I just finished wordpressizing my own domain! It was 3 days of hard work and learning! I learned as I went on doing my own site. I think a did a good job, considering 3 days ago, I didn't even know how to install wordpress in my domain. Hahaha
Visit: http://timmedrano.com
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Wedding Albums: Photography + Design
Being a wedding photographer, I believe that an album is what we provide to our clients more than just the photography. I am sure some photographers out source the lay out and the design of the albums that they present. Kudos to them for being less OC than me. I just feel wrong about letting some dude with adobe skills but who wasn't there at the wedding at all touch and make a story out my vision.
Sample Album Pages from Rye + Pam's Wedding Album:
There's a link to the complete album gallery in this post... Read on...
Furthermore, I'm still not sold on online album viewing because I believe that we are making fine art. For me, there is a place for web albums and slideshows but I believe that printing on hard board paper and feeling the prints are the qualities that sets us apart from video which is another form of medium in itself.
Yes, I know that we as photographers can shoot more, ergo, get paid more if we out source the album to other people. But I guess I can't personally do that because I feel attached to my images. I'm sure somebody out there does a really good job of album designs and layout, but I think its not enough to be good in design to make a wedding album. You have to feel the event, and be an actual witness. Who's a better candidate to design and tell the story of the wedding other than the photographer who gets paid to witness a wedding more intently than any other person (aside from the coordinators that is).
As a wedding photographer, I pride myself in designing the album myself and being very detailed in the output of the product. This is my first album design: Rye + Pam. I spent 3 days, designing and working with the couple on the images that would be included. I spent more hours on the album than shooting the wedding! I had a vision in mind and I shared that with Rye and Pam and they loved it. In the end, that's whats important to me.
Sample Album Pages from Rye + Pam's Wedding Album:
There's a link to the complete album gallery in this post... Read on...
Furthermore, I'm still not sold on online album viewing because I believe that we are making fine art. For me, there is a place for web albums and slideshows but I believe that printing on hard board paper and feeling the prints are the qualities that sets us apart from video which is another form of medium in itself.
Yes, I know that we as photographers can shoot more, ergo, get paid more if we out source the album to other people. But I guess I can't personally do that because I feel attached to my images. I'm sure somebody out there does a really good job of album designs and layout, but I think its not enough to be good in design to make a wedding album. You have to feel the event, and be an actual witness. Who's a better candidate to design and tell the story of the wedding other than the photographer who gets paid to witness a wedding more intently than any other person (aside from the coordinators that is).
As a wedding photographer, I pride myself in designing the album myself and being very detailed in the output of the product. This is my first album design: Rye + Pam. I spent 3 days, designing and working with the couple on the images that would be included. I spent more hours on the album than shooting the wedding! I had a vision in mind and I shared that with Rye and Pam and they loved it. In the end, that's whats important to me.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
1st Urban Music Awards
What: 1st Urban Music Awards
Where: Eastwood City
When: Jan. 22, 2010
PLDT hired me to cover the 1st ever Urban Music Awards and I had a blast. Seeing all the famous r & b artist and then watching them perform gave me a brandnew appreciation to urban music. South Border performed some of their old songs reuniting after years apart. It was also the first time I saw our good friend Nathan J rap performing Empire State of Mind with Pikasso and Amber Davis amongst other fabulous performances.
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!
Here are some of the most memorable moments of the night:
Q-York, Steamin'
Marcus Davis, serenading all his filipino girls
Nathan J, on-stage
Chris Lawrence with Jay Durias
South Border Reunion with Chris Lawrence
Monday, January 18, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Just Listening...
I have been addicted to listening to podcasts since late last year... the voices of Frederick Van Johnson, Scott Bourne, Kerry Garrison and David Esquire always accompany me in my commutes. I know it might sound strange learning about photography through audio broadcasts, but they taught me things I would've learned in ten years by myself. It was supposed to be for my thesis research but the research report is long done but i still listen to them religiously. I think they will benefit all photographers from proffesionals to amateurs.
This week in photography or TWIP is a program for everything photography. They feature news, interviews and listener questions. The bottom line, if you are an advanced amateur seeking tech tips and further advance your knowledge about photography this is the subscription for you. If you are gearing towards wedding photography more than any field, Camera Dojo hosts two wedding photographers who feature news, interviews with mostly wedding photographers in the states.
There are a lot more podcasts that I listen to but I mostly listen to these two because of their loose and relaxed format. There is more to photography than clicking that shutter! Give it a try!
Here are the links to their sites:
http://www.twiplog.com
http://www.cameradojo.com
This week in photography or TWIP is a program for everything photography. They feature news, interviews and listener questions. The bottom line, if you are an advanced amateur seeking tech tips and further advance your knowledge about photography this is the subscription for you. If you are gearing towards wedding photography more than any field, Camera Dojo hosts two wedding photographers who feature news, interviews with mostly wedding photographers in the states.
There are a lot more podcasts that I listen to but I mostly listen to these two because of their loose and relaxed format. There is more to photography than clicking that shutter! Give it a try!
Here are the links to their sites:
http://www.twiplog.com
http://www.cameradojo.com
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Rye + Pam
Date: Dec. 29, 2009
Preps: Sofitel Manila
Ceremony: St. Pancratius Chapel (Paco Park)
Reception: La Castellana
Rye is a a former Dj in Wave 89.1 who now works for MTV. We worked together a number of times in events for PLDT and Saatchi & Saatchi. The photographer that he originally booked backed out and he booked me 2 weeks before the wedding. And here I was thinking about the pre-nup and how cool that would be since I was thinking of something edgy to fit his Dj Persona. 
The wedding reception was really fun and it was so hard not to watch! Itchyworms, Sugarfree, and Urban Nation played back to back to back!
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