A rock and roll adventure

One of my best crazy adventures so far.

APR 10, 2011

We found this out when we went to Mampurok river supposedly to bathe however it was crowded at that time we went so my friend Iloy asked around if there was a falls nearby. A local native told us to follow the river and we'll eventually find the falls that we're looking for and would assist us for 500 Bucks. At first, we hesitated but in the end all we ever thought was... "rock and roll" so we trekked this long arduous river without the guide because he was too expensive.

With my game face on :)

At first, the river was easy for me to cross however at the later parts in the journey, the strong currents passing through my legs was as if sweeping me away and I had to ask for a little assistance from my friends. It was really exhausting, I was even about 5 minutes behind them because of the strong rapids. There was a point were I was able to finally able to rest for abit and then we continued.

 There was a point in the river where we met an old geezer who was sitting in his kubo who told us that it was futile to even continue. It would take us atleast 5 more hours or so to reach the falls that we were looking for and we really needed a guide because there might be NPA or Military personnel roaming the forest. We decided to stop and rest and take a bath in the nearby shallow waters. It was also then that I realized that I forgot to put my wallet in my bag geeze :(

And then the trekk back home

After this tiring escapade, I treated them in the evening to some fine cuisine at a local restaurant K Sarap, I forgot to bring my camera and had no pics at the resto.

APRIL 11, 2011

It wasn't until early in the next morning that we decided that our trail shouldn't end there so using our gathered information from the geezer, we took another ride back there this time to the nearest baranggay that will allow us to trekk the falls. I forgot the name of the Purok that we stopped but we got a guide and took us about one or two hours to reach the falls and another to get back. We crossed the hanging bridge, rocky pathways, treacherous ravines before we reached our goal, our final destination - Nacale Falls

Nacale falls is certainly one beautiful sight and hidden from plain sight - certainly a virgin falls - the walk was long and grueling but upon reaching it we realized how worth it was just to get there.

PG Shoot: off-cam flashing

Some manual off-cam flash triggering. :P

I hate the fact that canon does not have a built in low light illumination that nikon has. Manual focusing is really difficult in low light and you can't even auto-focus properly lols.

Experimental Post Prod

Sudan Daniel
Amazing Clothing line by Playground Sports Apparel.

A little postprod shot of San Beda's premiere Center Su Daniels AKA superman by fans of the schools team. Hmm I can't even remember how i did this lol.

Playground Shoot: Ennuh Tiu and Hanna Sotto

Models: Ennuh Tiu and Hanna Sotto Respectively

HMUA and Stylist: Bea Valera

Apparel by Playground Sportswear

My sunday shoot last September 26. It was actually an impromtu shoot for me because I didn't bring my low powered light stands and triggers just made do with my 50mm, kit lens and flash. We made use of the available light that we had then so we had a bit of a hard time shooting but im glad with some of the outcomes and generally the shoot went well and smoothly. 

Barbie & Che

This shoot happened way back last October 28 2009. Those were the days that I was still passionate enough to do some photoshoots. Recently, I am getting bored and lazy to come up with my own shoots even if some friends are inviting me. I'm lacking initiative partly maybe because I'm not that creative anymore. Sigh* if only I had my own studio then or could spice up my creativity more.. when I need it most.

3-6-9

It's a gossip girl inspired photo haha. Had a little reunion with a friend from highschool last 9/11 had a couple of drinks and covered a debut for a friend's sister. I really hoped a lot of my hs buds were attending but unfortunately only two of us could make it. I guess that's what happens with time, everybody is getting busy with something already but nevertheless my friends from highschool still haven't changed a bit, Same old same old.

We also met a chef-professor from CSB who is also a former bosconian and he's kinda pretty cool y'know. We chatted about being a Bosconian and some old school stuff: Rivalry with CSA, St.Scholastica, and the stuff. We also talked about how Bosconians are easily flexible, how we are able to adapt easily with people with from all walks of life.

Im not pretty much good with names but the chef-professor I'm talking about is the one on the right in the photo above

After the debut at Attica bar we had an afterparty with the Nepomuceno's. They rented two rooms in Artina Suites in Makati. We played a couple of card games: Pusoy Dos, Tong-its, my least favorite of all 3-6-9, name game. 3-6-9 Is my least favorite because its the game where I was forced to shot a couple of drinks in a row cause I kept making mistakes. Funny though haha

 I guess that's pretty much like it.

My friends, Anne, and the Nepo sisters Janina and Justine respectively

Magic 89.9 Concert at San Beda College

Here's a little something from last Aug 27 2010 in San Beda College. It's actually a free concert hosted by magic 89.9's Andi Manzano (Andi-9) and Jessica Mendoza. Don't worry they'll be coming at your school next for sure.

Four Bands played. Namely Letter Day Story, Kenyo, Tanya Markova and I think Pedicab. I only covered the first three bands and then I left. Oh a shout out also to Tanya Markova's two vocalists who are also fellow Bedans - Alumnus from a not-so-distant batch.

Oh btw just a though, from an angle, Kenyo's lead vocalist look like Borgie Hermida.

(The two vocals from the left are fellow Bedans)

Pics (top to bottom) Letter Day Story, Kenyo, Tanya Markova, Jessica Mendoza