Blast at the Pyromusical Competition

I had a chance to watch the first Saturday of 2nd International Pyromusical Competition last February 19, 2011. Korea and Spain were the competitors on that day.

Here are a few o my favorites:

This weekend (February 26, 2011) will be the third Saturday of the competition. Here are the details if you want to find out more:

2nd Pyromusical Competition at MOA
Feb 12 - Mar 12 (Saturdays)

Program Schedule:

February 12, 2011
7:00PM Woori Fireworks, Inc. (KOREA)
8:00PM Pirotecnica Igual (SPAIN)

February 19, 2011
7:00PM Macedos Pirotecnica, LDA. (PORTUGAL)
8:00PM Jubilee Fireworks, LTD. (UNITED KINGDOM)

February 26, 2011
7:00PM Jinsheng Fireworks, Inc. (CHINA)
8:00PM Lacroix-Ruggieri (FRANCE)

March 5, 2011
7:00PM Tamaya Kitahara Fireworks Co. (JAPAN)
8:00PM Apogee Fireworks (CANADA)

March 12, 2011
7:00PM Fireworx (AUSTRALIA)
8:00PM Platinum Fireworks, Inc. (PHILIPPINES)

Happy New Year!!!

A Happy, Prosperous, and Wonderful New Year to all!!! 2010 was surely a challenging year and I'm sure that 2011 will be one too.

I just realized that I had no entry last December 2010. I did take lots of photos to share but I guess I was too much preoccupied with my beloved kit lens losing it's AF (Auto Focus) function in the middle of a birthday celebration. Oh well, it gave me a chance to take full control of my camera this time: I'm in Manual Settings plus in Manual Focus!

I guess it's not too late to share some of my favorite shots during the holidays:

Close Encounter with Exotic Birds at Residence Inn, Tagaytay

Santa Claus

Of course some Fireworks

  

And our very little own Firworks display in our front lawn the night of 1.1.11 for the kids

Again, Happy New Year to all!!!

1st Philippine International Pyromusical Competition (2010)

Well, the Pyromusical at The Fort was cancelled last year and now it's back but it will be held at MOA. Most probabaly by the bay. So mark your calendars for this series of events starting this weekend (02/14/2010) and onwards until March 14, 2010.

Here are some details of the events:

Feb. 14 Australia
Feb. 21 United Kingdom & China
Feb. 28 France & Japan
Mar. 07 Singapore & Malaysia
Mar. 14 United States of America & Philippines

Ticket Prices:

GA - 100 Php
Silver - 200 Php
Gold - 300 Php
VIP - 500 Php
VIP w/ dinner - 1,500 Php

For further details, you may check this link:

http://pyrophilippines.com/
http://www.pyrophilippines.com/
 
Here are some fireworks I was able to snap during the first day of the pyromusical competition at The Fort:
 

 

Great way to celebrate the Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day all in one day/night!

Fireworks Rants and Raves

Just came from a fireworks competition (World Pryro Olympics 2009) that was held yesterday (Nov. 21). I don't have the best gear, actually just the kit lens of the 1000D. Luckily, I got some old school tripod that I was able to loan from my dad and my brother gave me a shutter release cable. Sounds that the gear is quite enough for a beginner.

When I heard about this, I immediately read posts and tips in the Internet and I was able to acquire more than I can imagine -- in short I prepared myself for the show. I got more determined to prepare myself when my wife surprised me with tickets for the show in front just beside the VIP's viewing area. I was excited for yesterday to come.

Then the day came. Arrived at our spot early enough and finding other photographers setting up their own tripods and cameras and all.

Alas! It started to drizzle, shower, rain an hour before the scheduled show from Germany. Yes, it started to shower then the rain came. The first show was postponed an hour later due to the unforeseen weather conditions. Anyway, it stopped raining hard but there's light drizzle and sometimes it will rain.

Oh well, to cut the story short.. I did my best of what I can of the situation and here are some of my keepers. Hope you didn't mind the short story above and that you enjoy the photos below as I did taking them. You may click on the photos for a larger view.

Thanks for viewing!

Here's more of it

Pyro At Works

Camera Itch Over, Ready for WPO!

At last, I finally was able to claim my camera from service and the DSLR camera itch is over. Well, my pocket needs some stitching as this service has costed me dearly! Oh well, I'm just glad to have it back and of course, I went a little trigger happy over the weekend and played with the flash.

I am just happy to have the camera back and have atleast the flash capability when I'll need it (though not the ideal configuration but atleast).

I'm more glad to have it since this coming weekend will be the start of the World Pyro Olympics over at Fort Open Grounds, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.

Here's an overview of the schedule:

Nov. 21 - Germany & China
Nov. 28 - Canada & Australia
Dec. 05 - Japan & Italy
Dec. 12 - South Korea & U.S.A.
Dec. 19 - Fellowship of Fire & Philippines' Exhibition

Pyro Olympics, here I go!!!

For more information, visit: http://www.worldpyroolympics.com