Dropping off my college life and go for a little walk

Finally, those college things already finish. To full fill my empty days, i went to ciwalk with my flawless friend, Kinan and her brother, Rangga. They asked me to accompany them to go to ciwalk for looking up some shoes. Shopping time they said. With this obnoxious knowledge about places and directions, i accompanied them.
In all conscience, this is not my first time i went to ciwalk. But the last time i went there, i was rode a bike. So i have no idea about public transportation which is stop in Ciwalk. Google helped us to find that place. Thanks google!

Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to go shopping - Bo Derek -

Gazillion people out there are maybe also said that. But not for me, i think without money we can also be happy! I went there just with my body, friends and camera.. and a bit money  and those happiness not came from money. And yes i don't know where to go shopping hahaha.

Rangga was grumbling when Kinan looked up for her shoes

FYI, boys are also selective about fashion. Rangga told me that from his behavior. Boys only buy what they need and what suitable for them. If they didn't find 'that things' which is into them, then they would not buy anything....except food. The conclusion is.... we didn't buy anything because there is no such a thing that suitable with Rangga's taste of shoes. Hell yeah.

Gazillion people watch their performance. Okay, that's to much.

And this is how i look. As simple as usual.

A picture of us

We were hungry yesterday. Too hungry until when we went in to a shoes store, the smell that we tasted was a smell of breads. Suddenly our brain edgy! With this gallant body we walked out from that shoes store and glimpse look to the bread store. Can't hide this hunger anymore. nom nom..

I bought a piece of blueberry cheese cake and a not-know-the-name-bread. Freakilicios!

yeeaahh we're so daymn hungreeh

Unfortunately, there were something bad happened. Chocolate milkshake that Kinan has bought spilled. 49K she said :( and she shocked so bad because of that. Bad-mood mode: ON.

Shocked. A lot.

So, Kinan forfeit her expensive chocolate milkshake and Rangga didn't get his shoes and me.. got my freakilicious Blueberry cheese cake. What a 'Perfect' day. Alhamdulillah. At least i've been told that money isn't always makes us happy. Sometimes, it makes us angry and unhappy.
What if the price of that chocolate milkshake just for 5K, maybe Kinan do not have to moody as much as yesterday.

XOXO -unemenel-

"Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!" -Alexander McQueen-

Tahap editing foto adalah salah satu tahap penyempurnaan foto yang sangat berperan dalam dunia fotografi. Selain bisa dijadikan ajang penyempurnaan, foto editing juga bisa menjadi tempat meluapkan kreatifitas. Pada proses editing, otak kita dipaksa berpikir bagaimana caranya agar foto tersebut dapat lebih terlihat menarik dan apa saja hal-hal yang harus dilakukan untuk mencapai titik 'lebih menarik' itu.

Why? Kenapa editing idu perlu?
Perlu dikasih tanda kutip dulu nih ya, perlu itu bukan berarti harus. Kalau memang hasil suatu karya fotografi itu sudah sempurna bagi sang fotografer dan sempurna untuk end use yang diperlukan, maka proses editing itu nggak harus dilakukan. Tapi seringali proses itu dibutuhkan untuk:

1. Dibidang media cetak, proses editing itu faktor penting. Di koran misalnya, tanpa proses editing, foto yang akan tampak di koran akan rusak, lumer, karena tinta yang dikeluarkan untuk menceta foto itu terlalu banyak dan kertas koran terlalu... berpori (?). Jadi diciptakanlah mode setting foto "newspapper" yang hasil fotonya pixelnya sangat terlihat dan jadi buled buled gitu. Itu yang terlihat di laptop, tapi alau sudah masuk ke percetakan, justru gambar akan terlihat normal, pas dan tidak lumer.
2. Majalah Fashion: Biasanya hasil dari proses pemotretan di ranah ini selalu melewati proses editing. Ntah itu hanya sebatas cropping, level, saturation atau bahkan sampai pada rekayasa foto yang kita kenal sebagai Editorial Photography. Kenapa itu perlu? Kamera itu pada dasarnya tidak sepandai otak manusia (ya jelas lah) maka dari itu terkadang salah menilai suatu warna dikarenakan deteksi grey area yang kurang akurat (mungkin) jadinya warna asli dan warna barang atau baju yang ada difoto hasilnya agak berbeda. So, editing saturasi dll. pun akhirnya perlu dilakukan. 
3. Untuk menghasilkan karya yang berbeda yang tidak bisa dijangkau hanya dengan bantuan kamera saja. Misalnya kita mau membuat 6 foto dari satu orang yang sama ada di satu frame foto. Bagaimana caranya? Editing lah jawabannya. Lah ne, emang pake double expose ga bisa? NOPE. Double expose itu nanti jatuhnya opacity masing-masing objek berkurang gitu deh. eh tapi mungkin bisa aja sih, cuman une belum pernah nyoba haha. cobain gih. 
4. Dan mungkin yang terakhir itu untuk meraih nilai estetika yang belum tercapai pada foto asli. Mungkin fotonya terlalu gelap, terlalu terang, terlalu miring, terlalu blur, dll. dan pada proses editing, nilai estetika foto yang tersembunyi itu kita munculkan. 

Apa sih hal-hal yang paling pertama harus dilakukan untuk memulai editing?
Pertama-tama kita harus punya software-nya dulu dong. Kali ini hasil karya yang une tampilkan di bawah itu berasal dari fitur-fitur yang ada di dalam PhotoScape. Temen-temen pasti tahu kan software yang satu ini? PhotoScape adalah software untuk meng-edit foto yang bisa dibilang mudah untuk digunakan karena memang didalamnya banyak fitur-fitur otomatis yang memudahkan penggunanya untuk berkreasi. Tapi, karena banyak fitur otomatis, ada beberapa hal yang tidak bisa kita jangkau karena keotomatisannya; contohnya PhotoScape tidak bisa digunakan untuk menyeleksi bagian yang akan diedit dan PhotoScape tidak bisa menjadikan background foto menjadi transparan. Dengan keterbatasan-keterbatasan itu bukan berarti kreatifitas dan ide kita juga jadi terbatas. Semua hal itu bisa diakalin. Asalkan temen-temen sudah tahu mengenai fungsi fitur-fiturnya, otak-atik fotonya bakal lebih seru.

Photo editor sekarang makin banyak dan makin aneh aneh loh. Untuk une sendiri sih editor yang paling menarik itu ada macem macem. Photo Editor untuk PC dulu deh ya

1. Photoshop: udah jelas lah ini yang paling sering dipakai oleh orang-orang di penjuru dunia (sotau). Fiturnya lengkap dan asik banget buat di utakatik. 
2. Photoscape: Well, ini yang paling sering une pake setelah photoshop. ketika butuh editing cepet, ya pake ini. 
3. Adobe lightroom: ini aplikasi banyak dipakai oleh kakak-kakak lensa yang udah nyari penghasilan dari photography. Katanya sih buat pengaturan warna enak banget pakai app ini. 
4. (Baca lebih detail: Aplikasi Edit Foto)

1. Sebelum mulai ngedit. Ada baiknya kita cari inspirasi dulu. Ada baiknya kita tau dulu tujuannya ngeditnya itu biar fotonya keliatan kayak gimana? kita tau dulu fungsi penyampaiannya. For example: Kita mau foto ini keliatan jadul ala ala 80's karena kita pengen menyampaikan rasa vintage atau retro dari foto tsb. Nah, kalau sudah tau mau dijadikan seperti apa fotonya, kita pun akan semakin mudah menentukan fitur-fitur yang akan kita pakai pada saat editing. une saranin kalau mau cari dan ngumpulin ide itu yang asik ya lewat PINTEREST
2. Kalau sudah, kenali dulu fitur fiturnya, cobain ke beberapa foto. Ulik satu persatu. info yang sudah beredar di dunia tentang kegunaan fitur dan keistimewaan dari masing software sudah amat sangat banyak dan beragam. jadi jangan males untuk buka tutorial baik itu berupa tulisan atau live tutorial dari Youtube. Ulik! otak-atik sampe pusing. Jangan malas untuk browsing ttng fitur atau tanya ke orang yang lebih ngerti. Kalau gatau, cari! Kalau gatau, tanya! xixi. 

Nah, perangkat udah punya, pengetahuan tentang fitur udah ada, referensi juga udah, yaudah deh tinggal capcus mulai mempergila foto foto.

Ini nih hasil mngulik berhari-hari. Tapi sayangnya tahap-tahap editingnya ga banyak yang une inget, bahkan kalau ditanya "bikinnya gimana ne?" aja une gatau harus jawab mulai dari mana. karena setiap foto prosesnya panjang dan banyak Ctrl+Z dan Delete nya. #akukudupiye. Kayaknya lain kali harus dicatat tahapannya, supaya bisa dijadiin tutorial. hehe.

Photographer: Rino Hatta FD 2012 Model: Rena

Photographer: FD 2012 Stylish: Menayura Model: Nailul Ladzah

Photographer: FD 2012 Model: Winona Olvin

Photographer: FD 2012 Model: Ruth Kinanti P

Photographer: FD 2012 Model: -

Photographer: Winona Olvin Model: Mipah

Photographer: Ibranesa Nissreyasa Model: Missel Rakai

Photographer: FD 2012 Model: Nailul Ladzah & Winona Olvin

XOXO -unemenel-

XOXO -unemenel-

I thought i've fallen in love with Lindsay Adler! I found her existence in youtube couple days ago. Who is she actually?
Lindsay Adler is a professional portrait fashion photographer based in NY City. Her editorial work has published internationally from youtube, her own site, and also from several magazine that she work with. I love her because of her soft, weird, creative, and also deep meaning work.
Her nippy and gallant style makes me love her even more! She's young and really open minded.
As i know, since 2010, she has made 3 books and one video project.
Her first book is "A Linked Photographer's Guide to Online Marketing an Social Media"
In 2011 she published her second book tittled "Fashion Flair  for Portrait and Wedding Photography"
In 2012 she published a book again "Shooting in Shitty Light" aaaaand her recently published video is about nude photography. I hate that project because of its nudity. Maybe it was just a usual fine art for her but yeah it's not fit me.
She also teach bro... she annually teach about photograph at some photographic community. She has spoken to hundreds or maybe thousands photographer around the world about many things such as; topic ranging, retouching, fashion technique, studio lighting and etc.
Awesome.
That word represented all about her. In her young age, she already had so many experiences for being a professional photographer. Crazy busy schedule just like an ordinary activities for her.
K, the point is.... she's awesome
You have to check out her work. here they are.



XOXO -unemenel-

Source:

1. https://www.creativelive.com/instructor/lindsay-adler
2. http://lindsayadler.photoshelter.com/#!/portfolio/G0000vzzUT3NPa44/I0000v25zONYWazQ
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Adler

Congratulation Perisai Diri for the reborn!
Yesterday, at 30th November 2014, me and two of my friends documented PD's event. This event attended by alumnus of STT Tekstil who was joined Perisai Diri when they were still studying in STT Tekstil.
Why actually they called this event "Reborn of Perisai Diri"?
Perisai Diri have formed by their alumnus to distribute their passion about martial. But unfortunately this unit has vacuumed for several times and because these days there are many new students who interested with this unit, so the alumnus' were trying to make this unit rise up again, and finally yesterday they re-inaugurate Perisai Diri for being student's unit in STTT (yeay)
For me, yesterday was my "All You Can Eat Day" hahaha. I got soooo many free snacks (and foods) such as onde-onde, risol, agar-agar, roti, ayam bakar, etc. Although i knew that my body willl get bigger and bigger if i ate that much, but still.. foods are everything bro. They're my bestfriends #huek hahaha
Ok now let me introduce my partners, they are Dinar and Wowo. Actually Wowo is my senior, i usually call him Ka Wowo and Dinar is my classmates (re: temen seangkatan). They're such a good photographer. Share anything about photography with them is one of my favorite things. Here they are.

Ka Wowo and Dinar

She is one of alumnus' child, i forgot her name but their parents called her Eneng (Girl in West Javanese). She is extremely cute, isn't she?

Ooh, this one is one of my picture from this event. not bad right? you guys have to see their face who are sitting around those two people. "Oh God He Is Awesome" face! wkwk

Trio Kepompong.....

Once again, thank you soo much Perisai Diri for invited us to documenting your event. Long last ya baby :)

XOXO -unemenel-