Photos, Quotes, Inspiration

Hi Everyone,

I have created a new blog which houses all my "photoquotes".

As you probably know, I love collecting quotes and taking photos of course. Now I have combined these two loves into what I call as "photoquotes".

If you need a daily dose of inspiration, then this is just the site for you. Please check it out and follow me over there too. Here is the link: http://getinspired-photoquotes.blogspot.com/ 

And here is an example of what you will find there:

See you there!

Aliwan Festival

It's almost that time of the year again! I mean fiesta or festival time!

I'm sharing here a photo taken during the Aliwan Festival 2 years ago. This is the mother of all festivals as it includes the contingent from other regions of the Philippines. This year, it's going to be held on April 11 - 13, 2013.

I have written about this festival in my HubPages. Here is the link: http://jill-of-alltrades.hubpages.com/hub/I-Recommend-the-Aliwan-Festival-in-the-Philippines

The Heart Relic of Saint Camillus

I just experienced one of the most spiritually uplifting days in my life!

I was part of the Documentation Committee during the visit of the heart relic of Saint Cammillus to the church of the Camillian Sisters in our subdivision. I wrote about this visit in my hub here:
http://jill-of-alltrades.hubpages.com/hub/Encounter-with-a-Heart-that-Goes-On-a-Journey

Here is a photo of this heart relic.

Flowers Smile When They See Me

Just sharing my first ever photo book from Blurb.

It's title is: "Flowers Smile When They See Me"

As you know, flowers are one of my favorite subjects for my photography. I've placed some of my favorite flower photos in this book. Hope you enjoy them.

Flowers Smile
When They See Me by Salvacion Placer Angtuaco | Make Your Own Book

A Year at RedBubble

It's been a little over a year now since I joined RedBubble - an art community.

I am enjoying my membership there and have gained some close friends as well as several acquaintances. Many of the photos that I have posted here (like the photo above) are also found in my RedBubble site. However, they are available as hires photos because you can sell art works in the site.

I also enjoy joining the many challenges in RB because I am challenged to go out of my comfort zone in terms of my photography.

I am happy to say that I have won some of the challenges but of course I also lost some. However, I can say that everything is fun! fun! fun!

Not only that, I have also sold some works (cards) in RedBubble. I am just happy that somebody appreciated my work well enough to part with his/her money and buy some of my cards. Right now, my most popular work is this:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/lensbaby/works/7193070-doing-small-things-with-great-love?c=81937-sold

It's a photo of some grasses which I coupled with a quote from Mother Teresa. Somebody loved it so much and bought 40 copies of this. Imagine that! I danced with joy when I learned about it. I don't even know who the buyer is so I thanked him/her publicly in RedBubble.

So this is how far I have gone in my photography now.

You can see a running slide show of my works in RedBubble in the links section at the right side of this blog.

Playing with Gradients Again

I am not yet through playing with gradients and blending. I came up with this happy result while doing so.

This is really so much fun and the results sometimes surprise me. What do you think?

By the way, there is a bigger version of this photo in my RedBubble site. Please click on the following link
if interested. http://www.redbubble.com/people/lensbaby/works/9069261-the-partys-over

Happy Easter Using Gradient Tool

I just recently discovered the beauty of using the "gradient tool" in Photoshop and I had fun playing with some of my photos and creating fun cards.

Here is an example:

I love the softness created by the gradient. I actually created several layers here and then used the gradient tool for the final blending of the layers.

Have a Happy Easter!!!