Category Archives: Festivals

Kaloob @ Pasinaya 2012 4

Finally, the Holy Week holidays are at hand, so I’m sort of free to blog again. Whew. This short reprieve is very much welcome. —————————– It’s always a treat to shoot the folks at Kaloob Philippine Music and Dance Ministry – it’s rare to see a skilled cultural dance group that makes it a point [...]

The super-duper awesomeness that only happens once a year on what is usually the fourth Sunday of January, sometimes called the festival of all Philippine festivals, more commonly known as the Dinagyang Festival 4

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 [...]

The 16th Philippine Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 4

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.

From the vault: Higantes 2009 0

I missed this year’s Higantes Festival in Angono, which is one of the very few authentic festivals one can visit and shoot without having to jump on a plane (or spend several hours on the road just to get there) and pay for airfare and accommodations. Where was I? Stuck working at the the office, [...]