Philippine Beaches
Cebu: 24-70mm, f:5.6, 1/80 sec
Batangas: 24-70mm, f:2.8, 1/6 sec
Boracay: 17-44mm, f:4, 1/15 sec
Palawan: 24-70mm, f:2.8, 1/1000 sec
Beaches are location favorites, and there are quite a number of beautiful Philippine beaches. Between the actual shoots, I get to see the beaches from a different perspective and try to document them as I perceive them at that moment.
After a supersized lunch of delicious fresh seafood at Shangri-la Hotel in Cebu (yep, it bordered on gluttony, burrrp), we walked about 500m to this place where we did the shoot.
On a weekend shoot in Batangas, I took a walk at around 5 in the morning, hoping to catch the sunrise. What I caught was so much more. I saw a couple of fishermen hauling the day’s catch. I shot it at a slow speed handheld, so I sat on the water, took a deep breath and steadied my hand.
Walking back by the beach to my hotel in Boracay after a day’s shoot, I saw the sun setting at half past 6. But the boat made a better subject, so I decided to make the sunset incidental instead.
Boracay: 24-70mm, f:5.6, 1/250 sec
me on a jetski
At Honda Bay in Palawan, while the stylist was preparing the set, I walked about and chanced upon a starfish. It made a real interesting focal point.
This other shot in Boracay was taken after a late breakfast, around 10:30 am. We were to start the shoot shortly before noon, and I had some time to loiter.
I seldom not mix lights when I shoot outdoors, but all these were taken without fill. I used a polarizer, though on the 3 shots taken with strong sunlight.
Even though my camera is with me all the time, I try to do other things on the beach, like jetski. Not a hassle at all.
