Ondoy MAD Flood in manila

[koto]

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no offense pero... bati man pagka shot(blurred)... i don't see any documentary/photojournalism ani nga mga shot... sorry

the area is dark and my camera iso is only upto iso1600 witha kit lens
so i have to compromise
i used slowshutter speed to get the motion blur of the subject in order to let the audience/viewers see the movement in the horrible event. i also use iso1600 some pics para grainny and noisy just to add and effect on how tragic this day was.

but then again photography is subjective right so i still respect your views

[szichri]

In spite of the photo being blurred or the camera being used, the person was still documenting the event. You don't need to have high quality shots to depict an event or situation. And the pictures aren't that bad.

based on the shots, obviously the photographer is trying to make/take artistic shots (artistic blurring) which doesn't work... i think he is not thinking of documenting what happen but looking for shots to enter into some contests in the future (i may be wrong though)...

[josefarrugia]

i remember one time sa homily sa pari... He said naa daw photojournalist nga american and he went to Somalia. In there he took shots of a very malnourished child about to die and about to be eaten by a crow. When he arrived in USA he got first price for that shot and recieved money and recognitions. Months later, he commit suicide and he left a note stating his conscience could not take it. He could have saved the child from death instead of taking shots. Lain-lain lang siguro ug point of view ang mga taw pero kung naa ko didto sa hitabo i would rather help than taking shots just to promote myself in order to win awards. I maybe ignorant then but im not selfish....

Yeah, I heard about that story. It was the photographer's choice not to help the child. Nonetheless, not all photographers are the same or share the same personality or traits. Another photographer, in the same situation, might have happened to help the little child.

Koto isn't being selfish at all. In fact other press photographers who are covering the event at the moment are in fact working and risking their lives to show the world the devastation in which Ondoy has caused. I don't see them being selfish.

And for goodness sake, Koto isn't promoting himself. He simply just wants to share the chaos the storm has brought. Period.

[szichri]

@jose

it's all over the news... watch it on tv nalang...

[undercover_lover]

ok raman ni atleast na document ang panghitabo. nagbaha na gani mga video sa facebook/youtube.

[wikitoy]

i think he is not thinking of documenting what happen but looking for shots to enter into some contests in the future (i may be wrong though)...

i second to that....

[koto]

Ayay murag nagkainit naman ni ... hehe

as usual XD

[koto]

i second to that....

yip your partly right to that sir
so that i can sustain my photography forever.

[koto]

@jose

it's all over the news... watch it on tv nalang...

mas lingaw man ang www.istorya.net /forums/photography

kaysa tv XD heheee

eto mga vids if u want to see it more lively

GMA http://www.gmanews.tv/largevideo/lat...g-city-ongoing

cars floating http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=281979720576

[szichri]

sakto sad ka... pero at least kanang lingaw sad nga photo... mura man og shots og kanang bag-o lang nakagunit og DSLR gud... and to think...

oi good news tungod ato na pics sa sunog sa mandaue finalist ko sa lee sport south east asia iis'nt nice!

congrats diay!!!