2009 November

Edwin Martinez - Escaping through Landscapes -
by Yugel Losorata –

Relaxation is a form of escaping from the hustle and bustle of the city life. A photographer goes out of town to commune with nature, carrying his all-important camera.

For Edwin Martinez, a firm lover of outdoor photography, shooting landscapes is his greatest escape. As a marketing [...]

A Beginner’s Guide to
Flash PhotographyEssential Accessories for your Flash (Part 38)–
Our last three issues dealt with modifying the light of flash from its original form – hard light to soft light. Soft light is the form of light that provides a more “natural effect” that is desirable for photographing people. But in the process, it [...]

A Photo Essay and Other Images–

AC Dimatatac, who works as a media assistant for Greenpeace Southeast Asia, describes himself as an “an amateur photographer who likes to document environment and social issues.” AC sent over a photo essay on charcoal workers in Tondo, Manila titled “The Black Life.” Due to our limited space, we are [...]

Philippine photography finally recognized-

By Joseph F. Galian–

Remember when commercial photography was then revolutionized worldwide by digital “film-less” capture at the start of 1999? It was both bitter and sweet to the taste of the market: bitter because it rendered conventional photography as obsolete and expensive; sweet because it was cheaper and more instantaneous!
A decade later [...]

Razorback Rocks 19-
Text and photos by KIKO GUANCO–

Whenever I hear the word “hebigat,” only one band comes to mind: Razorback.
Hebigat Sounds Volume One (1995) was the album that blew my young, impressionable mind. Razorback, along with their brother band Wolfgang, forever steered me into the dark side of all things about Pinoy rock. Razorback has [...]

Calling all photography enthusiasts!–

If you have a good photograph that you would like to share and you think is good enough to be published, send it to us (including some technical information about the image). We are looking for images of any subject that will catch the readers’ attention and paint a thousand words. After [...]

Getting Bigger–
 
This installment suffered from a little rivalry. Things were scheduled to continue with more Nikon SLR legends but the lure of something else won out. Why? It’s something that is really worth considering since it’s an almost completely different experience especially now.

Time was when many people thought that graduating to medium format photography meant [...]