Last Holy Week, I was spending some time in Argao to document some lenten practices. In this southeastern town in the province of Cebu, there are still several antique ivory processional images that are brought out during this important religious event.

On Holy Tuesday, the antique ivory image of San Pedro is taken out to be dressed for the procession on Holy Wednesday. This icon is part of a set of ivory images that the church got, probably in the 18th or 19th century and were assigned to the prominent families of the town as caretakers.

My thanks to Leslie Obiso for assisting me.

I participated in The New York Times’s A Moment In Time photo project where photographers, both amateurs and professionals using any kind of camera including a camphone, can take a picture at 1500H UTC (2300H here in the Philippines). Photos are said to be posted by the NY Times via their Lens blog sometime this Monday (Sunday, their time).

I was actually walking home from watching Ironman 2 in Glorietta and was quite disappointed since Dela Rosa St. was already deserted. Not a single, interesting soul can be found. A few minutes past 2300H, I stumbled upon this sleeping homeless man and thought that I should just take his photo and use it, when there’s nothing else I can shoot.

Finally, got no choice but to use this one.

Ernie Sarmiento, photojournalist, chief photographer of the Philippine Daily Inquirer and one of my instructors when I took my Diploma in Photojournalism at the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism is the latest featured Canon photographer in the company’s local ad for the Canon EOS-1 D Mark IV.

Way to go Sir Ernie!

The angelic Angel Aquino, model, actress and TV host was sighted at the Bonifacio Global City last Saturday eating at Yoh-gurt Froz with a male companion. That was the time that we also had our food tour by Ivan Man Dy. Good timing.

We just entered the Hobbes and Landes shop where the frozen yogurt joint is located and she must have been so surprised to see these line of people streaming in, taking a seat and occasionally glancing and secretly taking photos of her and she was just calm. Not getting bothered by these visitors who went in for a cup of the cold delight.

Unlike other stars wherein seeing them actually in the flesh seems to be different from their screen persona, she is what you see on or off screen. But no, I’m not star struck.

I’m into my fifth day of the photo documentary of the Minor Basilica of San Sebastian in Manila and closing the day at the belfry. I was at the interior of the right belltower (when facing the facade) and, god, it was like being brought back in time and I can’t just help but pose in one of the shots.