'I love photography' archive

Under the sea in Puerto Galera

Somewhere between the excitement over buying a new house and the horror of surgery are the forgotten photos from Speedy’s Puerto Galera trip last month. I remember saying I’d post them after the sunset photos but my mind had been elsewhere most of the time (like 10 minutes away from our house) and I just plain forgot.

These photos somehow makes me envious that as small as Speedy’s camera is, it can can do one important thing that mine can’t. Perhaps, someday, when I can afford the underwater housing for my dSLR…

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Koi hiding in the tree

For the past several days, I have been answering e-mailed interview questions. Some, food-related; others, not. One particular question was memorable: “How do you find something interesting enough to write about everyday?”
I’m afraid I gave the interviewer a very short answer. Sorry, but that happened when my DSL connection was down and I was [...]

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Sunset in Puerto Galera

Speedy and his officemates were in Puerto Galera for three days last week. It was a company-sponsored outing so I couldn’t go with him. He did bring home a lot of photos though.
These sunset photos were taken from the roof deck of Paul’s Place where they stayed.

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Because nature is not without a sense of irony

The title, of course, is a line from one of the many thought-provoking dialogues in what must be my favorite movie of all time, The Matrix. It seemed to be the most accurate phrase to describe the following photos of the egrets preying on fish raised by man for food and profit.

The photos were taken [...]

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Panay Church on Good Friday

Mention Panay Island and the story of the golden salakot comes to mind. The Maragtas Chronicles tell the story of the ten datus who escaped from Borneo and arrived in Panay. Story has it that in exchange for a golden salakot (a wide brimmed native hat), the Bornean datus bought the island from the Aetas [...]

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Inside Jojo’s Christmas Cottage

Inside Sampaguita Garden’s Resort in Aklan is Jojo’s Christmas Cottage. If the structure looks interesting by day with its unique colors and accents, it is doubly pretty at night when the directional lights are on. Stuff straight out of the pages of a storybook.
   
But what’s even more interesting is what’s inside. Hundreds, if not thousands, [...]

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The sun rises in Aklan

I’m not a morning person. You can’t make me get out of bed before 9.00 a.m. unless it’s a schoolday and I have to cook the kids’ packed lunches. Or, if we’re going somewhere special. Or, if Speedy makes it a condition for buying me something nice like new camera lenses.
No, really. Seriously. [...]

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Bangus harvest in Roxas City

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Boracay photo gallery and Wordpress 2.5

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A Cory Aquino painting and some Faberge eggs

Cory Aquino has been on the news a lot lately after having been diagnosed with colon cancer. Days before the announcement was made, I was photographing a painting that Cory did in 2003 which hangs on the wall of Sam Butcher’s mansion in Aklan.

Sam Butcher is the creator of Precious Moments and his mansion is located inside the Sampaguita Gardens Resort in New Washington…

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