Raymond's posts with tag: philippine churches
|  | Our trip to Pagudpud was also meant to comply with religious obligations, i.e., a Bisita Iglesia involving 7 churches in the Ilocos region.
It also whetted my apetite for taking photos of the beautiful churches that the Philippines can offer. :) |
| | After our fiasco at Lumbang, we felt that we needed to pass by one more church before heading home (it WAS getting kinda late, and you know the traffic in Los Banos on a Saturday afternoon). We decided on Cavinti, about 20mins from Pagsanjan up the foothills of Mt. Banahaw.
The church was unimpressive from the outside, but the altar was something else. There was even a lady there who claimed that the altar was miraculous. I almost bit -- until she said that Chavit Singson went there and prayed (shoh nuf didn't help him any, right?). Seriously, i'm not into "touching" statues and praying; that's a pagan ritual in a Catholic/Christian setting.
I used an SB-600 for the last 4 shots. I also took shots of the altar the 'pro photographer' way -- on prone position, with just my elbows propping up the camera to eye-level. That experience was so cool. :)
Please feel free to critique the shots i had taken (composition, lighting etc.). I appreciate all comments, especially those that would help me improve as a photographer. I am investing a lot of time and effort (as well as my wife's money hehehe) to improve on this craft, so that i could come up with better portrait and landscape shots. Thanks! |
| | For a town with the name of Magdalena (which brings forth visions of that Tagalog torch song), you would think that its church would be non-descript. Well, not quite. In this church, Gen. Emilio Jacinto spilled blood and subsequently died. A shrine can be found inside the church itself.
Note that some of the shots looked "golden" because the camera was in 'cloudy' WB setting. Okay naman ang naging effect, IMO.
Please feel free to critique the shots i had taken (composition, lighting etc.). I appreciate all comments, especially those that would help me improve as a photographer. I am investing a lot of time and effort (as well as my wife's money hehehe) to improve on this craft, so that i could come up with better portrait and landscape shots. Thanks! |
| | This town is quite near to Mt. Banahaw, and has a real old church to boot.
Please feel free to critique the shots i had taken (composition, lighting etc.). I appreciate all comments, especially those that would help me improve as a photographer. I am investing a lot of time and effort (as well as my wife's money hehehe) to improve on this craft, so that i could come up with better portrait and landscape shots. Thanks! |
| | Liliw is about 15 minutes away from Nagcarlan. It took us about double that because we got lost in going there.
This is a beautiful church, both inside and outside. Check out the interior walls and ceiling. The Our Lady of Fatima statue outside is also very pretty.
Did you guys notice anything about the photos here? Did anybody say, "Ala eh, eh baket meron nang watermark sa lower right?" Not that i don't want you to download my photos. Just giving credit where credit is due, hehehe. Don't worry, di ko kayo idedemanda kung gamitin nyo for whatever. ;)
Please feel free to critique the shots i had taken (composition, lighting etc.). I appreciate all comments, especially those that would help me improve as a photographer. I am investing a lot of time and effort (as well as my wife's money hehehe) to improve on this craft, so that i could come up with better portrait and landscape shots. Thanks! |
| | At 8:00AM, we moved on to our next destination. The place was still unopened. We would have been unable to take photos of the underground crypts, anyway.
It was believed that the underground crypt was part of a series of tunnels, the other end of which led to sanctuary at nearby Mt. Banahaw. It was also believed that the Katipunero's had used this passageway in escaping from the Spaniards.
Again, please critique the pictures i have taken. Thanks! |
| | We (John-john, Ringgo, John Chiong and wife Vivian) left Alabang at 3:40AM and were at our first stop in Nagcarlan at 5:00AM, enough time for us to set up our tripods and wait for the sunrise. We then heard the 6:00AM mass, after which, we took photos of the altar, the baptismal font, and inside the bell tower.
Please feel free to critique the shots i had taken (composition, lighting etc.). I appreciate all comments, especially those that would help me improve as a pornogr.., este, photographer. Hehe, di Freudian slip yon, nagpapatawa lang po. |
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