Spanky!

Oh no, I hear them bad boys comin'

2010-04-01T01:02:00.001+08:00

Can't stop now, gotta continue my runnin'

Fantastic Cinematic.

2010-03-30T00:57:00.003+08:00

Cinematic fantastic. Yeah.

Lost in the beauty of it all.

2010-03-05T00:31:00.002+08:00

Oh, wow. I haven't posted anything for the entire month of February. Been busy shooting assignments all over the country so I haven't had time (or an internet connection, even) to post anything.

But I had fun. I got lost in the beauty of it all.

Cheers!

2010-01-31T02:55:00.002+08:00

Cheers

to the good times

and the bad

Cheers

to the people

we love most

Cheers

to the ones

who hurt us

deserted us

those who

put us down

And cheers

to those

who thought

we would never

ever

make it out alive

Take me away.

2010-01-25T23:52:00.001+08:00

I just don't wanna stay.

Guilty.

2010-01-14T19:51:00.001+08:00

I take faces.

I capture hearts.

I grab minds.

I make eyes move.

I steal souls.

I am guilty.

2009: My year in photos.

2010-01-01T03:26:00.008+08:00

A&F Magazine's Awesome Threesome at Pino resto/bar, Diliman, Quezon City.

Happy 25th birthday to Santi! Santi's house, Cubao, Quezon City.

The crazy minds behind ZI Modeling Agency out at Ascend Superclub to relax after a week's hard work.

Swimming with the crazy cousins! Somewhere in Laguna.

Fishtank graduation!

Club LAX. It sucked, big time. New friends more than make up for the lousy place, though.

Fishtank dinner! Wagyu burgers at Kai (Greenbelt) then drinks at Demy's place somewhere in Manila.

One late (rainy) night around Malate. Penguin, Remedios Circle, Oarhouse.

Drinks at Mogwai, Cubao.

Former President Corazon Aquino's funeral at Intramuros, Manila.

Fishtank takes three days off at Tagaytay.

Rockstar at Robbiex's birthday party!

Shooting around Harbor Square, CCP.

The return of the Singapore Boys. Greenbelt, Eis' birthday party, party at Mito's, then after-party drinks at my place.

Spending a week's worth of vacation in sunny, sunny California.

Local launch of Playboy Magazine at Z Bar, San Juan. Made some new friends, reunited with old ones.

With Dianne and Santi at one of the many year-ender party holiday parties.

A little something from the forums.

2009-12-26T03:04:00.005+08:00

Photography: pure talent or education?

It's two different things that can lead to the same result (pagiging magaling sa pagkuha ng litrato).

Here's an analogy - Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. They are both legends in the basketball world, but are very different. Magic Johnson is a talented player. He's a natural athlete, gifted kumbaga. He is physically built for sports. Kailangan lang ng konting development for a particular kind of game (basketball). Yun ang "natural talent", so to speak. On the other hand, Larry Bird is a skilled player. Hindi naman sya natural-born athlete, but he made up for it with hard work and lots of practice. Yun naman ay ang pag-aaral ng basketball.

But they had one thing in common - they both loved what they do.

Just like in photography. As long as you enjoy it (hindi napipilitan or nakiki-uso lang), either having a natural eye for beauty and composition or studying hard and practicing harder will give you the same result - great photos.

Been gone for a while.

2009-12-17T17:21:00.003+08:00

(click for a larger view)

But I'm back.

I miss this place. Sunny, sunny California.

The lights are lonely tonight.

2009-11-13T01:15:00.001+08:00

And i need my sanity back, thank you very much.

Self-portrait, 11.03.2009

2009-11-12T00:41:00.002+08:00

11.03.2009

2120H

City lights.

2009-10-29T00:54:00.001+08:00

Hello, Manila.

Good night, Manila.

Now that's resolution!

2009-10-01T15:01:00.000+08:00

Featuring a 60 Mpixel MF sensor and the revolutionary new True Focus technology, the H4D-60 camera system will change the way you think about high-end photography. The H4D series is built upon the successful H3D platform and comes bundled with our new Phocus 2.0 imaging software.

No photos today.

2009-09-30T01:19:00.002+08:00

I spend countless nights just sitting here, pondering on endless what-could-have-beens and the what-ifs. You know, the stuff that prevents one from sleeping as one lays in bed, still haunted by these thoughts and ideals.

The past few weeks have been different, though, in quite a few ways. same thoughts, same what-ifs and what-could-have-beens, but definitely not the same old shit. A few friends and I have been working on a little secret project - something big. Well, pretty big. I'm sure each one of us wants it to happen. But will everyone work to make it happen? Of course. It's just a matter of how.

But sometimes, i fear.

I fear that having too much initiative is a bad thing for a person like me among a bunch of kids such as ourselves. Sensitive kids with a lot of pride. Pride that will not allow one's self to "take a bullet for the team". I fear that once i start exerting too much effort myself, people might start to think that I'm "taking over" what is supposed to be a group effort. That's why I sometimes keep things to myself - until either the gears start to reach full speed and it's time to spill it, or it gets lost in me forever. But one cannot help but wonder sometimes - the gears, by themselves, will not turn without a push. I want to be that push. I want us to be the push - that biggest bit of energy to turn the gears until we run like a well-oiled machine.

I fear also being abandoned in times of conflict. With such ambitious efforts such as ours, conflict is inevitable. It is both the by-product and the fuel of our little engine. But at some point, one or the other will give in. Completely exhausted from all the wear and tear, the gear snaps, breaking itself free from the machine.

I fear those who surround me. I fear that my visions may be too different from theirs, and that I will be outnumbered, and my thoughts are then worth nothing. I fear that they are similar and i am different - different in ideals, different in concepts, different in methods.

I fear my own self, that i may one day find out that my efforts were never adequate to get my part of the machine rolling. It might then be too late, the machine already running at full speed towards the end of the road.

We have the parts we need, and more. But all these parts will never sum up to complete a whole. Assembly is still required. No instruction manual, we gotta figure it out for ourselves. The manner of assembly will not matter. At least not to me. The end justifies the means.

But wait.

Why so serious?

That is the question I seek to answer. An answer I might find within myself, as I sit here and ponder upon these little things, night after night after night.

So i got a haircut.

2009-09-22T16:14:00.001+08:00

yeah.

Edit, edit, edit.

2009-09-14T16:06:00.001+08:00

"Learn to edit yourself" - One of the most important things the industry has taught me. Quality over quantity any day.

The loneliness that night brings.

2009-09-14T02:09:00.002+08:00

Why, oh why.

Harder, better, faster, stronger.

2009-09-13T15:17:00.000+08:00

I really love looking at the work of today's local visionaries - nicdao, caguicla, tadena. Their work speaks to me, in a way. "I can do that, too"

Spikey things.

2009-09-10T18:37:00.002+08:00

Old photo, and the same old feelings.

2009-08-22T17:19:00.002+08:00

2005.

Abstract Randoms 01

2009-08-20T16:05:00.003+08:00

~0200HRS.

Pila ni Cory

2009-08-05T03:19:00.002+08:00

Intramuros. 2AM.

On days like this..

2009-07-31T03:17:00.003+08:00

...you just don't want to open up to the world.

Negative geometrical space.

2009-07-29T22:55:00.003+08:00

She walks, she talks, yet the quiet space ignores.

Cross.

2009-07-28T15:20:00.002+08:00

How is a cross, across?

You tell me.

3.. 2.. 1.. Pop!

2009-07-28T03:54:00.002+08:00

And we have lift-off.