a blog by Julia Escano
When my friend, Bernice, and I started talking about going up to Kalinga, she was still unsure of whether to get a tattoo. She wanted one but her parents were against it, and so she didn’t know if getting permanently inked was worth the trouble. As we went through the harrowing journey however, and finally…
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In late January, my good friend, Bernice, and I traveled way up north of the Philippines to the mountains of Buscalan, Kalinga. Getting there took one night and one day, three different vehicles on countless cliffs, and so many miles on foot, all totaling 15 hours of travel from Manila. Buscalan, Kalinga made for an…
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Yes, this is a lame excuse for the epic lateness of this post: that true love is timeless anyway, so it doesn’t matter that it’s three freakin’ months late. It’s still relevant. Right? Right?? Yes! Haha. Reg is the first of my college friends to get married, and it was pretty exciting. Not only because…
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A couple of weeks back my photography group finally got its act together and managed to land ourselves in the beach. It was the laziest, coolest, chillest two days I’ve had all year, I think. Swinging gently in a hammock all afternoon for siesta, waking up to eat, driving to the beach, eating again, drinking every…
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I had this cool opportunity to shoot in a “battlefield” a while back. Of course, by battlefield what I really meant was a football field rigged with timed,well-placed, and very visible pyrotechnics; scattered with reenactors in complete and authentic Philippine Sout and Japanese soldier paraphernalia . It was for the annual reenactment of the Battle…
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Travel is never complete without the people you cross paths with along the way. They infuse your experience with a different kind of soul, a depth, and a dynamism nothing else could fulfill. However pretty or rotten a place is, it’s always a smile across the street from a local or a shared memory with…
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Shot for my friend, Tipay’s, finals at SoFA (School of Fashion and the Arts). Since we were shooting bridal, there was no better place to do it than where it all started, our grounds at the UP College of Fine Arts, where everything was just a little dreamy. She pooled some friends to shoot, to…
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For once, I’m posting people! Haha. This was originally for my friend, Mika’s, styling class finals (and everyone else’s portfolios). It was a blast shooting with these super talented, super fun girls, even if it was only my first time meeting them. Kudos, lovelies!:D
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This was the second year the family spent the entire weekend at Angeles City, Pampanga for the Hot Air Balloon Fiesta. Unlike last year though we spent the entire Saturday bumming around, instead of diving into the frenzy at the actual event. After considerable eating, and Duty Free shopping on their part, we resorted to…
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First roadtrip with my new gear. I was still getting the hang of the D80, which I found has an even wonkier light meter than the already wonky D60’s. No matter though, the colors still registered pretty nicely. And the forgotten ISO setting turned up pretty grainy shots which I found to my liking. In…
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Life as a Tumbleweed 