Power Lines

Having a house below high tension power lines is not something I will deliberately choose in this lifetime after I read from somewhere that it's a probable cause of cancer. Most residents along Aguinaldo highway in Bacoor, Cavite think otherwise.

Ominous

Sand traps will always be a golfer's bane. Just when his ball soars over fairways and rough, and green is so close, it ends on the beach. The gray clouds and Tim Burtonesque tree seem an ominous sign.

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Hmmm... what's this? A trilogy? You can only get away with canned formula for so long. There's a limit to people's patience and gullibility so unless it's the caliber of Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, or The Godfather -- don't push your luck with the same hard selling plot or production. So please, please forgive this Enteng Kabisote.

painting with light 2

By the turn of the 20th century, doom prophets foretold the death of painting due to the fast emergence of photography. In stark contrast, these days I see more and more digital photographers produce work with painting-like feel. Manny Librodo, one of the best travel portrait photographers, comes up with photos with pre-Raphaelite lighting in his recent Cambodia trip. Dominique James' recent photos in the Mobile Philippines' exhibit are teeming with wayward lines of electric abstraction. Here's another dose of dusk cloud studies.

flying men

When they are in a hurry, they are in a hurry. I had only a minute to photograph these elite members of the Philippine Air Force. I shot at different exposures, even with fill flash but the darkest one seems closest to my taste.

painting with light

It was Belgian expat fashion photographer Frank Hoefsmit who taught me to look at the sky and the horizon at dusk or dawn as a long-time photo project. The colors are different he says (I am paraphrasing or waxing poetic now), richer, more intense and something magical happens if you just let go and sway with the flow (read:slow shutter speed with deliberate camera shake). Frank is one of Manila's image makers who continues to inspire me. And then there's Esta Bien.

Post It

Just a lone power post behind a backdrop of clouds. Love the texture.

Looks Like Rain

A view from our terrace last night. The raindrops got cancelled though -- because of holiday traffic jam I'm sure.