Vantage Point

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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After Liliw, we headed west to the town of Nagcarlan, this town is famous for its Underground Cemetery. This unique burial place was built by the Franciscan Missionaries in 1845, it was here where the revolutionary forces of Laguna met secretly during the Philippine Revolution in 1896.

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After being soaked in the rain in Majayjay, the next stop was in Liliw in time for lunch, Liliw is known for her footwear industry, old Spanish era houses & her beautiful church.

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This was the first major Photo EB organized by PiPho Forum for 2008, the route will cover the provinces of Laguna & Batangas. The most number of attendees was recorded here, 53 photographers gathered to shoot & share their passion together. We opted to rent a bus instead of having around 10-15 cars [...]

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I’m back at the Manila Hotel after 21 years, the first time I stepped on this hotel was when I applied for a hotel staff position in 1987. I was hoping that I would continue my college studies if ever I’d landed a job there, unfortunately, they can’t hire me even with the best [...]

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Like what I’ve mentioned in my previous entry, I have tested my new lens today. Matt & I covered the pre-nuptial photos of Niko & Alda in Tagaytay City.

Niko & Alda will exchange their I do’s on March 2, 2008 in Sydney, Australia, ooops! I won’t be there to cover it, they’ve commissioned [...]

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I went to Clark Free Port Zone in Pampanga yesterday to witness the 12th Philippine Hot Air Balloon Fiesta.

It was my first time to go there, in fact, I don’t know how to go there. What I did was I left Cavite around 8PM went to 3 different bus terminals to check which bus [...]

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I’m all set for my first Hot Air Balloon Festival Shoot, I got my ticket, the close range shooting pass & the free Epson cap, the access pass entitles me to come as close as possible to the balloons & a free print (for the contest entry) on the Epson booth.
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I got my free ticket for the 12th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta from OneWorkshop, Inc. yesterday. Only 20 tickets were given to PiPho forum members & I believe the same number was provided for I-Mag forumers.

The event will happen on Feb 7-10, 2008 at Clark Field in Pampanga. My close range access [...]

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Last Sunday, nagkita-kita ang mga wannabe strobist ng PiPho sa Cordillera Coffee sa Vargas Museum ng UP Diliman.

Photo courtesy of Willie De Vera
Ano nga ba ang strobist? According to their blog:

Larger strobes have their place, but they tend to spend a lot of time in trunks and stuffed under beds. But the small, everyday [...]

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