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My Featured Deviation is a glimpse of what you would have seen in my homepage around one year ago. I change it every one to two weeks.

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The photo was taken by me during my tour of Taiwan.

Your class in Math 171 (Introduction to Numerical Analysis) got dissolved on the first day of school. 

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IT… IS… FINISHED…

Journal Entry: Sun Apr 29, 2012, 6:28 AM
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A week late, but still worthy of a journal:

          My college life is over. I have graduated from the University of the Philippines with a degree in BS Mathematics! Fortunately, I'm not "unemployed"… but I'm not working… yet. I'm going with UP Iris to Cambodia for one last hurrah before work.

Here's a photo of the sunset over my college graduation at the Science Oval:



I entered the University of the Philippines with a camera… and I left it with the camera.



Science Oval:


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Joseph Cheng
Artist | Hobbyist | Photography
Philippines
A self-taught photographer since 2003, I've held key positions in various student publications from grade school all the way until college and have even been published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer. In 2012, I graduated from the University of the Philippines with a degree in BS Mathematics.

Although I grew up in events documentation and journalism, my true passion is in landscape and nature photography. Nonetheless, I can do portrait photography if needed.

My belief is that a photographer only reaches his full potential when he can take stunning edit free photographs on any camera - even from cellphones.
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*cycoze Mar 29, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Thank You very much for the recent :+fav:`s !

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=josephacheng Mar 30, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Anytime Cy! :D

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Photography is the art of capturing art.
If you want to make art, jump over to photomanipulation. :noes:
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~molybdenumstudios Feb 29, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Hi Kuya Joseph, here's my new blog post: [link] (:

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Tumblr: [link]
WordPress: [link]
YouTube: [link]
LiveJournal: [link]
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=josephacheng Mar 1, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Done.

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If you want to make art, jump over to photomanipulation. :noes:
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~zhanyuhao Jan 30, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Lol thanks for the :+fav: Joseph 8D

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"If the past was given a shape, it'd be a circle. People going in circles, running round and round, unable to escape the constant reminders of mistakes of varying degrees. There is no end to a circle." - Me
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~synchro-halo Dec 18, 2011
Hi Mr. Joseph Cheng, you randomly came up to me and showed me your lunar eclipse photos in the middle of UPD's recent Lantern Parade. I was really pleased but I was too shy do anything else but smile :) so I asked my friend about you and he showed me your DA and I'm loving it :D

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To sleep, perchance to Dream...
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To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

(William Blake - Auguries of Innocence)
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=josephacheng Dec 20, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Oh wow... you do good research! :laughing:

It's not of the lunar eclipse, just an old photo of the moon: [link]

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~synchro-halo Dec 21, 2011
ohhh you're right. Cos somebody was talking about the eclipse when you came up :laughing: Not much research, just asked Tim, we were together in the parade. You were talking to him when you showed me your cool pics. It's not everyday that a stranger shows me some great photography :D

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To sleep, perchance to Dream...
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To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

(William Blake - Auguries of Innocence)
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=josephacheng Dec 22, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Well it's not everyday that someone recognizes great photography either! :XD:

It's my default answer/photo when people ask me how far my zoom lens can go.

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*Tutchangers Aug 17, 2011  Student General Artist
HEY MR. JOSEPH CHENG!!! :D:D:D hohohohoho

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*kolourednoter Jul 28, 2011  Student Photographer
Hey Joseph!

it's been a while but I'm actually finally getting a new lens this week... THIS WEEK!! yes. My my, I was wondering if 30mm f/2.8 macro lens would be good to use as a prime lens? I will essentially want a lens for portraits/ family photos, landscapes, etc. Would this lens be nice for it or would it be too much macro. I heard it was a pretty nice lens.

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The name is Cate. :camera: Nice to meet you! We should be friends
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=josephacheng Jul 29, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Pero honestly, the working distance on the 30mm macro is too short. To get a full 1:1 macro shot, you need to be 0.75 inches between the lens and the object, this can block the available light making macro shots hard to do. (I know cause I have one: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] )

If you do get it, you'll just end up wanting to get a 100mm Macro lens in the future (like me) which gives you 6.2 inches instead of 0.75! Hahaha

So if you really really need the macro now and can live with the 'difficulty', get it. If you can live without true 1:1 macro, get the 35mm F/1.8 instead - you'll have more fun with DOF :D

Tip: Do not get both. Better to get the 35mm F/1.8 now then save up on a 100mm F/2.8 macro 2 years down the road. By that time, they should have a newer macro (which is what I'm waiting for) and the price of the current 100mm F/2.8 macro will drop by 30%.

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*kolourednoter Jul 31, 2011  Student Photographer
Ahh, okay I see what your saying. And no, I'm not buying to purchase a macro. I think I'll search for a good wide-angle lens and/or some where I can have fun in DOF ^^.
About that, any suggestions?

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=josephacheng Aug 1, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
The 35mm F/1.8; hands down.

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=josephacheng Jul 29, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Simply for the macro feature, yes. It will give you the same field of view as the famous 50mm does on a full frame camera (30×1.5=45mm).

But if you need the shallower depth of field and wider aperture for night/party shots, I'd recommend the 35mm F/1.8 instead... but it's not that good for macro.

Don't count on doing the "reverse lens" technique. It's much harder on all Sony and Nikon lenses.

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~fragilereality Jun 18, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Thank you for the watch :D
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~applecandydoll Jun 7, 2011  Student Photographer
may tatanong ako~
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=josephacheng Jun 7, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Yes? :D

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