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UP Macro Shoot EB

June 2nd, 2008 · 6 Comments

One thing is for sure, macro photography is addicting!
Last Saturday, a macro shoot EB was organized at UP Diliman Campus by PiPho forumers, macro masters like Arbil, Neil & Orlee were there & it’s an opportunity to learn the tricks of the masters.
Different macro gadgets came out, some are commercially available & most of it [...]

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Tags: Macro · Photo Ops · Photography

Ladies of the Flag

May 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments

As promised, this will be the second part of my Wagayway Festival post, this time I’ll be featuring the “Ladies of the Flag”, each of the lovely ladies will represent a symbol in our National Flag, the first of which are the three stars representing the 3 island group of our archipelago, namely Luzon, Visayas [...]

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Tags: Cavite · Events · Festivals · Photo Ops · Photography · Pilipinas

1st Wagayway Festival

May 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Wagayway Festival of Imus, Cavite kicked off yesterday with a street parade. Wagayway is a Filipino term meaning wave, obviously because it’ll be the National Flag Day on May 28th. It was May 28, 1898 when the Philippine Flag was first waved by the troops of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo in a battle [...]

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Tags: Cavite · Events · Festivals · Photo Ops · Photography

Higantes, Street Dancers & Floats at Ayala Avenue

May 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The roads of the Makati’s Central Business District was congested last Friday 09 May 2008, instead of the PUV’s & other vehicles plying the Ayala Avenue, it was closed to traffic to give way to the opening salvo of Makati’s 338th Founding Anniversary Grand Parade.
Higantes (Giant paper mache), Marching Bands, Street Dancers, Floats & Delegation [...]

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Tags: Festivals · Photo Ops · Photography

Wet Aliwan Fiesta!

May 4th, 2008 · 6 Comments

It was raining cats & dogs last Friday, which, made me contemplate on covering the Aliwan Fiesta.
But Saturday came & the sun was high up in the sky & it was hot, I went on with my plan of covering the event. It was noon when I arrived at the Quirino Grandstand, the event’s [...]

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Tags: Events · Festivals · Photo Ops · Photography

Manila Zoo visit with PAVIC

April 20th, 2008 · 9 Comments

I played Kuya to this kid yesterday.

Her name is Edelyn Garcia, a 16 year old visually impaired kid from Blumentrit, Manila. Today is a special day for her & her friends from PAVIC (Parent Advocates for the Visually Impaired Children), they will have a chance to visit the Manila Zoo.
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Tags: Events · Kids · Parks · Photo Ops · Photography

Manila Ocean Park

April 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Manila’s latest buzz is the Manila Ocean Park, patterned after the famous Ocean Parks in Singapore & Hong Kong, Manila’s aquarium won’t be left behind.

I had a chance to visit the Ocean Park behind Quirino Grandstand, although most of the building, i.e. hotel, mall were still under construction, the aquarium was opened about 2 months [...]

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Tags: Parks · Photo Ops · Photography

Bugs on the road

April 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Bugs were scattered on the streets of Quezon City this morning, I’m talking about Volkswagen Beetle. Volks owners, through the initiative of the Volkswagen Club of the Philippines, Beetle owners gathered at the QC City Hall grounds in an attempt to set-up a record on the most Volkswagen cars parade.

It’s not limited to the [...]

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Tags: Events · Photo Ops · Photography

MALELDO: The re-enactment of Christ’s crucifixion

March 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Warning: some might find the following images gory or violent, please exit the page if you’re sensitive to these kinds on images. - The Author
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I’ve been wanting to witness this event since 2005, the re-enactment of of Christ’s crucifixion which is happening every Good Friday in [...]

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Tags: Customs & Traditions · Festivals · Photo Ops · Photography · Religion & Culture

Laguna Loop Photo EB Part 4: University of the Philippines, Los Baños

March 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Our last stop was at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna Campus, two places were identified for a photo ops, bad news was, we weren’t allowed to enter in both places. Our last resort was to proceed to the football ground also inside the campus.
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Tags: Photo Ops · Photography · Pilipinas · Travel