Everything Under The Tropical Sun

Such great news! For someone who first picked up a DSLR March of 2008, this is one incredible feat!

I don’t really understand what the whole article is talking about since it’s in Russian. To think he’s in Dubai but got published somewhere else. Isn’t that Amazing?

He showed me this particular shoot he did late last year. To be honest, I didn’t see the technical side of his shoots… all I saw were the beautiful jewelry. He shot a 5 carat round diamond that just made me sigh. So I guess he did his job right, right?

All photographers could ever hope for is getting to capture the “moment” or show how beautiful these products are (or even make an ugly product look beautiful). To create photographs that evoke emotion from the viewer is not easy without talent but with enough skill and knowledge, it can be achieved with great precision. Teach has both.

As I’ve posted before, I’m so proud of him. Though he doesn’t really know how to graciously accept compliments (I think he’s embarassed by it.), I will say it over and over until he gets comfortable with the idea that he is worthy of compliments… and not just in photography. For someone so talented, he barely recognizes his.

I wish I had a link to post of his site. But not just yet. His OCD coupled with Harry’s (the one doing the coding and stuff of his photoblog)… it may be a while ’til that blog sees the light of the web. As soon as it’s up, I’ll post a link at the left. For now… I’M SO PROUD OF YOU TEACH!

I’m so proud of my Teach. He’s one of my best friends and we talk practically every day. Sharing mundane everyday things happening in our lives and a week without chatting with him seems incomplete. To think he lives thousands and thousands of miles away and yet it’s so comforting to know that in spite of the fact that it years went by before we started chatting again (which is what we did when we first met: in a chat IRC chat room – embarassing to admit that now but it’s true), we just picked up where we left off.

He’s always tried to teach me things I wouldn’t normally try to learn on my own. He encourages me to do the things he knows I love and but just afraid to try. Though he is a very intellegent person, he’s a paradox on his own. He knows he’s smart but thinks he’s not smart enough. He knows he’s got skills but wonders if it’s just in his imagination. Among my best friends, he’s the most paradoxial (is that a word?) among them.

One thing I admire about him is when he focuses on something, he usually excels. He’s recently taken up photography (just shy of a year ago) and the heights he has reached is just simply amazing. His level of learning is so awesome that I believe he’s the fastest learner in the world! He encouraged me to take up photography as well because he knew that it was something I was into when we first met (but let it go to pursue my give-in-to-peer-pressure teenage life). Isn’t he just the best? He’s so supportive.

He would sound off how bad he feels because he thinks his photography hasn’t improved. I think that was maybe about 3 months ago… but now, he’s so proficient in the language of photography that half of the things he’s trying to teach me gets deposited in my subconscious bank. Something to be accessed when the need arises. He’s getting paid gigs and he’s not even started with his portfolio! Imagine that. He’s getting all these sophisticated equipment which is more than fine but the great thing is, he knows how to use them effectively! There are so many photographers out here who keeps buying expensive studio equipment, lenses, the best DSLR and they take horrible pictures!

I haven’t seen the complete new collection of photos but Teach showed me ONE shot he took and it was awesome! I’m so proud of him. But I’m not surprised that he’s doing so well. It’s always in him to excel and he has excellent focus. He’s reached a whole new level and I’m so happy for him.