Selfies ? - Seriously

Stevens' Selfies

With my two Canon DSLRs {bought December of 2010 / October of 2011} - I have to be "maselan" to a certain degree.

With my MALE Media Colleagues - every now and then, I allow them to randomly pick up my DLSRs and even shoot as many images as they please.

With girls, I've NEVER EVER let a [more so a non-photog] girl handle my DSLR - That is, except for two instances.

One was last March of 2013, and the other one was just last night
{at the Araneta Colesium}  - when I handed my Canon DSLR to {coincidentally seated beside me } Linda Jean, and then requested her to shoot selfies.   { She does it quite often herself }  She gladly obliged.

First Selfie

The results were Totally AND Pleasantly Surprisingly simply Well-Composed and SO NOT looking like the usual selfy at all !!

It's as if an experienced photographer used an 80mm or 100mm PRIME lens to craft the two tight shots of Linda !!  - when it was actually Linda Jean herself who gingerly angled my DSLR [like a mobile] at her face for a snap or two.



{Nope, neither an 80 nor a 100mm lens was attached to my DLSR - It was of another focal length ! - If you are a photographer, you can probably figure out the focal length of the lens used here}

 LOOK !!!

                                                   

   Second Selfie

                                                 Nice, Very, Very Nice  !

Pretty Too !

[FYI, She does model - occasionally]

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PSL - Wednesday Tripleheader

October 29 - Cuneta Astrodome

Mane n Tail  vs  Foton

Petron  vs  Cignal HD

PLDT  vs  Cavite

This is the second straight loss for the Tornadoes  ..

Jheck Dionela

Bad Trip

 Irina Tarasova

 Elena Tarasova

 The Stallions finally get their first Win.

Match MVP Kristy Jaeckel -

Personally, I find her baby-faced.

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Am lucky to barely manage to capture only one of SEVERAL Great, Gutsy saves {below} by Jehn Reyes - saves which actually gave  the Blaze Boosters SEVERAL Points !!  Everyone in the Astrodome was impressed by her All-Out hustle !! - How could Petron lose - with Reyes' playing, as if it were her Last ??

Atta GIRL !!

Stat Sheets follow below ...

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Thoughts

Never Say Die

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Girl Talk

"Chikahan"

Kristy, Emily, Kaylee, 

and Bonita

I hopped to the Cuneta Astrodome yesterday, looking forward to an exciting match between league leaders Petron and HD Cignal  - BOTH unbeaten after their first two outings   [I wanted a 5-setter !] - Thing is, Petron swept HD 

Cignal in 3 sets  ....

During a break, after that match, I engaged myself in conversation with some  Pilipinas 911 medics, and noticed {on the corner of my eye} imports Kaylee Manns and Emily Brown also having a conversation, some 20 meters away.  Got the best angle I could find, politely asked the volleybelles to come closer to each other - and just let them be.

As Kristy Jaeckel came by - I, again, politely asked Kristy to seat herself to Emily's right so's I could fit them in my composition, at least from my angle - again, then let them be.

They are what they are.  Stolen shots -  A "glimpse of sorts" - A Trivilaity ?
Whatever. The theme/subject  is not the main thing, as far as I'm concerned.

What is truly important to me is how I manage to interpret, 
make as interesting as possible - whatever images I craft.

Gusto ko - laging may "kasaysayan" ang mga kuha ko

BTW - My new 'Medic" buddies from Pilipinas 911 - 
Aireen, Rockafella, Sarah, and Rae Allen

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PS
My action images from the the Wednesday Super Liga matches are in the next post.


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PBA - Aces High !!!

October 28 - SMART Araneta

 Abueva for the Win !

 Alaska-100   Talk n Text-98

Couldn't have come in  a more dramatic fashion.

The score is tied at 98 -All.  Talk n Text has the luxury of ball possesion  with about 19 ticks left.

The Texters then simply have to take an attempt with time runnng out - 

So, the worst that can happen is an Overtime Period - Right ?

Wrong !! The Texters turn the ball over and " The Beast " Calvin Abuea, {frustrated time and again at the paint, missing point-blank attempts - all game long} - snatches the ball, goes coast-to-coast down court, and in the last micro-second  releases a running teardrop that drills the net to give the Aces a stunning  100-98 comeback  Win   !!

And to make it even sweeter for Abueva - he achieves a career high of 26 points and 22 rebounds in his Best PBA Game, to date.

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UFL Cup - Quarters

October 27 - Rizal Memorial

Pachanga -2  /  Manila All-Japan -1

Meralco -2  /  Kaya -1

Some of my Favorite Images from Monday Night  ...
[randomly arranged]

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  Simply Sad .....

Some members of Team Kaya are just so angry and bitter 
at the manner the refs had conducted the match.

I have some images showing such bitterness and anger
clearly etched on the faces of a kaya player or two -
BUT I'd rather not release them.

Me,  just had an open ear and few nice words to say to Aly Borromeo
 [Aly and Nick O'Donell are the only Kaya players I know personally]

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Minutes after these two quarters matches -
lots are drawn to determine the Semis Match-Ups 
for November 4, Tuesday -

- which turn out to be

5 pm   Loyola  vs  Global

8 pm  Pachanga  vs Ceres

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