Bonding with relatives

Goodbye 2009!

I'm starting the year 2010 of bonding with my relatives and my brother and his family. Usually, the first day of the year is reunion for our family. We seldom see each other so I make it a point to invite them at our house and spend a day of bonding.

It made me realized that I'm getting old! I have cousins that i used to carry but looking at them now, they've grown fast!

We all had a great day. I hope to see them again next year!

Happy New Year and may we all have a peaceful and bountiful year!

Cheers!

DPP's 3rd Year Anniversary

Today is DPP's 3rd year anniversary. I just learned about it when I bought the Digital Photographer Philippines (DPP) magazine issue 26. There's an enclosed participant pass and so I grabbed that opportunity and attended their event held at the Fully Booked High Street.

The event started at 10am but I was able to go there past 12noon. Eri, my officemate also attended the event. I also met Nico,a freelance graphic artist/phorographer.

The activities during the day include free seminars conducted by well-known photographers in the industry like Jo Avila, Ben Chan, Ferdinand Decena,Nick Tuason, Pilar Tuason, Jay Tablante, Jay Jallorina, Bernie Ledesma, Raymund Isaac, Wesley Villarica, Harvey Chua and Nino Carandang.

From my estimate,the particants range between 600 to 800. The seminars were conducted in three(3) different locations inside Fully Booked, U-View(basement), Forum(4th floor) and Top Shelf (5th floor). Freebies were handed during registration. I got Nivea goodies while others,early registrants, were given Canon pack, not sure what's inside the pack.

I was able to attend two seminars, "Elegant Lighting for Fashion Photography" conducted by Jay Tablante,as shown in the photo below. The other seminar was, The Art of Landscape Photography" was with Jay Jallorina. Those photographers are still young and equally great. Their works and images show their expertise in their chosen style of photography. I wanted to attend the seminar conducted by Ms. Pilar Tuason, "A Guide to Child and Bridal Portraiture" unfortunately, there were limited seats. Incidentally, she was the featured photographer in this month's issue of DPP magazine. I love her bridal shots.

I didn't stay long. After the talk of Jay Jallorina I left already. The seminar was very inspiring and the speakers/photographers were all generous in sharing their thoughts and experiences.

Happy 3rd anniversary DPP!

All Souls Day

"Know thou, of a truth, that if the soul of man hath walked in the ways of God, it will, assuredly, return and be gathered to the glory of the Beloved...(Selections from the Baha'i Writings)

Voicebox Concert

I was requested by my friend and officemate, Katz Cruz, to take photos of their concert last December 16. Performers were not really professional singers but they were trained to sing and confidently sing in front of the crowd. The concert was staged at PETA Theater Center in Quezon City.

Together with Katz performing is her daughter Katrisse.

Congratulations Katz, Katrisse and the rest of the performers. Job well done!

See more of photos by clicking on this link VOICEBOX PHOTOS

Amor’s bday treat at Oody’s

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We had lunch out today at Oody’s in Galleria as advance birthday treat from Amor Lazaro, my generous boss. Her birthday is actually on the 2nd of July. From left, Cristy, Amor, the birthday celebrant, Anna Marie, Alvin, Maureen and myself. Hmmm, I wonder what's on the menu??? :)

tam yam seafood soup

fried cat fish with mango strips

pandan and lemon grass tea

chow time!!!!