Askal

My aunt's dog in the Philippines. I forget his name. He's a mutt, commonly known as an askal.

When I met him for the first time he was extremely wary of me. Being a new face/smell he wasn't used to me at all and every time I got even a little bit close to him he would panic and bark his little head off. When I went back to my aunt's house a few days later, it was as if the previous day never happened; he was wagging his tail, hopping up on his hind legs and licking my hand. Endless licking. He even did that puppy thing where he would gently bite on my finger like he was teething, but always being aware to not actually crunch my digit in his mouth.

Just like that.

I did the old point & shoot and managed to get him licking his nose. It's a bit blurry because I just stuck to Program Auto mode and it picked a pretty wide aperture/slow shutter speed on my 35mm prime. I only learned how to use a fast shutter with exposure compensation a few weeks ago (me = still a noob) which would have given a sharper shot, but I like the blurriness that came as a result.

I made sure to let him nibble my finger after.

Grimy

Urban decay always makes for an interesting subject.

Nothing like old spray can art on a rusty bridge. Filthy perfection!

Gone fishing

On an early morning walk to the beach in the Philippines I saw these three fishermen casting their net into the water. They then paused for a few minutes to watch the rough waves, which gave me plenty of time to take this photo.

A moment of reflection? Caution at the choppy seas? Or maybe not enough fish.

Rich girl

This girl was walking through a park carrying an oversized wooden pound sign under her arm, and that's enough of a reason to take a photo.

She has to be rich, she has big money! :-P

I Like You.

A street shot taken some time last year. The weather's been mostly crappy recently so I decided to look in my pics 'archive'.

I had my 35mm lens on at the time and saw this bit of graffiti in an alley somewhere in Soho. There weren't many people walking through the alley but I put the camera to my eye and half-pressed and waited. Fortunately the man that ended up walking into frame was too busy walking fast to look into the lens and didn't really notice me taking the photo.

More street photos to come, whenever...