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on my 2nd day today of not having any rice or bread, still putting a little sugar in my coffee Let’s see how long I can last before going for a double quarter pounder… #medyohealthy

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Katori Shintō-ryū

It’s not everyday that I get an opportunity to document and witness a martial arts so rich in tradition as Katori Shintō-ryū, a discipline which that dates as far back to the mid or late-1400s. Keiko, intense training while reflecting on the ideals of its rich past. A master charges his apprentice in a sparring session in a dojo for Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū in Quezon City,…

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Know your cuts of meat

Know, know, know, know, know-know... know your cuts of meat 🎶

I’m not ashamed to admit that I crop my photos in Lightroom. But I mostly crop just to straighten them vertically or to force an image to conform with certain aspect ratios suited for sharing on social media, like stories, among others. I don’t have a gazillion pixels on my camera and cropping for any other reason other than what I just mentioned above would be like butchering my own work. Here…

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I sold my Sony A6000 for cheap, that, and a little Toy Story moment

It was a happy goodbye to my Sony A6000. We’ve had good times but it’s time to probably try out a Ricoh GR or Fuji X100V. I got this camera at the height of its popularity back in 2014 and has been with me everyday until late 2015 when I upgraded to full frame. The Sony Alpha A6000, which was Sony’s rebrand of the NEX system, had phenomenal autofocus and was capable of shooting continuously at…

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Getting back into it

Sometime between December of 2021 and January of 2022 or roughly two years since the pandemic hit, I found myself outside shooting on the streets again. The pandemic changed so much of my routine and by this time I have eased into our new lifestyle. It was also how I got reacquainted with my neighborhood, “discovering” all its hidden gems, tiny restaurants, burger joints, Korean groceries, all…

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So much to say, so much to say...

it's been way too long, found time to post again...

Open up my head and let me out… argh! I can’t seem to shake this DMB tune off my head. I went silent from April of 2020 up to now. With the exception of a few posts on my IG and personal socmed accounts, I pretty much erased my presence digitally. At some point I even turned off this website for months at a time as it would trigger anxiety whenever I would see it. Photo by Brett Sayles on…

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Untitled

saying hello world, after such a long hiatus…

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75 days in lockdown

75 days in lockdown

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Firefox 3 Download Day: Setting a New World Record

Firefox 3 Download Day: Setting a New World Record

Update: This is an old archived post on this site and is only kept online for my own archival purposes. The content and images on this post this might be outdated and incomplete. Please do not sue me if the Internet breaks because you read this.

Today is D-Day. I got a friendly e-mail reminder from spreadfirefox.com on Download Day (17:00 UTC on June 18, 2008) for the official release of…

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Clarity

In the land of Gibberish, the man who makes sense, the man who speaks clearly, clearly speaks nonsense.

Jarod Kintz, This Book Has No Title

A coffee shop’s service crew cleaning the window right in front of me as I was deep in thought and asking myself if what I was doing in my work was actually helping people in the grand scheme of things. It was one of those days where I was alone and…

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Throwback - The Sony Cybershot DSC-U10

Throwback: The Sony Cybershot DSC-U10, my first Sony camera.

I just realized that my I first digital camera was actually a Sony. A blue Cybershot DSC-U10 like that on the picture.

It was back in 2003 when I got this tiny Cybershot so I could get photos of my son who was then just a little over a year old. During that time, these tiny Cybershots were all the rage. They we’re pocketable and digital and had a whopping 1.3 megapixels of imaging power, fixed…

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Juan Luna St., Binondo, Manila

Juan Luna St., Binondo, Manila

This man was actually making his way through the crowd while doing some muted strumming that only a fellow musician could recognize from a crowd. I first heard the percussive notes and quickly panned to my left and then found myself right in front of him, took the shot, exchanged smiles and moved on.

Juan Luna Street in Binondo gets very busy around the holiday season and this photo was taken…

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Quiapo church.

I love how this makes me feel like I am looking at a painting. It’s as if time stood still with every one deciding to pose for a photo.

Captured at 1/250 on one bright afternoon back in 2017, this photo was basically shelved and forgotten until I decided to run through my old photos on Adobe Lightroom. It seems there’s a lot more photos from those months that I went dark on Instragram.

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Mamayang 10am, sa wakas, maabot na rin ng Razorback kalawakan! #NowPlaying #Diwata #DOST #Satellite

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Not so lucky. Capitol Commoners braving the rain to get a ride home. I've been stuck here in the area since 9:00pm. And since I'm already soaked and bored, I took out my camera and wrapped it with a rain cover. #Manila #Pasig #streetphotography (at Capitol Commons)

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It was pitch black in an alley in Mandaluyong, when this figure suddenly appeared into my frame... #StreetPhotography #Halloween2015 #Manila #FotografiaUnited #FUODH_10312015

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Master and follower. Paris 2015. #Paris #streetphotography #Sony #a6000 #SonyA6000 #Leica #Summicron 1:2/35mm 1/400s at f/2.8 ISO 320 #Summicron35 #street #people #primelens #blackandwhite #bnw #bnw_magazine #bnw_paris #monochrome #shuttersrepublic #blackvisionprojects #kalyegraphy #everydaystreet #kalyeph #kalyeph2015 #FotografiaUnited #sonyalphapinoy #FUWIN_10292015 #Paris