Joel Francisco
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Night at the Creek
i have not held my camera for the longest time. good thing we went out to pay the credit card bill and the bank was just near dubai creek. after paying, we drove near the creek and had some shots.

Simply Claire
My 6-month daughter Claire on 1 of the home photo shoots with uncle japs and me
We really think baby photography could be a good biz
My little angel, Claire Elizabeth
My little angel has finally arrived! My wife and I had been blessed with our first daughter Claire Elizabeth. Thank you God for answering our prayers! We return all the glory unto You.
Photos of the week – Impulsive Photos by me
I’ve never used my camera nowadays because of work stuff and other stuff that makes me busy. Now to motivate myself and to release that inner desire to shoot some nice photos, i will start to post on a weekly basis (i really hope that) some of the pics that i have taken that week.
To start off, here’s satwa at night from the rooftop of my villa:
Practicing Custom Bokeh
Thanks to DIYPhotography.net for the nice tutorial.
50mm 1.8 Nikkor + D90 + black cardboard cut to make a heart shaped filter = custom heart bokeh
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Testing LR2/Blog Plugin
Another plugin from Photographer’s Toolbox (http://www.photographers-toolbox.com) From Lightroom 2 after editing, you can directly blog it to your wordpress blog. Works great if you’re posting images on your wordpress blog. Try it out yourself!
Gawad Kalinga – Shoot & Shelter Final Set
Thanks to Cesar Parocco and his friends for this charitable photography seminar. Many thanks to all the volunteers and models that participated the event. More pictures click here
My 1st Wedding Gig
Not to be mistaken with Mr. Joel Francisco of http://www.joelfrancisco.com.ph & http://kikoshoots.multiply.com who is actually one of the best filipino wedding photographers that I can think of….actually most of the shots i made were inspired by Mr. Joel….thank you sir….
Special thanks to Darwin Guevarra (my mentor and friend) and for letting me borrow the sb-800 again
To Russel & Diane, thanks for the opportunity….although it was a very tiring day, it was a pleasure taking your pictures.
Hope you guys like it…
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My first prenup photo shoot
My first prenup photography, with legendary mama liz.
Location: Open Beach nr. Burj al Arab
Photographers: Liz Guevarra and me
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: 18-200/70-300
Enjoy!
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Close Up Shots
Doing nothing on a friday afternoon. From the window I saw a bird at the ground looking for something….im sure it will not find a worm for its the pavement he landed at. Got my cam and started shooting…
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