Portrait of Miko, with the left half of his face formed from electric-blue binary and the right half photographed in warm light.

Code & Photography

A personal studio at the intersection of software development and photography.

Every story starts somewhere.

This one starts with a kid who never stopped looking.

It started early.

Before I ever held a camera, I was already chasing moments.

Some kids collected stickers.I collected pixels.

What began as playing around turned into an obsession with how things look, move and work.I taught myself the tools — one frame, one line of code at a time.Soft retouching brought more clarity to the subject while keeping the image natural and true to the moment.The colors were refined with a cooler, more cinematic tone to create a calm and polished atmosphere.Light, contrast, and focus were carefully balanced to give the portrait more depth and emotional presence.

Before: Unedited photograph for Before / After comparison. After: Edited photograph for Before / After comparison. Use Left and Right Arrow keys to adjust the comparison. Home shows the after image; End shows the before image.

Somewhere between then and now.

Miko and Mama
Miko Montenegro
Miko and Papa
Miko - Manila
Miko and sister
Miko 15

Always filming.

Most of it starts right here — in my pocket.

Small screen, big playground.

I shoot, cut and test ideas on the go.If it works in my hand, it works anywhere.

Straight from the camera roll.

No setup, no crew — just what caught my eye.

Then I learned to film big.

New heights, new angles, new stories.

Today it's two crafts, one eye.

Whether I'm framing a shot or writing code — it's the same thing: building something people feel.