Photo Day with Bloggers at the Balloon Fiesta
By The Parodist | February 15, 2007
CLARK FIELD, Pampanga, February 10, 2007 — I, together with a number of bloggers went to the 11th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta for a day of fun and photography.
I have to admit that it’s the first time I’d seen a hot air balloon get blown up and then float away. Twas an awesome experience. Getting to share it with a group of blogger friends made it more special! *aherm*
The newly-weds, Marc and Gail, were there.
Markku came with his new set of rims and his *gulp* paparazzi lens! (He hasn’t blogged about it! Que horror! But he did upload his photos! )
New blogger I got to meet was Joey, aka jobarclix, who came with Markku.
The unruffled Jayvee, who remained cool except when he’s behind the camera, was present.
Abe, teh godfather, came with a specific agenda for his photo project — to take photos of pretty women balloons! (Or was that Markku?) 
Rico was there but he excused himself to take a much needed power nap back in the car, which explains his apparent absence in the photos, save one. LOL.
Since it’s my first try to somewhat test my photo-ing skills using my new camera, I tried taking balloon photos but was not particularly happy with them, so, I turned to taking photos of the bloggers while they lavish on the opportunity to indulge in their lust for photography instead.
There were three photos I liked. Two were the ones I took when Markku let me borrow his polarizing lens (?) — I loved that lens. Not perfect but liked how the photos turned out. Hehe.
The other one is a photo I took using the 50mm lens I bought. I don’t know the guy but, hey, I like how it somehow captured what the Balloon Fiesta was about — in my eyes — a photographer’s own little heaven.
Coolness. I regret not staying for the night show. I saw photos and they were absolutely gorgeous. Ah, well. I know I’m not ready for that kind of photography anyway. Hehe.
I had fun even when I had no sleep and the heat was tiresome. You guys should go next year!
I’m going to leave you with this photo —
Can you guys guess who this guy is? Hehe.
Note: Mouse over the photos and you’ll find a link that can bring you to a larger view. BTW, I didn’t upload the high-res so don’t expect high quality photos. Incidentally, you think I should? Upload high res photos, I mean? Gah. I really have to work double time on that gallery thing. Heh.
Oh, yea — some of the photos I included in this post were taken by Markku using my 400D!
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Topics: Blogs & Blogging, Gallyvanting Episodes, Photography, The Rambler |
February 15th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
[...] Jayvee enjoyed his lightsphere so much that he was shooting with it in the open field. As expected, Sasha was all smiles while gamely posing and shooting with her new 400D. Joey was also busy with his 350D while occasionally posing for us and Gail, though sleepless since the evening before, was still her usual bubbly self. [...]
February 15th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Ganda nung shot na naka-talikod kami ni Joey. =)
A polarizer can really do wonders in the right light.
February 16th, 2007 at 12:33 am
hi sasha! keep on clicking
February 16th, 2007 at 6:30 am
Markku: Really? You like it? I like it, too! Thanks po!
Lots to learn. That day made me realise that there’s a lot to learn about my camera. Pffft.
Joey: Hi, Joey! Yes po! I will! I will! Hehe.
February 16th, 2007 at 9:12 am
hay naku… nakakainggit…
February 16th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Marcvill: Wha–?! Why? You took some mighty fine photos using your cam phone! Ha!
February 17th, 2007 at 5:20 am
were the balloons powered by politicos’ speeches?
February 17th, 2007 at 6:41 am
Jester: Nope. They’re all adverts for pure branding purposes. Er, unless I was too naive to notice. Heh.
February 22nd, 2007 at 3:51 pm
nice pictures. we were not lucky, we went on the last day, but we were late for the morning flight of balloons.
February 22nd, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Sexy Mom: Thanks!
I hope you got to see the night show, though! Or the kite-flying thingie, at least. We missed that, too. I know I would’ve loved watching those two events had we stayed for them. 
April 14th, 2007 at 10:30 am
[...] These photos were taken during the Photo Day with Bloggers at the Balloon Fiesta in Clarkfield, Pampanga. Here are the rest of the other photos of my Rebel and I, still taken by the two guys. [...]
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