Tagaytay Photography Trip & a New Camera Lens

Markku, Jayvee, Rico and I went on a whole day photography and food trip to Tagaytay last Saturday.

Photography tips were shared in between cheesy love stories.

At the end of the day, I brought home Markku’s Sigma 18-125mm lens to add to my stable. It wasn’t cheap but I think it was worth it. I don’t have huge budgets for camera lenses like he does so I’ll settle with hand-me-downs. :)

View complete gallery here.

We aptly call it the “The Band of Bloggers” and we hope to do one every month. Next stop, Enchanted Kingdom.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

12 Comments

sylver says:

18 years ago

ei! can someone who doesn’t have a SLR (yet) can join you guys? ;)
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Rico says:

18 years ago

Well, if I can (didn’t have one either)…

Jayvs, Abe, Markku, tnx for the great time! :) Next time, Iâ€™ll bring Matus for support; now youâ€™ll instantly know how your pictures will turn out on the big screen! :D
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kutitots says:

18 years ago

Ngee, important qualification ata yung “[] girlfriend left him / her because of hobby obsession” :P I have all the qualifications of geekiness except for that one :D

Kelan sunod? Sama kami ni Marc! I think I might be able to borrow some of my dad’s “old ones” para mukhang medyo “pro” ang camera ko ehehe.

By the way, do you guys know of a place na magandang pang pre-nuptial shoot pero at the same time pwede ang aso?
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rain says:

18 years ago

Congrats sa new hand-me-down lens!

Pwede sumali pagbalik ko? :)

Kung pwede lang naman a.
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Marco says:

18 years ago

*cough* Canon lovers…
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Abe Olandres says:

18 years ago

@ sylver

Niyaya kita di ba? Kaw naman tong ayaw sumama eh.

@ Rico

Enchanted Kingdom daw sunod ah! So we could learn how to shoot fast moving objects.

@ Gail

Ei, there’s a church sa Tagaytay right? Puede ata dun. How about Ateneo campus sa Katipunan, may chapel din dun and maganda yung area. Time for me to go visit my alma mater din. How about subjects namin kayo for a photo-op?

@ Rain

Sure! Mas marami mentors.

@ Marco

Dude, sama ka rin. ;)
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Rico says:

18 years ago

Naks! Mukhang slo-mo photography lessons to ah!

Pero I’ll have to learn by watching first; I don’t have a camera yet. :(

But I dream of the day when there’s at least ten of us, walking in a line, all with practically the same camera (350D?), shooting anything in sight. :)
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kutitots says:

18 years ago

abe, sige ba! pero kasama ang doggy ko ha. magaling naman mag-pose yun, sanay sa camera :D sya actually practice subject ni dad pag may tinetest na settings.

actually nga guinea pigs rin kami nung kabarkada ko na kukuha sa amin hehehe kaya sige lang the more the merrier diba! :D text me lang kung kelan para ma-plano natin and dalhin ko muna yung aso sa dog salon para pretty sya sa picture

alam mo, kung gusto nyo nga ng talagang challenge, yung dog ko ang gawin nyong test subject. eto sample: http://www.dogster.com/?101540
yung pinaka-main pic dyan yung kuha ni daddy. yung ginamit nyang camera for that micro shot is exactly like yours (that’s his one and only canon, my dad’s a nikon guy). just ignore the other pics, most of them were taken with just my phone’s camera kaya panget quality.
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Gloria says:

18 years ago

i wonder whose love story was the cheesiest?! he he. ;-) wow, i’m so envious…i miss my lakwatsa days. I think it’s a good idea for blogggers to meet. it kind of seals the friendship that started online.
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Marco says:

18 years ago

Yuga – definitely! I’ll drop you a line next time I’m in the Phils…
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karl says:

18 years ago

Pwede bang sumama sa susunod? Para ma-ambunan man lang ng konting PR. :D Good places to shoot na malapit lang sa Manila is the Rizal-Laguna Loop, Caliraya Lake (sunrise there is awesome) or Corregidor (best to stay overnight…)
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