Breaking the Record

Ten Years ago it was Kuala Lumpur with the Petronas Twin Towers . Now its Dubai turn to break the world record in having the tallest building in the world with Burj Dubai (photo above). I have the oppurtunity to witness the construction of these two skyscrapers.
I was involve in the Construction job of the Retail Podium of the Petronas Twin Tower. Just working below this building so I have the oppurtunity to go to the top floor.
I always see Burj Dubai since its near to where I workk so i passed by that structure everyday so I took time to take a snap of it and hoping I will have an oppurtunity go to its top level oneday. Currently the Construction are on its 93 rd level what is rumored to be 180 floors well till now they haven't confirmed on how tall this skyscraper will be. Lets just wait and see.

Seasons Greetings

Wishing you all a Blessed Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
Thank you very much for taking time to visit my page.

Caroling in the ME

One scenario I missed during the Christmas season here in the Middle East is children singing Christmas Carols (Caroling) in front of your house or in your car during traffic stop in exchange of giving them loose change.
Well I didn't missed it completely as the next door kid together with his cousin go in every room in our place to do some caroling there are only four rooms iin our place so they sing in every room like 4 times.
Suddenly feels like your home again. Well before giving them my "Aguinaldo" as they say it back home I took a couple of snaps at them.

I just want to greet everyone who have time to read my blogs for the past year a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

My Top 11 Photos for 2006

Shot in a Desert in UAE

I started it last year where I show my top 10 photos of thr year now I'm showing you my top 10 Photos in 2006 actually its 11 just having hard time till the final minute to choose on which photos I will drop so I decided to post the 11.

A view of Dubai Creek by night

One of the many Mosque in UAE

Creek Park, Dubai

Somewhere in our neighborhood

Most of the photos here were shot in the UAE with a photo shot in Manila. Photos here are a mixture of Digital and Film (Yes I still shoot in Film even in the Digital days ) shots. And these were from my personal project and arrange in Ramdom order.

Portrait of a Friend

Portrait of CJ

Burjuman Plaza, Dubai



A street kid in Manila Bay



Somewhere in Dubai


In a Desert somewhere in UAE

Honorable Mention:

I also included a couple of picture though thay don't rank in the top 10 or 11 but they are pictures that are shot using my Cellphone so i thought to include them as honorable mention.

Macro this time

My first crack in Macro photography in years. Well I didn't even used a Macro lens (shame,shame,shame) but one of my Mentors told me before that he was able to do Macro photography for several years using a Close up Filter. So I used one to give it a try for my first subject I use what most of Macro Photographer used a "Flower". I have to photograph this flower early in the morning (on the way to work actually) because this flower wilt in the afternoon and have some fresh one when morning comes don't know the name but its similar to the Yellow bell but obviously its not Yellow so for sure its a different name har har har.
Well what do you think?

Now its Cricket

After shooting Rugby last week now its the turn of Cricket. Used to watched this sport in Star TV but even I watch it for hours still couldn't understood the game.
Last Thursday was our company annual cricket tournament. I have a chance to watch the game live and since I'm already in the area its time to bring out the long lenses and switch on the 5FPS mode of my DSLR. While I have a chance to shoot the game I begin to understand the it even just a little bit.
Here are some photos I shot.

Rugby

Just want to show some picture I shot during the Dubai Rugby 7. Its my first time to shoot a Rugby game as its my first time to watch a live Rugby game as I watch the sport every now and then in Star Sports when I was still in Manila. I seldom shoot sports and on that rare times I shoot a Basketball game. Well late this week I'm looking forward to shoot another sport which is Cricket as our company will held its annual Cricket tournament. For the now here are some Rugby game pictures.