Portrait study #25: The ultramarathon runners

12 March 2010

Last Sunday, I was part of the support crew of my friend, Blas, who took part in the 2nd Bataan Death March Ultramarathon or the BDM102. And it was one very long run at 102 kilometers starting in Mariveles, Bataan to San Fernando City, Pampanga to commemorate the infamous 159KM long Death March during April [...]

New ebook for download now available

5 March 2010

Check my latest downloadable and free ebook at simbahan.net. This is a printable guide for the visita iglesia in the city of Manila for the coming Holy Week focusing on the eight remaining Spanish colonial era churches. Each featured edifice is pictured with a short write up of its history. What’s more, it comes with [...]

Portrait studies #24: Seb and Lara

1 March 2010

Back again with some portraits! These were taken at the sidelines during the Marc Lathuilliere workshop at the Silverlens Gallery last month about masks and identity. All natural light from very wide windows except for Sebastien’s which had an few additional lights at the ceiling. Of the two, I do like Seb’s portrait better than [...]

Ballsy Aquino at the Sto. Domingo Church

25 February 2010

Looking through my images while transferring the RAW files to my 1 Tb expansion hard disk, I saw this image of Ballsy Aquino just after the La Naval de Manila procession, October 2009, addressing the crowd and thanking them for the homage and respect they showered on her deceased mother, former president Cory Aquino.

Philippine church architecture inventory available for download

25 February 2010

I’m making available my inventory of images of Philippine Catholic church architecture comprising 300 images of 213 edifices from across the country. It includes mostly structures built during the Spanish colonial period. Check and download at simbahan.net.