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Moving

2009-04-07T20:15:00.002-04:00

This will be my final entry in this website but I will keep my posts in another site. I will be posting my photoblogs in my multiply account (www.i2castillo.multiply.com). See you there!

High Falls

2009-04-06T16:37:00.002-04:00

One of my colleagues referred me to a park that is not very far from where we live. Yesterday, me and Ky went to High Falls in Philmont, NY. The hike was very easy compared to the Hunter mountain hike and at the end of the trail we both got a very wonderful scenic treat. We went off the trail and went in front of the trail to take this picture.

Hikers

2009-04-02T10:10:00.002-04:00

My school had spring break last week and one of the many things that we did was hiking. I think this is the top of Hunter Mountain in Catskills, NY. We were not really fully equipped with the correct hiking gear and we paid the price. About 2/3 up, there was ice on the trail and it was very slippery but we manage to reach the top of the mountain. This photo was taken in an observatory overlooking the Catskill Mountains.

Businessman

2009-03-30T15:42:00.002-04:00

Not many of my friends here in the states know where I was before I came here in 2002. I was teaching in the Philippines at Mindanao State University - General Santos from 1997-2002. Aside from teaching, there were a few things that I did when I was there and I didn't realize that I was good at it. I was a businessman selling bromeliads in General Santos. There was really no hard work to it, basically, I go home and buy my mom's and her friend's bromeliads, transport, do some advertising then do a 60-70% mark-up on my mom's price then sell it and eventually profit. I earned a lot of money on my first week and started the bromeliad craze in General Santos. Here's a sample of a bromeliad from our house in NY, its not as colorful compared to what I sold, we manage to keep a few ones indoor.

Four Houses

2009-03-25T16:24:00.003-04:00

Here's a photo of my paintings from yesterday (four different paintings, just placed close to each other). I haven't painted in more than a decade and I decided to revisit my long lost hobby. I originally was planning to paint only one (original is top-photo) from a photo I took last Christmas but I decided to mix some colors and came up with 4 different paintings.

First Day of Spring

2009-03-22T13:55:00.002-04:00

We were on top of Hunter Mountain in the Catskills, NY this weekend. It was not easy going up because it was very steep and it was also icy. The spring season started this weekend and small buds of the plants are slowly coming out.

Water Drop

2009-03-18T12:52:00.003-04:00

I've been browsing other people's photos online and I was intrigued with the water drop photos. So, I decided to give it a try. I learned that you need to adjust basically 2 settings in the camera, ISO number and the shutter speed, then start taking pictures. I didn't know that whole set-up was a lot of work (background, light, source of drop, papertowels, etc.) I took ~300 shots and I manage to get ~15 good ones and this is my favorite.

Rest

2009-03-14T11:55:00.002-04:00

Here's a picture of a baby crocodile resting. I took this at the Everglades Crocodile Farm in Fl.

Bond boat

2009-03-06T16:46:00.004-05:00

If you remember the James Bond movie, "Licensed to Kill", agent 007 used this boat in his mission. When we were in Florida, we got chartered by the same boat for our scuba dive trip. Nothing too fancy about this photo but I thought it was cool to ride a Bond boat.

Dancing Princesses

2009-03-03T10:14:00.002-05:00

This picture was taken from the Willimantic Food Coop anniversary performance. We've been performing at the Willimantic Food Coop for 4 years? now and it's always fun. We had a very small space during our performance but it didn't stop these girls from dancing.

Arachnophilia

2009-02-26T15:38:00.003-05:00

This is a yellow sac house spider. We found this spider crawling in our wall a few days ago. This spider belong to the genus Cheiracanthium and the famile Clubionidae. They are quite small - about 1/4 to 3/8 inch long, with no conspicuous markings. The front legs are longer than the other three pairs. This spider was small and a fast mover, so taking a photograph of it was very challenging.

Glass Balls

2009-02-22T14:41:00.002-05:00

When we were in Florida, we stopped at this store near Islamorada. It was a very interesting store, they sell local shell products, dried corals, etc. One thing that caught my eye was these blue and green glass ball decor hanged around the store.

Sunset in Mars

2009-02-18T17:18:00.003-05:00

I was not a big fan of editing/enhancing photos until about 3 months ago. I used and still do believe that photos shouldn't be doctored and great photographs are products of the photographers creativity and skills. After learning a Nikon photo software, I started to look at photos with a different eye and now, I use the software a lot. I took this photo in Florida not in another planet.

Little Drummer Girl

2009-02-14T14:53:00.002-05:00

We had a performance at the Hilltop Apartments at UConn last friday. I haven't been with my band for quite sometime now and I think the last time I performed with them was November of 2008. I took this picture while we were playing one of the songs from our set. Carissa is wearing one of our Ugandan skirts and playing the Namunjoloba with her dad.

Scream

2009-02-08T20:08:00.002-05:00

Hahaha... we just tried this funny pose...

Lonely Tree

2009-02-06T19:03:00.002-05:00

This is what I see when I go to work everyday. Ky also likes the view and she thinks that vultures should be sitting in the branches of this tree. This lonely tree used to have leaves but it's dormant during winter.

New Passport

2009-02-02T17:34:00.002-05:00

A few months ago, I renewed my passport and I learned that there's a lot of new changes with our Philippine passport. The cover used to be green and now its maroon. The main feature for the passport is it's machine readable but that's not my favorite feature. Once you open the book you will see this stamp.

Green Table

2009-01-31T10:47:00.005-05:00

One thing about winter here in the Northeast is the dominating white hue everywhere. I miss the greens..... Here's a photo I took at a bar in Key West with green lights and a green table. I cannot wait for winter to be over.

Snakephobia

2009-01-29T09:24:00.002-05:00

I'm trying to learn candid portraits and try to tell a story from my photos. This will be my first entry and I used only crop and black and white conversion to make the photo very simple. I took this at a snake show in Florida and it was really funny how the lady tried to keep her cool while having this huge snake on her shoulders.

Harana

2009-01-25T17:36:00.003-05:00

I went to New York City to visit friends, one is going back to the Philippines and the other one is celebrating her birthday. We all went to MSU to study and shared common friends, experiences, went to the same church, etc. This morning we sang some songs for our birthday celebrant and we used a very vintage songbook from our church (circa 1989). I was really amazed to see it after decades and as I looked back, it was the songbook that I used when I started to learn how to play the guitar.

Red Coral

2009-01-22T16:12:00.003-05:00

One thing I missed about the beaches in Sarangani Province in the Philippines is seeing red corals along the shores. When we were in Florida, I saw this red coral at a store and it brought me back to a lot of good memories.

Key West Lime Falls

2009-01-19T17:30:00.003-05:00

Ky and me are in Florida this week. We took this photo at a shop with a wi-fi connection (we were there for the internet not the food... hehehehehe...) This is not an actual waterfall but part of a small outdoor patio next to a fishtank.

Frozen Lake

2009-01-11T15:13:00.005-05:00

Here's a photo of our the lake near where I live during winter. The entire lake is frozen and covered with snow. It was not easy to get there this afternoon, the snow was knee high. The spring photo is coming soon...

Kynoch

2009-01-07T20:10:00.002-05:00

I just posted a series of pictures in my multiply account (www.i2castillo.multiply.com) and this is one of my favorite pictures on that album (Converted). I was studying how to take macro photos and I was practicing with Kynoch's eyes. This shot was taken in an attempt to photograph the details of her eyes.

Windows 2008

2009-01-02T20:02:00.003-05:00

This is my first post for the year 2009. A few weeks ago, I visited friends in Brooklyn, NY and I was fascinated with the neighborhood where my friend lives. Aside from the exhaustive christmas decor, the houses have very interesting colors. This photo was taken in front of ate Carla's house and her house has the window on the left.

Lake

2008-12-29T18:45:00.004-05:00

I bought a Nikon D60 last september and I love it. Here's a sample of one of the first series of shots with my new camera.

Entry 1

2008-12-26T10:40:00.002-05:00

I recently joined the national geographic photo contest. Every week, the editor will pick pictures from hundreds of entries and the winning photos will be published in the monthly national geographic magazine. This is my first entry and it's my tribute to analog TV since we have around 2 months left before we switch to digital TV.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-24T20:27:00.005-05:00

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Here's a very unusual hi-tech christmas tree at the Grand Central Station in New York. I think the tree is around 50 ft. tall with dozens of 50 in. LCD TV's... wow...

2008-12-22T22:06:00.002-05:00

We had an ice storm two weeks ago and I thought I've seen winter here in the states but when I woke up the day after the storm, I was surprised to see everything covered in ice. My neighbors and landlord were cleaning a lot of mess but I was taking pictures. I took a picture of this bush next to my window, I tried to capture an image of how the ice age might have started.

2008-12-13T23:28:00.000-05:00

Last week, my band performed at a United Nations event in one of the buildings in the UN Plaza in New York City. One feature of the evening was a fashion show promoting anti-sweat shop designed clothes. It was my first time to be in a fashion show and it made me realize the difficulty in taking photos of moving models. Here's a picture of some of the models taken at the back stage during the show. This is my first portrait entry for my photoblog. I hope you like it!

Cherry?

2008-12-09T18:10:00.000-05:00

I've been in the US for about 6 years now and there's a lot of things here that I still do not know. An example is this tree that has a cherry-like fruit, is it cherry? I do not know. Will somebody please tell me what it is!

Red House

2008-12-03T19:22:00.000-05:00

My art guru was here for thanksgiving and I learned that we both enjoy photography. Before his return trip to NYC, we drove around my area and took pictures. This is an abandoned barn house not too far from where I live. I like how the red house blended with the dark colored landscape and the dark afternoon sky.

One Foggy Morning

2008-11-30T13:34:00.001-05:00

I took this picture on my way to New York City at the Rhinecliff Train Station. This is the Hudson River view from Rhinecliff, NY and it caught my eye as the haze made it look like I was at the edge of the world.

Who's the baby?

2008-08-06T19:43:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday Aeyen

2008-07-11T09:20:00.000-04:00

Aeyen and Yvan

2008-07-07T10:57:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday Arjie

2008-06-24T20:24:00.003-04:00

Happy Anniversary Beth and Richard!

2008-05-30T19:36:00.000-04:00

Boogie Wonder Band... take 2!

2008-05-19T10:49:00.000-04:00

Happy Mother's Day

2008-05-10T11:45:00.000-04:00

The Brits

2008-05-05T17:26:00.002-04:00

The Singaporeans

2008-05-05T16:43:00.001-04:00

funny pics

2008-05-01T21:36:00.000-04:00

UConn Car Show 2008

2008-04-29T12:09:00.000-04:00

Dad and Mom in Singapore

2008-04-07T16:12:00.000-04:00

Sleeping... shhhhhhh.....

2008-03-31T16:59:00.000-04:00

Welcome YVAN KYLE CASTILLO-PESTANO

2008-03-26T10:00:00.000-04:00

Aeyen

2008-03-05T13:11:00.000-05:00

its Boogie Wonder time

2008-02-25T12:30:00.002-05:00

Jake

2008-02-17T18:52:00.000-05:00

My friend Jake had an open-mic show at the Philippine Cuisine, East Hartford, CT

Aeyen growing up

2008-02-04T18:49:00.000-05:00

Images from me birthday parteyh

2008-01-23T12:20:00.000-05:00

Images from Alex and Kynoch

more photos in www.i2castillo.multiply.com

My Favorite Birthday Card

2008-01-22T12:35:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday Beth!

2008-01-16T08:01:00.000-05:00

Winter break 2007

2008-01-13T21:20:00.000-05:00

Vintage Management Trainee Pics

2008-01-09T09:50:00.000-05:00

More Aeyen Pictures

2008-01-08T12:17:00.000-05:00

Happy Anniversary Dad and Mom

2008-01-06T13:11:00.000-05:00

Preggies

2007-12-27T15:27:00.000-05:00

Aeyen in Marawi

2007-12-17T15:09:00.000-05:00

Missing home

2007-12-07T15:39:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday Richard!

2007-11-26T07:47:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday my love.... part 1

2007-11-19T09:32:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday my love.... part 2

2007-11-19T09:30:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday Mom... i love you

2007-11-11T12:27:00.000-05:00

UConn vs Morgan State (69-65)

2007-11-08T16:47:00.000-05:00

Aeyen Castillo-Winsor

2007-10-30T12:12:00.000-04:00

Echo Uganda recording session

2007-10-22T10:44:00.000-04:00

Howell Group Bowling

2007-10-09T16:49:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday Rhea!

2007-09-19T18:02:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday Rhoy

2007-09-06T23:24:00.000-04:00

Fishing!

2007-08-26T20:40:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday Dad!

2007-08-19T16:41:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday Gideon

2007-08-11T11:40:00.000-04:00

Howell Lab R115

2007-08-03T11:17:00.000-04:00

at Golfland

2007-07-23T11:18:00.000-04:00

Welcome ISABELLA AEYENNE CASTILLO-WINSOR

2007-07-16T11:24:00.000-04:00

MSU Tapok-Tapok 2007 (1)

2007-07-03T11:14:00.000-04:00

MSU Tapok-Tapok 2007 (2)

2007-07-03T11:12:00.000-04:00

MSU Tapok-Tapok 2007 (3)

2007-07-03T11:09:00.000-04:00

MSU Tapok-Tapok 2007 (4)

2007-07-03T11:05:00.000-04:00

June 16, 2007

2007-06-18T12:26:00.000-04:00

is-spade boat

2007-06-06T14:44:00.000-04:00

Superchick

2007-06-06T14:17:00.000-04:00

UConn GSCF Mini-Retreat

2007-05-21T19:50:00.000-04:00

UConnfil 2007 graduates 2

2007-05-06T17:24:00.000-04:00

UConnfil 2007 graduates 1

2007-05-06T17:17:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday Silvia

2007-04-28T18:58:00.000-04:00

Amigos and Amigas 3

2007-04-25T14:34:00.000-04:00

Amigos and Amigas 2

2007-04-25T14:32:00.000-04:00

Amigos and Amigas 1

2007-04-25T14:29:00.000-04:00

2007 MSU visit 2

2007-04-20T23:34:00.000-04:00

2007 MSU visit 1

2007-04-20T23:30:00.000-04:00

CGMI 2007 Camp Pics 2

2007-04-19T15:17:00.000-04:00

CGMI 2007 Camp Pics 1

2007-04-19T15:11:00.000-04:00

Images of home

2007-04-17T12:26:00.000-04:00

Hudyaka 2007

2007-04-16T07:09:00.000-04:00

Cousins

2007-04-16T06:49:00.000-04:00

Weekend Fun 2

2007-03-19T14:28:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday Tara

2007-03-01T23:31:00.000-05:00