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Last week, I was out with some high school friends for a simple get-together activity. Since it's already summer, we went swimming at the Balsahan River - a most appropriate hideout for those who want to get away from the sticky feeling that beaches give - situated within the boundaries of Barangay Iwahig, Puerto Princesa City, and home of the famous "Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm". To give you a little background about the place...
"The Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm was established by the Americans in 1904 to supply food to other prisons all over the country. The colony encompasses a 37-hectare farm planted to coconuts, trees, rice and other crops cultivated by the prisoners and their families. Iwahig is operated like a farm, rather than a prison where prisoners toil their farms unguarded. They are allowed to earn an income by working in the many shops that produce various handicrafts derived from discarded wood."
Now for the main course of this post, here are the four shots that I came up with while we were inside Iwahig...
[Unfortunately, I was not able to take a photo of the river for I was busy spending time with my friends. I only had the chance to click away on our way out, which explains why all of my subjects were dry. Haha!By the way, I used my friend's Sony Ericsson K700i phone (It's a bit grainy, but still passable enough for a camera phone. Thank you Dawn for letting me use it!) for I had to bring my Canon to the repair shop 'coz it developed some scan lines and stuff, and I cannot fix it by myself. Okay now, so much for all the hoopla!Here are the photos...]
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"To The Right"
I love the mixture of colors in this photo. It's very country-ish. Not to mention, the cow was very cooperative! Haha! The only thing that I don't like is that brown thingy at the lower right corner. Curious about what that is? Well, daliri ko lang naman yun na nakaharang sa lens. Panira talaga! Hahahaha! Pero okay lang din naman, hindi naman siya ganun ka-eyesore eh.
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"Refugee"
My friend Ellen used her sarong to drape her face and cover her eyes, nose and mouth from all those icky dust particles. And by using it, she looked very much like a refugee (a person who was forced to leave home). That's why I used "Refugee" as the title. Duh. Haha!
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"Wacky Tree"
The cab was running so fast when I took this snapshot. I expected it to be like one of those bad trial shots because my hand got wobbly and crazy. But when I looked at the picture, I'd have to say that the wobbliness and the craziness helped contribute to make for a nice effect.
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"Ecliptic"
I posted this last because its is my personal favorite among the four shots. Ika nga nila, SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST! Haha! I liked how detailed the tree's silhouette was, and how the sun's center turned out as black which gave the photo a weird, but nice ecliptic feel to it. Ooooohhh...
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And that's what I have in my life to share to all of you for now. Until next time! Toodles!
"If you're lucky enough to have something magical happening in front of your camera, don't let it go. Keep shooting until the light fades, the magic evaporates or you or your subject have to leave." -Steve Simon
Raymond at 10:51 PM -
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Flower Pool
What if one really big pool gets to be filled with lots and lots of flowers? That would be so colorful, nice looking, and fragrant...just like heaven. Wait, ano nga bang kulay, itsura, at amoy ng heaven? Hindi ko din alam. Pwede mag-sorry? Haha!
"Daybreak" means at the beginning of the day, or when the sun starts to go out para magsabog ng liwanag sa buong mundo. Kaya nga "daybreak" eh. But contrary to its title, this photo was shot at around 6:30 pm/sunset of Ash Wednesday. Anyhoo, I reeaaallly don't care about how the title connects with the picture...as long as it looks like daybreak, therefore I named it "Daybreak". That's Hollywood! Haha!
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