I THINK that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the sweet earth's flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are

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I once stroll around a mall and went inside this bookstore which sells back-issues and other old stock tomes. As I look around I stumbled into a coffee table book by a photographer which unfortunately I forgot his name. I may have remembered his name if I bought that book which I was really tempted to buy for a very cheap price, but my, shall we say “thriftiness” dig down

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Just a quick post of my recent visit to the Blessed Virgin Mary at Simala Monastery, Sibonga, Cebu and then going to Oslob, Cebu to kill some time and take a look at the place. Here are some of my shots taken during that day trip. This is the new Monastery still under construction. I'm looking forward to visit this again once the construction is finished. The place

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I promised my friends/photo buddies that I'll share a Photoshop tutorial/workflow after our on-the-spot unplanned photoshoot --a result of an unexpected discussion from our corporate email... thanks corporate heheh :) This is technically my first and I shall say quite detailed tutorial, I hope you'll learn something from it. You may contact me for suggestions to further

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For the longest time, I have used my kit lens once again. This time I took a challenge for myself to just use my kit lens (18-55) during Scott Kelby’s World Wide Photowalk, now on its 3rd year. Official site here: http://worldwidephotowalk.com/. In Cebu City, Philippines around 200 hundred photographers gathered for this yearly event. The photowalk started from Magellan’s

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Just a quick post to break my long hibernation. Ok, it was a forced hibernation as I was so busy with the real world. Just a couple of days ago a friend of mine, a fellow working student during my college days called me to request for a photoshoot with him and his fiance. It was so urgent that I just have to bring my camera with me to the office and wait 'til end of my

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Just like each and every year I was so excited about the Sinulog, an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City, Philippines. The festival honors the child Jesus, known as the Santo Niño (Holy Child), He used to be the patron Saint of the City of Cebu, “used to be” because Jesus is not a saint but God in Catholic faith. Sinulog, which came from Cebuano

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