What good way to spend my "me" time is spending it learning new things about the things or activities I like. Yeah, Im not the posh and fash type of mom spending "me" time shopping and going to salon. When I learned about this event, Take Blog-worthy Photos Mini Photography Workshop, by Mommy Bloggers Philippines, I immediately marked my calendar, ME TIME! Just perfect.
I chose the PM session last February 21st, because I have a prior commitment with Q at school in the morning. But the supposedly alone time became a date with Z. The original plan is to leave him with my parents, but due to some construction going on with the house, they cannot accomodate him there. So, I brought him instead with high hopes he will cooperate and will not throw a fit in the middle of discussions when he suddenly feels bored.
Oh dear, but he did. :P
The Venue for the PM session is at Saboten, one of the growing restaurant chains of Raintree Group of Restaurants, located in Glorrieta 5. One of reasons I chose the afternoon session is I love Japanese food. I would love to take photos of this cuisine if it happens to be our subject for the activity.;-) Our lecture started a bit late but it was worth the wait for we have learned so much from our speaker Mommy Joy Domingo - Gurtiza aside from taking home beautiful loots from the event's sponsors.
Basic photography skills, Lighting, Angles & positioning and Importance of props, are among the important things I learned from the workshop. We got a chance to take photos of the sponsored items from Japan Homes and of course the delicious food, well-presented and served by Saboten.
Below are my share of shots applying the learnings from the workshop. I brought and used my 6 year-old and ever reliable point-n-shoot, Canon Powershot SX110. I also tried using the camera from my Samsung Galaxy Tab3. But I really like the quality output of my point-n-shoot so I used it more. I hope Teacher Joy would be proud of me, despite my somewhat poor execution because I had to do it quickly for my date is having tantrums on the side. Big Thanks to the 3 mommy attendees, who happened to be my seatmates, including Mommy Jho (www.thereyoujho.com), who alternately played and carried Z so he would stop squealing while I'm having my turn for the photoshoot, as if I'm nowhere in sight but the truth is I'm just a table away.
They are all delicious than they look. But I hope the photos made you curious and wanna check out a Saboten branch nearest you.
Raintree Restaurants brings you Saboten, together with other bistros in the Metro: Museum Cafe, Kabila, Chelsea, Mr. Jones, MOMO Cafe, Premier, Stella, Rocket Room and Terraz. Since 2013, it has been bringing top-quality Tonkatsu dishes to be enjoyed with Authentic sides and sauces from Japan
Saboten Branches:
Glorrietta 5, Makati City and G/F Serendra Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
Thank you SO much Mommy Bloggers Philippines for coming up with this workshop; to Mommies Joy, Lanie, Louisa. To all the generous sponsors for our food, venue and take away loots,
Saboten, Glorietta 5 (Museum Cafe for the morning Session)
Japan Homes
Nature Republic
Villa del Conte
Oil of Argan
Henry's Professional
Gouache
But wait there's more! I won in the raffle! My "Me" time turned to one lucky day. Yeah, sounds OA but you don't get a P1,900.00 pesos worth of bag everyday, right? Thanks Gouache Bags!!!
If you're thinking about your next time for yourself, you might want to research for and try activities like this. *wink*
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