Monthly Archive: June, 2012

Slow down so you won’t miss it

“Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast – you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.” ~Eddie Cantor Self portrait… Read More

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Simplify

“What’s really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are… Read More

Reload 022: Best Anti-Smoking Campaign Ad Ever

RELOAD,  REFRESH, RESTART  022 -  It’s what we do in our computers.  So with life, we take a break.  If all else fails, reformat. Sit back, relax and enjoy my favorite video reposts.… Read More

Life is an amazing journey

“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses.  No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift… Read More

Walk in peace

“The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows.  With each step, a flower blooms.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh… Read More

Take me back in time

“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams.” ~ Jeremy Irons, British actor I love looking at old photos, especially in… Read More

Capturing small people

“I photograph from the heart. I adore little babies and I think that shows. My images are really very positive, very simple, and from the heart. Babies speak a universal language. I have… Read More

Sneak peek in Beijing

“If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.” ― Charles M. Schulz, creator… Read More

Faded photograph

“What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” ― Karl Lagerfeld I was fortunate to meet the lovely Teresa Kae, a model based in… Read More

Life is an adventure!

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a… Read More

My Shutterblog Photo Workshop

I am in General Santos City, home of our beloved world champ boxer, Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao.  This has nothing to do with him, however, since I am here for a photo workshop exclusively… Read More

The beach is my zen

“Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don’t leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into… Read More

The smize have it

“But even though she was attractive, there was something else about her that caught his eye. She was intelligent, he could sense that right away, and confident, too, as if she were able… Read More

Live in the present

“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land,… Read More

Living in a man’s world

I don’t mind living in a man’s world as long as I can be a woman in it. ~ Marilyn Monroe

My Travel Photography Workshop

(downloadable poster) DESTINATION MATI: A TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP SERIES BY RHONSON NG AND JOJIE ALCANTARA (JUNE 16-17, 2012) Dahican at Daybreak (Mati, Davao Oriental) Photo by Rhonson Ng (my mentor) Dahican, the popular… Read More

Keeping paradise

“Paradise was always over there, a day’s sail away. But it’s a funny thing, escapism. You can go far and wide and you can keep moving on and on through places and years,… Read More

Morning fishers

Dahican at Daybreak (Mati, Davao Oriental) Jojie Alcantara, May 2012 Dahican, the popular and most beautiful beach in my birthplace Mati, is an extended strip of stunning white beach lined with coconut trees,… Read More

A flower’s gift

     “I am the lover’s gift; I am the wedding wreath; I am the memory of a moment of happiness; I am the last gift of the living to the dead; I am… Read More

Reload 022: You want them on a train with you

RELOAD,  REFRESH, RESTART  022 -  It’s what we do in our computers.  So with life, we take a break.  If all else fails, reformat. Sit back, relax and enjoy my favorite video reposts.… Read More

Let it grow

Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow. – John Lennon I love to capture small things.  These are tiny flowers in detail.  Can’t say anything more but love, love, love and… Read More

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