April 5, 2006 — the day Kalandrakas was born!
But, what is Kalandrakas?
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It was two months after since I started working in Japan that I got my first digital camera, a Sony DSC-R1. I was taking pictures of almost everything: from plants to animals, macros to landscapes, festivals to cosplays.
When I signed up on Flickr, I had a hard time choosing a screen name since I didn’t want to use my real name. During that time, I was still involved in the company’s bi-annual newsletter named Kalandrakas.
The word kalandrakas means variety or miscellaneous in Cebuano or Bisaya, my local dialect in the Philippines.
Because my photos were so random, I was thinking it would be nice to use this word as my screen name. So there, the Kalandrakas photography was born.
During the first year, I’d been trying to shoot a variety of subjects. There were times that I wanted to focus on one subject, but after some time, I changed to another.
After a year, I got a new camera, a Nikon D80. I then started going out to public places to shoot. The place that I often used to visit before was Harajuku. It was actually in this place I started to love street photography.
In streets, everything is quick and random. Sometimes it’s frustrating, but once you capture raw and candid moments, it just feels great.
Right now, I have a Nikon D700, that works very well with low-light — perfect for street photography during the night.
I might stick to street photography for a while, ‘coz in the streets, the world is so kalandrakas.
Happy 3 years to me as a photographer!
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Achievements of Kalandrakas:
2006
Dec. 9 - JapanToday: Picture of the day
Dec. 22 – Metropolis issue 665: Photo of the week
Dec. 30 – first studio shoot (s0lo)
2007
Apr. 18 – JapanToday: Picture of the Day
Apr. 19 – created the FTPS group (with Naoto)
June 9 – JapanToday: Picture of the Day
June 29 – Metropolis issue 692: Photo of the week
July 6 – Metropolis issue 693: Photo of the week
July 22 – JapanToday: Picture of the Day
2008
Apr. 21 – Kabayan: Fil-Am Fotogs Photographer of the Week
June 23 – Kabayan: Fil-Am Fotogs Photographer of the Week
2009
Mar. 13 – Harajuku photos featured on Gym Class magazine
Mar. 25-29 – Bayanihan: A Photo Exhibit
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12 Comments
congrats jes.. 100 more years for kalandrakas!!!! cheers! :D
Thank you , Res. You’ve been an inspiration.
congrats jess! keep up the good work and explore more! XD
Happy 3 years!! congrats!! yaw nya mi kalimti kung musikat naka ha?! ;))
wow! you’ve come a long way jess!
Van, Grace, & Anton: Thank you!
Actually, it has just begun. I still have a long journey ahead.
CONGRATZ JESS, more 3×3 years to come..keep it up!i like spider on the web..cheers.
As in jess, you’ve achieved a lot in 3 years jud. congratulations and good luck to more years in photography. I think it’s what you were meant to do jud. :)
ka drama bah ani with history paman gyud.. heheh nice one jitorrii!!!
wow, 3 year!!! congrats jeslee :)
happy 3 yrs jess. hehe parang kelan lang tau nagkakilala online.
as what ive told, you are one of my inspirations
congrats jetlee! =) keep it up!