Im a father

Last October 7, 2008 at 7:29pm I officially became a father. Michelle gave birth to our first baby boy Justin Maven Lee. It was a normal delivery with a help of forceps. Justin was 6lbs when he was born.

I cannot explain my feelings when I first saw my baby. The happiness is so much which words cannot explain.

Happy Birthday Achi!

Today is my sister's birhtday. She loves pooh so much. I decided to make a simple birthday card for her.

Sharpening Photos

I been palying around with photoshop on how to sharpen image. I can't seem to figure out how to do it. Until I found this tutorial from Pipho which was shared by HartSord (thanks!).

Heres his steps in sharpening images.

1) Convert to Lab (Image>Mode>Lab)

2) Load lightness as a selection (Alt-Ctrl-1 on a PC)

3) Invert the selection (Shft-Ctrl-I)

4) Select the Luminance channel (click on the channel tab, click on the L channel)

5) Apply USM (Amount 300-400% for high-res images, radius 1px, threshold 2. For lower-res images, use a lower amount)

An additional step for more punch:

6) Still with selection active, apply USM again (Amount 50-60%, radius 20-30px, threshold 2. For lower-res images, try amount 20-30%, radius 5-10px, threshold 2)

Here is the result

Michelle's Birtday suprise

I surprised my wife on her birthday. Surprised her with an Ipod Video placed in our CR. When she woke up, she saw 2 small balloons in our room and a big Mickey Mouse happy birthday balloon in the CR with the Ipod video.

Tagaytay highlands trip

Im still learning how to use my new camera. We went to tagaytay last August 24-25, 2008. Here are some of the shots I took with my new Canon 450d.

My first published photo

I'm so happy to have my photo published in a magazine for the first time. I joined a photo contest with a theme of "Color Burst". I'm surprised that I was chosen as on of the winner in the contest. It was published on i-mag photography magazine issue number 17.

I never expected that I'll my photo will ever be published in a magazine. It was really a dream come true for me. (ang babaw ng kaligayahan ko noh) I'm not a good photographer but I really wanted to explore and learn photography. Just want to share my photo. This photo was taken using my Canon S3is.

30 Months Pregnant

Michelle's 30th month pregnant picture

She doesn't look like pregnant right??

Side view

Before going to sleep.. Beh!!!!

Birth Class Classmates

We are currently having our birth class (lamaze) at Ateneo. It would be from July 27, 2008 to August 31, 2008. The class is headed by Rome Kanapi. The class was so fun and we have so much learning. Hopefully this will boost Michelle's confidence in giving birth.

Goodbye to my S3is

Seeing beautiful photos on the internet got me interested with photography. I started exploring photography last June 2006. The camera I purchased was a Canon S3is. For 2 years I've enjoyed using this great camera. I have it with me everytime I travel. Here are some of my personal favorite photos which I took with my S3is

My first DSLR

I got my first dslr today. It'a Canon 450d. I have been wanting a dslr ever since. Finally I have saved enough to get one. I bought it at Henry's at hidalgo for 35,500 with kit lens. And I also bought a 50mm f1.8 at Avenue. This is completely new to me.

The first thing I noticed with this 450d is, when I look thru the view finder, I don't see the actual output of my setting. This is the first different thing I noticed compared to Canon s3 IS. I really need to practice a lot with this. Here is my first test shot.