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PHOEBE CHANGCOCO

PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO

ABOUT 

Photography is a hobby that I am very passionate about.

I also love to draw traditionally and digitally. 

I was born in the Philippines, but I moved to the USA when I was 9. I currently reside in Los Angeles, California.


Cameras: Canon Powershot SX10IS and a Nikon 1J1.

Program: Adobe Phototshop 7.0

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PHOTOGRAPHY EVOLUTION

If you knew my dad personally, you'd know that he loves taking pictures of everyone & everything. He collects lots of cameras and likes to develop pictures.

Before 9th grade, I have always appreciated beautiful photographs, but I didn't think about creating my own.

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During 9th grade, I would see some of my classmates always carrying their bulky cameras. A classmate of mine took many pictures on his DSLR for yearbook. Another classmate  decided to do a "photo shoot" of me when we went to Yosemite. Seeing that people around my age were able to create such beautiful photographs, I decided that I should create some of my own.

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I started my photography journey with a small $10 point-and-shoot camera: Vivitar.

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VIVITAR 2011 PHOTOS

My first camera (2011)

During 2011, one of my biggest photography inspirations, Kitty Gallannaugh, was doing her own 365 photography project where she would post a photograph for each day on her Facebook page. I was inspired and decided to do my own project. Of course, being new to photography, I didn't really know about rule of thirds, composition, and all the other elements. I merely took pictures of whatever caught my eye.

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I use my dad's Adobe Photoshop program, which he installed on my laptop for his architecture projects. Bokeh (the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light) always fascinated me, but I didn't know how to create it. I would not have been able to create bokeh through my Vivitar point-and-shoot, because of its shallow depth of field. Thus, I used photoshop to create artificial bokeh. Looking back, adding bokeh to my photographs wasn't such a good idea.

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Because of my 365 photography project, I got my good friends to model for me. I learned more about model poses, backgrounds, and composition. I often borrowed my dad's Nikon to take photos. Eventually, he bought me a used Canon that he bought online.

My second camera: Canon Powershot SX10 IS

CANON 2012 PHOTOS

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