Black and white photography has never really interested me. I’ve heard and read all the arguments in its favor from the dramatic effect to the play on lights and shadows but I still don’t see why anyone would want to miss all the color.
Not in black and white
Posted on July 16, 2009 · 15 Comments
The lonely hammock
Posted on July 14, 2009 · 8 Comments
Years ago, I bought a hammock thinking it would be swell to read a book under a tree. I don’t know what I associated the idea with, I did not grow up in the province where things like these are nothing extraordinary. It just seemed so rustic and tranquil and, for a girl who grew up in the city, almost surreal. To my dismay, the droppings of the insects living on the tree kept falling on me.
Weird fruit and thorny, hairy leaves
Posted on May 29, 2009 · 12 Comments
I’ve seen a lot of plants with thorny stems but this is the first thorny leaf I’ve seen and photographed. The fruit of the plant itself is strange looking — like the head of an animal complete with ears. There’s an older photo of this yellow fruit in the archive taken during a previous stay at Balay Indang. It caught our attention then but, during our most recent visit, it was the leaves that appeared more interesting. It’s as though they’re saying “Hands off!”
Canon Powershot G10 and bokeh
Posted on May 27, 2009 · 19 Comments
A reader just made my day. Instead of being asked my opinion about the Hayden Kho-Katrina Halili sex video or the Jamby Madrigal-Gilbert Remulla word war (yes, these questions clog my e-mail), Gabby asks for advice about the Canon Powershot G10 and bokeh. Oooh, I love questions like that. I will happily answer it with ... (more)
Lady Thiang and Tuptim
Posted on May 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
That’s whom these statues reminded me of — Tuptim and Lady Thiang from the Broadway musical, The Kind and I, based on the memoirs of Anna Leonowens who was a teacher of the children of Siam’s (now Thailand) King Mongkut.
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