after months of abandon.

sorry about all the time, hoping to come back with a vengeance.

Peahi (aka Jaws) went off in early December and I went to shoot it with a few people. Rumor has it the waves were reaching 50 foot faces for almost a week. Pretty mean. Oh btw, people have to be towed into these waves with a jetski because they are too fast to paddle into.

There were some big names out there in surfing like Laird Hamilton, and I think he may be in some of these pictures. It's just hard to tell. Hoping to look further through my take and id him and others.








the mayhem in the water.




see the jetski at the top of the wave? It's like team surfing.






tight of previous shot. crazy.

back to nature

Been looking at some things around me lately. Trying to embrace the contrast between the work I like to do and the beauty I am surrounded by. Looking for some motivation to work on stories. Finding lots of different things, lots of different opportunities.


Probably a sight that won't be around forever, from Maalaea Harbor.


Kaanapali Point







Swinging Bridges, Waihe'e

thinking about colors in contrast to muted colors.

back on Maui.

Here are a few photos from my cousin's family portrait session. (more to come.)

Pangasinan One.

Peasant Caravan

Just returned back from another three day relief mission. Still editing backwards. Here are images from the three day caravan include a stay at Hacienda Luisita.

Taguig and other news

Sorry for the posting delay, quite busy these last few days. I just returned from a 3-day relief mission to Central Luzon. We traveled in a caravan for in solidarity with Peasant's Rights Week and delivered relief goods to devastated areas along the way. We also stayed one night in the Hacienda Luisita, which in 2006 was the site of a massacre of farmers who were organizing against their employer for unpaid wages. They were fighting to receive a wage of less than 20 cents a day that was owed to them.

I am headed to Pangasinan on another relief mission in the morning. This region received some of the worst damage from the storms and another typhoon is anticipated to reach shortly. When I return I will post images from both 3 day missions. Also, my Grandfather came from Asignan, Pangasinan, so I am looking forward to walking on the land where many of my family's traditions were born.

Here are images from a relief mission on October 17th in Taguig City which is a Muslim community in Metro Manila. Many of its areas are still flooded and the need for relief goods is great.


entering town.

Rallying for Change

Attended a Rally for OFWs today (Overseas foreign Workers). Was really thinking about the people who put it all together. While Migrante has a large relief effort taking place for those affected by the typhoons, they are still staying true to their mission of advocating for overseas workers.

Over 70% of Filipinos want to or are currently, working overseas according to Lara Castillo, area organizer for Migrante. She wants people to think about the impact of this migration on their culture and working towards making their country a place where it's people want to and are able to live. Overseas work is deeply ingrained Filipino livelyhood and Migrante and other organizations hope to show people that there are other options.




Allen Bonificio or "Boni," is an area organizer for Migrante. He started his career in activism at 15 years-old.


Lara Castillo