Capturing Life Through My Lens

Welcome to my corner of the internet, where my lens work resides as a collective capturing culture, curious places, and cuisine. This body of work spans studio, commercial, food, and ultimately documentaries. I value capturing the world as I see it, favoring minimal digital alteration except for polished portraits.

My journey bridges decades, beginning in elementary school with a film camera for the student paper. As a teen, I taught myself composition by reading what I could and later honing my technique through photojournalism classes in the US and workshops with acclaimed photographers.

I co-led one of the Philippines’ largest photography clubs, which shaped my approach before I opened my own studio, running it for six years. Once, I spoke on GMA about the art (and travails) of wedding photography, which I photographed 100 (insert emoji). The business of photography is a world of its own, sometimes at odds with the raw passion for it.

This is where I share that passion—the inner workings of the wrong, or left side of my brain.

John Taca

Note: You can enjoy my photography both digitally and physically as fine art prints, which you may order from this website. I'm currently working on a way to deliver prints wherever you are in the world.

Decades

500K+

Images- maybe

3+

Shot by a friend in 2019