7/30/08

This is a very late post and I apologize for not having any entry for the past week. It’s just that my requirements for school and my duties at work are all piling up.

These are some of the images I gathered on a recent photowalk I had with some friends. We started off at Hidalgo at noon and finished off at CCP for dinner. Man, that was a long walk.

Dumadaan -  This was shot along the busy road of Hidalgo where hawkers, vegetable sellers, roadside eateries and photography specialist coexist in harmonious anarchy.

Pattern -  Smack in the middle of Hidalgo Street, Quiapo.

Payong -  The Quiapo Church is an undisputed character, commanding presence and irrelevance at the same time.

Laundromat -  At Escolta, a woman brings a wee’s worth of laundry. Have water, will wash.

Canon System, Kodak TMAX 400, D-76

MANILA or BUST!

7/9/08

A minor, but immediate errand came up one static Sunday afternoon. It was that kind of Sunday where you’d just prefer to curl up inside your room and think of nothing. Do nothing.  Interruption.

So I hesitantly picked up the keys to my car, went back to my room get my camera and then hied off to nearby Megamall. My sudden sojourn as expected was uneventful except for the dead rat I encountered and photographed. In the midst of the dead-rat-stench I was still deciding whether the bloody rodent looked better on the left or right side of the frame. After some serious thought, yes serious thought, I figured it looked better on the left, leaving some negative space on the right.

Hit and Run

And with that, I resumed what would be a very bland afternoon.

6/26/08

I present to you the first batch of photographs from a personal project I have decided to start.

Travel Photography conjures images of stunning vistas and postcard-worthy scenes. But that doesn’t mean that the little things we often shrug upon do not tell stories. A simple tight shot of a fallen leaf may tell stories as complex and intricate as a wide, grand shot of a beach scene. Shot in black and white film, I bring to you a different approach to travel photography. Although some shots may not have a sense of place, I find stories and interest in the mundane, in contrast, in shadows and highlights, in texture, in composition, in blacks and in whites.

Let me start with these photographs taken from my recent trip to Coron, Palawan shot with a Canon system, with Kodak Tri-X 400.

Breakwater

Rope

No Entry

Straight Lines

FILM or BUST!