Before and not so After

Hey Guys! First off I am not into blogging but since it's a Major assignment I guess I have to do it. I'm Kahren :) after finishing high school I went back to the Philippines to study and I got a diploma in Culinary Arts and when I was about to start my career in the world of food I felt like this is not what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. A career shift will be the answer. What do I want to do while having fun and getting comfortable at? I have been doing photography as a hobby for 2 years, taking pictures of my family, friends, travelling and parties and I must say that this will be it, I am having a lot of fun while doing it and seeing my friends and families smiling and giving me compliments at the results is a one big happiness for me. Before going to the Philippines I got my first DSLR a Nikon D40, tried to read the manual but didn't happen cause I was so excited to start taking pictures, and then three years after, September 2011 I'm officially a student at PrairieView School of Photography.

When I was in the Philippines and have nothing to do, I travel for an hour or more just to take pictures of the sunset or go to other places that interest me at or sometimes go to events and snap some pictures, and you need someone to come with you or else it will be boring and you have no one else to talk to. Now, looking back at the pictures that I took before going to school.

sunset at Manila bay

light show

sunrise by the beach

and me at the longest and highest zip line in the Philippines, fun times. This is how they cross mountains :D

Now, I want to go back to all the places I've been to and take photographs and ofcourse apply all the things I learned from school, Before I did not know some of the buttons in my camera and I get surprise in class that there are some shortcut buttons on it and I don't have to look at the viewfinder just to switch some settings cause I only have to press one button away and it is done. It's been only two months and I already learn a lot of stuff, and looking forward in June when we are all done to those weekly assignments, have new knowledge about Photography and ready to enter the industry. And here are few shots that I took during the first two months of school.

Night City scape

The Tourist

Royal Canadian Mint

After seeing my before and during school images there's definitely a big difference aside from the location of course :)) I mean how I balance the exposure, using histogram, white balance and a better knowledge on Lightroom. We still have seven months and have LOTS of things to learn. Get the updates every week on what's happening at PV by checking on to this blogsite and watch us grow as we finish the program.

Nikon FE shot

Kahren Sabater

PV Diploma Student 2011-12