online (Fitz)
• At iBlog5 (Arbet)
• Blogger Evolution and 4 Types of Bloggers (Carlo)
• iBlog5: So many bloggers… so little time… (Roy)
• 5th Philippine Blogging Summit (Benito)
• iBlog5 Thoughts (Regnard)
• Live Blogging at Iblog 5 | Pictures and Experience @ iblog 5 (Dexter)
• iBlog5: The 5th Philippine Blogging Summit (Jen)
• iBlog5: The 5th Philippine Blogging Summit (Rochelle)
• iBlog5 Summit and It’s Munificent Speakers (Ada)
• iblog5 – A Success (Mon)
• iBlog5, therefore I am (Kevin)
• iBlog5: A FabOUlous Event (Kring)
• The iBlog5 Summit (EdZee)
• iBlog5 Postscript – of Mobile Blogging and the Elections (Edwin)
• What I Learned From The iBlog5 Philippine Blogging Summit (Earth)
• I Blog 5 (Rommel)
• My iBlog5 Experience (Snow)
• iBlog5 Post Event Coverage and Reasons Why You Should Go to iBlog6 (Carlo)
• iBlog5- 5th Philippine Blogging Summit (Noemi)
• iBlog5: The Philippine Blogging Summit (Villa)
• iBlog5, and Coffee With Girl Friday (Judd)
• Blogging About My iBlog5 Experience (Louis)
• iBlog 5 (Niki)
• Ako Mismo a hot topic on iBlog5 (Lawrence)
• iBlog5: PhotoBlogging Discussion Complement (Fritz)

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