Filipino Independence Day Celebration in Dublin

Last Saturday, 20th of June 2009 was a huge gathering of ALL the Filipinos in Ireland. It was held in St. Anne's Park, Dublin. It reminded me of BARRIO FIESTA in LONDON where I attended too about a couple of years ago.

I've learned and was stunned by the numbers of Filipinos living here now in Ireland. It's about 22,000 (unofficial estimate).. I supposed, the entire population of the Filipinos are about 80-90 million already?!? Which means, we're just some spills here, WHEW!

Anyhow, I took some photos and here they are...




































Patrick and Nicole











This is RANDY SANTIAGO, a Filipino artist, singer and enterpreneur!










Look at the little boy...










Si pareng RODEL checking his shots!





From the time I knew him, he's been wearing sunglasses already! He's known for having them all the time.. Like BONO?? :)















He trully is an entertainer...





at this time.. Randy thought that my wife was single and he was kind of starting to throw some jokes.. my wife pointed at me! "there's my husband" ;)





He got embarrassed,LOL!





that was some classic.. LOL!







Here's NADINE and ANGELINA





This up and coming band is awesome so far! GO pinoys and company!





ayan si pareng JOSEPH.. :)





..and it's CONNOR and LILLY!





So this is ME and WIFE...

Clare and Paul engagement session

Hello lads! Yesterday was lovely with all the sunshine everywhere in Ireland.. Such a great time for me to shoot an engagement session aka pre-nuptial shoot on these lovely couple, CLARE and PAUL.. with a nice, lovely weather? What else can you ask for huh? Ah, maybe DON-K to shoot your wedding or engagement session?! LOL!

Anyhow, here's some shots we did yesterday.. All of the locations were taken in the beautiful TRAMORE, Co. WATERFORD, Republic of Ireland.. Hope you'll browse down :)


Photographer: Don-K
Assisted by: Rodel Vargas
Location: Tramore, Co. Waterford, Southeast Ireland







I am so glad to document how happy these couple are.. :)




I know, I'm there to capture the moment between them.. and to share the way I looked at them..




There's no words to describe how they feel the love for each other.. by the way, this field is actually owned by her grandmother that when I saw it which is just beside her mother's house, ah, I says this is a nice spot.. why don't we roll on?! ;)





..and this is where Clare's mum stays when she's medidating she said :) which is really cool for photograph taking too!





..and now, behind this yellow wall.. it's where clare used to work when she's younger :)









Every places we go to here are so meaningful indeed! :)




Clare used to hop up here when she was a little.. :)

Car ProDrifting at Punchestown

Last Sunday, 31st of May 2009, WE went to watch PRODRiFT in Punchestown. Iv'e seen some familiar faces there from Waterford who are also enthusiastic about cars..

The day went great! Full of actions! Here's some proofs...






































































Shane Lynch of BOYZONE competed as well..



..and here's the lucky man that day! Brother "A" ;)