Pasay | Shooting Fireworks

PASAY | Shooting Fireworks

If I have to be honest, shooting photos of Fireworks display is my least favorite of photographic assignments. As it is, Fireworks are a Night Sky spectacle meant to please a crowd, and these are some of the events that I prefer to be part of the crowd rather than standing behind the camera watching the sparks behind my view finder as I constantly adjust the shutter speeds and apertures of the camera.

These photographs were taken last year 2012, on the International Pyromusical Contest. One of my amateurish photography exploits, looking at them now, I can see how far I've went and develop my techniques. These are some of the moments that I have taken photos all in Manual Mode; it was such a challenge to shoot continuously while rapidly adjusting the camera's shutter speeds.

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Capiz | At Home In Roxas City

CAPIZ | At Home In Roxas City

A Province In Focus

Roxas City, The Seafood Capital Of The Philippines. Quite a big tag line for such a quaint and peaceful component city in Region VI Western Visayas. I have to admit that I found it ridiculous as a kid, but of course, I spent all my childhood days encumbered in its embrace, the smell of salty tang in air near the beaches and estuaries is already married to my soul forever, but the tag line is something I didn't understand until I started to appreciate the aesthetics of this city, my home. It's been years then, it's now trying to live up to the name, being a major contributor in the country's Aquamarine Industry and home to a rich fishing grounds.

Aeriel view of Roxas City, over Arnaldo Blvd towards Brgy Bay-bay Roxas City, and overlooking the distant island of Mantalinga.

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