Incoho Photography Workshop Pictures

It was a sunny Saturday morning. I was about to hold a photography workshop with some of my colleagues who have recently bought DSLR's and were eager to explore the capabilities of their newly acquired toys. I was excited as well. I always find it fulfilling to share tips to new photobugs and seeing the amazement in their faces when they view their camera LCD's and see the results.  So with a very quick powerpoint presentation on aperture, shutter and ISO controls and an intro to basic compositional guidelines, we were out the door and in a few minutes were out the Ayala Triangle snapping away. I've noticed that its usually faster for people to learn when they're actually pressing the shutter button.

 What I usually get asked first is "how do you get that blurry background on portraits?" and with a quick set of instructions on using the appropriate aperture and a little hand holding at first, they're snapping away pictures after pictures of portraits with sharp subjects but with a creamy, blurry background.

Everyone seems to want to achieve that effect common on most portraits and its actually very easy to achieve.


To illustrate what shutter controls can do, I had my colleagues try to capture jumping shots. And with a little guidance, they were capturing jump shots in no time.
                                 After what seemed like hours taking portraits and jump shots, and enduring annoyed looks from Ayala Triangle guards, we were back to the office to view the results of the morning's efforts.

Thanks to the participants for allowing me to share some of the pleasures of photography.  Happy Snapping.

KB


Alain Ariel "Kyle" Bendijo, Incoho's VP for Operations and Process Excellence, is a seasoned amateur photographer. He holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from De La Salle University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Management, Major in Human Resource Management. He is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. Aside from photography, another of Kyle's passion is scuba diving. He has been active in the sport since 1994 and is a certified PADI Divemaster.