Rough Groove

Sleepless

A minute short of 1800H and I am still awake 36 hours straight without sleep. If not for the said deadline of the church pics that I was to submit today for the book project, I would’ve had my slumber last night. Instead, I was awake the whole time since 0600H yesterday when my phone clock alarm went off, trying to cover as much church facade and details as I can. As of last count, I have covered 94 churches nationwide and have already finished 80 of that. More…By finish, I mean having postprocessed a church facade with the corresponding details that ranges in number between 3 to 11! That’s 89% completion and as of now, I already have around 588 PSDs (that’s photoshop documents and just 1/4 of that I have done in previous weeks). More »

Bulacan church post production

The church of Bulacan, Bulacan, though beautiful, is quite a challenge to photograph. Even with a big front fenced space and my ultrawide angle lens, a Canon EF-S 10-22mm (16-35mm fullframe equivalent), one can’t still get a good architectural shot. Because of its bulk, width and height, framing the church in its entirety results to a tapered look, keystoning, as one is forced to tilt the camera up at an angle.

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Series 9: Sagada

A series of 9 B/W as well as one colored photos (okay, I really can’t resist the colors but might as well post it other than the doutone version) taken during my travel to Sagada last February. Except for the opening photo, as above, these are not your typical Sagada shots of caves, waterfalls and coffins as what one goes there to see and read in websites and guidebooks.