Hello and Goodbye

My mom visited us in our new condo this last weekend.  Haven't seen her for a few months and I was excited to see her. Incidentally, it was her bithday last and we kinda celebrated it by having lunch and eating her favorite (although bad for her, but hey what's not good for you is what you normally crave for) lechon. I told her she can only eat this once a year, and she did make the best of it.

Also thought of getting some birthday portraits to remember this day.

Here's another with her new bag my brother gave as a gift...

In other news, I said goodbye to my beloved black straw snoot. It was a good 5 months, and it served me well. Took one final shot of it for you to see how used it has been.

 

 

I have an idea for another snoot, this time not involving sticking together 100  straws. I'll keep you posted.

Gallery Page is up!

edit: I changed the title and the portfolio link to "Gallery". I think this sounds better.

The Gallery Page is Up! Finally! Well its not yet completely done, it's a work in progress. Feel free to click on the link at the left side of this blog to view it.

Enjoy!!!

Still Life: Wolverine Xmen Origins

With the recent previews for the Wolverine X-men Origins movie, I was inspired to do a shoot of my favourite Xmen character of all time.

More after the jump.

















I didn't have any action figures from any of the movies so I used the one I had with him in yellow spandex. I like this one better anyway

How to Navigate the Site

I've been asked a couple of times about thow the site goes. It's still a work in progress but I think I'm coming along fine. I have added some neat links at the right side of the site to help people go to musch more specific pages that they need. I have also updated the site for a much better reading experience.

More after the jump


So first things first: the right side of the site. This is where all the shortcut lists to previous posts are located. At the very top is the help links. This is where you can find the introduction of the site, rates, how to navigate the site (this web page you're reading right now) contact information, portfolio page (will be up soon) and other things that I may see fit in the future. Clicking on any of the links will forward you to the specific page that you are looking for.

Right below it are drop down boxes that represent my previous posts by topic ( more on this later). This will help you read posts that are specific of the type of photography that you are looking for. This is very helpful if you are looking for sample photos of assignments that I have completed, or recent projects that I have posted. If you don't want to read the posts, better click on the portfolio link above it to view photos by type of photography (as of 3/15 it's still down, for now, please bear with me by just reading the posts. tnx). Current drop downs are Portraits ( meaning people photography) and Travel (photos I have taken during my recent travels). Up soon will be Product Photography, Events, and a Photography tips page for all you photographer's out there.

This is followed by my blog Archive, which is basically the same as above, only categorized by month/year.

Next is the profile page, which is still not updated, because I'm lazy : ).

Lastly are links to a list of my favourite sites. For now only Strobists (has to be the best blog site in the history of photography and lighting) is there, but I will update this as soon as I can.

Some other Features of the site:

1. Home page Posts are cut short: Posts are cut short in the home page so you can see more blogs. You can read the full post by either clicking the title or the Read More at the bottom part of a particular posts

2. Photos are clickable to view larger copy: This makes the web page load faster for you to read. If you want to see a photo up close, just click on it to get a better view.

For now that's it but I will be adding more features to this part of the site, as we go along.

Portraits: Beauty Queen Maggie Wilson

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I had the chance to take some shots of beauty queen Maggie Wilson a few weeks ago during the13th Annual Balloon festival a few weeks ago,. which I blogged about here. She was having a shoot with another photographer and from the looks of it, was for a fashion or glamour piece.
More of this story (and photos) after the jump.
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Maggie is this month's cover for FHM Philippines which you can find here.
It was 2pm and the blazing sun was burning my forehead. The balloons were replaced by kites as the heat of the sun could damage the balloons. Nothing really interesting, except for an exhibit from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, showcasing their guns, tanks, jets, missiles etc. I turned the corner outside teh exhibit building to check out the old military jeeps on exhibit when I saw Maggie sitting on top of one of the jeeps! Wow what a bonus. All of a sudden the sun wasn't a problem and I couldn't care less for my now sun burnt forehead. This was a chance that I wouldn't give up. She was nice enough to give me and some other photographers a few poses even if we were not really her actual photographer. She was very beautiful and a really good model too.


Some of the marines joined the action. A few good (and lucky) men indeed.

These are best seen larger. Click on the photos above to get a better view. This set is also part of my portfolio which hopefully will be up soon.

Update: for some reason, the pics above could not be clicked to enlarge. Sorry for that. You will still be able to see this set once the portfolio is up. Thanks.

Contact Me

If you would like to contact me, please drop a comment on any of the posts, or shoot me an email at reybugiaphotography@gmail.com.

If you would like to actually hear my oh so lovely voice, then give me a call at (632) 9285067328.

Hope to hear from you soon.