It's Showtime!

A selection of images that I took while covering action sports around the Philippines will be displayed during the Sports Tourism Conference in Laoag on October 2 and 3. Drop by the booth if you are around. I am trying to avoid alcohol, but you all know that I can easily be tempted.



For those who can't make it there, you can view the images here

Off Season

I have often worked on assignments covering guided media trips, and I find these gigs pleasant and relaxing. I just go along with the ride and shoot whatever is on the program. So when I was putting together a story about the Coffee Farm Tour offered by the Philippine Coffee Board, I did not really bother to prepare. I should have considered it an omen when the tour was canceled because there wasn't enough participants. Apparently, the writer and myself were the only ones who signed up for it. Being persistent journalists, we were still able to hustle a private tour. On our way to the farm, we learned that it was not yet the harvest season. Aside from coffee plants, surrounded by shrubs, and bearing fruits that were not ripe enough, there wasn't really anything worth a picture.


The only ripe fruit the I saw during the tour.

On the bright side, our guide took us to a market side eatery and we were able to pull off a quick story for Table for Three.


Preparing Bulalo at Len's Kitchenette in Tagaytay.