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My First Pre-natal Photoshoot
On a lighter side of photography, I was invited by an Indonesian friend of mine to help and assist her with her first (yes her first too) pre-natal photoshoot last week. Due to lack of light, we made some improvisation. We didn’t use any soft box or beauty dish or what not. With the help…
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#MyDubaiTrip part 1
One fine Saturday. I woke up at 5am. Made sure my camera batteries were fully charged. As usual, I wore black and my vans sneakers. I know we will be out all day and I don’t know what to expect at the camel racetrack. All set for what seemed to be a whole day activity…
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Galleries Night at Alserkal Avenue
Sept 15, 2014 – We went to the opening of Galleries Night at AlSerkal Avenue in Al Quoz. I came from a family of artists. Little did anyone know, I have an uncle who was a mixed media artist and was based in Australia. My mum always helped me with my school projects and she…
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#VPS2
Being a photographer, I guess one of the greatest achievements you will ever have is to be recognized in the field. By recognized, I don’t mean Selling Out like most photographers are, sadly! It may not always be winning a prize in a competition but also seeing your photos and works hanging on a wall…
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Solo
We always have reasons to avoid the things we love the most. We lack finding ways to overcome our laziness. We procrastinate. Often times, we blame the weather or our “artist block”. We lack inspiration. We want to discover and explore but for some, transportation is always an issue. There will always be millions of…
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North Emirates Roadtrip
I have been meaning to update my blog for days now. But i was down with a flu and am just beginning to recover from it. I wanna thank Sia’s song Chandelier and Kiesza’s Hideaway which is on repeat and helped me get pumped while i was editing some photos from my last photowalk. (I…
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Dubai Metro Meet
Herald Herrera, manIger of Instagrammer Dubai brilliantly organized another successful Instameet last Friday, August 9, 2015. What’s interesting is that we covered 5 Dubai Metro Stations. This is something different and something creative as the weather in Dubai is unbearable but we managed to go places by train and still enjoy and have a decent…
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Ramadan 2014
Exactly a week before Eid al-Fitr, l came down to Jumeirah Mosque to participate with Fullframe Magazine and Photowalk Dubai to document and observe the rituals during Ramadan despite nearly 40 degrees Celsius of Dubai weather. I was literally braving the heat and humidity. It was with great pleasure to have been invited by the…
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A French kind of weekend
I had a privilege to visit the humble abode of one of the best visual stylists in UAE. Thanks Jose for the invite and for the lovely lunch and wine. Here are some of my snaps with French inspired look and feel edits 🙂
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Humans in Ikea
One weekend my room mates and I decided to go to Ikea in Dubai Festival City. I brought along my compact and trusted Fuji camera with me and these are my snaps.
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Art Nights at Gate Village, DIFC
I attended the opening night of Art Nights in Gate Village, DIFC. I was in the mood to experiment and capture the movement of the people and artists around me hence I used the slow shutter speed and motion blur on some of my photos.
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