How to kill boredom

Sunday, afternoon, humid, everyone was sleeping except from me. There was the t.v. but no decent show, boredom sinks in, the ultimate solution was a camera.

father and son

Stills, they are all around. Cheesy is what I describe the picture above, I was not after the safety pins, I was after the bokeh.



dried octopus

From pins, to plants, ants, underwear hanging, these are possible subjects (I didn't get to shoot undies though).



leprosy

That guy is weird, is he shooting those rusty GIs'? Yes, I just did, and yes, it's kinda weird.

banga

I'm addicted to shadows as well, I killed time and boredom, 4 shots for 2 hours. I shoot with nikon (d40) by the way.

Snaps from Fluvial Procession 2009

You might want to ask me where are the pictures of the majorettes? I didn't catch them, because the parade ended so early. In some radio announcements they said that the military parade this year will start from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, so I was so complacent, I went to Panganiban drive (where the military parades starts) at 10:00 AM only to find out that they are no longer there.

But it was okay, I guess Fluvial procession is more important than the military parade, so I walked again, this time not in black shirt anymore (I was thinking that you are good looking when you are wearing black shirt and a camera strap around your neck that screams Nikon) For the fluvial procession I wore my 3 year old shorts and my faded, fresh from the treasure chest t-shirt. If I don't have the camera with me I'm going to look like a beggar (Taong Grasa).

Sharing the snaps now. Click picture for a better view.


For me they are the most genuine nuns of all, they are from Mother Theresa's congregation, the Missionaries of Charity.

People from all walks of life, young and old, rich and poor, they are there to show their utmost devotion Ina.

The lead pack of boatmen, towing Ina's pagoda to Her destination.

This is not so healthy, kids swimming in the Bicol River, the city government of Naga has plans of cleaning this river though, I heard that they will use the river for transportation purposes.

Some of the members of the Camarines Sur Dragon boat team came from these men.

Guys, they took their bath today, no need to cleanse them, anyway they will be blessed later to honor their service to Ina for taking Her to Her path.

She is the reason for the celebration.

The fluvial procession was already over when I saw these kids, I guess they live near the river.

Why is he included here? He sells candle during the procession, for some reasons he always block my view by sticking candles on my lens. He only stopped whe I took a shot of him, and yes he gave my filters with candle smudges.


I didn't take pictures of the mass anymore, I just attended the mass. I was excessively tired after that event, but then again, it was okay. Compared to last year the fluvial procession ended earlier this year and in proper order. Again, Happy Fiesta everyone. Next year would be the 300 years of devotion to Ina, I hope to see more people and more experience and a stronger devotion to our Lady of Peñafrancia.

Snaps from Voyadores Festival 2009

I was in the streets when this event happened, ahh, good thing my old little nikki was with me, so I fired away like crazy.

Click picture for a better view.


The wind during their performance was perfect

I'm learning now, you can talk to them and ask permission if you can take a picture of them. So I smiled and and said, Hi, I'm Jerry Mcguirre(not my real name of course, hehe) can I take a picture of you, and she said with pleasure sir :-) click!

I hope you liked our company fans

Gulp, gulp, gulp gulp, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh....

What about you guys, do you also need some gulp gulp? :-)

We are on the same boat, whatever our goal is, we'll successfully reach it.

I wonder where the source of joy is..


More to come...

Traslacion 2009, a way of communicating devotion to INA

I was standing in the middle of the road when I heard the clang of the church bell of Our Lady of Peñafrancia church this afternoon, then minutes after I sensed a vibration from the ground where I was standing, a vibration produced by countless men who were all instantaneously motivated to start the traslacion. Traslacion means transfer and traslacion is the start of the Peñafrancia Fiesta.

I was present during the transfer, but obviously I'm not one of the men who carried Her to her journey to Naga Cathedral.

My mom told me to stay away from the crowd, she says it's not good for my health, so I shot pictures instead.

Ina on her way to the entrance of Naga Cathedral

Not too young to communicate devotion

They are good guys this time

The struggle of transferring Her to the altar

During the mass

After the mass