First Love

Miss the Blacks -  and the Whites
[and the Limitless Nuances of Gray in  between]

There are still a number of Black & White, [scanned prints] I am featuring in a post for the first time ever ["Angie"  and "Cindy"] here.  The rest are reposts from earlier features in my first blog www.brosigonzales.blogspot.com.

Suffice it to say - My experience with Black & White Film years back, when I trained/worked in an professional advertising/fashion/portrait studio helped mold me into the photographer I am today. Working with FILM [35mm or medium format] and its limits [one cannot preview scene in the maner digital tech allows us these days] and being compelled to "get one's exposures right the first time" trained me in a way that digital photog' couldn't even hope to approximate.

My photographic training in the "old school",  or "school of hard knocks"  or whatever one might call it did me train me to "see" and fashion images long before I actually pressed the shutter.  "Knowing" how any scene would actually look like in Black & Whitesimply by observing - can never be learned overnight - Only tears of experience can do that.  Noticing the nuances of light -> "reading" light" in all its forms - reflected, diffused, scattered, filtered, intensified, softened is simply second nature to me and some how makes it easier for me to make artistic decisions when shooting with stills.

So -Enuff o'That -

Here are just a few cherished souviniers [all portraits]

from my Black & White days

Angee

Cindy

 The Zobels

Classic Non-Traditional Portrait

Chinot

Alex

Victoria

Melissa

 Michelle

Joanne




Love Sports --- but
Yup - Still Crazy [over portraiture] After All These Years

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Game 1

PBA Philipine Cup

Finals 

Game #1
 Talk N Text - 87     Rain or Shine - 81 



[Images randomly arranged]
 

Ali Peek [#34] - 8 points, 5 boards      Beau Belga [#30]- 5 points, 5 boards

 Paul Lee [#3] manages 11 markers, but his 3 of 10 2 point shooting factored in, particularly when Rain or Shine was a basket or two behind Talk N Text in the closing minutes [Lee misses {not this photo} a high percentage shot during a two-on-one fastbreak by the Elasto Painters]

Jervy Cruz [#20] leads his team in rebounding [with 9]
Here, he chases a loose ball

 Jimmy Alapag [#3] leads the Texters in the assist department [with 6]

Jeffrei Chan [#16] - 10 points, 5 boards

Jayson Castro [#17] drills in 16 [He converts 3 of his 6 treys]

Larry Fonacier [#12] scores 9 points, 6 of them  in the 4th quarter

 End-Game Pivotal Turnover

In this Rain or Shine offensive set Jeffrei Chan fumbles his dribble, with the ball inadvertently bouncing on to Jared Dilinger

At the post game brief, Coach Yeng Guiao states that he is not that disappointed with the loss and expresses confidence that his charges are very, very capable of  tying the series come Friday

Official Stat Sheet

Box Scores

 [will be missing Game # 2, Friday, due to friend's debut]

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Tie-Breaker

UAAP Women's Volleyball

First Round

Lady Tigers vs Lady Falcons

Another Five  Setter for the Falcons

After missing the Ateneo vs Adamson Women's Volley Match [a five-setter won by ADM]  last Sunday, Jan.6 - I made sure yesterday that I wouldn't miss another potential [ADU and UST are tied in the standings] five-setter between the L Tigers and L Falcons.  Lo and behold, another five-setter did ensue yesterday. Cool !!

Here are some random images :

 Veteran vs Veteran
Pau Soriano [#2] is blocked by Judy Caballejo [#11]

Pamela Lastimosa [#6] - 15 markers

[seen above, making a gutsy save and below, on the attack]

Judy Caballejo [#11] - 15 markers

[Veteran Smarts]

Maika Ortiz [#7] - 15 markers

[Stop Me If You Can !]

POW !!

Pau Soriano [#2] - 25 big ones !!

Sheila Pineda [#1] - 16 markers

[next three images]

Pineda is at the upper right, spiking

 Luisa Zapanta [#5] - 9 markers
[above and below]

Princess Listana
[above & below, digging]

Macatuno saves as Banaticla watches

Tough Tigers - Tunay, Ortiz, Lantin

Villanueva defends

Lastimosa [#6] again, but this time

 May Jennifer Macatuno [#14]  is swift to respond

[three frame sequence, below]

Loren Lantin [#14] - 9 markers

like Pam Lastimosa has been gradually improving her game

 the past tours UST has participated in

[noticed that she had lost a few ponds, since last I saw her]

[next two images]

Lady Falcon [and rookie] Amanda Villanueva [#6]
[next four frames]

Somehow, I like this girl [Amanda] to win the Rookie of the Year Award , see the Falcons on to the Final Four and earn a shot at the Finals. Truth be Told, I root for the Lady Eagles, but after that - I am a Falcon Fan.

Amanda Villanueva  manages only 4 points in the match
 [playing only in the first three sets]

Match point !!

Carmela Tunay [#8] -  11 markers [upper right, spiking]
and none more crucual than this one !!! -
against Falcons Erika Alquino [#17] and Marleen Cortel [#15]
No Less !!!

Title #1 - The Unsaid

Title #2 - Mud on their Wings

- Promising rookie Lady Falcon Amanda Villanueva

 feels the stigma of losing two straight five setters

and Yes - the pressure's gonna get tougher & tougher come the 2nd Rnd,

which starts on Sunday, January 13

 Official Stat Sheet

The Lady Eagles [5-0] take on the Defending Champs Lady Archers [ 4-1] this Saturday. January12.

Will we witness another another Five-Setter again ??

C U at the Arena !!!

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