All Mac Office Set Up is Complete!

Where have I been?
Busy!
Since I started work last Monday, I’ve been glued firmly to my chair working like a maniac. My new posing work is pretty challenging! This is the first time in a long while that I have worked on something that has realistic and traditional looking character that it takes me [...]

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Official 2008 First Day of Work.

Today is my official first day of work for the year 2008.
I am very excited.  The posing work that I signed on is very challenging.  It may be done in Flash, but the look is very traditional 2D.  The outlines are very loose.  The characters have distinct highlights.  I am having a great time reviewing [...]

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Photos of the Day: Portraiture.

Most of us who flew back to the Philippines to attend a couple of weddings are back in Calgary. Since most of them have not reported back to work yet, Liza and I decided to pay them a visit last night.
My brother-in-law just bought a house so we asked him to show it to [...]

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Photo of the Day and Some Updates.

I have been relishing this unexpected time for R & R that I have been getting since returning back to Calgary from my visit to the Philippines. Oh by the way, my version of getting some rest and relaxation is to bum around the house and just do nothing other than to watch TV, [...]

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Shooting Raw.

I’ve just bought myself a new lens for my Nikon D40. It’s a Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D. This is a fixed lens; no zooming or anything, what you see is what you get. The aperture of 1.8 allows me to take pictures in low light situations (which I tend to do [...]

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Glad to be Back in Calgary.

After almost four weeks of stay in the Philippines to attend two weddings, my wife Liza and I are finally back home in Calgary. We arrived last Friday, January 11, at 10 PM. We experienced some delays in our flights, particularly during our Vancouver to Calgary transit. Our plane had some maintenance [...]

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Picture of the Day: Dark Altar.

We were able to visit my wife’s relatives in Sampaloc. The first thing I noticed in the living room was this altar filled with various statues of saints:

We only have a few more days left before we fly back to Calgary. I initially intended to go out and meet up with some friends [...]

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Two Weddings.

Wow, two weddings within two weeks: my brother-in-law’s wedding last December 23, 2007 and my sister-in-law’s own nuptials on January 5, 2008! What a way to end 2007 and welcome the New Year!
I still have not forgiven myself for leaving behind my camera during my brother-in-law’s wedding, which was held at the historic Manila [...]

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