Best of Friends

Heard of this?
Who haven't right?

The best of friends is probably the term you would use for the most valuable friend you would ever describe that person who have been part of your life who knows a little bit of every moment you have been through.

Friggin aye to that! So let me share mine. Low and behold my very first model duh! My best of friends. Imagine the irony of having your best friend be your very first model. It was a blast. It was utter fun all the way. Sure! Everyone looking at us was a bit nerve wracking but it was an experience that would make other people say... Jeez.. I wish I can do that.

The timing was perfect so it seems with the picture posted here. Nope! Nothing was near to perfect timing while shooting this captivating picture. The weather was bad, the lighting was horrible and the conditions were worst than expected and to top that, she was pregnant and was making "lihi" with a vengeance. LOL ~ Laugh out loud.

I am proud of how I edited this picture. I made her eyes a feature. I back dated her skin as if she was ten years younger. The word perfect would be well fit for this picture. Well, she deserves it.

This would be the very first project I ever made that would make me into a portrait photographer. Now I am writing about the experience. Photography is likely a skill that everyone can learn but not everyone can stand out. I ridicule the part where a Digital Photographer would comment about editing are for graphic artists. There is nothing wrong with editing your digital takes. Why not? Film Photographers used to do the same thing, just with a different approach or technique. Digital age baby, everything is done digitally unless you prefer to be an old stubborn nut.

So here are my two cents to it all. Photography? Why not? If you can hack it then why not do it with passion. Passion and not boasting. Art is merely a form of expression of one self in an artistic method. Photography is one of them duh!

I Meant "Albay"

Here I am. Finally opening my own blog for my personal adventures and experiences.
So after all the ventures I have made, I finally put a foot down and decided to write about
everything that caught and will catch my attention until the day I decide to stop or whatever.

So what will be my first post about? hmmmm. So many ideas running in my mind...

Ok! I want my first post in this new blog to be about my four years present experience with my hometown Albay and the past differences that made an impression during my four year slumber in this humble province that I am proud to call "The Growing Tiger."

As shown on the picture I took last November (2011), the improvement I have to say is  nothing short of marvelous. A decade ago, the spot where I took the picture proved to have its difficulty to ordinary people who was just out for an early morning drive. The thing is all the those lights, bridge and even the road did not exist yet.
























The good old festivals. Ah yes. Every Filipino is at home with these types of celebrations. Albay in particular celebrates festivals like it was a part of ordinary day to day life. Back then, it was just a handful of festivals but now with the evolution and trend of digital photography, everyone seems to cry out for more. Like this picture I took during the Fiesta of Legaspi 2011.

The "hoys!" "Gilid na!" did not stop me from taking the center of the street to snipe this shot as these fascinating bunch of vixens parade the street of Capantawan making the crowd go wild. Hot is the term best used for these situation.

So what is the big hype with this post about "Albay" and the difference before?
Plain and simple. Come here and feel it. Be here and experience it. From Manila it's just an 8hr bus ride. I would recommend Cagsawa Bus Lines if travel by bus and it'll take about 1hr plane ride from Manila to Legaspi.

What is the hype about? Ibalong 2012. Sad I won't be here to cover it again but who knows. Maybe I will. *Crossing fingers indeed.

So for my first post... This is fairly acceptable to commemorate my stay. A lot changed since my last stay here. That was 1999 when I left for greener pasture. Now, I can honestly say "Albay is province you can retire to."