Last January 16, 2010, one of my cousins, Alein Artus, had her eighteenth birthday party here in our  place. The party was full of fun, dancing all the night and had a great time with everyone.

But of course, before the party, me as the photographer and Alein as the model, we had a great pictorial here at our house using my Canon EOS 1000D and a simple light source that I bought in the mall. The pictorial was for her debut party and for her invitations.

Fierce Eyes - Alein at 18 | © Kelvin Servigon Photography

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For the third time, eXperiment photo series is here again. I am very happy because there are so many people who are really eager to pose for my Canon EOS 1000D and be posted here at my blog. And now, here comes Nica Reyes, one of the proud students of Bulacan State University. She’s one of my new friends in B.S.U.

And let the show begin:

Nica Reyes for eXperiment 3.0 | Photo by Kelvin Servigon

Nica Reyes for eXperiment 3.0 | Photo by Kelvin Servigon

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You read it right. Bulacan united its three main beauty titles, Mutya ng Bulacan, Lakambini ng Bulacan and Bb. Bulacan, into one glamorous coronation night, the La Bulaquena. Over thirty candidates competed for three main titles and shouted their beauty in front of hundreds of people. The coronation night was full of unity from every municipality and every city of Bulacan. Many were shouting their bets, many were giving their big hand to the most wonderful young lady and many were really eager to see the beauty of every candidates.

Me, together with my cousins, watched the pageant night. And luckily, I was placed in front of stage together with other photographers. So, I got lots of photos. (more…)

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Finally, after the long wait, we organized another pictorial. And, again, I’m with my sister and my cousins. Ar Ehm (the one who won the Red Mobile phone last Top 10 Influential Blogs of 2009 Eyeball) was the hair and make-up artist of the night and the instant light man. Me, of course, the photographer and the two young ladies are the models.

We were having a blast while doing the photo shoot because everyone of us we’re comfortable with each other which is one of my tips on how to be photogenic. Ar Ehm, my cousin, helped me with the lighting. I have no lights to use that night. We just have a circle florescent light at the ceiling. But, we’re so lucky that Ar Ehm got an idea that the a huge mirror will help to light our models! He just flipped the mirror in front of the model and the light bloomed at the bottom part of our model. That was a great idea Ar Ehm!

Every pictorial with my cousins is a sure fun moment. We badly need to repeat this thing. LOL.

No more words! Here are some of the photos:

Camille Polintan | eXperiment 2.0 by Kelvin Servigon

Camille Polintan | eXperiment 2.0 by Kelvin Servigon

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Kelvin Servigon | Photo by Marvin Maning

I’d been taking pictures of others for sometime. But for sometime, too, I’d been the model for other photographers. Being a model is a lot of fun. Especially when your photographer has a good sense of humor. Friendship is instant here.

But there’s always sad moment. When you saw the results of your photos–unpleasant, not appropriate, HORRIBLE. But you can avoid this depressing moment if you are PHOTOGENIC (yeah).

Being photogenic is very important in taking photos of humans (like us). Some says that it’s a gift from God, but for me, it’s not a gift, it’s a skill. You can learn how yourself to be photogenic in pictures. You can practice many things to achieve your photogenic looks. And there are several ways to do this.

Based from my little experience, and from some google research, I found 10 ways on how to be photogenic. Yeah, brace yourself for these ways–very simple.

1. Know your angle. Everytime you face the mirror, try looking for the best angle where you are looking good. Is it at the left side of your face? Right side? Front? Look for it.
2. Practice smiling. Before facing the camera, face first your best buddy, the mirror. Practice smiling, know your perfect smile. In some case, when your smiling in front of a camera, you believe that your smile is nice, but when you look yourself at the mirror, it’s unpleasant. This happens because you don’t give your best smile. Hey, you’re beautiful right? C’mon, give ‘em your best SMILE!
3. Can’t smile that much? Saying some words while smiling will help you, a little. The word cheese will give you the ordinary smile. But saying “A”, pronounced as “ey” not “ah”, while smiling will open your mouth a little bit which will give you some spice in your face. Sexy looking thing.
4. Think yourself as the most handsome/beautiful living creature in the world. This will help you. It will boost your confidence in front of the camera. BELIEVE YOURSELF.
5. Choose appropriate clothes when taking yourself. Choose the clothes that will fit not only you but also the background. (This is applicable only for self-portraits. Being a model doesn’t need this, because other staffs will do this for them )
6. Give yourself some facial treatment. I mean, wear some make-up. If necessary, wear heavier make-up, or light ones if not. It will extremely help you, especially to those who have acne.
7. Always straight, but not all the time. While in front of camera, if you are standing, stand straight. Always do the good posture. But always obey what the photographer said for your pose. But if you think something’s wrong, try to tell it to him. It’s not bad to express your feelings, right?
8. Play with your eyes. Your eye is your key to good expression, especially in not-smiling poses. Fierce eyes–very great!
9. Relax. Relax yourself man. Don’t be nervous or afraid in front of the camera, it will not eat you! Being relax will help you be good in photos, but being nervous will be reflected in the photos. You choose.
10. Enjoy the shoot. Being comfortable with your co-workers will boost some confidence, and enjoying the shoot will give you more perfect smiles and relaxing poses.

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Hello everyone! Its so cold tonight because of the breeze coming in at our house. Anyways, I just received an e-mail from a social networking site reporting that Mr. Marvin Maning posted a comment somewhere at my profile saying that the second set of photos from the pictorial was done! Yey!

What pictorial? Last May 23, I posted a blog post here about the first set of photos from our pictorial which you can see here: Kelvin Servigon as a Model. And as I promised, I will post the second set here.

And finally, here is the second set of photos, taken by Mr. Marvin Maning at Arresting Images Studio, Tomas Morato:

Kelvin Servigon as a Model | Photo by Marvin Maning

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