day 298-297: densha

La vida es sueño (Life is a Dream)

¿Qué es la vida? Un frenesí.
What is life? A frenzy.
¿Qué es la vida? Una ilusión,
What is life? An illusion
una sombra, una ficción,
a shadow, a fiction,
y el mayor bien es pequeño;
and the greatest good is small;
que toda la vida es sueño,
that all life is a dream,
y los sueños, sueños son.
and dreams are dreams.

day 300-299: ang mariposa at mga pusa

Hey just posting some photos that I've originally taken in colored but turn it to black and white just to emphasize highlights and shadows.

day 301: a road less travel

Rainy November it is...

day 302: araw ng patay

a day with the living and the dead

day 303: aklat

This month of November I'll be posting elements of composition in photography. For the first week it will be the "monochrome tales" singles that are taken in black and white.

During 1800s photos can only be produce in black and white. Its how they tell stories of events and portraits of well-known people. Nowadays, photographers of all genre still uses this form of composition to showcase more the depth of the emotion of their subjects and give strong impression on their stories.

On my first post are books being sold on the streets of Manila in a very cheap price. See how the shadows are being emphasize here using black and white.