I’ve long been wanting to try to cover a real, honest to goodness festival – which our country is filled with, all year round. And I think there was no better way to induct myself (and my wife, incidentally, who this early, I will say, got much better images than I did) into the wonderful [...]
Tagged: Culture and the Arts
I have no idea how American diner food tasted back in the 80’s, but if it was anything like our recent sampling from Mr. Jones, then it must have tasted very good indeed. The next OpenRice Eat’s a Date me and my wife attended had us a fairly new dining establishment in the fairly new [...]
And, the crowd went wild. Well, I did, at least, when Wolfgang took the stage, frontman Basti Artadi his usual angas self. Call me old, but Halik ni Hudas will always be one of my favorite rock songs of all time. Of course, the Y! Rocks event last December 8, featured other great bands like [...]
Categories: Events,Music,People and Portraits
Let me say this at the beginning: I’m not a big fan of sandwiches. That being said though, I was pleasantly surprised when I got to sample a couple of ‘slabwiches’ from Chuck’s Deli at the Eat’s a Date event sponsored by OpenRice.com. I’ve eaten at couple of high-end sandwich / deli shops before, but [...]
Categories: Events,Food,Personal
Tagged: chucks deli eastwood
Ten years is a long time in show business; ask anyone. Staying – and going strong – is a feat reserved for the truly talented (and best marketed). Case in point: Sitti Navarro. She started singing in small bars at a very young age, and her talent was unmistakable. From her humble roots, she has grown [...]
Categories: Events,Music,People and Portraits
Playing around with lights and effects while shooting at a corporate event I covered recently. Things were wrapping up and the few people left were just having a cheerful good time before calling it a day. Photo was only resized and sharpened for better contrast in Photoshop, no other effects added.
Categories: Events,The Mundane
I know the phrase is overused and abused (and that last phrase too), but it really does hold true for many – myself included. Anyway, to celebrate, I’d just like to post some images from the BaliKaBayani benefit concert held last April at the Araneta Coliseum. Some behind the scenes (BTS) shots from the rehearsals: [...]
Tagged: BaliKaBayani, OPM, philippine music scene
Weaving through the throngs of hardcore Sugarfree fans as they trooped to Eastwood Central Plaza to witness the band’s ‘final’ live performance was no easy feat – with dagger stares from a few idiots who didn’t seem to grasp the concept of what a “free concert” was – but shooting a rock band was really [...]
Tagged: event photography, Final Concert, music photography, Sugarfree
It’s been a bad week. Really. Sigh. I’m raring for another shoot, but I have no time to spare these days (and cash, for that matter) to go out. I have been blessed though, to be able to shoot a lot these past few weeks. While second to my love of landscapes, concert coverage will [...]
Tagged: bituin escalante, concert coverage, concert photography, event photography, jay marquez, jon santos, lea salonga, moy ortiz, the company
Slept at 9PM, work up two hours later. Got to the site at 4AM, waited to get in until 6AM. Want to give it another go next year – hopefully it won’t be a chore getting those photographer’s passes. That is all. BOW.
Categories: Events,Festivals,Landscape and Travel,Photojournalism
Tagged: HAB 2011, hot air balloon festival, hot air balloon fiesta