June 2010

Not so many photographs taken during June.

With the ending of tropical summer and the start of the rainy season, the weather started to take on an autumnal feeling, at least when one looked out of the window. Stepping outside into the heat and humidity quickly brought back that tropical feeling.

May 2010

April 2010

A little delayed in posting this.

April has been about the summer weather. Summer comes early here running from approximately the vernal equinox to the June solstice. And that means hot weather and intense sun. Sun of an intensity I've not experienced anywhere else. This shot is actually from one of the rare cloudy days, which gave me half a chance to actually capture the sun.

March 2010

A simple subject - the evening light coming through the hallway curtains as projected onto the wall. As the evening draws in, there are a whole range of these interesting shadow patterns cast on various walls and surfaces in the house. It is a reflection of the particular quality of light that seems to abound here at this time. Something like late evening light in a n European summer, except much earlier in the year and at an earlier time of day - this was shot at about 4pm.

February 2010

Life in the village.

For February a good part of my time has been getting to know how life in the village works. Utilities, services, driving etc. Small practicalities. This one picture of one corner brings so much of that daily life into a single frame.

January 2010

January has all been about moving house, coming from the outside and stepping through the door to settle into a new life.

December 2009

Pretty much sums up the contradictions of Christmas in The Philippines - the mixture of the tropical and the temperate. Some how the spruce Christmas trees & images of white winter feel completely out of place in the warm, sunny weather.

November 2009

For each month I'll post my selection for the final project. The aim being the image that sums up my impressions from that month. Selections get their own post label, too.

In this instance I've chosen this one because it is the mix of the commercial and tropical that sums up my first impressions of my new home.