sunrise, sunset

picture perfect?

30 pesos for brewed coffee
10 pesos for toll
50 pesos for gas

that’s even less than a tall sugarfree nonfat no-whip caramel machiatto.

i miss bacolod. *sigh*

why i like photographing kids

they’re effortless models.
they know how to smile.
they have indespensable amounts of energy.

i could go on and on and on and on…

now THAT is a truck.

so macho, oh so macho…

at may mini-me pa! so cute!

the ruins

after a 6-month travel drought, i was quite determined to visit and photograph the famed lacson mansion ruins in talisay. but then again, there are a thousand (or more) versions of this structure. i vowed not to take the same photo.

wachathink?

monochromatic makati

after 10 minutes of waiting for a friend to meet up with me in the condo lobby… i was bored.

makati has these ridiculous rules against DSLRs, so i took this photo while inside the car.

glug, glug, glug.

at the manila ocean park, more than a month ago.

somehow i expected extra-exotic marine life for 400php.

the lapu-lapu (which, could be found in the frozen seafood section at rustan’s grocery) occupied an entire wall. i’m seriously hoping they improve or revamp the place.

eto na lang, big nguso.

forgot what it’s called, but it was the only fish that behaved while i was photographing him/her.

sa breakwater

four. bannaple cakes devoured in twenty minutes : blueberry cheesecake, oreo cheesecake, snickers cheesecake, and banoffee pie.

three. starbucks coffee branches in mall of asia.

two. books purchased at the manila international book fair. must. practice. discipline.

one. credit card. damaged and wiped. *sigh*

zero. cups of coffee glugged during the past six months. as to why, that’s another story.

a friend of mine is a member of INK (aka ilustrador ng kabataan)  and they had these storybook characters exhibited outside the book fair. i must say, the attention to detail was incredible.

now, if i may share the ultra-fabulous manila bay sunset…

5:22pm

good night, everyone.

couch potato

some people call it frustration. i call it darn-i’m-out-of-ideas-plus-i-can’t-go-on-roadtrips stage. with gas prices soaring high, my roadtrip escapades have dwindled from two every month to… none. nada. zilch. plus, my roadtrip buddies are either too busy or are away from manila.

on a lighter note…

my friends have recently unveiled their showroom (okay, showroom extension) and i must say… me likey the couch!

wedding

apologies for the super duper late post.

photos taken during the wedding preps and reception.

don’t have time to post-process my photos, so these are as raw as they could get. well, except for the borders.

much as i’d like to cry about my gear (or lack thereof), i’d rather focus on what i have right now. ambient lighting + non-VR lens = HELL. wah.

sorry, can’t help it.

kamay

little flower girl

oh, and i sold my cam already.

doesn’t require a genius IQ to figure out why. *teehee*

lakeshore

i have this friend who has a mild aversion to cameras.

worse, she has to go through another prenup shoot with a photographer she hasn’t met yet, in a public place at 3pm. first prenup shoot was a couple of months ago in the same place.

i tagged along.

good thing, the photographer was funny, the makeup artist was hilarious and the shoot went a-ok.

now if only i can say the same thing about the previous pre-nup shoot…