My Unseen Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Shots

Last Tuesday was a memorable night of photography for me. I got this rare chance of having a free photography workshop courtesy of Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. Jay Tablante a great photographer of most billboards on EDSA was the one who led the workshop for the night. He shared a lot of things to most of us who are new into this field.

I simply cannot forget his sensible words: “It’s not because you carry a Digital SLR (Single Lens Reflex), that gives you the right to call yourself a photographer.” Indeed, he is right. It’s also one of the reasons that I just put a simple copyright on my photos just incase someone steals some of them. As for my portfolio site, I still have nothing to put there since I’m still a so-called newbie who acquired her first DSLR last April.

I enjoyed the workshop. However, I had a difficult time of finding things to capture around the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf outlet at Bonifacio High Street. It’s because I’m used to shooting things the way they are and I don’t find some sense in fabricating one’s Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Moment pictures. Although using the props is a good option, I do find shooting things without lots of props really challenging.

Sad, I know I could’ve done better if I toyed with some props. Moving on with my sort-of ‘photographer’s block’ (this is just my term in accordance with writer’s block ), in this post are some of the pictures I took along with the first photo.

So why the title of this post? Well, it was this: My pictures were not not by the laptops durnig the event along with that card reader the staff had. In some way, it made me feel bad because the best part of taking photographs is to share them. Nevertheless, I don’t mind now since I have a blog and I can be able to share my success and failures in capturing images. Good or bad, this is my Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Story. I would still ike to thank all those who organized the event in making those free workshops possible.