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Pinoy Photography held its official photo opt last August 23, 2004 in Ciudad de Acuzar Heritage Complex in Bagac, Batan.

Charmed by sunset of South China Sea, the complex is rising with actual structures of notable old houses with historical value.

The controversial complex sprung criticism among historians and conservation groups but as a lover of rich Philippine architectural heritage, I’d rather see them in Bagac than find them deteriorating and be eaten by swarming populace.

Here’s a favorite among the set.

I spent the early hours of my birthday last August 11, on top of the mountain at the SRC Monastery in Brgy. Lubigan, San Jose, Tarlac. It was a humbling experience to watch the sunrise and listen to the chants of monks (morning prayer) and birds chirping like there’s no tomorrow. Thank you Lord for another year.

Rarindra Prakarsa is phenominal. The artistry seen on his images is very much evident and the techniques of processing is very well composed.

Above is my try of his style.

You can check more of Rarindra’s images from here - http://photo.net/photos/rarindra

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Rick Astley - Cry For Help

Renewed my .Mac Account last night during the iPhone 3G roll-out to select countries. I am holding syncing my iPhone though but by quick browsing to Mobile Me, I realized, finally, something worth buying (again) from Apple.

Email me at moncorpuz@me.com

Woohoo! a 18”x6” archival print of this photo was sold last Saturday at Tiendesitas, Pasig City. The photo entitled “Sunset at Lake Danum” was part of the Pinoy Photography Org Group Exhibit which runs from June 28 - July 7, 2008.

The photo was taken in Sagada during my first visit last January.

To order prints, please email me at momoncorpuz@gmail.com.

Black Pencil Project Logo - weee!

“ When you help others,
You can’t help helping yourself!
Every time you
Do good deeds
You’re also serving
Your own needs.

— Avenue Q, The Money Song

High time for moi. My Banaue portraits clinched three (3) places of PiPho’s Monthly Photo Contest namely 7th, 5th, and 1st place. I hope my photos will do well in the coming FPPF Judging this Saturday.

Pipho is a Filipino photography club and a member of Federation of Filipino Photographer Foundation (FFPF).

You know what I like about photography?

tylerriewer:

You’re limited to this tiny field of view, but stuck with the fact that you can’t ignore anything inside it. There are no blind spots. No distractions. In real life it’s easy to look past something. Everything is moving and you’re trying to keep up. But a camera can’t squint when it looks into the sun. And that sense of unbiasedness forces you to be conscious of what you’re seeing. It makes you take responsibility because every little detail you can fit into that box for one half-second in time is going to be permanently stored forever.

Once you learn the difference between what your eyes see and what a camera sees, you can stop capturing moments and start creating them.

And that’s pretty awesome.