Canon in D(avao)

I bought a brand new Canon Powershot A610 because my dad took the Sony Cybershot P93 I was using (I admit, it is his, not mine) to the US, so I said to myself that it was time to buy my own cam. Thanks to my MBA classmate Ken, I got my Canon Powershot A610 for only P17,000 while the camera costs almost P22,000 in the market. And so during the week-long IVPM graduates conference in Davao, I started tinkering with the camera and learning its features. Here are the results:


The sunrise in davao. I watched it rising above the plain during my early morning devotion.


The view outside our room window. I took this after my early morning devotion outside. The building in the picture is where we held our workshop on Hebrew narratives.


Talented kids on the block: Reev (the grown-up kid) with the blooming singer Joanna and the promising sculptor Uryan.


I tried to capture a swiftly moving image of Blu by panning the camera. I was surprised by the result: Blu's image was clear while the background is a bit blurry, suggesting movement. Count this an achievement, it was the first time I was ever able to compose such shot.


Kuya Tirso, trying to climb the steep slope just to get closer to the peacock. Maybe he wants to pluck one of its feathers.


If not for Migs' cap, this would have been a perfect Harana setting in the olden days of Filipino culture.


Pounding Rice. I saw a similar image in oil painting during the Singles talk on courtship. With models Ruth and Kuya Sam, I gave my own rendition of the image on digital photograph.


One of the scenic routes in Eden Garden Park Davao. It was a beautiful place, full of flowers, fruit-bearing trees, spices and animals. A very ideal place for nature-tripping. But I bet that it is nothing compared with the real Eden in the book of Genesis. ;)


Paying homage to the great bird. Our last stop on the Davao tour before Reev and I left our companions to board an earlier flight to Manila. And guess what happened the moment we entered the plane? Reev said he saw Christopher Reeve! Well, his look-alike, that is... Now it's a bird, it's a plane and it's superman all in one day! =P