photographia

PREGGY SHOTS

2010-07-09T07:18:00.001-07:00

PREGGY SHOTS

2010-07-09T07:18:00.000-07:00

silence....

2010-06-30T03:59:00.000-07:00

I'ts been a while since i last visited this site. .......busy busy busy, this is my famous line! I was busy with cakes. I was busy shooting landscape last summer. I attended Chasing Light Workshop with fellow Photographers last April. May came and I went to Bora alone and shooting with the Masters Manny Librodo and Lito Sy. I was brave enough to be on my own and joined EPSON friends who invited me for their summer activity. It was exhausting, it was fun and it was memorable! I wanna go back to Bora again and just chill and enjoy the beach and its beautiful sunset. June is about to end, and I got the best gift! I finished my Advance Photography Workshop with Medals in 3 Categories. Isn't it great?

Glad that Im learning more, I wanna be a good Photographer... one of the Best in Cebu :) Im dreaming again.. but its always good to dream and to take that challenge and make it real.

LAOAG

2010-03-31T04:43:00.001-07:00

Vigan

2010-03-31T04:35:00.000-07:00

Black and White

2010-01-28T08:40:00.000-08:00

inspired by Ansel Adams... i wanna start my BW collections...

Masskara 2009 Grand Prize

2010-01-28T08:33:00.000-08:00

I didnt expect to win the 1st and the 3rd Prize of Masskara 2009. I was just there to shoot and enjoy the festival. I felt frustrated during the first day of shooting coz my shots were not that good. So I told myself the next day that I should shoot better and be more creative. Good thing I had the best vantage point. I got it accidentally:)

Thanks God for these winning shots:)

Precious Gift

2009-11-17T23:44:00.000-08:00

Your like a gift
Gently wrapped and handed to me by the Angels
Your like an Angel
Lifting my shoulders whenever im weak
But now God asked you back from my hand
Im hesitant to give you in
Coz you're more precious to me than gold and diamonds
But I have to, I have to
Here's my precious gift to all of you

Masskara

2009-10-21T21:44:00.000-07:00

WHY?

2009-09-24T16:52:00.000-07:00

i felt like my heart's sinking

and i dont know why

i felt like im drifting

and i dont know why

my eyes are tired

and the scars are moaning

sometimes keeping its silence

im scared...

when it speaks

im scared...

there's a strange darkness outside

Wind

2009-09-22T00:35:00.000-07:00

its not ur kind of shot

its not you

its not the color u wanted

its not you.

home, my way home...

the breeze reminded me of my roots

my history

my mediocre life

my enigma.

why...

i want the wind to carry them all

take them away

far from my existence.

when its gone

when its over

this wild flower will bloom

like the lilies

like the sunflowers

at ur garden.

Spiderman

2009-07-26T06:15:00.000-07:00

Rainy Sunday

2009-07-26T05:59:00.000-07:00

decided to shoot macro after the rain

a very happy sunday morning

i started my day by chatting with God

He has always been

my strength

my mentor

my life.

Rothschildia orizaba orizaba

2009-07-21T05:06:00.000-07:00

Got so fascinated with giant silk moth we found at Liloan

I've never seen one like this before

it has pretty wings, colorful and very unique..

and i love the antennae...

yes, i was scared.. but i have to be closer to the subject..

Males can be identified by the plumose (feathery) antennae. Males use this to detect the chemical attractants called pheromones that are produce by the females. The antennae of the females are not as large as the males. So the sexes are dimorphic.

ROSE

2009-07-21T05:01:00.000-07:00

cyrstal clear rain drops on her soft petals

i used macro lens to shoot this one

i love macro shots

Singapura

2009-07-21T04:45:00.000-07:00

i love travelling...

seeing new places and experience different culture

Singapura, a very clean and organize place.

Small but great in terms technology.

Shark

2009-06-26T03:15:00.000-07:00

it took me a lot of frames to shoot this, its a shark and its scary..

JellyFish

2009-06-26T03:12:00.000-07:00

strings...

could either pull us or break us

Monkey Business

2009-06-26T03:10:00.000-07:00

I love this!

Their nap time...

Capture the moments...

Mr Komodo Dragon

2009-06-26T03:08:00.000-07:00

My son deo loves this

So glad to meet Mr Komodo

One of these, was featured ni NowPublish

Zoo

2009-06-26T03:05:00.000-07:00

our first meeting...

hello friends, ru hungry?

Daisy

2009-06-26T02:58:00.000-07:00

one of my dream shots

to take a photo like this,

where one could clearly see the raindrops

shoot at SG

Life

2009-06-26T02:55:00.000-07:00

this is my life

my good friend rai

my son deo, who is a photographer too:)

RoadTrip

2009-03-17T06:26:00.000-07:00

I haven't held my cam for quite some time...

Trying to make myself whole again before I could share to the world my thoughts
Here are some of my shots when our group celebrated our anniversary.

Some of favorite shots..

Buwak ug Til-as

2009-03-17T06:18:00.000-07:00

Iloilo

2009-02-04T22:26:00.000-08:00

Dinagyang 2009

2009-02-04T22:16:00.000-08:00

Bata

2009-02-04T22:14:00.000-08:00

life

2009-01-11T03:44:00.001-08:00

here's the start of another journey...
life is filled with complexities
life sucks.. life rocks.. life is beautiful.

Photos from Ernest,Liew, Paul Banday, Mike Jo and Rai Bernades

Pit Señor!!!!!!!

2009-01-10T06:10:00.000-08:00

Film Reel

2009-01-05T06:51:00.000-08:00

Work

2009-01-03T20:49:00.000-08:00

Saturday, at Carlito So's Studio
Selecting the final shots for ASP exhibit this month

StreetChildren

2009-01-03T19:34:00.000-08:00

"Te, piktyuri me Te... piktyuri ko Te"

Those were few words of the kids I met on my way to Church

opisina

2008-12-30T09:10:00.000-08:00

I was bit down today..
My cam fell for the first time.. too clumsy.. and all I could say was "Pao"
Rai and Joseph thought that my lens got busted..
just got lucky this time.. thanks God!
Pao was confident that Nikon rocks.. its okay..
ME?!?!? freakin frozen for few minutes...
Pao took the cap that flew 2meters away...
He picked up my cam that was lying on the floor.. hhhuuuuggghhh.. sigh..
I was just looking at it.
I could barely move.
Freakin helpless.

That was not only that.
I joined them to shoot the fireworks
It happened so fast.
When I was done setting up my tripod
Grrrr.. its done too! wow! that short..sigh..

So now,
here are the products of my desperation and boredom.

I dropped by at the office for 2hrs to check some stuff
And while waiting for my PC to get fix
Took pictures of some stuff around the table..
at least:(

Angela

2008-12-29T22:18:00.000-08:00

My little Angel...

REACH.

Angela.

her cavity shot.

Angela and Mum

happyfeet.

I was assigned to this little girl named Angela...
A very happy little girl who loves to take pictures of anything around her, including herself..
She loves to run and just go anywhere...

Colors of "A" Spectrum

2008-12-28T14:52:00.000-08:00

Its been a while... I'm back again...
Been extremely busy with cakes and work...
Thanks to John Chua for this very nice project
Indeed it was a great and memorable day with the kids and their parents
Photographers - CDP and IMAGES are united in ONE VISION.

Photos from: Rolando Pascua, Passgas, Paolo Mañalac, me.Jade

Ana Marie

2008-10-19T18:08:00.000-07:00

my good friend indaytaya

Enrica and Amancia

2008-10-19T18:05:00.000-07:00

Manong Siklo

2008-10-19T18:01:00.000-07:00

Manang Lina

2008-10-19T17:33:00.000-07:00

Pan bisaya ni Manang Lina and ni Manong Siklo

Manang

2008-10-19T17:27:00.000-07:00

Nang Masing

2008-10-19T17:17:00.000-07:00

Sunday morning after I heard Holy Mass, I dropped by again near the mango tree...

osama bin laden

2008-10-16T19:12:00.000-07:00

a wish come true

had a chance to shoot this person thru my friend Cabo

i find his face very interesting
a son of osama?:)

Trip

2008-10-14T03:06:00.000-07:00

Sunday!

2008-10-13T04:45:00.002-07:00

for the bride

2008-10-13T04:45:00.001-07:00

Malapascua

2008-09-27T20:01:00.000-07:00

few pics, from my few hours stay at Malapascua

Reminiscing Malapascua,
I still have oodles of Malapascua pics to check
Untouched due to my pc
now that its upgraded with CS3 on it
Im super happy
I now have a powerful CPU, wooohooo!:)
plus i could now view my NEF files:)

Crocolandia

2008-09-27T08:43:00.000-07:00

hands up and hands down

Julian Jumalon

2008-09-27T08:03:00.000-07:00

very delighted to visit this place
i thought i couldn't be here
someone made a promise
that someone broke the promise
i was so excited with the plan
more than a year now but its gone
this time, i was with the kids
and i was so happy to be in this place
so nice, memorable and calm

The House of the ARTIST
butterflies
the paintings
made of watercolor
made of butterfly wings
butterflies
with the numbers
and letters carved on their wings

Julian Jumalon
Made a name of himself in the Art World
He was the mentors of my mentors

Jumaida and Reynaldo, both children of the late Julian Jumalon were so kind in imparting their knowledge about butterflies and about their father's artworks. When I entered the room, I couldnt believe it... I couldn't imagine I was there facing all his artworks and looking at them one by one. If I have enough time, I will visit that place again. I just want to see the paintings more. A great Artist, a very great Cebuano Artist.

Doodles

2008-09-27T07:35:00.000-07:00

I've been extremely busy these days that taking portraits, hanging out with my photographer friends, joining them on photoshoot, meeting them on Saturdays.. almost everything was put to a halt. Only one reason, my lil cake biz is demanding more time.. so again, my subjects are mostly cakes.. here are some of those yummy-artistic-sculpted cakes that I personally decorated.

links to more cake pics:
creolecakes.blogspot.com
creolecakes.multiply.com

Marketing Event

2008-09-01T15:33:00.000-07:00

Rhea Luz

Patricia

Patricias

Jowi

Hope & Winnie:)

This is the moment:)

andrea and thea

the future national artist

Snowwhite and the 7Dwarfs

2008-06-26T16:36:00.002-07:00

Few Frames

2008-06-20T19:24:00.000-07:00

Flooded with customized cakes for the 1st 3 weeks of June. Mostly my subjects are the cakes that I made and cake tops that I sculpted. My hands were so tired already but great thanks to the inventor of tripod.. a big help in deed!

the yummy panini! ....hmmm that was a treat for myself @Bigbys when I had a meeting with the CDP guys early this month. Thanks Pao and Ken for the food photography idea:)

creolecakes and me are one.. more of my creations@ creolecakes.blogspot.com & creolecakes.multiply.com

Flowers by Kalidades

2008-06-20T19:02:00.000-07:00

A week ago, I was with my friend Danielle at Kalidades for a meeting with the owner, Andee Noval. She is a very soft spoken woman. While waiting for the time, I was experimenting my 50mm to these pretty flowers.

Lumberyard

2008-06-06T21:49:00.001-07:00

Some of the photos I took when Alwin toured me in his lumberyard at CDO.

Kate Torralba's Music and Fashion Show

2008-05-30T20:13:00.001-07:00

Badjao

2008-05-23T22:19:00.003-07:00

On my way to CDO I was so excited to shoot the Badjao. Woke up early morning, and was walking around the ship til its about time for me to shoot the beautiful people. Felt sad for the kids, they were on that scary little boat, too risky ...

The Badjao are popularly known as "Sea Gypsies" of the Sulu and Celebes Sea. The name "Badjao" is a Malay-Bornean word which connotes "man of the seas" or Orang-Laut in Bahasa Malayo. Their Sama and Tausug neighbors call them by pejorative names such as Samal Palau (outcast Samal). The badjao call themselves as Samal Laus (Sea Sama). Many badjaos live most of their lives in houseboats, which occasionally cluster in moorings near certain strands and beaches, so as to do business in nearby market places of the land-dwelling Sama and Tausug. In the markets they barter their sea products for such farm produce as fruits and cassava. On the shore they also fetch drinking water, gather firewood and gather materials needed in the construction and repair of their houseboats. - library.thinkquest.org

Style Firm's Summer Soiree@ the loft

2008-05-13T18:41:00.000-07:00

Weddings@Marco Polo

2008-05-04T00:07:00.001-07:00

Cotton Candy

2008-04-29T16:22:00.001-07:00

Outside the Church I saw Nong Erning selling his specialty "Cotton Candy". He sells it at P5.00 per pack. According to him, his revenue is a bit low compared to selling outside the school during school days. For this fiesta he would often end up at P100+ while on regular days at school he would gain around P800.00. He is from Lapu-lapu and came to Medellin to sell his Cotton Candy.

I admire people like him. He make use of his time by doing something, not just depending on what others could give him.

Kandila

2008-04-29T16:21:00.003-07:00

Outside the church, I met Arvin who was so curious about my cam. He asked "Te, mu picture diay ka te?" I smiled and asked him if I could take a picture of him. He had that huge smile on his face and was trying to cover his face with the candles he was selling. I took several frames while talking to him. He was so happy when i showed him his pictures. You could find his other picture in my other blog titled "beautiful faces".

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I don't know why I'm so interested with old ladies. I really like to capture emotions, candid shots, natural thing.. I'm attracted to them. I love pictures that could tell you a story just by merely looking at them.

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"The Hand", a beautiful hardworking hand of a young boy. He approached me outside the church and offered me to buy some candles.. He was about to give me my candles when i took a shot of his hand.

Under the Mango Tree

2008-04-29T16:21:00.001-07:00

meet my new friends topi, vin and rengie...

under the mango tree
we took a shelter
under the mango tree
i remembered the years
when i too was hanging with my old friends
i could see myself at Topi
a dark thin kid
careless
happy
playful
u could find me anywhere...
between 5-6pm you would hear a loud scream
"jaaaaaddddeeeee pauliiiiii naaaaaa..."
thats my mama:)

rengie, topi (green), vin

Sabongero

2008-04-29T16:20:00.001-07:00

It was around 4pm when I went to the cockfighting arena to shoot.

I was a little girl back then when I last entered this place. I could remember how we won the derby with our rooster's name Supersonic. My Papa used to be a big fan of this game. Back then my role was to help Papa in preparing the food for his roosters.

Well, I had fun shooting the Sabongeros. I learned their terms like kuymi, masyador, biya, inilog, 10-7, 10-6, the hand signs for 50, 500, 5K, 15K, 30K and more. Someone thought Im from media:)

Its difficult to shoot a cockfighting though cause the movement is so fast. I still have to study the tricks. I think I have to go back there again and practice more:)

travel back home

2008-04-28T18:33:00.001-07:00

its always nice to be back home... i went right away to the trans loading area after I put my stuff in my room. the farmers were very friendly as i was trying to make them comfortable with my presence.. I met Manong Rudy, Nong Martin and the little boy Jinboy who was with his father. I never had the chance of knowing all of them except for the little boy who was a bit shy when i asked for his name. I got to know Nong Rudy and Martin through my Papa and our lavandera Nang Marciana when I showed them some of my shots. Nang Marciana was really surprised how i got a picture of his brother Martin, told her... "we are friends:)"

The Japanese Roses

2008-04-24T09:28:00.000-07:00

Got so facinated with these japanese roses I bought early mornin. Decided to shoot few frames just before I cut it. Will really miss this pretty flower. I love its plum color and it looks so tempting... so attractive. How I wish to preserve it, but I need to use this as a decor to the wedding cake I'm making for Jontue and Paw.

a photographer can be a florist too?
the outcome after i tortured all the flowers i bought this mornin:)

Sophia

2008-04-19T21:01:00.000-07:00

Chris and Arjay's Wedding Cake

2008-04-18T09:18:00.000-07:00

April 18, 2008 Chris and Arjay's Wedding
A very nice wedding
A very great couple
A very great dance

Manong Rafael

2008-04-16T05:46:00.001-07:00

You could find him in some of my photographs.
I like his face, filled with emotions...
I love the lines on his face,
A very handsome old man.

Melancholy

2008-04-16T05:36:00.000-07:00

"We could have bloomed like these flowers
happy dancing amidst sunset and sunrise
but today, I feel like a falling leaf in our garden
forgotten.
could someone pick me up
take me somewhere, far from where Im laying"
-lilang-

Erwin and Sheryl's Wedding

2008-04-16T05:23:00.000-07:00

Erwin and Sheryl's Wedding
April 13, 2008
Grand Convention

Brandied Walnut Sponge Cake

2008-04-14T16:14:00.001-07:00

Geda is back here in Cebu for few days. What else? She is addicted to this cake. I couldn't say no if she would order some. I love this cake too. Filled with three kind of chocolates, frosted with chocolate, and topped with chocolates.

Lolo and Apo

2008-04-14T15:42:00.000-07:00

Met Manong and Inday Michelle at the playground where I usually take my lunch. Manong is such a handsome old man. Inday Michelle is a feisty little girl who loves dancing.

Cebu Dragons

2008-04-14T15:27:00.001-07:00

Visited one of Cebu Dragon's practices at Lahug's football field. My friend Carlo invited me to shoot, he is into film making and is doing a documentation of Cebu Dragons. Noel Flowers, who is the edge captain is our friend too.

South Adventure

2008-04-12T21:47:00.003-07:00

I haven't celebrated my birthday for a long time, 9 yrs I think. And this time I want to do something different. I want to explore Cebu more, decided to tour the South of Cebu.

Some of the shots taken from my South Adventure.

Medellin my home and the pipol

2008-04-12T21:46:00.000-07:00

Medellin, a place so close to my heart. I spent the best childhood years here. Had a very simple life. Simple and happppyyy life as a kid. Up to this time my dreams are always taking me back home. The old house, my school, the playground, the soil, the pretty grass, the mud, the rain, the fresh air, the people...

beautiful faces...

2008-04-12T21:44:00.004-07:00

Malapascua

2008-04-12T21:44:00.003-07:00

more pics...

OLd Ladies

2008-04-12T21:44:00.001-07:00

Saw three interesting ladies across my house in Medellin..

Just few minutes after I arrived home, I went to the cock fighting arena to take some photos.. on my way, I saw Nang Masing & Nang Gabriella so busy preparing for their bibingka. "dali rani mahurut esp pag-naay buwang..hehe" ...Its yummy really, lami pani sa bibingka sa Mandaue! I tasted their bibingka before. Mama would often buy it. But today, I wasnt able to taste even one, coz I was so busy taking pictures of the old ladies and so excited for my next stop, to explore Malapascua.

Panning Shots

2008-04-12T21:43:00.001-07:00

Early morning, got nothing to do.. so I decided to practice panning shot in front of my house at Medellin..

Studio Shots

2008-04-12T21:42:00.002-07:00

My first studio shots with Cebu Digital Photographers

CDP Studio Workshop with Allan Florendo and Anton Shekker
Model: Rachel Tan; Marjorie Tan; Cheryl Raborar
Stylist: Yves Martin Camingue
Make-up: Boding

Les Couturier

2008-04-11T21:05:00.001-07:00

Athena's Birthday

2008-04-11T18:12:00.000-07:00

Athena - a brilliant and hardworking girl
Went out for a lunch at lighthouse with my officemates

Bigbys@ SM Northwing

2008-04-11T17:54:00.001-07:00

I was invited to attend Bigbys' SM grand opening. I decided to bring my cam and shoot some interesting subjects. Doy, who is one of the owners is also into photography. He is using Cannon, i forgot the model. I've heard how satisfied he is with his 50mm lens, giving him a good depth of field. At this time, I was thinking even more of getting the a nikkor 50mm lens since its affordable compared to wide, tele, fish eye and macro.

her answer to his proposal

2008-04-11T17:22:00.000-07:00

January 18th 9:48am when I received a message from Twinkle. asking me if I could make her a valentine cake. Giving me the freedom to design her cake. The most important thing.. it will represent her answer to Eric's wedding proposal.

2weeks after.. the design just came into my mind. I was thinkin of puzzle thing, it is much better than a plain cake with a yes on it. To show elegance and best result, i could only think of one.. it should be made of fondant icing. Today, Feb 14, 2008... around 8:33am I arrived at his office.. brought along my cam and the v-cake! I was so happppyyy.. Life may not be that perfect for me, but this day I'm happy coz I made this couple so happy. A very fulfilling experience for me. From conceptualizing to baking and cake decorating, delivery and documenting Eric's reaction when he put together those chips to know her message. wow! It was funny, memorable and I couldnt describe his reactions.. he didnt expect it! hmm.. I gave him a hint coz he couldnt figure out what the message was all about.. love love love!!!!!

It was a nice Valentines Day for Eric & Twinkle.

Dan & Apple's Wedding Cake

2008-04-11T16:14:00.000-07:00

I tried using my cam on Dan & Apples Wedding Cake...
After decorating, I went to Park Lane Hotel to deliver the cake
A funny experience, for the first time I met the Sister of the groom who has been communicating with me for few days before the wedding. "Trust" .. I trusted the family coz they were referred to me by my first teacher in cake decorating. The sad thing was I haven't met the Dan and Apple in person:)

Also, I met a famous wedding photographer... Jim Ubalde
We had a short conversation about photography
Like me, he is using D80 too..
but he is using it as his spare cam coz he has a D300

some of my shots...

food photography

2008-04-11T16:07:00.000-07:00

i tried my new cam in my other passion, cake decorating and baking... so happy that i could control everything with this cam.. i love its manual setting.
here are some of my creations and shots..

thank you

2008-04-03T07:53:00.001-07:00

Carlo Codamus, is the first person to teach me about shutter speed, aperture and its correlation. Thanks for being so kind in sharing your knowledge in photography.

this was the time i learned about shutter speed and aperture. I was at the back, trying to absorb everything.

Sinulog 2008

2008-04-03T07:43:00.001-07:00

Few shots from Sinulog 2008
So innocent about my cam...
No idea about WB and more...
Just shutter speed and aperture

the 1st day...

2008-04-03T07:29:00.001-07:00

January 19th, I first held it with my hands
Shooting at Marriott during our company party
Janury 20th, when I used it to shoot Sinulog 2008
So happy... helping me to get up from stage4

photographed by: greza & jon

the day...

2008-04-03T07:00:00.000-07:00

photographed by jon

i was so desperate with my shots
i couldnt get the exact exposure that i wanted
my pics were too noisy..
i wanted to buy my dslr last 06
but decided not to due to other biz plans
BUT 07 came and I need a good cam...
in taking photos for my subjects in painting
in taking photos of my cakes
in capturing the old places, so impt to me
in documenting my journey
the places ill conquer
and the faces i will soon meet
in capturing moments and events
in moving on...
more determined this time.
photography and the love for photography
im happy with my NikonD8O

thanks to Homer & Danielle

if there's one thing that i regret now
its the time... i could have taken a portrait of my grandfather before he passed away ..
my Lolo Pilo, a close old man in my heart