finally published

the maiden issue of the book is finally out.  this contains over 200 images vista captured during a 16-day cross-country photographic expedition of bhutan in 2012.  vista is a group of filipino photographers and is composed of garrie david, ricci jimenez, connie padilla, tony ramos, keith sundiang and myself.

also about to hit the stores is billionaire magazine featuring photographs we took of bhutan during the 2012 journey as well as the trip my wife and i took in 2010.

LAGUNA CHURCHES AND CARVERS ON BLACK AND WHITE FILM FROM CROATIA

Vista went out on a road tour of Laguna via the eastern route to bring Rene and Winnie Ner to visit its famous churches and carvers.  I have been saving a roll of film from Croatia for this occasion.  This is the Efke 25 (not 50 as written in the credits).  this was part of the pack of gifts from a dear friend.  I loaded that film on my Leica M4 with a Voigtlander 25 mm color skopar lens.  The slideshow contains the images I captured from that Croatian film.  An aside, Fotokemika has decided to discontinue the production of this film. The machine that produces this splendid film broke down and its repair was not considered viable.

Vista members who made it to the trip were Ricci Jimenez, Keith Sundiang and myself.  Tony Ramos was out cutting up a patient.  Garrie David was shooting photos in Mindanao.  And, Connie Padilla was playing stock market.

This was the time I was also supposed to try out the hasselblad swc.  I brought the films for it.  I had my sturdiest tripod for it.  But I forgot the camera at home.
just in case the above slideshow does not work, you can try this: