I’ve been MIA for so long while finishing up my second year in law school, which sure took a lot of toll out of me. Been enjoying a week and a half off from school after my last final and have added more collections to my camera work. Other than that, there hasn’t been much change in my life. Facebook is basically taken over my life, since I find myself logging into that thing every 10 minutes. It’s become such a bad habit that I find it uncontrollable…. I’ll try to find more interesting things to discuss on this blog since my mind isn’t functioning right at this very moment…

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I’m also getting torched by my second year in law school and this semester will be more difficult than ever. Hopefully, I’ll be able to hang in there and survive. Hope all of you had a great start to this upcoming promising new year!

As for myself, I have been juggling four classes in my second year of law school, as well as running my Photoblog at the same time. Photography has really become a stress reliever for me along with music. Besides taking photos on a consistent basis, I have started playing the piano again for leisure. The stress of being in graduate school has undoubtedly given me more time to manage my life positively.

It seems to me that my days as a student will live forever. However, at the same time, due to this hectic economy, maybe it is better to be a student for now. I do value the opportunity that life has given me to become a prospective attorney in the near future. Hopefully, it will be rewarding. Good luck everyone else and I wish them the best in their future endeavors!

Now to show my obvious reasons for being a lazy bum, I’m just going to do a bit of an update here.  My photoblog is still up and running, with a few changes here and there to the template, but I think I am more than satisfied with the way it looks now.  My flickr portfolio is constantly updated as well whenever I upload a new photo to the blog.

I have been drawing more interest into portrait photography.  There are so many elements and components surrounding the area of portrait photography, such as posing, gestures, rule-of-thirds, etc. I can honestly say that photographing people has been much more fun and interesting than walking around taking random landscape/abandoned shots. Besides, it’s always great to have a buddy with you right? =)

Look for more upcoming shots from me!

Synergy: Make sure you check this guys stuff out. It’s outrageous. He used to be my hostee long ago when I hosted people on my server. He’s back with a different role and I am happy to have him on board. Again, make sure you check out his stuff and pay attention to what he has to say on here. He will probably update more than I do

Ever wondered how to modify a photo into a toy model set? The fake tilt-shift effect does just that. This strategy uses the lens blur to its best in photoshop. I took a 2-hour downtown walk around San Jose and applied a falling angle on this shot. When processing, I used the effect to make the cars look like a miniature set.

This was my second test at the effect. I would need to explore more interesting places to get a better view and effect. I think it turned out somehwat ok. Any thoughts? =]