11 Self-portraits and 11 Shoutouts

What if fear is the only thing that separates humans from gods? What if we can do anything we can imagine, we're just so used to the limitations of the "reality" we're born into. What if our eyes and ears, nose, and skin don't really help us to see, hear, smell, and touch but just limit and debilitate our perception? What if the Big truth is just around us or in front of us and we only have to be fearless and free to get there?

Calapan Zoological and Recreational Park

Or simply Bulusan Park.

Last holiday(EDSA day) was my turn to kick stress in the ass and go somewhere new! I particularly intended to go to a zoo because of my wildlife photography assignment in a course in UPOU. With bonus pa, my daughter will surely love to meet face to face with some animals she has only seen on tv and on her alphabet books.

Well, first off, I know what to do, Google has the answer.There were two options it gave me, this and the reptile zoo in Puerto Galera. But we opted for the Calapan zoo because it's more accessible and Puerto Galera seems to be a place that is too good for a one day stint, we don't wanna insult its beaches, so I mentally tagged it as "later".


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An Attempt at Animal Photography

It's been a while. I've  been busy with life, meaning getting on with my daily routines, trying my hardest yet to be a hands on mother and working my way being well-attached to my little girl and between and midst those things, nursing some dark feelings and thoughts that I can only surmise as depression. Big word.  But that's a different  blog post.

Photography, among other things, feels to me like a lover I am falling out with, I think this comes with having a world view of a tired old woman seeing not much of a purpose on most things. The gnawing feeling of triviality and superficiality while looking at all these images in the social media and elsewhere. But I'm trying to wiggle that away, especially that there is a photography course I have to complete this term or at least try to.

Luckily, some days I win.

I took these photos at a zoo here in Oriental Mindoro in hope that I can get good shots for my wildlife photography bonus assignment but it turned out I should do away with catching cages on my frame so as to give an impression of wild(kaya nga wildlife e). I only read up the complete instructions after, that means I'm also not reading much. Thus, consider this as just a warm-up to the real thing.