My latest project is coming to a close. I've been taking pictures of golf courses for what will eventually become the definitive guide to golf in the Philippines. Actually when I was first approached I wasn't too thrilled. For one, I don't play golf so there goes the thrill right away. I
never saw the attraction of whacking a ball after contorting your body into the most unnatural position possible (yes, I actually tried for a while).Couple that with the challenge of taking photos of different golf courses and making them unique. I mean how different is grass, trees and bunkers going to look from one course to the next. Okay, I'm glossing over it a bit, some courses really stood out like Hacienda Luisita and the Baguio courses but in the course of taking shots of these immaculately manicured courses, I was able to go to one which was anything but immaculate and quite frankly it was a bit refreshing.
While taking pictures of the new Thunderbird resort course in Poro Point we drifted into the adjacent Wallace Air Station golf course which is now in the hands of the Philippine Airforce. For the fairway they had brown dry grass and for the greens they had packed dirt. Oh yes, the hazards included the usual bunkers . . . . . . and the occasional goat.
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Wow, what a fabulous gig! Will the finished product be like a coffee table book, a user's manual, or something else? I shall await the high-profile launch and a signed copy for my golf-obsessed dad...
D - Will reserve one for your dad, but don't hold your breath, it's still in production and I think we might still need to shoot a few more courses.
Were you in a chopper getting the first and third pics?
SC
Nice spot SC, they do look like aerial shots but for the first photo, which was taken in Camp John Hay in the mountain province, the terrain was naturally . . . "mountainous/hilly" that any long shot would make it look like an aerial shot. As for the third pic, I took that from the Poro Point light house. It wasn't too high up but gave enough "up in the air" perspective.
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