I knew a few things about the whole trying to grow a social media audience thing. A tangible achievement that I do have is recently gaining 100 subscribers on my YouTube Channel, John J Images in the year 2022.
Read MoreCIVILIZATION, CULTURE, CLOTHING IN THE COLD MOUNTAINS OF THE PHILIPPINES - 1ST BLOG ARTICLE AFTER A LONG TIME - AMERICAN IGOROT VIEWS
The roughly 2nd year of my life in the Philippines as an adult is fast approaching. I was born in Baguio City, Philippines, moved away when I was around 6 years old and decided to try out life in the Philippines when my parents decided to try to build their retirement home in the Philippines when I was in my early 20’s.
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John Jacob Bolla a Filipino American wearing a hoodie in the cold mountains of the Philippines that people doubt exist. Shot taken by @artsytsaa (Instagram handle). This RAW shot was edited by me.
PANASONIC G85
LUMIX G 20/F1.7 II
f/1.7
1/2000 sec
ISO 200
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I’ve lived in the Philippines for almost a year now. Here are 4 quick things I’ve learned living here as a Filipino American or Californian Igorot…
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One of my many sunset photos in Baguio City. Shot RAW & edited.
PHILIPPINES LIFE UPDATE NOVEMBER 2021
I’m back at the photographer-writer-blogger-creator-man traveling through space-time thing.
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Me exploring Old Diplomat Hotel in Baguio City, Philippines
INTRO TO VIEWPOINT OF A PHOTOGRAPHER/VIDEO CREATOR CURRENTLY LIVING IN BAGUIO CITY, THE COLD MOUNTAINS OF THE PHILIPPINES
It is time for me to publish, film, and produce MORE content that showcases life in the wild and mysterious northern part of the Philippines.
CLOUD FIRE
One of my favorite cloudscape shots and a short poem about the creative journey
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Read MoreHis spear pointed towards the golden sky like the green blades of grass
Which flanked the mountains that reached the seas
The final rays of light fell upon his face as he looked off into the distance
Wondering where else the flames of expedition would take him
In the future, his people would be called the Mountaineers of the land
Mountain Range by the Sea - Northern Philippines
If my memory serves me correct, I shot this quickly during a car ride climbing out of the epic mountains during golden hour. So the shutter speed had to be very fast.
Photo Settings:
23mm on a 12-60 lens
f/4.3
1/4000 sec
ISO 200
RAW
I took this image in the epic mountain ranges of Northern Philippines. When people think of the Philippines, pine trees and chilly mountains, do not necessarily come to mind. Though that is the land of my birth. The Northern part of the Philippines, riddled with mountains covered in green pine trees. Similar to Northern California in a lot of ways - except tropical!
The light that falls on this part of the Earth during golden hour is incredible. I have seen some of the best sunsets of my life here.
While traveling, you will not always find yourself in the most ideal situation to take a great photo. Though if the light rays ROAR gold - be decisive and take the shot. Like an ancient mountaineer with a spear hunting the wild boars of the Pacific.
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Read MoreAdventure/Travel Photography - Motivation for Fat Loss
Love adventure? Love taking photos of places that are hard to get to? Though you feel like your fat is slowing you down? In modern society it’s very easy to let stress and fast food defeat us. Your weight starts to gradually climb and some of your pants no longer fit…
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Beginning of the Journey
I decided my first blog post on this website (I have experience building several) would be of this epic bird I shot with my very capable Panasonic G85. This was shot with a telephoto zoom set to 150mm with a micro four thirds sensor, which would roughly equal the view of a 300mm focal length on a full frame camera. After editing the RAW file in Lightroom, the amazing pinks in the clouds were brought out, giving a nice backdrop to the bird - which makes you ponder about life and time itself. This bird looks like he’s wearing a headband. He reminds me of an ancient traveler wearing a headband on a journey to search for epic food that is worth the long trek. This is just the beginning, I will be posting more photos/stories soon.