Rider's Passion: TenTen Motovlog

Rider's Passion: TenTen Motovlog his riding story and his camera.

Shot by: Learn and Teach Photography

A rider at a young age, J.R. Villanueva or TenTen as he is popularly known in Marilaque has been riding motorcycle as early as his elementary days as an errand runner. At times that there's something that needs to be bought around the corner, he would giddily accept the task and use the motorcycle. Got his first ride at around 2016, the Suzuki Smash he bought was a daily driven bike only used as a means of service from one point to another.

Shot by: Scenezone Photographia RS

When he entered the professional world in his chosen career is when he acquired his second bike, his Yamaha Nmax v2. It wasn't a bike that he thought he would use as a ride for leisure but we was encouraged by his cousins to do so anyway. It was supposed to be just a ride to eat and go home but they met a common friend who is a photographer as well on their way down and decided to stop for a bit and ask for a photo. After a while, the group decided to go home but as much as J.R. enjoyed his first ride to Marilaque, he needs go home as the group would be as well. This is how he decided to go on a solo ride back to Marilaque on his birthday. He tried to stick around but as he was riding solo and it is quite a bit boring to be alone, he decided to go home after a couple of hours when he noticed a photographer on Big C but he's got no idea on how these photographers works nor how he's going to get his photos from them. What he did was ask if that photographer can take his photos using his own mobile phone as a souvenir for the ride.

One of his first shots on his mobile phone

A couple of minutes later, Blasty MotoVlog arrived. He was a friend of J.R. and a photographer as well, he then invited J.R. to stay a bit longer to observe these riders pushing their bikes to the limit in the roads of Marilaque and tried to take random shots of these riders using his mobile phone. As he was an aspiring MotoVlogger as well, he was encouraged to create his page TenTen Motovlog (Former TenTen Moto) where he can post his shots as well as his vlogs. As there are several people who appreciate his work already, he took their advice and created his page. This is how TenTen Motovlog and his pitiks came to be; he started his photography game using just his mobile phone but as his passion for his art grew and people starts to recognize him, he started to think of improving his shots. It wasn't all cottons and flowers along the way, there came a time that during his pitik session when a rider approached him not to ask for his own page but to ask what the photographer's page is. He made this frustrations as motivation and a deciding factor as well to buy a full fledge DSLR as photography was an aspiration for him anyway.

One of his first shot his new DSLR

Shot in Devil's Corner, Marilaque Highway

Shot in the just concluded Southwoods Revs Track Day

Shot by: EUT PA MORE

He bought his camera but he's got not an ounce of idea how he's going to make it, so he took it to himself and self-studied the art of photography though his friends and the ever trust worthy YouTube.

Shot by: Pusang Gala

Fast forward to today, J.R. is now a part of Marilaque's best, a part of a group called Gille Movers Photographers together with InfinitiX Photography by CXGT Gen-Z, MotoJazz and Pitik 'n Everything. A group of photographers to takes their shots both in the tracks and the twisties of Marilaque.