Historic Vigan [Archive] - Digital Photographer Philippines

Norman_P._Aquino

10-31-2006, 09:35 AM

Got invited to shoot and write about Vigan during the weekend. It was raining on our first day, but the next day, the sun finally went up, so I had a chance to shoot the ancestral houses along Crisologo St. Vigan's charm captivates the soul and the nearby municipalities -- Bantay, Santa, Narvacan, and the others -- have a splendor unique to themselves. Here are some photos from the trip...

Regards,
Norman

Crisologo St.:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA289612.jpg

Kalesa:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA289639.jpg

Crisologo St.:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA279423.jpg

Harvest:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA279378.jpg

Marton_Benitez

10-31-2006, 09:41 AM

Wow! Nice shots Norman! :) Vigan is truly a wonderful place.

fidel_mercado

10-31-2006, 09:43 AM

I like the third one. Great shooting Norman. :)

caloy_samson

10-31-2006, 09:43 AM

Great stuff, Norman....3rd pic is my fave, though. Where are the longganisas?:)

lenard_po

10-31-2006, 09:45 AM

Beautiful pictures!

Manuel Libres Librodo

10-31-2006, 10:08 AM

Nice Norman. You have a way with composition. The color tone of the first picture is amazing!

louie_lao

10-31-2006, 10:34 AM

Very nice captures indeed, Norman! Love the composition of your shots. :)

jay jallorina

10-31-2006, 11:02 AM

excellent sir norman. you are utilizing your UWA to the hilt.

dont even dare to shoot landscapes or i shall kill you already!!! hahaha....

joke lang! i wish we could shoot again soon! :)

levi lacandula

10-31-2006, 11:08 AM

@ norman

nice perspective you have there. just love the way you compose the 2nd photo.

and the tone of the 1st... wow! thanks for sharing sir.

Norman_P._Aquino

10-31-2006, 12:10 PM

Marton, Fidel, Caloy, Lenard, Manuel, Louie, Jay and Levi, you are so kind. =B) Caloy, I hate the longganisa, it stinks. Manny, the first and second photos were during early morning. The fourth was in the aftertoon during a drizzle.

Guys, I'm still learning from you all. Sir Jay, I would love to shoot with you again. Just text me. Still waiting for our Batangas/Laguna trek.

Some interior shots...
Crisologo Museum:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA279241.jpg

Inside St. Paul's Cathedral:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA278870.jpg

Magsingal Museum:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA279348.jpg

Crisologo Museum:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA279277.jpg

Darryl Ong

10-31-2006, 12:19 PM

nice set sir norman,,esp the third one, sir what lens did you use in this set? thanks

Jimmy Rosaria

10-31-2006, 12:20 PM

ganda.. pedeng pang post card...

Earl Gonzalez

10-31-2006, 12:27 PM

You can indeed shoot Norman! :) Nice work Bro.!

Jared Posion

10-31-2006, 12:42 PM

oh well...nice composition...but i am sure you can do better....hahaha.....kidding lang... Galeng!

Tony Tinio

10-31-2006, 12:48 PM

you have nice series here sir norman. i like the wideness of your shots. great compositions too. ;)

orlando_arcelao_jr

10-31-2006, 12:49 PM

Great shots Norman! Super Ultra Mega Duper WIDE! :)

DoN SeViLLa

10-31-2006, 12:59 PM

excellent shots

alex_paulino

10-31-2006, 01:02 PM

Good Work Norman, I like number 3, low light shot.

Norman_P._Aquino

10-31-2006, 09:43 PM

Therat, Jimmy, Earl, Tony, Orlando, Don and Alex, thanks for the compliments. No thanks to you, Jared. Hehehe. =B) Therat, I used a 7-14mm lens (14-28mm in 35mm equivalent). Earl, you just found out now?! Tsk, tsk, tsk. Hehehe. Kidding. =B)

Here's more...

Kalesa and belfry (cliché na ba?) =B)
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA289505.JPG

Untitled:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA289526.JPG

Very old:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA289599.JPG

Horse carriage:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA289991.JPG

Earl Gonzalez

10-31-2006, 09:45 PM

Really nice set norman! Well nailed exposures! :) Lufet!

GelbertAplal

10-31-2006, 09:49 PM

those are really great wiiiidddeeee shots :)
and the place is really amazing

Earl Gonzalez

10-31-2006, 09:51 PM

those are really great wiiiidddeeee shots :)
and the place is really amazing

Never visited that place... Maybe start planning to go visit there. :)

Norman_P._Aquino

10-31-2006, 09:51 PM

More (walang aangal [translation: those who complain will be killed]) Nyehehe. =B)

Jar maker:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA279033.JPG

http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA279037.JPG

Jars:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA279118.jpg

http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA279078.jpg

Earl Gonzalez

10-31-2006, 09:54 PM

No one's complaining Norman... Nice work you have here indeed! :)

GelbertAplal

10-31-2006, 09:55 PM

Never visited that place... Maybe start planning to go visit there. :)

How about a Vigan trip for all of us.. never been there also :)

I love the second pic Norman (where the guy is making the jar)

Norman_P._Aquino

10-31-2006, 10:07 PM

Earl Gonzalez

10-31-2006, 10:19 PM

Gelbert, thank you. Vigan is enchanting! It is such a photogenic place. If the group is planning to go there, don't do it during the rainy season. January would be safe... Earl, :Grin:

Regards,
Norman

Thanks for the heads-up Norman! If the Marikina Team reaches Vigan... That would really be something! :)

Tok Paler

11-01-2006, 02:20 AM

Norman Aquino,

My thoughts on your photos:

1. there were all shot in Historic Vigan

2. they all showed the what is there to be seen in Historic Vigan

4. i skipped number 3 because it is irrelevant to the subject of photography in Historic Vigan

5. uummmm....

6. i wish i could go back there... =b

galing ng "kalesa" and "untitled"! =D Vigan is a whole different place viewed through you UWA! and through your compositions of course! =B)

we're you able to get some bulb shots? =D

Raffy Crucillo

11-01-2006, 08:36 AM

Great set. I like the night shot best.

Aris Guerrero

11-01-2006, 09:35 AM

sigh. can't wait to go back to Vigan. last time i went there was a decade ago.

rosalie_gomez

11-01-2006, 09:56 AM

Nice set of photos, Norman! I like your wide shots. :) Another place I'd like to go to...

Reyno Rosete

11-01-2006, 10:16 AM

Excellent documentary series. Very well done Norman.

Norman_P._Aquino

11-01-2006, 10:19 AM

Tok Paler, Raffy, Rosalie and Reyno, thank you. Plug: My thank-you goes to Tok Paler for lending me his cable release for this trip. Tok Paler, here's one for you. =B)

St. Paul's Cathedral belfry:
F22/172.6 seconds/ISO100 at 9mm
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA279468.jpg

Another ancestral house:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA289959.JPG

Sta. Maria Church:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA280533.JPG

Another kalesa:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA289978.JPG

Regards,
Norman

Tok Paler

11-01-2006, 07:45 PM

John Edward Taca

11-01-2006, 07:51 PM

how long were you there? you seemed to have covered good ground day and night..

i enjoyed looking at your fresh perspectives and how you creatively used the calesas as your forefground =)

Norman_P._Aquino

11-01-2006, 08:30 PM

Tok, you are right, it was raining the whole Friday and even at night, there was a drizzle. John, thanks for the comment. We left Manila on Thursday night, arrived in Vigan at 2 a.m. Friday. It rained the whole Friday, but on Saturday, weather was perfect. We left Vigan at around 2 p.m. on Saturday.

The trip was hosted by MNTC, which is promoting the north as a tourist destination -- which meant we had to go there by land. The journey was around seven hours. Yes, we've pretty much covered everything during our two days there since this was a media tour. A tourist guide was hired for the purpose and we were following an itinerary.

Still, I feel two days are just not enough. There were times when our van passed by something photogenic but we couldn't stop because of the hectic schedule. Besides, I was the only one who was really eager to take photos. The rice field was one instance when I insisted that I get off the van. I promised them it would take just a minute, but they didn't mind the five-minute extension. =B) It was raining a bit then, but the scene was just too beautiful to ignore.

Vigan is such a wonderful place. I am a water freak, but I didn't mind not seeing the ocean while there. Besides, I did get wet from the rain... =B)

Regards,
Norman

dindin_lagdameo

11-01-2006, 08:36 PM

Simply amazing!!!

Vigan, here we come!!!

arlene solis chua

11-01-2006, 09:41 PM

Nick_Espino

11-01-2006, 09:45 PM

Really nice images, Norman. I always wanted to visit Vigan as I heard it's an awesome place to shoot. I'll definitely put this on my "to go" list.

Tok Paler

11-01-2006, 10:52 PM

Tok, you are right, it was raining the whole Friday and even at night, there was a drizzle.

Thank goodness for the your weather-sealed E-1! i would have ran for cover if i was with you... well.. maybe not, i always bring a black trash bag and some rubber bands =b

i hope it won't be as rainy on Friday =b

Jared Posion

11-02-2006, 11:30 AM

still the same....hahaha..very nice photos indeed! holy molly! hahaha...

So, kailan ang Vigan Trip? January na ba? ...

Anyways, insert ko lang...tuloy ba Corregidor Trip tomorrow Sir Tok? I am dying yo use my Ultra Wide.......Imagination.......no Lens yet for this trip! hahaha..

Cheerios!

Norman_P._Aquino

11-02-2006, 11:31 AM

Dindin, Arlene and Nick, thanks. Tok, yes, I never worried about the camera and the lens getting wet. Jared, gusto mo balik tayo Vigan next week [ikaw naman magda-drive e] (Want to go back to Vigan next week? [you look like a chauffeur anyway]). By the way, your mind is too narrow, so don't bother. Nyehehehe. =B)

Okay, huling hirit [last stab]:
Bantay Church belfry:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA289827.jpg

More pots:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA279040.jpg

http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA279025.jpg

Weaver:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA289902.jpg

Tata,
Norman

vien_cortez

11-02-2006, 11:50 AM

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing.
Now I really got to go to Vigan SOON! :)

Darryl Ong

11-02-2006, 12:53 PM

thanks sir norman,, i just added a 10-20 lens to my christmas wishlist :)

Bobby Wong

11-02-2006, 05:53 PM

bernard billedo

11-02-2006, 09:15 PM

Wow! Excellent shots Norman! The images truly give you a sense of being there.

Norman_P._Aquino

11-02-2006, 11:34 PM

Vien, Bobby and Bernard, thanks for the kind words.

Last na talaga (Really last)... =B)

Ang walang kamatayang kalesa (everlasting carriage):
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA289972.JPG

Wishing well, Burgos Museum:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA279099.jpg

Ang walang kamatayang Calle Crisologo:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA289545.JPG

At ang walang kamatayang St. Paul's Cathedral:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA289659.jpg

Regards,
Norman

Tok Paler

11-02-2006, 11:50 PM

Wishing well, Burgos Museum:
http://www.vgalleries.com/members/naquino/Vigan/PA279099.jpg

I wish people won't throw garbage in the wishing well.... tsk... tsk...

Hanz_Florentin

11-03-2006, 08:51 PM

Nice sets Norman! Vigan is one of the places I wish to go to!
Do you have a tour guide when you were there, it seems that you've covered all the wonderfull spots in the area.:)

zandy_marantal

11-03-2006, 09:40 PM

Wow! Super duper galing Norman.

I like em all but the shot of Crisologo St. and the Weaver really stands out.

regards,

Norman_P._Aquino

11-04-2006, 11:20 PM

Nice sets Norman! Vigan is one of the places I wish to go to!
Do you have a tour guide when you were there, it seems that you've covered all the wonderfull spots in the area.:)

Hanz, Zandy, thank you. Hanz, yes, we had a tour guide and it was a hectic schedule. Zandy, I never tired of shooting Calle Crisologo! =B)

Regards,
Norman