The Debut

Mimi and I shot our first debut last Saturday. We both came to a conclusion that we like shooting weddings more :P There's something about weddings that makes them almost magical. Ala Stir.

After the debut we went straight to the UPZS oldies drinking session at Ben's house. It felt like ten years ago when after school, we'd buy beer from the grocery at the Tomas Morato circle and head on to Scout Fernandez for our drinking session. Anyway, congrats to Ben for graduating from UP after 12 and a half years... beating Geno's record of nine and a half. Cheers!

Harry Potter

Harry Potter 

This model looks like Harry Potter. Shot during our camera club shoot. I took third place with this shot. I was giddy that the judge photog I idolized picked this as his top pick.

Tagaytay again

We spent a part of the three day weekend over at Tagaytay together with Mimi's family. We arrived around 1am but we weren't sleepy so we watched a DVD that was 2 and half hours long. Before we knew it was already 4am and since we wanted to take photos of the sunrise, we decided to just wait for it. It was so cold and I forgot to bring my jacket which was probably the reason that I feel a bit under the weather right now. Hehe.


Tagaytay overlooking Taal Lake



Tagaytay Highlands' viewing deck basked in the sun's golden light

Nurture Spa

Mimi and I went to shoot at Nurture Spa in Tagaytay yesterday for part 2 of a pre-nup pictorial. The place is nice, cozy and very secluded. We arrived past 1pm, this photo was taken about that time when the sun was out and skies were really blue. We told the couple to take their spa treatment as the lighting conditions were a bit harsh for portraits. Anyway, an hour and a half later, clouds covered all but a few patches of blue sky. Bummer. Despite of the grey skies, the shoot turned out pretty well and I can't wait for Mimi to post the photos.

On a side note, we had our dinner there. Food was ok but just not worth the 500 pesos set meal price. Also, we also found out why it's called Nurture Spa, we got to nurture their humongous mosquitoes with our blood. Hehe. We went home around 8pm and the rough road going back to the main road was pitch black. We took a wrong turn somewhere and ended up at a dead end where a van was parked and a man was standing. The scene was kinda spooky as if they were waiting for someone, maybe a drug deal or a kidnap-ransom exchange. Hehe. I had a tough time making a u-turn as it was only a one lane road while the man kept on peering through the window. Freaky. Hehe.

Funeral

Last week went like a blur. My uncle died just past midnight of Oct. 31. He died of a heart attack at the age of 45. He was able to drive himself with my tita to the hospital but he expired at the emergency room. I was devastated when I learned of the news since it was sudden and he was the uncle who was there whenever I (or any of my brothers and cousins for that matter) got into trouble.

I remember the time in college when I drove my then girlfriend to their house in Malolos, Bulacan and the car broke down at the Shell station just before the Malolos exit. I was a neophyte driver then and was only allowed to drive to and from UP so imagine my dad's surprise to learn that car found its way onto the expressway. To make a long story short, my uncle was the one who drove me back to Malolos to find a mechanic and was the one with me a few days later on a bus going to Malolos to get the car. A few years later, when he learned that we broke up, he ribbed me that we went through all that trouble for nothing.

I'll just link to the photo I took at the funeral. The lady in front is his sister and the lady next to her is my widowed aunt. Sigh.