After a day of touring around the Guimaras Island lead by our extraordinary tour guide, Daisy Yanson from Panay Adventures Tours, I mentioned to her that I wanted to stop at a local market to shop for the famous Guimaras mangoes.
With my nephew, Jeran, riding a top the roof of our private jeepney (he wanted to ride like a local), we pulled over at a local market where there was not only an abundance of fresh produce, but also photo opportunities.
After I bought my mangoes, I wandered about the marketplace meeting and photographing the locals. One that really caught my eye was this young boy playing drums on an empty can. Knowing I had a brief window of opportunity, I quickly adjusted my camera settings for a slower shutter speed to capture the motion of him playing “drums” with his improvised drum sticks.
As an added benefit he stuck his tongue out at me! This photo quickly became one of my favorites from my trip.
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Walking through the old market in Iloilo City I smelled fried chicken in the air and was automatically drawn to it.
I walked over to this street vendor and introduced myself. He was more than happy to show off his food cart to me while I photographed him. I told him I was going to walk through the market and come back later and buy some of his delicious chicken. Unfortunately, I forgot to do so, but I can still smell that delicious chicken!
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In Jaro, Iloilo City in the Philippines, the Feast of Our Lady of Candles (Nuestra Senora dela Candelaria) is held every second day of February. It is the most vibrant religious festival in the Western Visayas.
The festival is centered around the Jaro Cathedral and the town plaza. Due to the enormous crowds, all local traffic was closed down in the town center. As a result my nephew and I had to walk toward the cathedral. On the way I happen to notice this street vendor and his curious "smile." I waved a friendly hello to him and walked on to the festival.
After the parade procession I saw the street vendor again and I raised my camera up to indicate a photo. He responded with his warm smile and friendly personality.
This photo breaks one of the cardinal rules in that it has a distracting background, taking the focus away from the main subject. But the woman walking in the background and laughing made everybody smile, including the photographer behind the camera.
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In the coastal town of Tigbauan lies a beautiful church whose design was inspired by Churrisgueresque architecture, a form of Baroque.
After admiring the inside of the church with its unique mosaics depicting the Stations of the Cross, I stepped outside to photograph the facade. Behind me were children playing and they were intrigued with my digital SLR camera. These girls jokingly asked me if I could take a photo of them so I turned my camera in their direction and took a photo. They were embarrassed and were about to run away when I stopped them and showed them the photo I took of them on my camera LCD. Their eyes grew big and they screamed, "another one!" After a couple of snaps they got comfortable and began have fun in front of the camera and I eventually got a winner!
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In Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines, the Feast of Our Lady of Candles (Nuestra Senora dela Candelaria) is held every year on the second day of February. It is the most vibrant religious festival in the Western Visayas.
Locals and visitors swarmed the Jaro Cathedral to honor Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria (Lady of Candles), the patron saint of Jaro. There is a procession of candles followed by locals carrying a huge statue of the Virgin Mary.
After photographing the parade procession I got to talking with this 'mobile' street food vendor and he offered to sell me some balut. If you don't know what balut is, it is is a fertilized duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell...in other words it's just plain disgusting! I'm Filipino and I refuse to eat it!
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