BIRTHPLACE  Mati, Davao Oriental (moved to Davao since 9 months old)

AGE Thirtyish  (“Thirty, I wish”)

 

CURRENT PROFESSION Lifestyle/Travel Writer for SunStar Davao, Freelance Artist (Computer Graphics Illustrator and Web Designer), TV & Events Host  

 

TYPICAL DAY'S WORKING SKED “Apart from very unpredictable, just your (ab)normal 9 to 5 sked – 9 at night to 5 early dawn! Am asleep the whole morning. If I don’t travel, I seldom go out.” (you can browse my works in www.witerary.com)

 

EDUCATION –Stella Maris Academy of Davao (High School); Ateneo de Davao College

 

HOBBIES Hoarding!!!(e-books, manuals, design programs, documentaries, Asian Horror films and Spongebob items) -–photography, travel, tinkering with computer and designing, watching cable and films at home

 

SPORTS “Does pushing button of TV’s remote control count? Years ago, it was billiards and shooting. Once, I played heavy badminton (one day)”

 

YEARS IN PHOTOGRAPHY “I am a digital girl. I started with a Samsung digital cam that barely reached a megapixel in 1995 back when few knew how to use it. I upgraded to a 1 megapixel Sony Cybershot, then a 3, then a 5.1. Now I have a Powershot G6 at 7.1megapixel. If all these sound garbage to you, think of all the junk CDs I have stored of images I took since 1995. Anybody want junked cameras?”

 

TRAINING, WORKSHOPS None, mostly self-taught with books and by experience. But have taught workshops in basic digital photography to NGOs in Bislig and another company

 

OTHER PHOTO EXHIBITS SO FAR One sunset photo for a group exhibit as tribute to Gene Boyd Lumawag, others are art exhibits

 

MOTTO ON PHOTOGRAPHY “The simplest image has a story to tell”

 

LEARNING EXPERIENCES “Do not shoot pataka sa sidewalk kay mabangga ka”

 

PHOTOGRAPHY QUIRKS My cam and “trigger finger” is always on the lookout for funny signs and bloopers at a moment’s notice

 

FAVORITE SUBJECT INTEREST Faces, landscapes, funny moments, candid shots