Some Of My Early Work

We all started somewhere. Here's a collection of some of my very early work. How early? Around 2009 more or less...

Bleeding in saturation. Because that's how I like my images. Unfortunately, I tend to oversaturate it. Note the hideous watermark too.

The rest of my stuff can be found after hitting the jump.

It's rather nostalgic to revisit memory lane every now and then. It's amazing how one's style in photography can change over the years. I still like well saturated images, but I don't like it overdone anymore. :)

Some Of My Early Work

We all started somewhere. Here's a collection of some of my very early work. How early? Around 2009 more or less...

Bleeding in saturation. Because that's how I like my images. Unfortunately, I tend to oversaturate it. Note the hideous watermark too.

The rest of my stuff can be found after hitting the jump.

It's rather nostalgic to revisit memory lane every now and then. It's amazing how one's style in photography can change over the years. I still like well saturated images, but I don't like it overdone anymore. :)

The Bellagio Dancing Fountains

This was taken last October of 2012 on my first visit to Las Vegas. Needless to say, this was awesome and spectacular for a fountain show, or any other outdoor show I've witnessed for that matter. This was the last show for the night too, hence the national anthem accompaniment. I've never gotten excited over fountains until I witnessed this first hand.

The Bellagio Dancing Fountains

This was taken last October of 2012 on my first visit to Las Vegas. Needless to say, this was awesome and spectacular for a fountain show, or any other outdoor show I've witnessed for that matter. This was the last show for the night too, hence the national anthem accompaniment. I've never gotten excited over fountains until I witnessed this first hand.

That Valentine's Day

It was the Valentine's day of 2011. I was feeling tired, hurt and weary. I was dealing with the worst of my wounds at the time. Funny how sometimes the one you're willing to take a bullet for can sometimes be the one pulling the trigger. I think Linkin' Park was able to put the words to describe how I was that time...

A cloud streak above. Apparently somebody fired SAMs at Cupid that night. I hope they got him. Stupid Cupid was picking on me.
Nikon D40, f/4.5, 1/4 sec, ISO 800

My insides all turned to ash, so slow

And blew away as I collapsed, so cold

A black wind took them away, from sight

And held the darkness over day, that night

And the clouds above move closer

Looking so dissatisfied

But the heartless wind kept blowing, blowing

I used to be my own protection, but not now

Cause my path had lost direction, somehow

A black wind took you away, from sight

And held the darkness over day, that night

Well that describes my state of being on that night, albeit figuratively. I suppose it's among the early days when I started getting myself lost and wandering. That night I was sadly sober, alone and trying to walk off a bleeding heart in Harbor Square after midnight. I can't imagine a more pathetic sob that night.

Interestingly enough, on my state of miserable stupor, I apparently created, from what I see now while looking back at my archives, one of my most colorful images of the site. It's been more than three years since. Here they are again. These are too good to just rot in some hard disk, so I thought I'd share them to the world.

Fiery Distant Harbor.   Nikon D40, f/8, 1/4 sec, ISO200  

Colorful Manila Skyline,  Nikon D40, f/8, 1/4 sec, ISO 200

Shops After Midnight,  Nikon D40, f/6.3, 3 sec, ISO 200

February Christmas Lights,  Nikon D40, f/9, 30 sec, ISO 200

What Lies Ahead Is Unclear,  Nikon D40, f/8, 30 sec, ISO 200

I think I have more. However I think these are the cream of the crop from that night. It's both comforting and sad at the same time that I had this inanimate object as company at that time of heavy thoughts weighing me down, and when I shouldn't be bothering other people and keep them from being with their own significant others. Sad, that it's just a camera, brought to its own life by my own habit and tendencies, rather than a significant other that co-exists and shares her habits with me and partakes in my own tendencies as well...

... And comforting, that it's a companion with loyalty beyond any doubt, acceptance without question and partakes in my habits without reproach.


Lens used: Nikkor AF-S 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 G IF-ED DX

That Valentine's Day

It was the Valentine's day of 2011. I was feeling tired, hurt and weary. I was dealing with the worst of my wounds at the time. Funny how sometimes the one you're willing to take a bullet for can sometimes be the one pulling the trigger. I think Linkin' Park was able to put the words to describe how I was that time...

A cloud streak above. Apparently somebody fired SAMs at Cupid that night. I hope they got him. Stupid Cupid was picking on me.
Nikon D40, f/4.5, 1/4 sec, ISO 800

My insides all turned to ash, so slow

And blew away as I collapsed, so cold

A black wind took them away, from sight

And held the darkness over day, that night

And the clouds above move closer

Looking so dissatisfied

But the heartless wind kept blowing, blowing

I used to be my own protection, but not now

Cause my path had lost direction, somehow

A black wind took you away, from sight

And held the darkness over day, that night

Well that describes my state of being on that night, albeit figuratively. I suppose it's among the early days when I started getting myself lost and wandering. That night I was sadly sober, alone and trying to walk off a bleeding heart in Harbor Square after midnight. I can't imagine a more pathetic sob that night.

Interestingly enough, on my state of miserable stupor, I apparently created, from what I see now while looking back at my archives, one of my most colorful images of the site. It's been more than three years since. Here they are again. These are too good to just rot in some hard disk, so I thought I'd share them to the world.

Fiery Distant Harbor.   Nikon D40, f/8, 1/4 sec, ISO200  

Colorful Manila Skyline,  Nikon D40, f/8, 1/4 sec, ISO 200

Shops After Midnight,  Nikon D40, f/6.3, 3 sec, ISO 200

February Christmas Lights,  Nikon D40, f/9, 30 sec, ISO 200

What Lies Ahead Is Unclear,  Nikon D40, f/8, 30 sec, ISO 200

I think I have more. However I think these are the cream of the crop from that night. It's both comforting and sad at the same time that I had this inanimate object as company at that time of heavy thoughts weighing me down, and when I shouldn't be bothering other people and keep them from being with their own significant others. Sad, that it's just a camera, brought to its own life by my own habit and tendencies, rather than a significant other that co-exists and shares her habits with me and partakes in my own tendencies as well...

... And comforting, that it's a companion with loyalty beyond any doubt, acceptance without question and partakes in my habits without reproach.


Lens used: Nikkor AF-S 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 G IF-ED DX

Monday Memories: Makati

Before I became the self-proclaimed discreet all-around shutterbug that I am now, I was once a wielder of relatively heavy equipment. At the time I managed to travel light by limiting myself to 1 or 2 lenses.


One time I got invited by a friend (Hello Hiram!) to shoot some nightshots from on top of a condominium in Makati. I was a noob back then, and due to that I managed to shoot myself in the foot somehow: I sold my kit lens at a prior time, and only the disadvantages of having a short tele lens with fixed focal length only sank in to me when I was at the site shooting.

Despite that hurdle though, I managed to get a few decent shots, albeit with additional effort. At the time I posted the pictures at the now-defunct Multiply. Well, here they are again, after not seeing the light of day for the past few years...

I was at the time still trying to get a grasp of things, so you'd notice less than ideal compositions and the same shots with different hues. That's me experimenting. Then again maybe you can say I was screwing around.

According to Adam Savage from Mythbusters:

Wise words from Adam Savage.

 ... I didn't take notes.

Monday Memories: Makati

Before I became the self-proclaimed discreet all-around shutterbug that I am now, I was once a wielder of relatively heavy equipment. At the time I managed to travel light by limiting myself to 1 or 2 lenses.


One time I got invited by a friend (Hello Hiram!) to shoot some nightshots from on top of a condominium in Makati. I was a noob back then, and due to that I managed to shoot myself in the foot somehow: I sold my kit lens at a prior time, and only the disadvantages of having a short tele lens with fixed focal length only sank in to me when I was at the site shooting.

Despite that hurdle though, I managed to get a few decent shots, albeit with additional effort. At the time I posted the pictures at the now-defunct Multiply. Well, here they are again, after not seeing the light of day for the past few years...

I was at the time still trying to get a grasp of things, so you'd notice less than ideal compositions and the same shots with different hues. That's me experimenting. Then again maybe you can say I was screwing around.

According to Adam Savage from Mythbusters:

Wise words from Adam Savage.

 ... I didn't take notes.

Hangouts From Several Places

Well, it may seem like I'm just going from point A to point B watching time past by (read: Wasting Time) but no, not really. Quality time is hardly wasted.

I'm calling this "hanging out" for the lack of a better term, I may sound like a slacker but I'm just really spending time together with people that matter to me, or I'm just taking the time to appreciate serenity. I don't really see how that's wasteful.

Here are a few snaps from not too recently...

Hangouts From Several Places

Well, it may seem like I'm just going from point A to point B watching time past by (read: Wasting Time) but no, not really. Quality time is hardly wasted.

I'm calling this "hanging out" for the lack of a better term, I may sound like a slacker but I'm just really spending time together with people that matter to me, or I'm just taking the time to appreciate serenity. I don't really see how that's wasteful.

Here are a few snaps from not too recently...