Maternity Portraits

Its been a while since John and Bianca have waited to have a baby and this means it is a very special time for them. Given the opportunity to take some of their portraits is indeed a blessing, I also was able to use a Leica M8 which John currently purchased, which now is hurting so bad because I just wished I had one myself! :D

ICANSERVE

"Ating Dibdibin" a National Breast Cancer Screening Program was conducted last August 21, 2008 at the municipality of Marikina, MM. It is a campaign that offered free screening and awareness on Breast Cancer for women. Providing information, consultation and hope to its attendees. For more information on the organization, click here.

Having fun under the sun!

I was able to take some interesting shots along the way to my target site. Having a top view of the metropolis and the antipolo mountain was a great way for sight seeing. Airlifted by the ever reliable Robinson R44. :D

with Direk Mikey


Ready for take off!

Up high!

I am always excited of new assignments that comes my way, and recently my job was to take images from above! I was tasked to take aerial shots of a school in Manila, we used a Robinson R44 rotor craft which was small, light and could hover at a low altitude. The ride was smooth and quick, we passed the location about 4 times at different altitudes (as low as 400 ft.) and different angles. After firing away at every circle we made, we headed back to the hangar and that ended our session for the day.

Before take off.


Departing the hangar.


Cockpit view.


Makati district.


The target!

A new day, a new assignment...

I was on assignment yesterday to photograph personnel and the major equipments in a facility that fabricates metals for aircraft panels and machinery. The place was cluttered and relatively dark in most areas. I was able to achieve a balanced ambient lighting effect that make the images look natural and gave it a "strobeless" feel on it. I used different types of gels and diffusers and of course I was again working on Nikon CLS technology to do the trick.

Food! Food! Food!

Here are more food shots that I've done and of all the genres in photography, shooting food is a totally different language which makes it so interesting! :D Doesn't that chicken look delicious?! The Red Ice Tea shot for Kitaro took me three attempts to get it right! Wheeew!!! I definitely need a cold drink after that one.



This iced tea glass was shot with only one Nikon SB-800, believe it, or not?!

More products from Kitaro

Here are some new products we can expect soon from Kitaro! This time, it really made me hungry during the photo shoot! :p I remember before I left seeing Leslie looking at the tray of sushi, and saying: "I love Kitaro", It made me think, hmmm...me too! :O

I got to bring home one big tray of sushi and I guess I'll never go hungry again, haha! Go out and treat yourself for some Kitaro sushi today, you deserve it! :)

Let there be Sushi!

I had a new assignment yesterday and I was tasked to shoot some food shots for a popular local sushi bar - Kitaro! It got me really excited to do this because the last time I shot food was at Mark Floro's Food Photography class at PCCI.

I brought all my stuff, you name it! The heavy light stands, strobe heads, umbrellas and soft boxes, camera and lenses and my 17" powerbook and without any assistant that moment I just thought that lifting all those equipment will just exhaust my energy! So, I said to myself, " I don't really need all this stuff!" Immediately, I pulled my D200, 2 Sb-800's and Su-800 and that was about it! Using Nikon's Advanced Lighting technology, I was able to achieve studio output quality in my layouts.

Kitaro is coming out with some new products that you just would like to try when it is made available. Believe me, the sushi really rocks! Check this out:



The proud and beautiful manager of Kitaro, Leslie!



I'm definitely getting some sushi tonight! :D

Another day at the Island Fort

3 days ago I also had a portrait session in Corregidor Island for an upcoming band called "Layag". The structures and sceneries was a good venue to experiment with some lighting techniques, again using Nikon's Creative Lighting System.

Swan Lake

Erica invited me recently to shoot their dress rehearsal for their show, I really love shooting ballet and it just gives me sooooo much inspiration in photography. The movement, emotion, costume and lighting is really dramatic! Can't wait to shoot my next show. Thanks Erica for inviting me, see you and Lucas soon! :D

On Assignment

Yesterday was a different assignment for me, I enjoyed the environment very much - it reminded me of my childhood days! I was tasked to take shots for Everest Academy for their promotional AVP. The kids were so funny and they did pretty well! :D