sweetness

She seeks
a hand
that will carry her
and feed her
the fruits of love's sweetness

-

Sweetness
as the apple
breaks free from stone
to juiciness
by the strength of a bite

-

Perhaps
we can only truly taste
while we love
That even the bitterest coffee
would taste of sweetness

-

Sunlight
through the window
The smell of
mother's baked fairy cupcakes
Sweetness

insomniac

Hands trembling

eyes weary

she struggles

to close her mind

but fails

-

She wished

somebody had

sung her a lullaby

or rocked her crib

anything

that would've enchanted her

to peaceful night's sleep

papercraft

She shootes paper airplanes
into the night sky
they go far
somewhere beyond her sight
a world she can only imagine

-

She gently places
paper sailboats
by the midnight shore
one by one
setting them free

a cherub's doing

She hid
behind a rosebush
peeking at a boy
A playful cherub
released its arrow
The boy spotted her
butterflies in his stomach

do you?

I always wonder
do you wait for me?
How do I look to you?
How does your imagination
project me?

a projection

You are
a projection
of my imagination
and yet
you're true

the rescue

He handed her
the silk
he had rescued
from the witch's lair
She was ever grateful

summer festival

She
in her yukata
spots her favorite ninja awaiting her
How beautiful summer is going to be
spent together

the playful mind

"I step into
a dimension
light years away
a lucid fantasy designed
by simply a playful mind."

*Both photo and gogyohka are my own. :)

my first ever for real typography work! :)

"Maybe

the sky is falling

Maybe

it's raining colors

and maybe, just maybe, you were meant for me."

*Both photo and gogyohka are my own. :)

Sweet Milk

Someone asked her
her dreams of love
Pour sweet milk into a glass
and the glass is never full
that's how she dreams of love

_

Distant memories
fall into place
Abstract paintings now

_

I come across
an empty page on my book
waiting to be written

_

I fell asleep
in a meadow of wasted dreams
False memories played
right in front of my eyes
Alas, I awoke to disappointment

_

Struggling alone
in the cruelty of silence
Heart begging to live
but it's not my blood in these veins
I bought them for free from God

_

Look around you, Love
wind, grass, sunlight, all beckon
for you to be here
to melt my lonely winter
and show me your spring cottage

_

My feet are not strong
I walk across this river
Summer breeze binds
You're standing right there, Love
yet my feet give in, I drown

_

My voice chords broken
I hear your singing approach
Strangely do I sing along

_

If I grabbed your hand
and whispered into your ears
would the sky come down
and embrace our weak bodies
to carry us as we dance?

_

Raindrops from the sky
I wait in this solitude
of longing for him

Five

Two of the things I love most on this planet :)
Experimented with the close-up mode on my camera. Is close-up the same with macro photography? If they aren't the same, care to explain why?

Four

Once again in a taxi in Singapore, experimenting with the shutter speed thingy. To be honest, I had no idea that the result was gonna be like this when I took it. I mean, the taxi was speeding quite fast, so I just took pictures of everything that passed by, and I spotted a ferris wheel, and without further planning I pressed the button, and here was the result. Hehehe :)

Been a long time since I've been on a ferris wheel......

Three

So, my family and I were sleeping in a hotel in Johor. And it had a great view of the sky. I was in one of those states where I was extremely psyched to capture the sky hoping to produce a picture like many of those breathtaking pictures of the sky I've seen throughout the web. I took tons of the same scenery so I could pick out the best one. And at first, I didn't Photoshop this. But, yeah, we're back to that topic where I decided to Photoshop anyway, because what matters isn't whether the picture is original or edited, what matters is....... Yeah, you get it right? :)

Meanwhile, this picture was taken when we were in a taxi in Johor. Traffic was jammed. You know how sometimes you get the best results by doing mistakes? You know, something like, "serendipity"... I guess. The best way to get to know Photoshop (you need to especially take advantage if your computer system works fast) is to explore and do as many mistakes as you can. Still, the problem for me is, I'm always unable to decide when's best to stop editing, when to decide how the editing can really create a great effect to the picture, and when to use this tool and that. I really don't get the standards yet.

Two

So I was in a taxi in Singapore, and I wanted to experiment with the shutter speed of the camera, and that's what I did... I edited it to create the, you know, vintage effect. I learned how to do vintage photography from the web, and I'm still not good at it. Like, I don't know the right proportions, I don't know whether it would look greater this way or that, I don't know lots of stuff on measurements of a good edited-photo.

Oh, and by the way, back then, my innocent self believed that the best photographers never used Photoshop. The best photos were original and non-Photoshop. Turned out I was wrong. Everybody uses Photoshop or softwares alike to enhance their photo quality. I felt that I was lied to..., I was like, all this time..., all those great photos were Photoshopped?? I mean, that was a real blow. But anyways, I learned that the important thing is not whether the photo is original or edited. The most important thing is whether the world can see what we see -I mean, whether we can make people see what we see through our pictures... Is it true, is it like that? Or is it that we can make the most uninteresting things interesting when people see our pictures? Or is it simply so people can relate to out pictures and find meaning in it? *Alright sorry I talk too much*

Let's just conclude that each individual values photography in their own different ways. I'm really sorry I really, really am just a beginner... :s

One

This is a Photoshop product of a photo of sunset. I took this photo yesterday, went on the roof deck just to take a picture of it. I'm telling ya, I really don't know much about photography and Photoshop so if you find many flaws in this one, which I know you will, please don't be too hard on me? :)
I hate the grain on the upper part of the photo. It wasn't there before. I used a lot of exposure on it, so on one half it enhances the photo, and the other half, it ruins it. But I don't know, to kinda think of it, it almost seems like it gives some sort of magical touch or something.
Anyway, here's the original non-Photoshop version. The sunset was so beautiful anyway that any amateur photographer could already make it look so good just by taking a picture of it. I guess it didn't need enhancements, but I wanted to try anyway.

Introduction

Hi. I decided to create this blog, containing my journey as an amateur photographer who just began to learn photography, until I reach the most advanced level of photography there is, and of course, this blog is also a place where I express my love towards anything that has to do with literature because I also love to write. So, let's begin! :)