bo burgos photography

after new year.....asthma attacks

2012-01-05T22:06:00.000-08:00

the girls had a minor asthma attack ....maybe due to the cold weather of december.....well its nebulizer time...went to dr. dale and advised to give them duavent+nss for their cough...

julia's phota @ home notes magazine

2012-01-05T21:31:00.000-08:00

julia was so surprised to see her photo in the dlsz shool's home notes magazine.....it was taken during the zobel's fair last november 2011.....

new years eve 2012

2012-01-03T21:30:00.001-08:00

happy new year to all...god bless and wishing all good health, joy and success for 2012..... these are some pics during new years eve...the usual had new year's dinner with the family...food was prepared by all of us....nice table arrangement by my babes......fireworks by joaquin and julia while jana watched them with their cousins...javier fell asleep and could not wait for the fireworks although he saw some earlier but still a little afraid of the fireworks....when midnight strike for new year there was a brownout..no electricity....but ok.....hopefully 2012 would be a better year for us family.....

here is the amazing table set up....had wine shiraz my fave.....here tripping in the dark with my glow in the dark shirt hehehehe......

a shot of babes before fireworks.......still ok had a glass of wine and tipsy already......

the usual family pic dinner shot....all of us before having new years dinner.

and here are the climax of the night....fireworks at exactly 12 midnite.....

hawaii trip video takes

2011-12-29T15:09:00.000-08:00

our hawaii trip oct-nov 2011

2011-12-18T22:42:00.000-08:00

one of the happy moments.........of mine...........................at pearl harbor.......
javier is so malikot while on tour at the mss missouri battleship...u could see how small he is and how gigantic the ship was.....
here is a family pic...our departure from naia airport en route to narita, then hawaii...kids woke up early and so excited....check out javier still so sleepy..does not care what was happenning around him...the girls in their nice travel outfits with matching hats.
a shot inside the rented van...we noticed that rainbows are ordinary occurance in hawaii...we seen so many of it while we were there....joaquin took this shoot...rainbows end in my mouth hehehe...might be some treasure inside me that may be the reason for my big tummy....
the gang at the back of the van....both jana and javier have to sit in their car seats for safety......joaquin is my navigator julia is at the bact taking care of jana sometimes both of them are messing around back there....
this is a picture of julia...she swan with the dolphins...priceless............julia really enjoyed the experience....
one of my happy moments................................................departure from manila

joaquin while having his surfing lessons....a fast learner....watched him do the surf and on his second try he was able to stand up on the board early....just an advice...now i know why surfers were rash guard shirts......whole front chest and abs of joaqs were sore after a day of surfing

halloween's eve in downtown waikiki....the girls were zombies and javier as robin hood......check out their make up from the before and after look.....

also went to Pearl Harbor hawaii, got lost on the way there so lost some time of the day...when we reached the place..it was already lunch time and we could only take the uss missouri ship tour, and since the submarine only allowed kids 7 and up only so the 2 younger ones cant enter the submarine

here is our first day in honolulu hawaii, stayed at the ohana waikiki malia hotel...its about 3 blocks away from the beach...so we just changed and went walking in downtown hnl......

last october 30 we flew to honolulu, hawaii with the whole family for a 5 day vacation...here are some of the pics i took....first flew in to narita airport for a stop over there and the kids were having a blast going around narita airport...ate at a japanese fast food there and kids played in the playroom inside the airport.

lolo noli"s 75th bday

2011-10-16T22:31:00.000-07:00

weekend of oct. 16, 2011, sunday, spent the weekend sunday in pampanga to celebrate papa noli's 75th bday and also to visit mama manching.......she is well and happy since there was a little party for papa.....

julia's braces

2011-10-16T22:15:00.000-07:00

october 15, 2011....juliana's 2nd phase of her braces was installed by her dentist.....she requested a liter of vanilla ice cream to numb the pain of her mouth due to putting in her braces...here are the before and after pictures

jana margarita's class muse for 2011 sports fest

2011-10-10T23:37:00.001-07:00

julia's winning artwork

2011-10-10T23:29:00.001-07:00

here is juliana marion's artwork which was chosen as one of the finalist in dlsz art contest...here is her work being exhibited at the cpa lobby....good job julia.......and congratulations (2011)

jana margarita

2011-10-10T23:03:00.001-07:00

just a day spending with my daughter pingping........made some practice shots using strobist style....here are some of her shots

javier maximus @ 1.4 mos......

2011-10-10T22:52:00.000-07:00

74th UAAP swimming competitions

2011-10-10T22:29:00.000-07:00

joaquins summer 2011 basketball leaque

2011-08-31T19:15:00.001-07:00

Javier Maximus first Haircut

2011-08-18T19:39:00.000-07:00

last sunday august 13, 2011, two months after his 1st bday we decided to have his first haircut.
went to nu style salon, which is where me and joaquin regularly have haircut...his hair is getting quite long and he is always have been mistaken for a baby girl....

honestly, i was surprised that he was well behaved having his haircut..i thought that he will be crying and hating to have his hair cut.....

after a couple of minutes his hair is short and now looks quite different...i will miss those wavy hairs since the hair stylist said that it wont come back anymore....i remember the hair of my younger brother wewe....he had the same wavy hair when he was still a baby....

well here are the photos of the before and after look....

bo burgos photography: javier maximus 1st bday celebration

2011-07-20T01:56:00.000-07:00

bo burgos photography: javier maximus 1st bday celebration

javier maximus 1st bday celebration

2011-07-18T20:14:00.000-07:00

june 4, 2011, its my 4th child first birthday celebration held at look function room, manila ocean park manila.....the weather was perfect and it did not rain since it has has been raining like cats and dogs in the past few days....the venue was perfect and i give credit to my lovely wife, wit, for doing all the work and organizing everything....from choosing the place which is very lovely...the looc function room has a back drop of the massive aquarium of the ocean park and all the guest were really amazed and kept all the guest watching all the species in the tank from little nemo fishes, big grouper, eels and stingray...the set up of the tables was just perfect, the caterer is superb and even to the minute details..the balloons, decors, and everything was just great....clap clap to my wife for a job well done....i know she has been to a lot of stress in the past months but she still managed to pull it off......now i feel guilty lol....just did the photography and video of the event...well we stayed at the hotel and my kids really enjoyed their stay there...i recommend the rooms of H2O hotel...the theme of their rooms are the massive aquarium wall they have which you can stare the whole time your in there and it really de-stresses oneself just by looking at the fish in it.....javier maximus just had a ball during his party although he fell asleep in the end of the party due to being tired and guests carrying him hehehe..everybody is complaining how heavy he was......lastly to all our friends and relatives who came by hope you all enjoyed the party like we did thank you for coming....lets do it again in the future....

D' Espisona siblings

2011-07-18T19:46:00.000-07:00

it was a simple event......lola manching's 73rd birthday celebration and wit's sister all of 5 of them went to celebrate mama's birthday....ate dawna from london, ate vina from iran, day from saudi and partue were all there to be at mama's birthday bash ...so for all of them to be in one place is already a remarkable feat and this is a have to photo shoot with all of them...i had fun photographing all of them and everybody looked very good.....

first day class pics for school year 2011-12

2011-06-15T19:57:00.000-07:00

late post here.....here are photos of the kids for the new school year 2011-12......joaquin is already freshman in high school, juliana is 4th grade (at lasalle zobel) and jana is kinder jr at sacred heart...time flies really and the kids are growing up really fast......

2011-05-17T21:49:00.000-07:00

1st time blood donor

2011-05-17T21:36:00.001-07:00

my first time to be a blood donor....my mother in law needs it for her post operation...was with my wife but she got disapproved since her hemoglobin was low maybe due to nursing her mom at the hospital...well they got 1cc of blood need 2cc's more but i guess this will do for the moment.
i would like this blood donor to be an advocacy of mine and when my kids grow up will bring them also for donation....its a small way in helping others in need in case of emergency. this was done at the philippine red cross at intramuros manila date may 18, 2011.

jana' s graduation at ICH March 18, 2011

2011-03-21T20:31:00.000-07:00

march 18, 2011...our third kid jana margarita graduated nursery at International Childrens House school....she got an award/medal for being the most friendly, which is very much her personality....congratulations jana....

joaquin graduation ball party shoot......

2011-03-21T18:31:00.000-07:00

made some portrait shots of my eldest before attending his graduation ball party at alabang country club...this is march 11, 2011 same day a big earthquake hit japan and caused a tsunami in the northern part of japan....my babes is there when it happened and i was so worried when i was driving joaquin on the way to his grad ball...the news said that it was a big quake and wit msg me through text that they were being evacuated at the hotel....all i could do is listen to the radio and hoping for better news and just awaiting for messages from wit. also this is the day julia had her dance presentation for their zumba club at dlsz school...i did not get to be there for julia.....sorry my princess...but after her presentation i brought her to dinner at cravings filinvest and bought her paints and sketch pad as a prize.....was trying to call the hotel during dinner but lines were temporarily down i guess......but we are very thankful that nothing happened to wit and she got home safely on sunday march 13, thank you God for all the blessings ...

jana's ICH family day

2011-03-18T16:50:00.000-07:00

2011-03-11T22:04:00.000-08:00

we welcome the new addition to our family, wit upgraded her smaller escape to a bigger nissan patrol and prices of gas is just horrendous right now so we opted in getting a turbo diesel for practical purposes....

we already said goodby to our 04 yellow ford escape, as much as we wanted to keep it...we have to sell it since its nice V6 engine is just a gas guzzler....to its new owner enjoy since its well maintained and its got lots of years of enjoyable ride......

mommy's birthday 3-6-2011

2011-03-11T21:43:00.001-08:00

march 6, 2011 birthday of mommy and we went to resort world casino near the new centenial airport in pasay and ate chinese food...the place is new and classy. it was a nice intimate birthday celebration at.....i forgot the name of the chinese restaurant....the grandkids had a grand time going around the place.

valentines flower shopping

2011-03-11T21:29:00.000-08:00

feb 14, 2011 valentines day.......went out with my kids joaquin, juliana, and jana to buy flowers to my lovely wife since she loves getting flowers during valentines day.... the kids picked their mom's favorite flowers which is carnation had it arranged and surprise her on the eve of valentines which is also her arrival from a trip from japan....

epson product launching 3-3-11

2011-03-03T23:20:00.001-08:00

julia's 9th bday @ rockwell

2011-02-03T20:07:00.000-08:00

jan. 21, 2011...happy birthday to my princess Juliana Marion. We asked her what she wants to do on her birthday and her request was to go jumping on a giant trampolin at rockwell center. went to rockwell and to our surprise the trampolin/rock climbing was not there anymore. also, her favorite shakey's pizza parlor was not available at rockwell.

So, she settled to eat at kentucky fried chicken, also her choice...we were hoping she would pick a chinese restaurant but not....then after meal went to power station to play video games there with her siblings - kuya joaquin and jana...

but besides playing games, mommy went shopping at zara for her gifts...enjoying the day then suddenly javier became sick and was uneasy and crying already later part of the day...so we went home...bought thai food at som's for dinner and all is well .....my princess was happy maybe next year..we will have a better celebration.....again happy bday julia.....

don bosco homecoming 2011

2011-01-27T17:44:00.001-08:00

january 15, 2011....our batch 86 was the sponsor for this years alumni homecoming....part of the program of the homecoming is the mini carshow led by ching savet of carstylisticshop and he showcased some of his works of art...consisting mainly of old school japanese cars which was restored to its original look

but my most favorite of the exhibit is the 1965 mercedes benz which came in late for the exhibit

HAPPY NEW YEAR...2011

2011-01-05T00:43:00.000-08:00

sharing some images taken on christmas day and new years eve 2011....also took some videos of the kids and khali our pet lab...doing some fireworks during new years eve.

jana ICH christmas presentations

2011-01-02T22:05:00.000-08:00

2010 G League Swim finals @ Trace Aquasports Center in Los Banos, Laguna

2010-12-07T17:25:00.000-08:00

last november, the finals of the G league swimming competitions was held at Trace Aquasports Center, Los Banos Laguna. All the qualifying swimmers from the whole nation competed in different events. My son, Joaquin qualified in the two events, backstroke and breast stroke 100m . Well its his first time and too bad he did not win any medals. Maybe next year we will come back and compete again and hope to win next year.

Had fun watching the DLSZ tankers compete, the place Trace was such a nice place. I was with the whole family except for Javier, we did not take him since he is still very young and weather was raining quite a bit. Here are some of my takes of the event.....

I took a shot of the diving area, liked the roofs of the place with some of the empty bleacher...thought it would make a nice photo....liked it and converted it to bw

javier @ 6mos.

2010-12-06T21:59:00.001-08:00

camera: canon 40d

lens: 100mm 2.8 ef macro

2 lite set up ....... 1 ac strobe 60watt w/ umbrella at right 45 degrees cam right and sigma flash left side 1/8 ev setting

eye candy- all female singing group

2010-12-03T01:44:00.000-08:00

got invited to shoot an all female singing group called "eye candy". well this is post is long overdue. here are some shots i made...

multiplicity shots

2010-11-26T01:25:00.000-08:00

herewith trying myself on multiplicity shot....camera on tripod...shot 2 frames and processed at photoshop cs5......

christmas tree new look

2010-11-23T21:40:00.000-08:00

my wife, wit, put up the christmas tree early this year....she changed the look from the old one by buying new decors...she called it the morocan look...its color theme is gold...so it glitters at night...good job by my wife..she really outdid the tree from the past...altough before christmas decorations is still fabulous....thanks so much babes for making christmas every year special....

kids recent portrait

2010-11-23T21:36:00.000-08:00

joaquin miguel
juliana marion
jana margarita
javier maximus

joaquin's birthday wish

2010-11-23T21:16:00.001-08:00

november 22, 2010...its my eldest 13th bday and we asked him if he wants to celebrate it with a party or buy something he likes...he chose the latter.

went to olympic village and he picked the new nike lebron basketball shoes and a pair of dc skateboard shoes.....

juliana marion's field demo at dlsz 2010 fair

2010-11-21T22:30:00.000-08:00

rj and tin wedding 11-15-10

2010-11-17T19:59:00.000-08:00

i covered a wedding last monday, 11-15-10 at calaruega and in splendido tagaytay...commissioned work by aaron ebio fine art weddings.....
rj and tin wedding.......here are some shots...

jana's 4th bday @ ICH school

2010-11-08T22:26:00.000-08:00

here is the video of my daughter's jana celebrating her 4th birthday at her school in ICH

here are shots on the birthday celebration of jana at her school also lilttle babt javier also attended the party.....

halloween portraits 20101

2010-11-03T23:17:00.000-07:00

burgos circle.....henry's place by good earth

2010-11-02T21:30:00.001-07:00

Day after the Brent Swim Invitationals, we went to sunday mass then decided to eat at makati in bowl of china...saw farah there a co-worker of wit at delta...said that service was bad and so we decided to transfer to another restaurant and since we wanted to have chinese...we ended here in the fort area burgos circle....its called the Henry's Place by good earth...it chinese cuisine and food was good but a little bit pricey since the serving was small..(at my standards). overall food was good and tastey, service was moderately ok, ambiance was great and affordability is at pricey level.

Also, this was the first time that javier maximus ate solid food....her mom served him wanton beef noodles and he liked it very much.....

JANA 4TH BIRTHDAY INVITES

2010-11-01T22:46:00.000-07:00

made invites for jana's upcoming 4th birthday here is a sample......

jana eating what they call here kulang_ _ t ng instsik

2010-11-01T21:53:00.000-07:00

took a picture of my daughter jana margarita eating a specialty food from baguio city...up north of manila called kulangot ng instik....hehehe..this is one of my favorite from baguio when i was a kid even with the strange unappetizing name but still yummy...

2010 brent invitationals swimming competition....

2010-10-27T00:22:00.000-07:00

here are some images from the last 2010 brent invitationals....

atlanta, GA - Minneapolis, MN usa trip 2010

2010-09-23T19:47:00.000-07:00

went to atlanta city, GA last september 2010 i accompanied my wife on her annual training at delta head office in atlanta. stayed there for more than a week and got a chance to travel around the city while wit is on training in the morning.....the public transportation in atlanta is very good. they have buses and metro rail system called "marta". bought a week pass for marta at a cost of $20 and sure was worth it. went around the downtown area, midtown and mostly most of the stops the train goes.

G LEAGUE SWIM COMPETITION 2010 - AYALA ALABANG COUNTRY CLUB

2010-09-06T22:28:00.001-07:00

rj and ma. angela nuptial 092510

2010-08-10T06:08:00.001-07:00

last 09/25/2010, rj and angela tied the not at the newly renovated st. andres cathedral. their wedding was very nice and a beautiful couple as well. i am proud to have covered this memorable event of their lives.

WEDDING GUEST BOOK LAYOUT OF RJ AND ANGELA shots were taken in a simple garden.

jana 1st day of school.....

2010-06-23T01:48:00.000-07:00

JAVIER MAXIMUS

2010-06-06T00:09:00.000-07:00

june 3, 2010 @ 9:19pm date and time of birth of our new member of the family, Javier Maximus....weighing a 9.60 lbs he is very big and congrats to my lovely wife for a normal delivery.

DLSZ TANKERS ACTIVITIES

2010-05-24T19:14:00.000-07:00

looks like the next michael phelps (a dream of a dad)...

G league competition june 15-16, 2010 @ Makati Aquatics Sports Arena.

activity shoots........

2010-04-26T22:53:00.000-07:00

date: october 16, 2010
event: funshoot organized by jerico montemayor
model: jaque bargues brazilian
location: quezon city

funshoot @ merville park paranaque city....organized by kelby montojo
model: ana scott
mua: ryan
date: august 1, 2010

model : gwyneth ceridwin
mua : rouchelle diaz
location: calibre studios, makati
date: june 20, 2010

attended a glamour photography workshop by Borj Meneses last 5/1/10 and here are some takes.
model: anna jebb

next...shoot at horshoe drive...got invited by fellow photographer friend aaron ebio... date:5/3/10

funshoot @ one serendra, the fort

model: cleeyo hamby

mua: tammy

date: 4/24/10

PROJECT: NISSAN VANETTE

2010-04-22T18:03:00.001-07:00

here is the mag wheels for the vanette, its 15x6.5 commodore styel rims, deep dish and old school ang dating

here is the electric fuel pump that was replaced, found out that this is the reason for the hard starting of the engine....

here are some updated pics of the vanette....almost in the finishing stage already...picked the color metallic pearl blue....now will be putting together the interior hope that we can put it back in its original form...well next is the magwheels.....will be replacing the original 14 wheels into 15x7 rims and putting on the dunlop 195x55x15 tires that my brother raymond gave to me....saved some money there...hehehhe

updated pics of the vanette, bodyworks have been finished and preparing of painting already...have to choose what color now...blue, orange or yellow....still undecided until now

3rd stage: may 21, 2010, have started the 3rd stage of the restoration....getting it body repaired and painted....brought it at the carpaint shop and the latero started dismantling all the interiors to check of all the rust....its gonna be a general body works so all rusted parts would be repaired. its gonna take about 2 weeks of body repair and then painting follows...have not decided what color to pick but maybe go for metallic orange or pearl blue...

2nd stage:

i have replaced the clutch, starter and alternator with brand new parts. these parts have been submerged under water and have been heavily damaged but its good that water did not damage the engine and transmission. good thing about this is the condition of the engine is again like brand new. also, bought a new 2sm battery so everything would be running perfectly.

project: 1995 nissan vanette acquired: 4/21/2010

history: submerged for 3 mos due to typhoon ondoy in san pedro, laguna

works to be done:

STAGE 1: checking all mechanical problems. will replace all clutch system and starter unit.

image was taken by previous owner after typoon ondoy, their house was flooded for 3 mos.

updated pics of the kids.......

2010-03-23T00:17:00.000-07:00

2010 dlsz athletic awards......

2010-03-20T17:18:00.001-07:00

new friends

2010-03-17T02:12:00.000-07:00

new friends from norway....eric and ina...eric is part filipino and a photographer/pentaxian and very good at fashion/glamour photo.....

julia's 8th birthday

2010-03-15T01:50:00.000-07:00

this post is long overdue.....have been busy with so much pictures to edit...well here are some of julia's 8th birthday last jan 21, 2010. we brought some food at the pool area so that the dlsz swim can celebrate with julia. it was a fun night the kids had a great time with julia's meals...well thanks for wit that she was on leave to prepare all the food.

joaquin's grade 6 string recital at dlsz

2010-03-11T23:24:00.001-08:00

last february 2010, joaquin had their string recital at the CPA auditorium. he played the viola

Mommy's surprise 67th birthday party

2010-03-01T23:05:00.000-08:00

here is a video flashback that we presented during our Mother's 67th birtday party held at burgos compound merville park paranaque. it was a nice evening with clear skies and no rain and to when mommy arrived around 7:30pm with my sister Dot, my mom was welcomed by my dad with lights out and all the kids were just holding candles to light the way to the garden where the party was held. many thanks to all our family relatives, company employees and friends for coming over to surprise my mom on her special day.

actually, this is her only birthday party. she does not celebrate her birthday on a big scale like this one. the normal party for her is that she will be cooking her favorite meals and invite us all family members only for dinner or if not cooking just inviting us to eat in one of her favorite chinese restaurants.

wrestlemania WWE smackdown 2009

2010-02-15T18:34:00.000-08:00

this was last year's event and just had the time to post just now and this is the WWE Raw wrestlemania in manila held last year. it was an exciting thing to watch wrestling live at its purest form or fake scripted stunts i must say but otherwise it is still is such a great thing to watch especially if your kids are crazy in to it.

the tickets we got were front row seats courtesy of the great Khali, member of the wrestling team and it so happened that the team were passengers of my wife...she had a photo op with some of the wrestlers and they gave us courtesy tickets..

it was such a rush since we learned only that what khali gave us tickets but have to get it at the tickets office at araneta colisiuem....wit was not expecting that the great khali would be true to his promise but he delivered what he promised.....now i am a fan of him for he is not just a giant of a wrestler but a giant at heart and words.....go khali.....now my wife even named our lab pup under his name......

its too bad since big cameras were not allowed in the event so i brought my handy dandy p&s cam...well a lot of pics were taken and most of it was pretty bad....just salvaged a few....but my kids had a good time and saw some of their great wrestlers fight.....

final fantasy gang

2010-02-02T21:07:00.000-08:00

well a month passed by 2010 and haven't shot any people lately...last night i tinkered with the anime toys......well figured out just shoot them....its final fantasy time!

camera: pentax k100d w/kit lens

lighting: 1 sigma flash w/barn door @ 1/32 power right cam side triggered by cactus IR PT-04 wireless and DIY gold reflector left cam, remnants of xmas wrappers hehehehe....to fill in light and create a hued background on whitewall.

don bosco makati 2010 alumni homecoming

2010-01-18T18:09:00.000-08:00

japanese yakiniku BBQ

2010-01-10T19:54:00.000-08:00

happy new year

2010-01-06T21:49:00.001-08:00

also here are some of the kids with their cousins on the annual jumping during 12:00 to make them taller....well we had fireworks but mostly the kids did all the lighting of the fireworks...jana was asleep on the eve and we woke her up during the fireworks display. both joaquin and julia were complaining of their tired legs since they were up the whole nite jumping and running with their cousins.

here is the set up of our dinner table....wit made a very nice arrangement of our dinner table and to go together with our media noche dinner of steaks and mash potatoes, roasted pork ribs and veggie mushroom pasta on olive oil...wow..great dinner to end the year

fereira-torres wedding

2010-01-06T21:38:00.001-08:00

went to shoot as back up at the torres-fereira wedding with ebs foto/aaron ebio last december 29, 2009 at the fernwoods garden in cavite. here are some of the highlights.

joaquins 12th birthday....

2009-12-15T01:20:00.000-08:00

also that night....took some portraits of my 2 daughters julia and jana....their kuya (big brother) does not want to join the pictorials anymore...oh well i guess that is part of kids becoming to be teen ager already...hope he wont give us a head ache when he becomes one....

november 22, 2009....its joaquins 12th birthday and i think his last as a kid.....next year he will be offically be a teen ager.....he had a on line gaming party with his cousins...we booked the internet cafe at new york street at 9am to 2pm so that his cousins can have a half day of non stop online gaming...they finished almost 2pm and had a late lunch.....we prepared a simple party of spaghetti, sinigang na baboy, puto at dinuguan, fresh lumpia, prawns and oyster and thai papaya salad..all prepared by me and wit. a simple get together of family relatives and it was really grand and nice...

juliana marion's field demonstration 09 at dlsz

2009-12-15T00:58:00.000-08:00

here are some shots during and a single shot of julia and joaquin at the schools 50mtr pool where they both do training almost everyday as part of the swimming varsity.

it was early saturday november 21, 2009...the day julia is going to have her field demo....well it was still sun rise and used the sun as backlight to get some rim lighting effect and off strobe flash...

its fair week at dela salle zobel and the division 1 kids held their field demo on the newly constructed sports center and it was nice. julia's grade 2 batch presented their dance demo here are some takes......

julia's first holy communion ceremony

2009-12-10T00:43:00.001-08:00

december 8, 2009, its the feast of the immaculate conception and its also the day julia had her first holy communion at the our lady of the star chapel at lasalle zobel school. she was dressed in the traditional all white dress with veil. she looks very angelic in her formal dress and she is also very excited in recieving the bread of life. she has been waiting for it for many years now. i remember every time we hear mass on sundays and days of obligation she would kulit us on asking if she could have it. the ceremony was solemn and very organized. bro. dennis had a nice story about the rabbit's face on the moon....well i was not listening very much but good thing wit was...so she can re tell the story if julia asked in the future. after the ceremony we headed to julia's official restaurant at atc, TGIF, we celebrated it with lots of food.....whew can feel the pounds gaining again hehehe....

model shoot at whitebox studios

2009-12-02T19:32:00.000-08:00

here are some photos taken at whitebox studios last weekend . this is zhenya, she's a russian model

this is tayomara, she' a brazilia model

vanessa, she's also a brazilian captured these on ambient light and some on strobes...

4-24 auto boys busko 86 reunion

2009-11-26T22:13:00.000-08:00

last nov. 24, 2009....some of the auto boys had a reuinon at my place in merville.....attendees were the ff:

carlo arguelles, rex crisostomo, louie dela cruz, gabby villarica, rhommel

escasa, raul salvacion, gilbert ramirez, dr. dale gutierrez, atty. allan santos, jay ortiz, bobby relova
had beer, sisig, chorizo, inihaw na pusit and liempo, buttered mushroom, bicol express, and thanks to robert magat from new york for the bbq it was delivered pa.

jana's 3rd birthday party in pampanga

2009-11-26T21:40:00.000-08:00

november 8, 2009....its jana's 3rd birthday party and we celebrated it at del carmen, pampanga. well we got there the day before her party so that we can prepare the party and food. the travel going there was ok...there were some construction on the sf-gapan hway since it was damaged by a typhoon and they are now extending it. traffic was minimal and smooth but wit with her 3rd month pregnancy is getting really dizzy and feeling nauseau. well got there safely. woke up early since we are going to cook food for about 50 people. we did the cooking on time and had spaghetti, wit's famous kare-kare, spring rolls, pork asado, and hotdog/marsmallows on a stick and dirty ice cream...buko sherbet flavor which i did get to taste it since it was finished quickly. got 2 clowns as host and doing magic tricks to entertain the kids which they did impressively.

julia's try at walking the rice fields in pampanga

2009-11-26T21:33:00.001-08:00

went to pampanga on the weekend of jana's 3rd birthday and went out shooting landscapes of the rice fields there. julia went with me while shooting and at age 7 she is showing some interest in photography. she even wants me to shoot macro since there were so much dragon flies in the rice fields. well tried doing it but it was hard and tiring did even get a decent one, i liked using the kit lens i think i got one shot of the dragon fly on my kit lens and it turned out to be decent. well she is not smiling on our walk in the fields, it was muddy and itchy. well at least she now knows how fell tilling the land as a farmer.

pampanga ricefields

2009-11-26T01:11:00.001-08:00

went to pampanga on jana's birthday and shot some landscapes while there....not really fancy but liked it....

halloween 09

2009-11-26T01:05:00.001-08:00

its halloween 2009, my daughters julia and jana went as princess costumes around the village...they had a great time getting all the treats and did not even got tired with all the walking they made....they went with their big brother joaquin and their cousins which preferred not to wear costumes since they feel big already.

2009-11-10T17:56:00.001-08:00

kiddie portraits shoot 11/07/09

2009-11-08T18:18:00.001-08:00

our chanel is missing

2009-11-05T22:41:00.000-08:00

this is our new pups....a shitzu/poodle mix. the female "chanel" is still missing up to now...the kids are really sad and so is their nanny manang lisa since she takes care of this pups. i just hope that someone with a good heart will return her so that she can be reunited with "chowder" her brother. i think she was dognapped when she went out with her mom on their morning walk... they got out of the house and did not return