Rough Groove

Series 49: Malate market vendors

Series 49: Malate market vendors is now starting at Binary Silver. These are a series of photos taken during a lazy afternoon in a market near the nightlife mecca that is Malate in Manila. This was one of the assignments that I did for a documentary portrait photography workshop at Silverlens Gallery conducted by Kat Palasi a few months ago just before Lent.

While I don’t know these people, coming up to them and asking for their permission to have their photos taken was done with trepidation at first but once I realized that these vendors were accommodating and open, it became easier.

More photos are lined up for the coming days at my photoblog.

Series 48: Cebu on my mind

I miss Cebu. A little more than a month since I was last there and I just have this strange longing for home. Is it because Makati is just too crowded and hot and noisy that I miss the relative peace of being back in my home province? Or is it just that I miss my family? Or traveling down south rounding off the western side and marvel at the clear blue waters and ancient churches and watchtowers dotting the coast? Or being spoiled with Talisay lechon that I always want to be served during Sunday lunch accompanied with dugo-dugo and crispy ginabot and fruits or hot pan de leche at night smothered with a good helping of butter and savor its fluffy texture?

Series 48: Cebu on my mind is now starting at Binary Silver. Consisting of 8 photos, these are images of Cebu near the Mactan bridge area that makes me smile as I’m welcomed back when I arrive from Manila or lingers in my mind whenever I leave again.

Series 47: Semana Santa 07

My Semana Santa 07 photos now starting at Binary Silver. This current series consists of 40 photos taken in three localities: Paete for the Palm Sunday and pagsusuob ritual, Infanta for the flagellants and Makati City for the Evangelista Senakulo

At last I made this series work. I initially had problems with the upload folder path since it just wouldn’t work despite having its folder permission already at 777. Now I was actually looking at the different options of pixelpost and lo and behold, there it was, the correct folder path that should be indicated.

Do enjoy this series as much as I enjoyed taking these, spending countless hours, sleepless hours and much travel from Metro Manila to the Pacific side that is Infanta, Laguna and back to the side barangays in Makati.

Series 46: estancabigas.com images

All 23 images from my portfolio estancabigas photography are yet unpublished in my photoblog Binary Silver. Now starting, these are combinations of black and white people, Sinulog, Sto. Nino, Black Nazarene and In Transit projects and travel images.

By the way, the above image was included in one of the nightly projections during the Angkor Photofestival in Cambodia last year.

Series 45: Sinulog 2007

Yes, to some strange stroke of luck, I was able to come home after all just in time for the Sinulog. The current series now at Binary Silver are the photos that I’ve taken during the event.