Photographs From a Friends Collection

A friend of mine who goes by the nick of Vodka, just told me of his new hobby, photography. Well this all started from last year when he bought his Nikon digital SLR. Then he setup his workspace with a MAC for photo editing. Some of the projects that he has been working on are pictures of his amature models (or are they his girlfriends, I wonder), his yearly travels and some sporting events.

Above: Vodka's workspace


Above:from left Crystal and the AFOS07


Above: from left Cherry and Jaclyn

Above: from left Pauline and Vilisa


Above: from left Nailya and a Samsung pageant contestant.

Hell, I do think this hobby is quite a good way to get laid don't you. Imagine, walking down the street and see this cun chick. Get business card ready and present yourself as a professional photographer. Tell her she has the potential to be a model (most girls dig this) and you only need a few photos of her so that you can do a portfolio for her. Make appointment. Now on the said appointment day you have a few hours to work your magic on her. If your presentation is good enought, one thing will lead to another then who knows, it might just be your lucky day. I mean some of the girls that my friend Vodka shot on are seriously potential mating mates. Just look at the photos.

Above: from left the Colosseum, St.Mark's Square and Galleria Vittorio Emanuelle


Above: from left Putrajaya and KLCC

I do have to admit that his photos do look quite professional. Most of them are quite clear and the color balance is good. Only thing is that the exposure on some of the photos are a bit too much. Then some are of studio quality.

If you are planing to pursue this hobby please do remember you have to touch up your photos before publishing. It is nearly impossible to capture a perfect photo. What you want to do is to get you photos as close to perfect as possible and then do as little touch up as possible and you will have nice photos. You can use any software to do your touch up, here's a free open source image editing software that has the same capabilities as Photoshop, called GIMP.

Yes this hobby seems fun, lots of excuses to go traveling to many exotic places in the name of photography. Do not forget that it is also a great way to pick up gals/guys. Photos are also express as an art form where exhibitions are also common and very popular. Some nice collections can be found at PicasaWeb and also Flickr.

So if I did inspire some of you on this hobby do add some comments and if you do have some photos to share do include your Picasa or Flickr links in your comments.