From swim goggles to SLRs
By Luis Carlo San Juan
As swimmers get ready at the platform, the emcees ask them to take their positions, then you hear the starting shot. The swimmers plunge in.
As swimmers get ready at the platform, the emcees ask them to take their positions, then you hear the starting shot. The swimmers plunge in.
That Ernesto Roxas Cordero nearly sold all 16 of his photographs in his debut exhibit, “Postcards of Perspective,” at Artprints Alley of Makati’s LRI Design Plaza, isn’t the unusual detail of this story. Rather, it’s the fact that he’s a priest.
Photography books are expected to be beautiful, but it takes more than looking pretty to really stand out.
Wig Tysmans remembers the ’80s in “Photographic Memories.” Using IR (infrared) film, the country’s leading photographer captured images of family and friends in Baguio and other sites around the Philippines. The photographs show what we cannot see, as IR photography produces fascinating, sometimes surreal, effects: the skin takes a milky, smooth texture; eyes appear ghostly. Black clothing appears gray or white, and blue skies have a dramatic appearance.
Dutch brothers Alex and Han Van Hagen are holding an exhibit of their fourth collaboration showcasing the striking photographs by Alex and exquisite copper etchings by Han.
Tuesday night at Hai Chix & Steaks in Ortigas. The waiter placed the huge porterhouse in the middle of our table, the beef fat glistening under the restaurant light.
“Para mangtakam ng friends, bwahaha!”—Sol Villamayor, founder, Digital Traincase “I’ve always been a food lover and I used to take pics of my food before I started Instagramming. However, I posted them on Facebook or kept them in my hard drive as a reminder of that delicious meal. Instagram is now sort of like an extension of that desire to document. But this time, I have the pleasure of sharing my food finds with my fellow food-loving friends. After all, what’s the point of experiencing an amazingly delicious meal if you can’t share it with someone, right?”—Marco, DJ
Put a touch of genius into your photography. Shoot pictures beyond a mere recording experience. Shots that leap off the page and hit you between the eyes; a waterfall so real you feel the drops in your skin; a child’s smile that warms you even when you stop looking. What do you have to do to get great shots like these?
How they’ve grown, and how their works are reflecting a growing maturity—one could swear these amateurs have become professional photographers.
“It’s surprising to meet people in different cities, then you meet them again in another city,” said fashion blogger and photographer Onin Lorente. It’s definitely true.
Constructing a hanok, Korea’s traditional house, is painstaking. It requires attention to details, a faithful adherence to Confucian tenets, and regard for natural aesthetics. But through the years, the hanok had situated itself at the forefront of promoting Korea’s heritage and cultural uniqueness.
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