JMMTengco

Jul 192009

Some shots of the AMDP RDE Symposium held last June 29. Not really proud of these shots, most of them on auto-focus, and as usual, they ended up with the photos poorly focused on the subject….

Jun 242009

It was the summer solstice, the shortest night of the year, and suprisingly it was the darkest/clearest nighttime sky I’ve seen from our home since I started my astronomical observations with a telescope. The milky way was fairly visible, I first thought that it was some cloud but then realized it didn’t change shape/position after [...]

Jun 242009

This year’s start of classes was postponed as per memo issued by CHED. Classes started a bit late on June 16 (though as usual, the registration period still hasn’t ended). Come Wednesday, Ma’am Movi and Ma’am Myra delivered their professorial chair lectures and on Thursday, we then had the freshmen orientation.

Jun 152009

…Why? Its because I use manual focus on both camera and telescope… thats why. Kinda simple? But wait, there’s more! Simply put: manual focus would mean that I do try to trust myself with what I’m doing, with what I’ve been doing, be it in photography or astronomy or in a bunch of other stuff [...]

Jun 152009

I took a hike up Mt. Makiling to the Makiling Botanical Garden. It wasn’t the right time of the year to visit the garden, since most of the blooms there peak during late January to early February. But still, I decided to go there just to practice nature photography, hehehe.