Still here...

It has been a while since my last blog. I've been lazy lately especially when I stopped working. I lost the will to create the last part of my Coastal Photography which deals with the things I've learned during the trip. It could help some, hopefully. :D

Anyway, I'll be updating this blog again as a new chapter of my life unfolds. This is my first time to be out of the country, far a way from my loved ones.

But I'll still do the last part of my previous blog before sharing anything about my new adventure. Till next time..

Ciao!

Coastal Photography - Part II

You can see Part I here.

Our first day was very fulfilling to the point we wanted to wake up early on the next day to shoot sunrise. Unfortunately I never realized that the sun will rise on the other side of the cove. Poor me, I wake up early just to see nothing but clouds. Somehow I got frustrated and got lazy to shoot.

But while I was gazing at the open sea, I saw some streaks of lights in the water. Dunno what happened but the next thing I know is that I have my camera with me looking at calm sea and clouds. Sun rays slowly shines over the clouds giving that yellow orange color. It was beautiful!!

Sunrays...

Reflection

And after shooting, I reviewed some of my photos for a few minutes. It seems that I only took landscape shots. To make things a little interesting, I wandered around to shoot some stills just to break the mood. The following shot reminds me of Apple's seashell shot..

Hey

Shooting was fun but the calm sea was so inviting that I grabbed my goggles and started swimming. Well I actually don't know how to swim so it was more of a practice. Hahaha.. Afterwards, we hop on the boat and went to Nagsasa cove. We were actually lucky to arrive 5 or maybe 10 minutes earlier because strong winds and rain came right after us. It would have been difficult/dangerous riding those big waves.

Nagsasa cove is next to Anawangin when it comes to popularity. Too many people there unlike in Silanguin wherein we're the only visitor. I prefer Silanguin for its serenity. :)

A very common photo of Nagsasa cove.. my version

Nagsasa Sunset

So this end my trip. Zambales is indeed one of the best places to be when it comes to coastal/seascapes. So far Silanguin is my favorite because of its calm beach and peaceful surrounding. The only drawback though is that it's a 2-hr boat ride to get there. But for me, it was worth it.

This concludes my Coastal Photography trip but I'll be posting a third part for this which deals mostly on some of the things I learned during the trip. Hope it helps some who wants to try it.

Coastal Photography - Part I

I have always been amazed with those coastal photos all over the net. Even some of the shots taken by my friends all over the Philippines. And with so much curiosity, I wanted to try it.

Portraiture has always been my favorite but I always find landscape to come next to it. I even wanted to do landscape portraiture but I find it hard to bring the models to some scenic places. Not only that it's expensive, it requires a lot of time too. Lately I realize there are ways to do it. One way is to make my travel buddies/siblings my models. Another one is to do it within the Metro... :)

And with so many ideas from endless readings about coastal/landscape photography, me and my friends decided go on a trip. And where else should you be when you want to do landscape/coastal photography... none other than the COVES of ZAMBALES..

First stop was SILANGUIN cove. .

We were really excited that we arrived at the scene around 4:30pm. Only to realize we were too early and that it's not yet the right time to shoot. Boredom strike, I took this shot.

2 hours passed, finally a glimpse of the beauty of nature!!!

but it can be gloomy though.. :)

First sunset of the trip was a success, not that we had the best shot but because it was at that time we finally understood(on hands) all those ideas and theories we've read before the trip.

Right after the sunset, it was time for the bright moon. It was calm and relaxing specially when I was lying on the sand gazing at the moon....

And then morning came and I was too lazy to shoot.. But somehow I still grabbed my camera and took some snapshots around...

The next shot was an island sitting at the left side of the cove.

So much for the first 24-hours of our trip..