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
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
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, [...]
Tagged: festival, higantes, Higantes 2009, Philippine festivals