On Line Chat w Landon Donovan

December 2, Friday

Shangri-La, Makati

A day before the LA Galaxy-Phil. Azkals match at Rizal, I documented a one hour or so [10:30-11:30 am] on-line chat/forum w/ Landon Donovan [which of course had been promoted on-line a few days before]. The people behind this press exercise were from Group M, Shift, and Gatorade.  The response was very, very good and even after the hour had elapsed questions were still streaming in. For me, it was a relatively comfortable shoot.  We were all comfortably "working" in the privacy of  a 5-star hotel function room [w tasty finger foods, brewed coffee, and of course, lots of Gatorade for everyone].

Before knew it, the hour had passed and Landon had to leave,

but not after obliging a brief interview and some autographs. 

Did get Landon to autograph a football jersey I brought along 

and asked him to to write

"4 Nace- Landon Donovan - Mabuhay !" 

[Nace is my 17 year old nephew who plays for the Junior Kaya Team]

Me - I'm no soccer/football fan [never was] - 

I just take great sports photos [soccer included].

 

 - The guys from Group M, Shift, and Gatorade -

 [behind L-R]

Oz, Tim, Ann, Landon, Steve, Rick, Ton, and Leica

 and [in front in fuschia] - Rosh

Another on-line chat/forum, this time with Chieffy Caligdong,

is being considered - but nothing is definite at this point.

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Bea

The Girl Next [literally] Next Door

The UAAP pre-season press meet at the Gateway [Araneta Center, July]]

 is where the new members of the UAAP Family are introduced.

I posted this photo in my blog entry titled "Family Snapshots"

a couple of days after the meet and did mention something about

UP's new UAAP courtside reporter, Bea Coronel.

I tried to steal a couple of shots of Bea but never came up with anything worth saving in my files, after almost three months of UAAP basketball. 

Fast forward now to Dec. 9, Friday, [just before the PCCL Ateneo-San Beda knockout game] - where I finally get a simple decent shot of Bea. [photo below] It's blogworthy enough for the moment [though I know I can create a much, much better on-the-spot-portrait - hopefully when a good opp comes ->I'll just let it present itself, maybe in the PCCL Finals]. 

Or I can just make an appointment with Bea to shoot her portraits at her home when sched's are lighter [Her house is like 150 paces behind the place where I reside, inside a village in Sucat]  No real hurry with that - but hopefully before before 2012.

- A nice, simple angle on Bea Coronel -

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She's currently enrolled at the UP IMC [Institute of Mass Communications].

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Quatro

Some Favorite "Foursome" Photos

[from 2011]

 - Eye Like -

Fab Four

TJ Manotoc - Carlos Atayde - Rick Olivares - Boyet Sison

Panaad Stadium, Bacolod - February

 Snapped this one inside the Media Room an hour or two before the

Phil. Azkals-Mongolia match which we won, 2-0.

Absolutely Love It when my subjects Let Go

Former Lady Eagles

Kara Acevedo - Bea Pascual - Charo Santos - Karla Bello

Arena, San Juan - May

Taken inside the dugout after the Lady Eagles won game #1 of the 

Best-of-Three Finals Series of the Shakey's V-League Crown, Season 8.

-- Good Times Girls !!! -- Great Chops Too ! --

 

 With Feeling !

Ilocos Norte - April

Took this image under the windmill array.

Tagged along with some guys from Suzuki.

Boouyah !!

Rick Olivares - JC Intal - Bianca Gonzales - Boom Gonzalez

Araneta Coliseum - July

'Twas very easy to illicit Boom to show some testosterone in this impromptu grouping

inside the Media Room during Kobe's visit at the Araneta -- 

This "snapshot", hands down,  - one of my favorite in recent months.

The Salvas

Araneta Coliseum - September

That's Nico salva's girfriend, younger brother, mom and dad.

This photo was snapped during the Ateneo-FEU UAAP Basketball Finals.

Blacks, Blues and Grays

Araneta Coliseum - October

Jaz Reyes - Trisa Carlos - Mikey Mirabueno - Andrea Maxine Recto

Araneta Coliseum - September

Was just passing through the common area behind Araneta's South Goal

when I chanced upon my media friends the UAAP family. Noticing their laid back demeanor and 

the monochromatic "feel" of their apparrel and the shaded background - 

I Knew I simply had to capture the moment.

Guidon Guys and Gals

Araneta Coliseum - October

During the 4-Peat Championship frenzy, last October 1,

I managed to catch my friends from the Ateneo College Paper.

Siblings

Seth Ragodon - Lydia B. Gonzales - Ines B. Ragodon - Xian Ragodon

Jollibee, C-5 - July

That's my mom, Lydia,[2nd fr right] and his sister in the middle.

They are flanked by my aunt's grandchildren.

When we entered Jollibee that night I selected a particular section

where I knew the photo mural would eventually serve as

an ideal backdrop for a group shot.

The Rookies

Ara Galang - Mika Reyes - Carol Ann Cerveza - Camille Cruz

Arena, San Juan - November

These young, eager and hopeful Lady Archers from Taft are all set to

play in their first ever UAAP Volleyball Tournament.

  On their way to the DLS dugout, they spared me a few seconds of their time.

To all the guys & gals in the 9 pictures 

---> Thank You Very Much !

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Killing Time

The Loner's Entry
11:11 p.m. - Dec. 9
Shakey's Shaw

Been here since 8:00 pm. Came from Wi-Fi-ing at the Arena Press Room [after shooting Ateneo's knockout win over Beda] and am just homesick now so I'll just share a "loner moment" tonight by posting this entry. Still have my unfinished dessert from my unplanned dinner here at Shakey's [Shaw]. Yes, the traffic's still horrible, going north and/or south so I'll just stay till this joint closes [a little after midnight] and probably get home to Southy Bay Gardens, in Sucat, before 1:00, say, Saturday.

Knowing some people will check out my blog tonight [probably to look for some sports images, not some mundane pics of a laptop and melting ice cream] - one way or the other somehow makes me feel better - maybe KSP lang ako - well -- whatever.

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[the time-of-post index/counter is not synched to the real time- gotta fix it soon]

LA Galaxy Press Conference

December 1, Thursday

Shanri-La, Makati

Here are a few snaps from the LA Galaxy Press Meet at the Shang:

- The Wait -

Jonas Terrado of Bulletin makes use of his time while

waiting for the press con to commence.

Sportswriters Mark Goinco and Celeste Flores, on the other hand,

 are probably tweeting, in this snap.

Don't think it's necessary to put captions below the next photos.

We all know who the subjects are, Right ?

I get to shake Mr. B's hand shortly after this photo.

That was enough for me that night.
Aly Borromeo / Rick Olivares / David Who ??

- Ernie Nierras and Rick Olivares -

- Buddy Buddies -

Rick poses w/ some LA Galaxy players.

[above and below]

Cedelf Tupas / Aly Borromeo / Rick Olivares

- Media collegues of mine -

Good Times !

Ryan Fenix [left] / Rick Olivares [middle] / Natasha Gutierrez [in black]

I was composing a threesome photo until . . .

 

Frankly - I find it ill-mannered and rude [pare, nakakaasar] [gusto ko sanang i crop out, pero masisira ang "composition" ng kuha ko] when I'm taking a group picture and somebody just barges in and includes himself in the group. But I simply am not the kinda guy to ask the "assungot" to leave -[Gotta be tactful and "not rude"]  By instinct I snap, before the "moment" is lost.

Yup, but that's just me.

Maybe next, I'll be the rude one, hu ?
Just Kidding

* * * 

I steal this snap of Natasha Gutierrez while I am patiently waiting 

[standing up], along with all the mainstream journalists, 

for the LA Galaxy Press Meet to begin.

 Did mention to Natasha [when I met her later after the press con] that I did take snaps of her [albeit, stolen] that I intended to post in my blog.

No doubt, she is one very attractive news correspondent.

'Nuff said

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