Tuesday, October 14, 2008

2008 International Festival at St. Denis Catholic Church in Diamond Bar


































Every year, since 2007, I have been invited to cover this exciting event at the St. Denis Catholic Church in Diamond Bar. Last Sunday, October 12, the parishioners of St. Denis turned out en masse to support the International Food Festival featuring among others, Filipino, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Polish, Italian, Mexican and Nigerian delicacies. There were dances and cultural presentations galore, including a segment that featured Polynesian dances and a taekwondo demonstration by a Korean taekwondo school. The Vietnamese booth, from which I bought my lunch, courtesy of Rosary Groups President Carole Evangelista, was manned by Maria Price and some members of Young Adult Ministry, a charity.

There was a 9 a.m. Mass featuring a multi-ethnic parade of colors carried by several St. Denis parishioners, and I saw the flags of the United States, United Kingdom, the Philippines, India, el Salvador, Mexico, Italy, etc.

Here, for your enjoyment are some of the photos I took at the festival.
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Welcome to my Photography Blogspot

Hello,
Welcome to my photography blogspot. This site will be a showcase for my works as a photojournalist and commercial photographer. From time to time, I will be posting samples of my work as a newspaper photojournalist and reporter, as well as samples of commercial photography, like weddings, debuts and special events. My name is Rene Villaroman, and I've had this passion for photography for many years. I began my career as a photojournalist decades ago, and today, many, many years later, I am still involved in this profession as a writer and photographer for a community newspaper, the Asian Journal -- which is is published in several editions in major cities in California, Nevada, New York and New Jersey.
This blog will be an on-going project. I will be updating its contents as I go along, filling it with news photos, wedding albums and other documentary images that I have accumulated in the course of my job as a photojournalist. In my commercial work, I'd like to call my self a special events photojournalist. When I am shooting a wedding or a debutante's ball, I like to be an alert observer, always ready to capture every unexpected and spontaneous moments in the celebrants' wedding or debutante's party. That alertness is the product of years as a working photojournalist. When I am shooting an important family event, like a wedding, I am in constant state of anticipation; my finger always on the ready to click the shutter. That constant state of readiness is the product of my many years working as a photojournalist. I imbue my wedding and debutante's ball coverages with a sense of immediacy and natural rhythm. Direction, when necessary, is minimal, and utilized only when I am shooting the obligatory formal portraits and group photos. You can see this natural style in the wedding of Michelle and Michel in this site.
I will be posting another wedding album -- that of Anita and Richard Temple of Diamond Bar -- in the a few days. I will also post some memorable news pictures that have been published in my newspaper during the last two years, as well as my nature and landscape work. So, I'll see you in a few days.

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