The whole idea of drawing faces on eggs is pretty old, so I thought, "What can I do to take it to the next level?" When I think about eggs, I think about balut (bah-LOOT). Balut is a very popular delicacy in the Philippines and boy, does it taste good. So I decided to incorporate an element of my culture into the project. Based on an old inside joke, I made the concept of my photos about undead aborted ducks. Is eating balut cruel? Perhaps. But it's no different than eating a plate of scrambled eggs in the morning.

Spring is here. And so are the cherry blossoms. For the selection of photos that I took, I tried to play with the different angles of the sun and how it brightens the photo. I like this picture in particular because even though the flowers are somewhat in the shade it doesn't look very dark because of the light shining through the petals. 

To practice for a larger project in the future, I've created a piece that deals with the concept of cubism. I took several photos of one scene from different angles and focal lengths and manipulated them in Photoshop to create an abstract yet somewhat realistic piece. By doing this exercise, I feel confident that I can create a piece like this but on a much larger scale.

Tiny Planets and Surrealist Photo project are up. Check out the Portfolio page.

I found these interesting decorations around the house. I think a friend took a bunch of Styrofoam balls, glued a bunch of seeds  to it and gave the out as Christmas presents. Something like that.
Anyways, I thought that these decorations (especially the sunflower seeds) showed very striking textures. By taking close ups, I could really capture the sharp points or the smooth bumps of the seeds.

What says leading lines better than a line of leading brand shoes?

This was taken with a Sony point and shoot. It has been a really long time since I have used a point and shoot and I was amazed by how much the technology put into those things has improved. There are so many different settings that mock those of an DSLR. Very impressive.