Lomomanila in cooperation with Smart Communications, Fuji YKL, Linksys and Geiser Maclang presents Lomolove Too. A month long lomography exhibit and party. Exhibit runs from Nov 10 till Dec 1 at the Blacksoup Projects Gallery, Cubao Expo, QC. Exhibit launch and party this Saturday, starting at 8 pm with live performances by The Dawn, Cambio, Taken By Cars, the Ronnies, Top Junk, Corporate Lofi, Ang Bandang Shirley, Pasok Mga Bwitre and more.

some recent snaps…

pagbilao, quezon

hot sand on the knees…

love ko ‘to

love ko s’ya

“And now I’m going to say something corny, thanks to you for being such an appreciative audience. Now here’s another song about killing yourself.” - Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails/HongKong

Angst is a word you pick up in Philo 101 in college. A catchall term you use for all the frustration you feel when you can’t score a date, when you’re broke and when you’re flunking your subjects. Now like all proper “angst-ridden” teenagers, you have to have a soundtrack to your pitiful, despicable existence. Back in my day you could listen to Linger by the Cranberries, Minsan by the Eraserheads, Silent all these Years by Tori Amos. I listened to all of them. And I also listened to Nine Inch Nails.

Nothing beat NIN when it comes to pained, angry songs. Perfect accompaniment to those rainy nights of doom and gloom.

College was a silly time. You think you had big-ass problems. But wait ’til you graduate sonny-boy, the real misery is yet to begin.

What’s your soundtrack when you wallow in misery?

It’s time for a break. Time for some sun and some sand and some sea and some grass.

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Here’s some good news amidst the foul weather - at the recently concluded WEVA Creative Excellence Awards we bagged a total of 5 awards. One Gold, three Silvers and one Bronze!

Here are the official results.

Base camp is pretty stoked as entries from the team specifically Ceremony and Reception were edited by Cecile and Sherry respectively.
And a big FYI, our Gold came through the way of a corporate video me and my wife collaborated on. Let’s just say the most kick-ass cutting was courtesy of her. Also, if you look closely, there’s one shot where this running basketball player drove straight at me. The bump was left in the edit (watch closely), what nobody saw was the bump on my head.

The wins were truly a team effort.

Here’s the badass team I’m mighty proud of:

L-R, Sandy, Jason, Pang, Cecile, Rjoi, Rissa, Darlene (not in picture, Joanne and Sherry)

There’s more reason to be proud because a couple of other Pinoyvideomakers won in the competition - Imacron and MG Digital Video. Based from the stories of the attendees (Lito Genilo, Ariel Javelosa, Dominic Velasco), it was truly a glorious moment for the country.

Here are the videos we won for:

Gold - Corporate Video - The Phillipine Basketball League
Silver - Onsite Video - Charisse and Jon
Silver - Reception - Dominique and Raul
Silver - Love Story - Jean and Pongs
Bronze - Ceremony - Millet and Gerard

Check out some BW pictures I shot using a Horizon Perfekt camera.  (posting the wedding pics with the kindest permission from Dino Lara).  The camera shoots a 170 degree field of view with little distortion (unlike a fisheye).

the pics

The future, after all, is wide