HUBIN Magazine No.1 2013 | Page 197

When I was in first year HS, I recognized the beauty of photography because of a homework. From then on, I had been the family photographer. After 2 years of begging for a DSLR, I was blessed with a Canon 1000D. I would have random photo shoots with my friends and cousins. In the early 2012, I fell in deep love with photography because of a workshop where I learned most of what I know now about photography. It didn’t stop there; customarily, I would watch YouTube videos and research more about it. I now work with a Canon 700D and my favorite lens, the 50mm which I got for eating a fried frog leg. I took up BFA- Advertising Arts for a year at the SARFAID, La Consolacion College- Bacolod and am now a New Media Arts student at Meridian International “MINT” College. Both colleges molded me to be who I am today and who I will become in the future. I fought the great battle of “you should be a doctor” to “you won’t get any money from painting.” With the support of my family and friends, I’m going after what I love. I can say that I’m still in the process of discovering who I am, what I’m capable of, and the lives I can touch as an artist and photographer. After all, practice makes permanent. HUBIN MAGAZINE 192