self-portrait

this is how i want to be remembered i guess. medyo payat-looking, and serious about my craft. o di ba, i have a craft and its somewhat artistic! nice to know, hehe!

i took this photo yesterday, when we visited a friend's clinic in minneapolis. there was an empty room beside his clinic, which has a mirror placed against the wall of what would soon be a beauty salon. i just had to take a photo of myself, out of instinct i guess. im usually alone when i go around and take photos, and when i lack a subject, ginagawa ko na lang subject ang sarili ko. hehe. makes sense, di ba? :)

did you notice the camera im holding? its no longer the old kodak camera i have. this one's a digital slr :) pinag-ipunan ko talaga yan at pinangarap ng matagal-tagal. im really excited about having this camera and can't wait to learn more about photography and be able to use it to take much better photos -- ones that i could actually be truly proud of and put in nice frames and sell to people, not just to make money but to be able to prove to myself that my work can be good enough that people would seek them out and be moved or affected enough and want the photos to be part of their own spaces (at home, the office or virtually, in websites). sana one day it will happen to me :)

click here or the photo above to view my Flickr homepage and see more photos I have recently uploaded from my trips to 6 Flags (an amusement park here in Illinois), Wisconsin Dells, Texas and Minneapolis in Minnesotta. i haven't uploaded that many pics yet, but i hope you will take a look at what's already in there na rin. let me know your thoughts, you can actually post comments in there if you have a Yahoo! account :)

cheers!