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Tips on How to Take Photos With the Whalesharks

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I will try to share as much as I can for those who have not done the whaleshark experience yet.  There are so many things I would have done had I known what to expect.  So for those of you who have not yet been to Oslob, here are some of Heart2Heart’s tips 🙂  

I was panicking and almost bought an underwater camera just so I could take photos of our whaleshark experience,  but apparently and I am so glad, you can rent right there and then!!  For P 500.00 per camera 🙂  I talked to the girl and I told her – galeng ng business na ito! 🙂  

We got one camera per family to make sure we capture as many photos as we can.  Though having thought about it again and since we did not know we were going to share one bought with another family, maybe one camera per boat would have been enough.  But again to be sure, it is better to have one camera per family 🙂

Make sure you get a camera that can take videos and photos.  Get the Go Pro camera which looks like this.  Make sure you have them teach you how to use it before you leave.  You can practice already even if it is not underwater 

 Be prepared with what type of photos you will want.  Plan it like how you plan a wedding photoshoot in the church 🙂  ( This is really serious!! haha!!  )  Then discuss this with your boatman.  Your boatman is very expert in taking photos. They know what angles to take already so the whaleshark will be in the photo.  So, discuss this with him and do it before you even board your boat.  You only have 30 minutes to do the interaction so you do not have much time in the water to discuss these things 🙂  Don’t forget you can also take videos.  You can get the camera from the boatman and take your own photos as well.  Someone has to orchestrate between the one taking the photo and the one who will be taken – just to be sure it is orderly and that everything is cover  

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You don’t want to regret later on that you don’t have a family photo with the whaleshark like us! 🙂  Had to cover myself because it was a funny pose.  This was our only family photo haha!

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Those goggles they provide look funny 🙂 My face looks distorted 🙂

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Maybe when it is picture taking time, you can try to remove it like what Bulgin did- I don’t know how it will be on the eyes with salt water.  Or maybe use goggles that are smaller

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Do not make bubbles or your photos will look like this!  They will keep reminding you anyway also 🙂

Since this is salt water, it is quite difficult to dunk yourself in the water – you have to keep pushing up so you can submerge yourself in the water or you have to pouch on the bangka wings to push you down!  

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So you have a tendency to look like a CRAB in the photo 🙂  

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Just be conscious about this and make sure you are posing just like if you were in land – pose 🙂 Bulgin really did a great job posing!!

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Good idea to take selfies with the Whale shark, but make sure the whale shark is behind you haha!!

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Like this 🙂  

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The whale shark does not have to be very near you – you can take many shots with it and it will look close.  The boatmen know how to do it.  Then you can also do trick shots like what Cheska did 🙂  

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These are the really daring shots my friends did – Bulgin really went near and made an effort to take these shots!

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This is Newton 🙂  

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Great capture of Ron so near the whaleshark!!!

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And this too!!

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Only Land Rover in an Asia to Africa Safari

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A few weeks ago we visited the Land Rover showroom in Bonifacio Global City

Love Rand Rover 🙂

Marc Soong of course will only go on a Safari on a Land Rover 🙂

This Safari dude is not only a Safari dude now, he is also a restauranteur!  Very successful in everything he does just like his Dad! 🙂 

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Of course I am here to see also Peter Allison 🙂  He better still be a safari guide when I one day go on my Safari adventure 🙂  

Previous entry:  An Evening with Peter Allison July 9, 2012 

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Matthew Brill and his wife of Prizmic and Brill.  His furniture can be found in many of the camps in Africa.  Proudly Philippine made for the world!  They have a shop in Greenbelt 5

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Beautiful Tracie Anglo Dizon and Peter Allison planning a Safari trip for Aga and Charlene Muhlach!  

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Anna Palabyab Rufino with Loralee Soong and a friend planning their Safari trip too 🙂

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Antonio and Penny Lopez Katigbak who is now Head of Philippines for A to A Safaris!  And Mio and Nana Ozaeta who are soon going on a safari!! Lucky lucky 🙂 ENJOY!!! 

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Hmmm…. spotted on the way out of the showroom 🙂  

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Click below to go to their website

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Canon G16

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I am loving this camera my friend, Dino, recommended to use! I just started trying it out during the Sydney trip

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 Here are some of the photos using the G16

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The zoom is amazing!!

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Even when the car is moving, it still can take quite a still photo.  This was a shot going down from Tagaytay
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Zooming in again from across the table
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Sharing here two articles from my friend, Chef Dino Guingona in case you are looking for a camera, this is a great guide

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Most Photographed Place in Iloilo

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On the way to Miagao, we saw this place and I asked our tour guide, Erlyn, to stop the van 🙂  She said it was the most photographed place in Iloilo!  So definitely I want to take a photograph of it too 🙂 

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It’s a cemetery.   San Joaquin Cemetery.  It is a wide stretch!  This is the middle
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Left side
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Right side
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Took a panoramic photo instead 🙂

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 Some did not want to go down – they were scared that they might take back something with them after the visit 🙂  But what the heck – they all went down and we had a photo haha

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Cameras

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Checking out what cameras friends are using nowadays 🙂

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She does not want me to take her photo 🙂 So just the camera
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Rachelle Wenger uses her iPhone 🙂 with a cute cover

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We bumped into JP and Tess in Dai Ichi Hotel in Tokyo and they already had the latest 

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