Weekend - Install #7

 Opportunity & Preparation  

[that is, when they meet]
Luck ?

Images are Mixed and Matched

People occasionally use the phrases "bad luck" and "good luck".   But when one uses the term "luck", it usually connotes "good luck", and not "bad luck" - as  in good fortune, am I right ?

So much for "luck talk".

Just let me randomly post first .....

    

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  Stef Monce and Paui Versoza

Suffice it to say - I am showing the results of how luck [wether it good or bad] [wether one was rooting for the losing team or the winning team] "determines" who wins/who loses -- particularly in the context of SPORTS [and also, in ON-THE-SPOT-PORTRAITURE - as in, wether one's pictures turn out great, or not]. 

We all need luck, we all want luck 24/7.  I personally "look"  for it - But how much luck truly factors in a game, or in a spur-of-the-moment series of snaps is too much of a subjective matter to fuss about.

..... and having said all that shit - i just  hope you guys simply appreciatte the effort in these mixed and match series of snaps [w/ their index numbers] - taken at the SMART Araneta, and at the McKinley Field last Saturday, the 27th

These are my favorite  {Not that I don't have single-click photos that are More SOULful than these}  "serial snaps" - pretty much - possibly helped along with a "little luck"  maybe ? - Whatever

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Obra's goal on the 71st minute

{ UP-1   ADMU-0 }

It always helps to be alert, ready, very sharp, "in synch" /"vibed in"to any on-going scenario - on the pitch, on he court, at the sidelines - wherever  ..... 

 Knowing - timing even, when one approaches the courtside reporters, being aware of the lighting situation, saying the "right words" so that they simply "let go", exercise a measure of control [albeit -sakto lang] on how they "angle" themselves [their head tilts, chin angles, how their hair falls, how the light "paints" their faces, how they stand, sit  [ feet, torso positions - even if the shots are head shots only ! ], how the background, the people in proximity, left, right, behind them - behind me !  ALL "affect" my subjects  - ALL and ALL of so many [seemingly insignificant variables] at any given moment, and scenario - that "play" into the image in my mind's eye - I have to be aware of   -  IF i want to be able to create mini-masterpieces .....

..... Sometimes easy, sometimes difficult  -  don't matter, as long as it's done.

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  Laura Lehman, Lyane Ocampo, and Janine Tsoi

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                                                  [cropped image]

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  Nierras' goal in the 90th minute

{ UP-2    ADMU-0 }

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The snaps of Laura, Lyane, and Jamine were taken before the ADMU-DLSU volleyball game, while the snaps of Stef and Paui were taken after the said match.

The goal shots were taken later, that evening, during the UP-ADMU match.

 brosi gonzales