Joel Francisco

Summer @ Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort

Joel — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:04:27 +0000

Summer getaway with the family at Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort!

more pictures here!

My little angel, Claire Elizabeth

Joel — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:10:30 +0000

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.

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Burj Khalifa – the opening act!

Joel — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:06:48 +0000

Burj Khalifa, formerly the Burj Dubai, tallest tower in the world yet, was inaugurated last night. Enjoy the pics!

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My MCP Virtual Business Card

Joel — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:29:34 +0000

When I first got my MCP cert, back in 2005 i was happy by the way Microsoft has sent welcome kits which came with cool plastic wallet cards. Don’t have much use though but still is a cool card to have. Unfortunately I lost it and i found to my dismay that they no longer send these stuff anymore.

Thanks to the “Go Green” initiative of microsoft, they scrapped sending welcome kits and wallet cards for all MCP’s who get their certifications after June 2009. And this virtual business card is what they replaced it with:

So Sad…..

And they also threw a free profile page for free to make me smile found below

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I’m an MCITP & MCTS!!

Joel — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:35:24 +0000

Glory be to our only powerful God, our Father, who gives our knowledge and the strength that we need….

Today i passed my upgrade exam (70-621) for my MCDST certification and currently I hold MCTS & MCITP!

I’ll get my transcripts updated online, as they said on the scoresheet or exam results after 7 days. I’ll post it as soon as i can

Photos of the week – Impulsive Photos by me

Joel — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:20:28 +0000

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

Joel — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:42:36 +0000

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

Joel — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:02:11 +0000

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!

Chinita Rita

Setback is image are upto 300px for a trial version That is why i don’t use it anymore. but still a nice plugin

Geek (defined) – Are you a geek?

Joel — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:56:46 +0000

Not to be confused with a Nerd. A geek does not have to be smart, a Geek is someone who is generaly not athletic, and enjoys Video Games; Comic Books; being on the internet, and etc.

E.G.:

Only a geek would waste their time on the internet, defining geek on urbandictionary.com
I’m a Geek…

Gawad Kalinga – Shoot & Shelter Final Set

Joel — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:32:28 +0000

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