s i m o n o n g - Online Portfolio http://simonong.net Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:29:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en First Try in Photo Manipulation http://simonong.net/blog/153/first-try-in-photo-manipulation/ http://simonong.net/blog/153/first-try-in-photo-manipulation/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:16:55 +0000 Simon Ong http://simonong.net/?p=153 I’ve been reading a lot of tips and tricks in photo manipulation, I guess it’s my escape from the reality that I still can’t buy my own SLR Camera just yet.

Like web design, I’m very much interested with photography and photo manipulation. And I’ve been thinking of buying an SLR Camera (or DSLR) but I still need to save money for it, plus saving money is hard to do especially right now that I am planning on leaving my work for a while because of board exam review.

So for now, I am much happy with photo manipulation. :)

I’ve tried my newly acquired knowledge into one of Chico Garcia’s works. Being a Rusher, and knowing that Chico Garcia is into photography, I am always dropping by his blog and checking out his gallery. And I tried it (photo manipulation, that is) into one of his shots:

After a few tweaks, I’ve managed to come up with this:

See the difference? I made a split image of it:

Hope you guys like it! I’ll be editing my own shots (using my VGA camera phone and another phone by my sister :) ) I really need to buy me a camera, care to donate? Email me! Haha! Seriously, email me!

Click here to view the original image size

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Work sucks (for the most part). Having to work on something that in normal time calculation would take a person at least 2 weeks to finish is told to be done by days. Not counting the possibilities of error with the pressure of finishing something so fast.

PC broke down. Yes my desktop all of a sudden gone “blue” for the past 3 days. I did manage to get it back with a little dusting here and there, and for the past 6 hours it held up well, still needs to be observed though.

Hate liars. More so hate those who was already caught but still lie. What will you get on doing that? You lose the trust and respect. Gain what? Nothing.

Keeping secrets is something I really hate, more so keeping something from me. If that thought is still not sinking in, I don’t know what will. Feels like I’m so useless right now, that even a small thought of saying it to me isn’t given any thought, so be it.

I don’t like to fake a smile, fake happiness. I am pissed, I am hurt, I feel like I’m just a waste of time to begin spending time with. As straightforward as I could EVER be, it sucks, BIG TIME!

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