September 2015 - Raymond Marquez Photography

September 24, 2015September 24, 2015 by Monster

Horsepower.ph Corporate Shoot

About a couple of months ago, me and my friend Bob Cristuta, COO/Co-founder of Timebox Consulting, KroniklrPH and SlowMoManila, got a chance to talk to Diego Ramos, Co-founder of Horsepower.ph. At that time, I was looking for new subjects to add to my portfolio. Luckily, Diego allowed us to take some portraits for their team. I started with one light and then added some more for the white background shots. I used my Fujifilm X-pro1 for this shoot which was amazing as always. I had a nice conversation with each of the subject that made it easier to capture their best portrait. It was an amazing day of shoot with great people and an awesome company.

I think that every business should have great pictures not only for their products, but also for the team behind the business. It is always great to know who you are doing business with. So it’s better to update the corporate portraits with a better one and drop those id pictures away.

By the way, Horsepower.ph is what we entrepreneurs, freelancers, and SMEs are waiting for. Checkout their amazing website for more info and also checkout their team photos. Click here for their site.

Here are some of the shots from our shoot.

Jojy Azurin – Co-Founder

Diego Jose Ramos – Co-Founder

Hannah Crisostomo – Co-Founder

The team of Horsepower.ph

a great candid moment captured during our shoot

And here are some BTS shots

Shooting and having a nice conversation with Diego

September 19, 2015 by Monster

Self branding through photographs workshop at Watson Institute Philippines

Just browsing though photos in Lightroom and came across a set of photographs I took for Watson Institute Philippines. Watson Institute Philippines is an eight-week long accelerator in Manila, Philippines for student innovators, leaders, and entrepreneurs. I met Andy Rapista, Co-founder of Watson Institute Philippines, during one of the dinner organized by the Diego Ramos, awesome guy and co-founder of Horsepower.ph. We talked about what Watson is and I also showed her some of my shots. I was telling her that I coach my subjects so that they look their best in front of the camera. She asked me if I can do a workshop for the amazing students of Watson Institute.. I figured out my schedule and said yes. Glad I did the workshop for them. It was an amazing experience for me and hopefully for them. A decent portrait can improve your self confidence and maybe land more opportunities for you and your business.

I’ll just end this post with this line.

Everybody deserves to have a decent portrait.

Please checkout Watson Institute Philippines

Here are some of the photos I took after the workshop.

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September 9, 2015June 12, 2020 by Monster

People.. Don’t look down!

I recently went for a vacation in Hong Kong with my wife. I usually do portraits of people on the street. I talk to them, ask some stuff about what they do then ask them if I can take a portrait of them. It gives me more story to my images and learn more about the place.

A small used stuff store in Central, Hongkong. He was really nice to let me take a photo of him.

I always observe random people when travelling and I noticed that a lot of them are looking down.. looking down at their mobile phones. So I thought of shooting people on their mobile phone.

Looking for her partner

MTR Subway

It became addictive for me. I began shooting a lot of people on their mobile phones. While browsing through my pictures, I saw photos that looks connected so I tried to combine them.

Why can’t we talk

Busy street at Causeway Bay

Inside the train

Selfie!

Today, we are too attached to our mobile devices. Sometimes we just have to look infront of us, on our side, or above us to appreciate life.

I am glad that I took these photos. Of course, I did took some other photos. We just have to look around to find something interesting to shoot.

Taco Loco

All photos are taken using my Fujifilm X100T which is the only camera I brought for this trip. It is an amazing camera for candid photos. It is fast, silent and jpegs are great. One thing I wish was a Fujifilm TCL-X100 for some closer shots. The 23mm focal length can be too wide for some shots. I also did minor adjustment in Lightroom for some of the photos.

Here are more photos.

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