When we went to Batanes a couple of months back for our e-session shoot with Charmaine and Jonathan, the province was up for a huge challenge – it was to impress me with its beauty that has been a sensation to everyone who had been to the place. But it wasn’t going to be easy because just a couple of weeks earlier I spent almost a week in Taiwan including the country’s most unique and famous geological features that rival those of Batanes – which are neighboring islands north of the Philippines thus the geological similarities are not hard to come by.

Soon after I alighted the plane in Basco Airport, the challenge was over and I was taken. Well, not literally (it’s one of the safest places I’ve been to) – my jaw dropped with the view of a hill surrounded buy streaks of cottoncandy-like clouds all in front of a rising sun while the entire area is covered with a captivating morning mist. I can still feel and imagine that moment – it’s one of those that makes you feel grateful you’re alive. Batanes has its own magic that captures you differently than any other place – yes including its neighbor, Taiwan.

The whole amazing experience continued in every spot we went to – I guess the rain-filled first few days helped create the enchanting feeling – and it was a shoot that we definitely won’t get over with and we would like to thank Jonathan and Charmaine for coming-up with such a great location. =) Enjoy the photos.