Rainy Day in December

One rainy afternoon Christmas season from last year, Jean and I decided to go out on a walk and bring our cameras. But first, we had coffee at our go-to place, Cafe Mamia. I'm using a manual lens in the earlier set of photos at the cafe. It's a Helios 44-2 on my D810. It produces great bokeh. Contrast isn't as desirable but nothing that a little editing can fix.

After coffee, we headed to the boulevard. Met some adorable dogs. Lastly, we walked to the Tourist Information building just found at the pier entrance. Nothing much to see inside aside from photos of tourist destinations in the island. They should really put more stuff in there.

We closed off the day and had more coffee at Bo's. I miss super slow days like this, and I really become nostalgic of the days from so many years ago when I took photos for fun and never felt lazy to lug around a dslr.

Oceanview Siquijor

We occasionally visit the island of Siquijor to photograph weddings. This month, Oceanview was one of our destinations for wedding preps. The beach is wonderful because it's not crowded, plus it has lovely creamy-colored sand and blue waters. I went out one morning and took photos of the waves. My favorites would be the moments when the waves brush against the shore in soft white bubbles.

At the end of the day, we went to Lazi Bay to shoot more photos of the couple. We caught the beautiful sunset and the light was simply delicious that time. The last two photos above show the golden light of sunset. It's really one of the best things that could ever touch your face which you must cherish because it only lasts a few minutes.

Turtle Island

One of the recent spontaneous trips I had this summer was located in Siit, Siaton. The beach is called Turtle Island. It can be accessed by 2-wheel or 4-wheel vehicle about 8 kilometers from the national road going south. Upon reaching a small directional sign, a bumpy ride awaits you until you reach a clearing, which is where we take a small boat to cross the sea to go to Turtle Island. The boat costs Php40 per person and lasts for just about 3-5 minutes.

The beach is not crowded. There are a few other beach goers when we got there, and there was one sari-sari store, which was great. One side of the island has a sandy beach and the other side is very rocky.

This is the boat we took to cross to the island you see clearly from this side.

Bring a hammock! It's a great place to chill and read a book!

Rocky side of the island

We have wonderful golden hour light here, facing this side of the beach.