5/13/08

Since it’s a gloomy day today I thought I’d post something restrained, almost monochromatic.

Blue

With Fuji Reala 100.

5/12/08

My roll wasn’t advancing as fast as I wanted so I gave flowers a chance. This just proves the adage “Never say never!”

Or maybe, just maybe, I was just testing the tones that Fuji Superia 400 brings. Excuses! Hahaha!

Hibiscus rosa sinensis

Looks Like Lillies (Hey that’s 3 “L’s”)

Summer Flower (Hey that rhymes!)

Matang Aswang

Okay, the last one isn’t really a flower. While trekking towards the light house at Apo Reef, our enthusiastic guide pointed out that these seeds are the ones used for making bracelets for babies to ward off evil forces. Although the seeds are already very hard, they are still boiled for about 4 hours to achieve a very plastic and beady quality.

5/11/08

Apo Reef is located right beside an international shipping lane. Although most modern water vessels are now equipped with state-of-the-art sonar systems, having a functional lighthouse still helps, especially smaller, legacy boats.

One More Lighthouse

Imposing

Layering

Mangrove Mania

Shot with a Canon EOS Rebel 2000 + Fuji Superia 400 + 17-40.

5/10/08

There’s been a serious lack of color in Pinas or Bust! lately. Enough with the monochromes!

From the town of Sablayan, Apo Reef is accessed via a 2-hour boat ride. Apo Reef is one of the most imporant reef systems in the Philippines because of its sheer size and diversity. Home to numerous pawikans and migratory birds, utmost conservation practices are implemented by the ecotourism officers in the island.

They even imposed a lights out on us and “almost” cut short our socials. We learned that suppressing laughter whilst spontaneously getting soused with cheap gin is a  feat exercised by the most motivated drinkers!

Oh and planktons glow like LED lights in the water. Fuckin cool.

Following shots were shot with my handy Canon and Fuji Superia 400.

The Fallen

Talisay

The Lagoon

Blue Crush

Roof of a Reef

APO REEF or BUST!

5/9/08

The Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm is unique because it is a functional community which doesn’t feel like a place for criminals. Well, at least in the minimum security levels. When the inmates prove themselves as “changed men” they graduate to minimum security and are placed with menial jobs like farming, carpentry and whatnot.  Certainly better than Munti.

5/8/08

Located within the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm in Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro.

Again, with the Kodak BW400CN.

5/6/08

At about 7AM we finally pulled in to  Abra de Ilog Pier to begin our land journey to the town of Sablayan some 2 or 3 hours away.

Shots taken with a Canon Rebel 2000 + Kodak BW400CN.

A Pier Person

Izumi

Tower of Power

Paluwas

Sibuyas Guard

This marks the beginning of the Occidental Mindoro series.

4/30/08

Last post from the Session Road series.

Transaction

Eskinita

Windbreaker

Aimless

Divine Secrets of the Baguio Sisterhood

Oblivious

And that ends the Session Road stuff. I’m off to Mindoro!

4/29/08

Still from the Session Road series.

From Behind

Pretty Please

May Heart ‘Yan

Stance

Glum

I brought my film SLR with me today and I was just out of it. I didn’t shoot a single frame.

Down time.

4/28/08

So here are some more shots taken while strolling around Baguio City’s most dense artery, Session Road.

Centerpiece

Miniature

Session 

UFO