HomeAsiaPhilippinesLuzonPalawanPalawan in Black and White Photo Series By Marcos Detourist on August 12, 2010Here’s a little something I wanted to do during my trip to Palawan. I felt during the previous months that I haven’t growing as much as I’d like as a photographer, probably because I’ve shifted my focus on so many distractions. I need to inspire myself again and not succumb to the vacuous feeling I’ve been having lately whenever I get in front of the mirror, click the camera’s shutter, or take that first step out the door before a trip. For my Palawan Photo Series, I’ve stripped down my photos to black and white, back to basics … raw and natural:Getting there is part of the adventure Alone but not lonely Memories that can last a lifetime Beauty in the mundane I raw away yet my day was not so full Sunlight opened up my eyes Blindly chasing a feeling I might have made up My turn on the river styx The modern wildman Always waiting for the light to fade I left home but I haven’t lost anything Too tired to keep on pretending You never looked better than the first time I saw you You’re all washed up, I’m sorry On and on from the moment I wake, to the moment I sleep, I’ll be there by your side Nothing is burning here, it’s so so so so coldI haven’t slept for over a month, I’m a mess The path to obscurityDon’t leave yet. There’s more!Survived Palawan, the Philippines’ Last FrontierSurvivor Palawan: A Solo Backpacker’s TravelogueAdobe Lightroom - Improve your photographs with the…Planning at trip to Cuyo, PalawanPhoto Series: Tropical Tundra in the Last FrontierMy First Solo Backpacking Trip and First Time to PalawanComments Vince saysAugust 15, 2010 at 12:00 amWOW! AMAZING photos! Cool blog dude! Looking forward to more posts like this! And congrats on the Cebu Pacific Challenge! chymera00 saysAugust 15, 2010 at 11:49 amWould love to do more of this, I’m planning something like once for every major trip. Thanks for the comment and encouragement :) monette saysAugust 25, 2010 at 9:13 pmkick ass photos!!! chymera00 saysAugust 26, 2010 at 8:17 pmthanks for dropping by monette. love your blog. Kat G. saysAugust 31, 2010 at 12:20 amAmazing photos!!! wish i could pursue that passion… I think i know you….Monette :D chymera00 saysAugust 31, 2010 at 7:50 amthanks Kat :) joe saysOctober 6, 2010 at 3:29 pmBeautiful photos! chymera00 saysOctober 23, 2010 at 10:10 pmthanks joe. loudette saysOctober 18, 2010 at 6:57 pmyou are pretty poetic. love your photographs. shocks. i love what you do!!! nice!! and sweet! so inspiring. loudette saysOctober 18, 2010 at 7:07 pmi am also a hobbyist. your work is inspiring… love it. wish i could meet you someday. chymera00 saysOctober 23, 2010 at 9:58 pmthanks loudette … for me, it doesn’t get any better than to have another person tell me I’ve inspired them. It’s like giving back for all the people who have inspired me also. Paulo saysJanuary 26, 2011 at 6:31 pmWow, thanks for the exposure of Palawan, I’m planning a short 4-day tour of Puerto Princesa this coming March 2011. Wish I could pursue a passion like yours. chymera00 saysFebruary 11, 2011 at 11:32 amGo for it Paulo! I was very anxious before the trip since it was my first time to go SOLO for that long … needless to say, it inspired me to go even further with my travels. May Ann A. saysJune 24, 2011 at 4:56 pmThese photographs are inspiring and simply beautiful! The captions add up to the inspiring aura that fit perfectly with the images. What equipments did you use?? chymera00 saysJune 26, 2011 at 10:15 amOh my May Ann, thanks thanks talaga for the comment. It also inspires me whenever I read that my work has been an inspiration to other people. I miss making more of these kind of posts :) Palawan Place saysJune 30, 2011 at 7:32 pmWow, nice black and white pictures of Palawan! Im really an avid fan of colored photos but these pics are as beautiful of colored too! Nice job! Elal Jane Lasola saysMay 8, 2012 at 11:54 pmdramatic b&w photos with poetic captions. very cool! \m/ Posting of new comments is disabled temporarily.Connect with Marcos on:Detourista.comMarcosDetourist.comFacebookInstagramTwitterDetourista.comDiscover more travel guides and blogs about the Philippines and beyond by Marcos DetouristChoose your next destination: Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Vince saysAugust 15, 2010 at 12:00 amWOW! AMAZING photos! Cool blog dude! Looking forward to more posts like this! And congrats on the Cebu Pacific Challenge!
chymera00 saysAugust 15, 2010 at 11:49 amWould love to do more of this, I’m planning something like once for every major trip. Thanks for the comment and encouragement :)
Kat G. saysAugust 31, 2010 at 12:20 amAmazing photos!!! wish i could pursue that passion… I think i know you….Monette :D
loudette saysOctober 18, 2010 at 6:57 pmyou are pretty poetic. love your photographs. shocks. i love what you do!!! nice!! and sweet! so inspiring.
loudette saysOctober 18, 2010 at 7:07 pmi am also a hobbyist. your work is inspiring… love it. wish i could meet you someday.
chymera00 saysOctober 23, 2010 at 9:58 pmthanks loudette … for me, it doesn’t get any better than to have another person tell me I’ve inspired them. It’s like giving back for all the people who have inspired me also.
Paulo saysJanuary 26, 2011 at 6:31 pmWow, thanks for the exposure of Palawan, I’m planning a short 4-day tour of Puerto Princesa this coming March 2011. Wish I could pursue a passion like yours.
chymera00 saysFebruary 11, 2011 at 11:32 amGo for it Paulo! I was very anxious before the trip since it was my first time to go SOLO for that long … needless to say, it inspired me to go even further with my travels.
May Ann A. saysJune 24, 2011 at 4:56 pmThese photographs are inspiring and simply beautiful! The captions add up to the inspiring aura that fit perfectly with the images. What equipments did you use??
chymera00 saysJune 26, 2011 at 10:15 amOh my May Ann, thanks thanks talaga for the comment. It also inspires me whenever I read that my work has been an inspiration to other people. I miss making more of these kind of posts :)
Palawan Place saysJune 30, 2011 at 7:32 pmWow, nice black and white pictures of Palawan! Im really an avid fan of colored photos but these pics are as beautiful of colored too! Nice job!