UP For The Win!
The UP Men's Basketball Team won their first UAAP game in almost 2 years last Sunday. Most other schools are aiming their sights on the final four while we were just hoping for at least one win. It was nice to see the te…
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Photography
Shooting Underwater
One of our frequent regrets during beach trips is not bringing a disposable underwater camera. We always forget to buy one. While window shopping at the mall, we found a cheap underwater plastic housing called Dicapac th…
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Know the rules... then break them.
Rule: Sync speed is the fastest shutter speed you can use with flash, period. The 5D's flash sync speed is 1/200. At a recent wedding just before packing up, I tried experimenting with my cam's sync speed by setting it t…
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M+K on ANC's Shop Talk
Camwhoring on set. Teehee. We guested earlier on ANC's Shop Talk, the topic was on wedding-related businesses. This coincided with an article on Business World that also came out today. The month of June is upon us and t…
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We're back...
...in uber hot Manila, boohoo! We couldn't believe that it was only a week ago that we were strolling in uber cold New York City. We had a great time and can't wait to go back, perhaps sometime in August ;) And as if it …
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How I got to be known as the Hero of Sabtang.
Taken with the Ricoh, photo before we left Batan and when we arrived in Sabtang. "Ang tubig! Ang tubig! Mamatay ang makina!" was the frantic call by our boat's captain. "Manong balik na lang tayo!" said our event coordin…
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Batanes, one of the places to visit before you die...
... and it almost became our last place to visit. Hahaha. Just got back today from Batanes after a 2-day photo safari courtesy of Epson Philippines (thanks to Markku!) and would really like to blog about our 'very memora…
MoreA Point and Shoot Wedding
We realized that we haven't been documenting our travels as much as we used to when we had a point & shoot camera because we'd rather leave the bulky dslr behind. So this year we vowed to take more personal photos and go…
MoreCongrats Manny!
It was Gang Badoy who said that Filipinos unite for three things: ousting a dictator, natural calamities and a Manny Pacquiao fight. Yey for Manny and yey for the Philippines! (Photo taken by John Mateos Ong almost four …
MoreCanon 40D - First Impressions
*Warning equipment measurbating ahead* I admit that in our whole wedding photography career, we were never first adopters of camera gear. It was either we bought our gear second hand or we waited a few months before buyi…
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