After shooting for glassware, what’s left is a human portrait using natural lighting. My idea was to shoot for street beggars, I went all the way from Cavite to Quiapo to find the best subject. I saw a kid begging for money, I asked him for a shot and he replied, “bigyan mo ako ng barya”, I agreed. The moment I took my camera out of the bag, a platoon of kids attacked me and asked...

For days I’ve been hounded by our “final assignment” in our Basic Photography Workshop. During our first meeting, we were told that we need to produce 2 8×10 (8R) pictures, the first subject is all about metals & the other one would be a portrait of a human being. Two weeks ago I started shooting metals, coins in particular. I spent 36 exposures of ISO 100 film just to...

I woke up one day and I heard one TV newscastter reporting about the violent dispersal of the striker’s in Hacienda Luisita. OK what’s new? Well only six strikers were killed, hmmm… this number will just add to the statistics, another batch of workers dying in quest for survival. Replay na lang yan. Sa kasaysayan ng mundo, makikita ang madugong pagtugon na kapital sa problema...

I woke up late today, I had a night out last night. It was some sort of self-refreshment. I was expecting to shoot the sunset yesterday pero madamot ang araw, ayaw n’yang magpakita sa akin habang papalubog siya. Also, I had to refresh because of a bad day yesterday, it was so personal kaya di ko na lang sasabihin. So ayun paggising ko kanina, nakita ko na sobrang busy ang kuya ko. Di pa ako...

Kwento ko muna ang nangyari sa second day ng aming photo workshop. We were lucky to have an extra resource person, Mr. Tilak Hettique, a Sri Lankan photographer based in the Philippines. It was a good presentation, nakaka-encourage ung mga pictures nya. Then we were divided into 4 groups and given a roll of Fuji Film (24 exposures) to apply what we have learned. Ibinigay din sa amin ang mga pictures...

Tumaas na naman ang kilay sa nabasa ko kaninang umaga, headline kasi sa Philippine Star: Let Tarongoy’s Employer Negotiate about the Ransom — DFA Nakakalungkot namang isipin na parang “binale-wala” na ng pamahalaan ang welfare ni Robert Tarongoy. I guess the government is standing firm on it’s “no-ransom policy.” Naalala ko tuloy ang dalawa pang kidnap victims,...