A Prenup in Disguise within the walls of Intramuros, Manila

a prenup in disguise in Manila, originally uploaded by Rommel Diaz.

It was a casual shoot. I'd see something, then I ask them to pose. From the collection of photos I have taken, I started noticing something, hmm.. the series is looking more like a prenup shoot already.

Ultimate Batanes Tour - Philippines

Ultimate Batanes Tour by ultimatephilippines.com from Cinematic Concepts on Vimeo.

Taking the shots for Ultimate Tours Batanes is one of the greatest physical challenges that I have ever experienced. Everyday for the first three days, I was waking up at 4am to start shooting, go hiking, walking, running, with all my camera equipment. I had to be very very extra careful with the expensive equipment that I had to carry around while enduring the dust, splashes of water, and the hot sun. I am just glad that it never rained! The weather was perfect to go to Batanes. This made the tour to go so well it kept everyone so excited. The wind blowing through the clouds and the trees, the beautiful coasts, wild cows and carabaos, passing through tight roads at the edge of the mountains, and the culinary ivatan experience, all fell into place. It was well orchestrated by Anton Diaz, of ourawesomeplanet. I can't wait to shoot the next tour of ultimate philippines. 

Macro of Wedding Bands

A macro approach in creating art for these wedding bands takes my imagination to another level in photography. I have to be able to imagine what a macro lens can provide. If you are a proud owner of a 1:1 macro lens, I think you know what I mean. 

I didn't want to be included in the shot, but the angle to the framing that I wanted to take did not allow me to. Now I think I will want to do this macro shot approach in all my future photos and make it a signature. That is if all wedding bands are as shiny as this. ;)

Technical Aspect and some: For this photo, the quality of the ISO 1600 of the pro camera used was awesome. I am still using a borrowed 100mm macro lens from my friend Maong.