VOLUME 3, 2010, ISSUE 3THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FEDERATION OF PHILIPPINE PH OGRAPHERS FOUNDATION, INC.THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FEDERATION OF PHILIPPINE PH OGRAPHERS FOUNDATION, INC.OT

MASSKARAFESTIVAL 2010

©Amir Alba 2010Bacolod City, Philippines

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CONTENTS

Editorial

This is the theme for PhotoworldAsia 2011 at Glorietta, Makati City,

January 17 to February 2 this year. Multi-awarded photographers from the

United States and Asia meet at PhotoworldAsia to share/ acquire/listen to

or simply feel the current or future trends in photography. More than these,

PhotoworldAsia links photographers to elevate their skills in the craft.

Raising the bar to welcome new ideas, to gather more friends, to anticipate

better benefits, to train better photographers.

Speakers share their knowledge and experiences among participants who

actually come not only from the Philippines but also from Asia and the

Middle East. Aside from improving their skills in photography, they attend

PhotoworldAsia to renew old friendship and meet new ones. There seems

no fear of business competition. Every year the photography family grows

bigger and bigger. So. . . knowledge and skills in photography incidentally

also grow. The photo convention also makes participants understand better

their photographic equipment and accessories which seem forever

changing, improving. These participants, I am sure, desire to raise their

knowledge in photography as well as improve their creative skills in the art. Others are not interested in the business side of photography. People are in

photography because of the sheer enjoyment in capturing nature and

people during their travel. Conditions in nature. Moments in history.

Growth and development. What has been captured today is tomorrow's

history. Photographers are simply happy capturing their subjects

correctly, creatively. Whatever purpose a PhotoworldAsia participant may

have in attending the convention, it sums up to raising his bar. Digital age has made photography easy. Instant. Interesting. A picture

captured instimatically spreads around the world . . . reaching friends and

instant friends. I have never discovered how small the world is until today.

In technology we have raised the bar. Let us also raise the quality of our

creativitiy. (CSA)

Raising the Bar

CONTENTS

FPPF PUBLISHERS

EDITOR-in-CHIEF

CONTRIBUTORS

PHOTOGRAPHERS

SECRETARIAT

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Eduviges Y. Huang, ChairpersonDr. Amado A. Castro, Finance OfficerLito N. Beltran, Project Director

Cecilia S. Angeles, csa_palay@yahoo.com

Amir Alba, George Cabig, CSA, Lito Beltran, Dofran,Maria Macabio, Edi Y. Huang, Dewey Sergio, Nap BeltranMarc M. Urmatan

Riza Mae Latosa

Frando M. Culata • Foto@Work Creative Group

Lito Beltran, Nap Beltran, Ruwen T. Verdaguer,Jamea B. Bautista, Marc M. Urmatan

Federation of Philippine PhotographersFoundation, Inc.A. Soriano Avenue, Intramuros , Manila 1002Tels: (632)524 7576; 525 5792; Telefax: (632)528 0371E-mail: pablobeltran39@gmail.com; fotoatwork@gmail.com;

www.foto-at-work.com; www.photoworldmanila.com

EditorialCSAngeles

Event

CSAngeles

Feature

Marc M. Urmatan

Feature

CSAngeles

CSAngeles

Lito Beltran Jamea B. Bautista

Photo Gallery

Marc M. Urmatan,

Travel

CSAngeles

Photo Gallery

CSAngeles

FeatureRuwen T.

Verdaguer, Nap Beltran

Marc Urmayan

CSAngeles, Fung Yu

CSAngeles

CSAngeles

Photo Gallery

03 Raising The Bar >

04-06 PhotoWorld Asia 2011 Speakers >

07 Betty Lalana Chairperson, PWA2011>

08-09 Pro Models, Masskara Festival 2010>

10 Thunderbird Resorts Offer Big Prizes>

12-13 Passing Shots> , Urban Exposure>

14-17

18-19 Crossing Bridges 7, A Success!>

20-23

24-25 Brenda M. Pacana> PWAFacebook>

26-27 Black & White: An Interview>, Rommel Pastrana Celespara

28-29 Meet Dr. Vicente Pido> Balangays: Raiders of the Sulu Sea>

30-31 Photo Critique, FPPF Grad Weds Californian> , Amorsoloeque

32-33 Does and Don't, Hymn to Photography Exhibit, What They Say, Starting Young>

34 The Best of Cb7

In the Eyes of a Child, Heal the World, Tsinelas, Beautiful Flaws of Nature>

Las Casas OTS> , Landscape in Monochrome, All Saints Day>

Marc M. Urmatan

03

CONTENTS

Editorial

This is the theme for PhotoworldAsia 2011 at Glorietta, Makati City,

January 17 to February 2 this year. Multi-awarded photographers from the

United States and Asia meet at PhotoworldAsia to share/ acquire/listen to

or simply feel the current or future trends in photography. More than these,

PhotoworldAsia links photographers to elevate their skills in the craft.

Raising the bar to welcome new ideas, to gather more friends, to anticipate

better benefits, to train better photographers.

Speakers share their knowledge and experiences among participants who

actually come not only from the Philippines but also from Asia and the

Middle East. Aside from improving their skills in photography, they attend

PhotoworldAsia to renew old friendship and meet new ones. There seems

no fear of business competition. Every year the photography family grows

bigger and bigger. So. . . knowledge and skills in photography incidentally

also grow. The photo convention also makes participants understand better

their photographic equipment and accessories which seem forever

changing, improving. These participants, I am sure, desire to raise their

knowledge in photography as well as improve their creative skills in the art. Others are not interested in the business side of photography. People are in

photography because of the sheer enjoyment in capturing nature and

people during their travel. Conditions in nature. Moments in history.

Growth and development. What has been captured today is tomorrow's

history. Photographers are simply happy capturing their subjects

correctly, creatively. Whatever purpose a PhotoworldAsia participant may

have in attending the convention, it sums up to raising his bar. Digital age has made photography easy. Instant. Interesting. A picture

captured instimatically spreads around the world . . . reaching friends and

instant friends. I have never discovered how small the world is until today.

In technology we have raised the bar. Let us also raise the quality of our

creativitiy. (CSA)

Raising the Bar

CONTENTS

FPPF PUBLISHERS

EDITOR-in-CHIEF

CONTRIBUTORS

PHOTOGRAPHERS

SECRETARIAT

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Eduviges Y. Huang, ChairpersonDr. Amado A. Castro, Finance OfficerLito N. Beltran, Project Director

Cecilia S. Angeles, csa_palay@yahoo.com

Amir Alba, George Cabig, CSA, Lito Beltran, Dofran,Maria Macabio, Edi Y. Huang, Dewey Sergio, Nap BeltranMarc M. Urmatan

Riza Mae Latosa

Frando M. Culata • Foto@Work Creative Group

Lito Beltran, Nap Beltran, Ruwen T. Verdaguer,Jamea B. Bautista, Marc M. Urmatan

Federation of Philippine PhotographersFoundation, Inc.A. Soriano Avenue, Intramuros , Manila 1002Tels: (632)524 7576; 525 5792; Telefax: (632)528 0371E-mail: pablobeltran39@gmail.com; fotoatwork@gmail.com;

www.foto-at-work.com; www.photoworldmanila.com

EditorialCSAngeles

Event

CSAngeles

Feature

Marc M. Urmatan

Feature

CSAngeles

CSAngeles

Lito Beltran Jamea B. Bautista

Photo Gallery

Marc M. Urmatan,

Travel

CSAngeles

Photo Gallery

CSAngeles

FeatureRuwen T.

Verdaguer, Nap Beltran

Marc Urmayan

CSAngeles, Fung Yu

CSAngeles

CSAngeles

Photo Gallery

03 Raising The Bar >

04-06 PhotoWorld Asia 2011 Speakers >

07 Betty Lalana Chairperson, PWA2011>

08-09 Pro Models, Masskara Festival 2010>

10 Thunderbird Resorts Offer Big Prizes>

12-13 Passing Shots> , Urban Exposure>

14-17

18-19 Crossing Bridges 7, A Success!>

20-23

24-25 Brenda M. Pacana> PWAFacebook>

26-27 Black & White: An Interview>, Rommel Pastrana Celespara

28-29 Meet Dr. Vicente Pido> Balangays: Raiders of the Sulu Sea>

30-31 Photo Critique, FPPF Grad Weds Californian> , Amorsoloeque

32-33 Does and Don't, Hymn to Photography Exhibit, What They Say, Starting Young>

34 The Best of Cb7

In the Eyes of a Child, Heal the World, Tsinelas, Beautiful Flaws of Nature>

Las Casas OTS> , Landscape in Monochrome, All Saints Day>

Marc M. Urmatan

0504

www.photoworldmanila.com

PHTOTO SHOW AND CONVENTION

Speakers By Cecilia S. Angeles

January 27 to February 01, 2011Glorietta Mall, Ayala Center, Makati City,ACCM (AIM Conference Center Manila)

HANSON FONG (USA)

JULIANNE KOST (USA)

JOHN CHUA

STUART DEE (CANADA)

RUDY FONTANILLA JON & MARICRIS CARLOS

TRISTON YEO (SINGAPORE)

NICCOLO COSME DR. VICENTE PIDO

HANSON FONG, the Great Master

Unlike General Douglas McArthur who once promised the Filipinos, “I shall return,” Hanson Fong secretly promised to return and return and return to PhotoWorld Manila, now PhotoWorld Asia 2011. Yes, he is here once again for the third time. I know he will still come back because he has realized that we are enthusiastic people who desire to learn much from him. We like to acquire his techniques in shooting individual portrait, family portrait, children, babies, bride and groom portraits and wedding coverage together with the best natural and artificial lighting techniques.

His timeless pictures capture either the traditional or contemporary ambience, depending on how he wants to portray them. Unselfishly, he has gone around the world tirelessly sharing his 30 years of experience and knowledge in photography. Hanson Fong is a Master of Photography and a Photographic Craftsman, a member of the world renowned Society of XXV. He has masterpieces displayed in the Hall of Fame, Epcot Center and the ASP Travelling Loan. He has his studio in the heart of Chinatown in San Francisco, California.

JULIEANNE KOST, Adobe Photoshop Evangelist

Evangelist. . . Julieanne Kost's official tag name. . .takes her around the world to preach her expertise, Adobe Photoshop. She is here right now to share this phenomenon among Asian photographers. Yes, around the world she has gone, sharing unselfishly lessons on Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom through tutorials, photography workshops, design conferences teaching in fine arts schools and photography trade shows like PhotoWorldAsia 2011. Kost's evangelism propagates not religious ideas but ideas on how to make photographs perfect through Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Yes, that is how she calls herself . . . digital imaging evangelist for Adobe Systems. True to her dictum she is here in the Philippines to do some evangelism of her favorite theme, Photoshop, specifically Adobe. Asian photographers certainly welcome this technology to enhance pictures into perfection.

STUART DEE

Versatile. The connotation of this broad adjective is not enough to picture completely the interest of our speaker today, for he seems involved in all segments of photography: travel, destination, location, resorts and hotels, cities, nature, landscape, architecture, lifestyle, portrait, fine arts. He shoots all subjects under the sun. He conducts workshops, gives lectures, does

PhotoWorld Asia 2011 opens this January 27 with a list of prominent photographer speakers from the United States, Canada, Middle East, Asia and the Philippines to share their expertise among participants who likewise aim to raise the bar in photography. This year's theme finds fulfillment with the unselfish sharing of the speakers' expertise among those who attend the photo convention at the Asian Conference Center (ACCM), Makati City.

Speakers include Julieanne Kost and three-time lecturer Hanson Fong from the United States, Stuart Dee of Canada, Dieter Nicolai and Phillip Kim (Germany). Speakers from the Philippines include: Carlo and Maricris Carlos, Dr. Vicente Pido, John Chua, Emil Davocol, Paul Yan, Rudy Fontanilla and Niccolo Cosme.

private tutoring and is open for consultations in photography. Participants of these activities understand him fully, for he speaks the universal language at the level of understanding of his participants. It is easy for him to visualize concepts and transform them into reality through efficient strategy and verbal development. In fact, he is a lead developer and an architect for a financial software company. He has done various projects for his clients in business . . . from product launch until its final life cycle. He welcomes problems and pressures in all his work activities. “I simply enjoy them,” he claims.

JOHN CHUA

He is a diehard Canon clicker, the best friend of Maala, the biggest elephant at the Manila Zoo, (SECRET) birthday celebrant this January, tatay and photographer of the under privileged and physically impaired children, the inspiration of many photographers especially the FPPF participants of the Basic Photography Workshop at Fort Santiago. Every participant wants to have a candid shot with him for souvenir. Unselfish, he shares point by point even delicate secrets in doing his outstanding photos for advertising. At Photoworld Asia, he talks about the use of photography for advocacy. RUDY FONTANILLA A Master of Arts graduate at the Philippine College of Criminology he used to occupy a high seat at the Philippine Marines Department. He loves to shoot graceful women garbed in medieval costumes and posed at mocked European settings. Ateneo and Dela Salle University have molded him into a fine personality and even a finer artist. After retiring from his sensitive government duties he now devotes his time in photography. Outstanding character in his photography is his artistic use of light. And why not? He studied the Art of Light in New York, USA. Rudy Fontanilla boasts to his name a number of solo and group exhibits both here and abroad.

MARICRIS FABI-CARLOS

Our speaker will expound Amorsoloesque, a theme probably inspired by National Artist, Fernando Amorsolo whose art depicts Filipiino culture and way of life amid the backlighted scenic Philippine scapes.

A multi-awarded photographer she captured the most coveted title of 2009 Imahe Photographer of the Year and ranked third place in the FPPF inter-club search for the 2010 FFPF Photographer of the Year title.She has just been to Singapore where she conducted an Amorsoloesque workshop among Asians, particularly Singaporians, Indonesians, Malaysians, Indians, Vietnamese, including Filipinos. She explained that Amorsoloesque is a learning technique bolstered by the

individual's creative imagination.

TRISTON YEO

He is a master photographer from Singapore. Versatile. Passionate. Experienced. His art is not limited to visual arts, for he majored in theater studies and did performing arts on stage. Though a commercial photographer connected with educational institutions, tourism, and galleries, he shares his expertise through workshops and seminars. To him all subjects are beautiful including tragedies and disasters. Listen to his subject at PhotoWorld Asia 2011. Beauty Amidst Disasters. He is among the resident artists of L2 Space Photography Gallery in Singapore.

NICCOLO COSME, F a s h i o n a n d Conceptual Photographer.

Barely 10 years in photography, Niccolo has obviously mastered all its f ields.. . advertising, celebrity portraits, event coverage, headshot profiles, and more. He has clients even beyond the Philippine shores which include Vietnam, Cambodia, Macau, Asia Pacific and China. He believes that a good photograph tells a great story and involves a mission. He initiated Project Headshot which merges profile photos on line and advertising to promote awareness on campaigns, advertisements and advocacies. It is tied up with QTV 11, Globe Telecom and UNAIDS. Today, he will talk about fashion photography and undoubtedly demonstrate how to create powerful photographs that convey equally powerful messages.

EMIL DAVOCOL

His name rings in all sectors of photography . . .graphic designs, illustrations, books, magazines, newspapers, advertising. His outstanding photographs have graced calendars, posters, corporate annual reports, brochures, audio visual presentations, ad campaigns, walls of galleries both local and international.

A multi-awarded versatile photographer, he boasts of a number of titles, local and international, including Asia's Best Photographer for 1976, Award of Excellence from major ad companies, and a CLIO finalist for his visuals for an airline company and a four-t ime recipient of the Master Photographer Award of the Camera Club of the Philippines, the oldest and the most prestigious camera club in the Philippines. His early illustrations compiled in his book titled Candid Sketches are favorite reference materials of art students.

His photo company, Light Images Photography and Design serves almost all areas of photographic fields and services. Participants of PhotoWorldAsia 2011 are fortunate to see some of his works today.

Dr. Victor Pido, MD.Pls. see page 28

EMIL DAVOCOL

0504

www.photoworldmanila.com

PHTOTO SHOW AND CONVENTION

Speakers By Cecilia S. Angeles

January 27 to February 01, 2011Glorietta Mall, Ayala Center, Makati City,ACCM (AIM Conference Center Manila)

HANSON FONG (USA)

JULIANNE KOST (USA)

JOHN CHUA

STUART DEE (CANADA)

RUDY FONTANILLA JON & MARICRIS CARLOS

TRISTON YEO (SINGAPORE)

NICCOLO COSME DR. VICENTE PIDO

HANSON FONG, the Great Master

Unlike General Douglas McArthur who once promised the Filipinos, “I shall return,” Hanson Fong secretly promised to return and return and return to PhotoWorld Manila, now PhotoWorld Asia 2011. Yes, he is here once again for the third time. I know he will still come back because he has realized that we are enthusiastic people who desire to learn much from him. We like to acquire his techniques in shooting individual portrait, family portrait, children, babies, bride and groom portraits and wedding coverage together with the best natural and artificial lighting techniques.

His timeless pictures capture either the traditional or contemporary ambience, depending on how he wants to portray them. Unselfishly, he has gone around the world tirelessly sharing his 30 years of experience and knowledge in photography. Hanson Fong is a Master of Photography and a Photographic Craftsman, a member of the world renowned Society of XXV. He has masterpieces displayed in the Hall of Fame, Epcot Center and the ASP Travelling Loan. He has his studio in the heart of Chinatown in San Francisco, California.

JULIEANNE KOST, Adobe Photoshop Evangelist

Evangelist. . . Julieanne Kost's official tag name. . .takes her around the world to preach her expertise, Adobe Photoshop. She is here right now to share this phenomenon among Asian photographers. Yes, around the world she has gone, sharing unselfishly lessons on Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom through tutorials, photography workshops, design conferences teaching in fine arts schools and photography trade shows like PhotoWorldAsia 2011. Kost's evangelism propagates not religious ideas but ideas on how to make photographs perfect through Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Yes, that is how she calls herself . . . digital imaging evangelist for Adobe Systems. True to her dictum she is here in the Philippines to do some evangelism of her favorite theme, Photoshop, specifically Adobe. Asian photographers certainly welcome this technology to enhance pictures into perfection.

STUART DEE

Versatile. The connotation of this broad adjective is not enough to picture completely the interest of our speaker today, for he seems involved in all segments of photography: travel, destination, location, resorts and hotels, cities, nature, landscape, architecture, lifestyle, portrait, fine arts. He shoots all subjects under the sun. He conducts workshops, gives lectures, does

PhotoWorld Asia 2011 opens this January 27 with a list of prominent photographer speakers from the United States, Canada, Middle East, Asia and the Philippines to share their expertise among participants who likewise aim to raise the bar in photography. This year's theme finds fulfillment with the unselfish sharing of the speakers' expertise among those who attend the photo convention at the Asian Conference Center (ACCM), Makati City.

Speakers include Julieanne Kost and three-time lecturer Hanson Fong from the United States, Stuart Dee of Canada, Dieter Nicolai and Phillip Kim (Germany). Speakers from the Philippines include: Carlo and Maricris Carlos, Dr. Vicente Pido, John Chua, Emil Davocol, Paul Yan, Rudy Fontanilla and Niccolo Cosme.

private tutoring and is open for consultations in photography. Participants of these activities understand him fully, for he speaks the universal language at the level of understanding of his participants. It is easy for him to visualize concepts and transform them into reality through efficient strategy and verbal development. In fact, he is a lead developer and an architect for a financial software company. He has done various projects for his clients in business . . . from product launch until its final life cycle. He welcomes problems and pressures in all his work activities. “I simply enjoy them,” he claims.

JOHN CHUA

He is a diehard Canon clicker, the best friend of Maala, the biggest elephant at the Manila Zoo, (SECRET) birthday celebrant this January, tatay and photographer of the under privileged and physically impaired children, the inspiration of many photographers especially the FPPF participants of the Basic Photography Workshop at Fort Santiago. Every participant wants to have a candid shot with him for souvenir. Unselfish, he shares point by point even delicate secrets in doing his outstanding photos for advertising. At Photoworld Asia, he talks about the use of photography for advocacy. RUDY FONTANILLA A Master of Arts graduate at the Philippine College of Criminology he used to occupy a high seat at the Philippine Marines Department. He loves to shoot graceful women garbed in medieval costumes and posed at mocked European settings. Ateneo and Dela Salle University have molded him into a fine personality and even a finer artist. After retiring from his sensitive government duties he now devotes his time in photography. Outstanding character in his photography is his artistic use of light. And why not? He studied the Art of Light in New York, USA. Rudy Fontanilla boasts to his name a number of solo and group exhibits both here and abroad.

MARICRIS FABI-CARLOS

Our speaker will expound Amorsoloesque, a theme probably inspired by National Artist, Fernando Amorsolo whose art depicts Filipiino culture and way of life amid the backlighted scenic Philippine scapes.

A multi-awarded photographer she captured the most coveted title of 2009 Imahe Photographer of the Year and ranked third place in the FPPF inter-club search for the 2010 FFPF Photographer of the Year title.She has just been to Singapore where she conducted an Amorsoloesque workshop among Asians, particularly Singaporians, Indonesians, Malaysians, Indians, Vietnamese, including Filipinos. She explained that Amorsoloesque is a learning technique bolstered by the

individual's creative imagination.

TRISTON YEO

He is a master photographer from Singapore. Versatile. Passionate. Experienced. His art is not limited to visual arts, for he majored in theater studies and did performing arts on stage. Though a commercial photographer connected with educational institutions, tourism, and galleries, he shares his expertise through workshops and seminars. To him all subjects are beautiful including tragedies and disasters. Listen to his subject at PhotoWorld Asia 2011. Beauty Amidst Disasters. He is among the resident artists of L2 Space Photography Gallery in Singapore.

NICCOLO COSME, F a s h i o n a n d Conceptual Photographer.

Barely 10 years in photography, Niccolo has obviously mastered all its f ields.. . advertising, celebrity portraits, event coverage, headshot profiles, and more. He has clients even beyond the Philippine shores which include Vietnam, Cambodia, Macau, Asia Pacific and China. He believes that a good photograph tells a great story and involves a mission. He initiated Project Headshot which merges profile photos on line and advertising to promote awareness on campaigns, advertisements and advocacies. It is tied up with QTV 11, Globe Telecom and UNAIDS. Today, he will talk about fashion photography and undoubtedly demonstrate how to create powerful photographs that convey equally powerful messages.

EMIL DAVOCOL

His name rings in all sectors of photography . . .graphic designs, illustrations, books, magazines, newspapers, advertising. His outstanding photographs have graced calendars, posters, corporate annual reports, brochures, audio visual presentations, ad campaigns, walls of galleries both local and international.

A multi-awarded versatile photographer, he boasts of a number of titles, local and international, including Asia's Best Photographer for 1976, Award of Excellence from major ad companies, and a CLIO finalist for his visuals for an airline company and a four-t ime recipient of the Master Photographer Award of the Camera Club of the Philippines, the oldest and the most prestigious camera club in the Philippines. His early illustrations compiled in his book titled Candid Sketches are favorite reference materials of art students.

His photo company, Light Images Photography and Design serves almost all areas of photographic fields and services. Participants of PhotoWorldAsia 2011 are fortunate to see some of his works today.

Dr. Victor Pido, MD.Pls. see page 28

EMIL DAVOCOL

Betty LalanaBetty LalanaCHAIRPERSON

PWA 2011PWA 2011CHAIRPERSON

By: Marc M. Urmatan

Being aware that she works in the corporate world, my first impression of Betty was of a very sophisticated city lady, but after going thru three sheets of vital information on her, I was proven wrong. Betty is a Spanish mestiza who loves nature and the outdoors, and best of all, has a free spirit that can't be tied down. These are just a few words that best describe our chairperson for Photoworld Asia 2011.

Betty Lalana was born in Manila and studied in both Poveda and Assumption. She is the daughter of a photography hobbyist and an arts and crafts teacher. Now, that explains a lot about how and where she got her interests and inspiration for her craft. As a child, she was already aware about the fascinating world of photography. Her father would show the family countless slides taken during his

journeys. Like her father, she travels a lot.

Working in the corporate world never hindered Betty from pursuing her passion in photography. Fact of the matter is, she was given the opportunity to go around the country to document churches built during the Spanish era. Though travel photography continues to be at the top of her list, she has also dabbled in other areas of photography. Aperture priority is her preference, using selective focusing for creativity. If I got that right, this is how Betty tackles her day to day challenges - focusing on one element at a time. Undoubtedly, Photoworld Asia 2011 is in good hands.

Betty Lalana, photographer, chairperson, Photoworld Asia 2011.

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SPEAKERS’

folio

PWAsia 2011 is a yearly project of the FEDERATION OF PHILIPPINE PHOTOGRAPHERS FOUNDATION, INC.Rm. 302 Annex Femii Building, A. Soriano Avenue, Intramuros, Manila

Tels: (632)5247576; 5280371 • email: fotoatwork@gmail.com; pablobeltran39@gmail.com • www.photoworldmanila.com

PHOTOWORLD ASIA 2011 SCHEDULE OF EVENTSDate Time Speaker Topic Venue

C o f f e e B r e a k

L u n c h B r e a k

C o f f e e B r e a k

Group Pictorial

Jan 27 Thursday 3:00 pm Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Thunderbird Photo Exhibit Greenbelt 3

4:30 pm Inauguration of PhotoWord Asia 2011 Photo Exhibit Glorietta 5

6:00 pm Launching of PhotoWord Asia 2011 Trade Show Glorietta Activity Center

Jan 28 Friday 8:00 – 8:30 am Opening Program for Educational Series ACCM Makati

8:30 – 10:00 am TRISTON YEO (Singapore) Beauty Amidst Disasters:

Sri Lanka, Land of a Thousand Smiles ACCM Makati

10:00 – 10:30 am ACCM Makati

10:30 – 12:00 noon MARICRIS FABI CARLOS & JON CARLOS (Phils.) “Amorsoloesque” ACCM Makati

12:00 – 1:30 pm

1:30 – 3:00 pm DR. VICENTE PIDO & Photographic Society of Iloilo (PSI) Agustinian Churches in Panay ACCM Makati

3:00 – 3:30 pm ACCM Makati

3:30 – 6:00 pm STUART DEE (Canada) Travel Photography ACCM Makati

Jan 29 Saturday 8:30 – 10:00 am AIM Zen Garden

10:00 – 5:00 pm HANSON FONG (USA) Fashion & Glamour Photography 3/F AIM, Makati

7:00 – 10:00 pm Photographers’ Night – Fashion Walk Photo Shoot, Contest Greenbelt 3

Jan 30 Sunday 8:30 – 5:00 pm JULIEANNE KOST (USA) Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom 3/F AIM, Makati

Jan 31 Monday 8:30 – 9:30 am JOHN CHUA (Phils.) Advocacy in Photography ACCM Makati

9:30 – 10:30 am EMIL DAVOCOL & PAUL YAN (Phils.) Slideshow of Images ACCM Makati

10:30 – 12:00 noon RUDY FONTANILLA (Phils.) Portraiture ACCM Makati

1:30 – 2:30 pm NICCOLO COSME (Phils.) Conceptual Photography ACCM Makati

2:30 – 4:00 pm QATAR PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Presentation ACCM Makati

4:00 – 6:00 pm DIETER NICOLAI & PHILIP KING (Germany) B+W Filters ACCM Makati

Feb 1 Tuesday *HANDS ON WORKSHOP with ALL SPEAKERS: Fashion Photography, Body Painting Sessions, Bahay sa Indang

Indang, Cavite

Betty LalanaBetty LalanaCHAIRPERSON

PWA 2011PWA 2011CHAIRPERSON

By: Marc M. Urmatan

Being aware that she works in the corporate world, my first impression of Betty was of a very sophisticated city lady, but after going thru three sheets of vital information on her, I was proven wrong. Betty is a Spanish mestiza who loves nature and the outdoors, and best of all, has a free spirit that can't be tied down. These are just a few words that best describe our chairperson for Photoworld Asia 2011.

Betty Lalana was born in Manila and studied in both Poveda and Assumption. She is the daughter of a photography hobbyist and an arts and crafts teacher. Now, that explains a lot about how and where she got her interests and inspiration for her craft. As a child, she was already aware about the fascinating world of photography. Her father would show the family countless slides taken during his

journeys. Like her father, she travels a lot.

Working in the corporate world never hindered Betty from pursuing her passion in photography. Fact of the matter is, she was given the opportunity to go around the country to document churches built during the Spanish era. Though travel photography continues to be at the top of her list, she has also dabbled in other areas of photography. Aperture priority is her preference, using selective focusing for creativity. If I got that right, this is how Betty tackles her day to day challenges - focusing on one element at a time. Undoubtedly, Photoworld Asia 2011 is in good hands.

Betty Lalana, photographer, chairperson, Photoworld Asia 2011.

0706

SPEAKERS’

folio

PWAsia 2011 is a yearly project of the FEDERATION OF PHILIPPINE PHOTOGRAPHERS FOUNDATION, INC.Rm. 302 Annex Femii Building, A. Soriano Avenue, Intramuros, Manila

Tels: (632)5247576; 5280371 • email: fotoatwork@gmail.com; pablobeltran39@gmail.com • www.photoworldmanila.com

PHOTOWORLD ASIA 2011 SCHEDULE OF EVENTSDate Time Speaker Topic Venue

C o f f e e B r e a k

L u n c h B r e a k

C o f f e e B r e a k

Group Pictorial

Jan 27 Thursday 3:00 pm Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Thunderbird Photo Exhibit Greenbelt 3

4:30 pm Inauguration of PhotoWord Asia 2011 Photo Exhibit Glorietta 5

6:00 pm Launching of PhotoWord Asia 2011 Trade Show Glorietta Activity Center

Jan 28 Friday 8:00 – 8:30 am Opening Program for Educational Series ACCM Makati

8:30 – 10:00 am TRISTON YEO (Singapore) Beauty Amidst Disasters:

Sri Lanka, Land of a Thousand Smiles ACCM Makati

10:00 – 10:30 am ACCM Makati

10:30 – 12:00 noon MARICRIS FABI CARLOS & JON CARLOS (Phils.) “Amorsoloesque” ACCM Makati

12:00 – 1:30 pm

1:30 – 3:00 pm DR. VICENTE PIDO & Photographic Society of Iloilo (PSI) Agustinian Churches in Panay ACCM Makati

3:00 – 3:30 pm ACCM Makati

3:30 – 6:00 pm STUART DEE (Canada) Travel Photography ACCM Makati

Jan 29 Saturday 8:30 – 10:00 am AIM Zen Garden

10:00 – 5:00 pm HANSON FONG (USA) Fashion & Glamour Photography 3/F AIM, Makati

7:00 – 10:00 pm Photographers’ Night – Fashion Walk Photo Shoot, Contest Greenbelt 3

Jan 30 Sunday 8:30 – 5:00 pm JULIEANNE KOST (USA) Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom 3/F AIM, Makati

Jan 31 Monday 8:30 – 9:30 am JOHN CHUA (Phils.) Advocacy in Photography ACCM Makati

9:30 – 10:30 am EMIL DAVOCOL & PAUL YAN (Phils.) Slideshow of Images ACCM Makati

10:30 – 12:00 noon RUDY FONTANILLA (Phils.) Portraiture ACCM Makati

1:30 – 2:30 pm NICCOLO COSME (Phils.) Conceptual Photography ACCM Makati

2:30 – 4:00 pm QATAR PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Presentation ACCM Makati

4:00 – 6:00 pm DIETER NICOLAI & PHILIP KING (Germany) B+W Filters ACCM Makati

Feb 1 Tuesday *HANDS ON WORKSHOP with ALL SPEAKERS: Fashion Photography, Body Painting Sessions, Bahay sa Indang

Indang, Cavite

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Photo Gallery

Raine de Guzman, Abigaile Fausto, Sherlyn Gonzales, Kimberly Illut, Joan G. Mazo, and Hazel Santos. . . these were the six tall, beautiful professional models accompanied by their popular fashion designers who posed for photographers, amateur and professional, in an on-the-spot photo contest sponsored by FPPF last September 21, 2010. The photo contest was held on location at the Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar in Bo. Pagasa, Bagac, Bataan, an impressive area full of historical old houses retrieved from various parts of the Philippines and reconstructed here by its owner, Architect Jose l. Acuzar. It is currently managed by the Genesis Heritage Resort.

Bataan is a historical place in itself. Equally historical is

the venue for the FPPF photo shoot. Local photographers and those coming outside Bagac, Bataan and the FPPF club members enjoyed not only the photo sessions with the models but also shooting the finely restored old houses. The models supervised by their respective fashion designers, Lito Perez, Jontie Martinez, Julius Ornum, Edgar San Diego, Gener Gozum, Rikko Escaro, Ole Morabe and Rholand Roxas, posed in the interior and exterior areas of the houses. Favorite spots were the elegant stairs, balconies and the receiving rooms. Others enjoyed framing the models with the Baroque windows and Moorish doors. The spacious cobbled streets did not escape the lenses of the photographers, the old houses a fitting background.

Text by: CSAngelesPhotos by: Marc M. Urmatan

Pose for FPPF BataanPhoto Contest

Pro Models

Masskara... a very lively, colorful street dancing in Bacolod City whose participants wear intricately designed costumes and attractive smiling masks. The term masskara originated from mass (many) and kara (faces). Therefore, it means many faces of people. All masks are smiling and are intricately designed with all sorts of beads, seeds, glitters, feathers, leaves, paints etc. So are the colorful costumes worn by the street dancing participants. Masskara celebration was conceived in 1970 at a time when the sugar industry suffered from gloom because of the insurgent problem in Negros and the rock bottom dive of the price of sugar in the world market. The sugar industry was affected negatively by the situation. Instead of taking the economic gloom with tears and fears, civic leaders welcomed the disappointing situation with noisy, happy

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FPPF PHOTOTRAVEL 2010

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©Edi Y. Huang

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Photo Gallery

Raine de Guzman, Abigaile Fausto, Sherlyn Gonzales, Kimberly Illut, Joan G. Mazo, and Hazel Santos. . . these were the six tall, beautiful professional models accompanied by their popular fashion designers who posed for photographers, amateur and professional, in an on-the-spot photo contest sponsored by FPPF last September 21, 2010. The photo contest was held on location at the Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar in Bo. Pagasa, Bagac, Bataan, an impressive area full of historical old houses retrieved from various parts of the Philippines and reconstructed here by its owner, Architect Jose l. Acuzar. It is currently managed by the Genesis Heritage Resort.

Bataan is a historical place in itself. Equally historical is

the venue for the FPPF photo shoot. Local photographers and those coming outside Bagac, Bataan and the FPPF club members enjoyed not only the photo sessions with the models but also shooting the finely restored old houses. The models supervised by their respective fashion designers, Lito Perez, Jontie Martinez, Julius Ornum, Edgar San Diego, Gener Gozum, Rikko Escaro, Ole Morabe and Rholand Roxas, posed in the interior and exterior areas of the houses. Favorite spots were the elegant stairs, balconies and the receiving rooms. Others enjoyed framing the models with the Baroque windows and Moorish doors. The spacious cobbled streets did not escape the lenses of the photographers, the old houses a fitting background.

Text by: CSAngelesPhotos by: Marc M. Urmatan

Pose for FPPF BataanPhoto Contest

Pro Models

Masskara... a very lively, colorful street dancing in Bacolod City whose participants wear intricately designed costumes and attractive smiling masks. The term masskara originated from mass (many) and kara (faces). Therefore, it means many faces of people. All masks are smiling and are intricately designed with all sorts of beads, seeds, glitters, feathers, leaves, paints etc. So are the colorful costumes worn by the street dancing participants. Masskara celebration was conceived in 1970 at a time when the sugar industry suffered from gloom because of the insurgent problem in Negros and the rock bottom dive of the price of sugar in the world market. The sugar industry was affected negatively by the situation. Instead of taking the economic gloom with tears and fears, civic leaders welcomed the disappointing situation with noisy, happy

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celebration. Thus . . . masskara was invented as an antidote to the economic depression suffered by the Negrense. Heard by the wind borne by nature, the Negros atmosphere welcomed the celebration and miraculously improved the economic situation. Masskara is here to stay. Forever, it will herald to the world a message . . . depression is temporary. There are many solutions to combat it. (CSAngeles)

FPPF PHOTOTRAVEL 2010

08

©Edi Y. Huang

Category Winner for Awareness - Dewey Sergio

Grand Prize Winner - Imee Antonio

Category Winner for Balance -Ernie Penaredondo

Yes, Thunderbird is here in the Philippines particularly La Union and Binangonan, Rizal after establishing itself in Panama, Wisconsin, Nevada, Las Vegas, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala and other places which I may have failed to discover in my search. So around the world it goes. And I am not referring to the handsome Thunderbird sports car. I am talking about the Thunderbird Resorts creating waves around the world. Another interesting wave among photographers was its latest photo contest whose prizes totalled to a whopping sum of P450,000. Imee Antonio won the grand prize. Dewey Sergio got his share of the major prizes for Awareness, Ernie Peñaredondo, for Balance, and Jordan Majur, for Commitment. This is Thunderbird's way of making photographers and everybody else conscious of the condition of our environment. The theme

Offer Big Prizes

of the contest, Environment Sustainability, aims to make Filipinos aware of the importance of a healthy environment and how to keep it that way. Thunderbird wishes to thank all the photographers who participated in this national photo contest. Actually, Thunderbird strongly advocates everybody to go green with strong commitment, awareness and balance for the environment. Supporting the photo contest aside from FPPF were Caltex Philippines with Techron, Western Digital, DENR, Pro Digital Image Works Inc, iSTYLEs, TREES, ASTONE and Digital Photographer Philippines.

By Cecilia S. Angeles

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Category Winner for Commitment - Jordan Madjus

Feature

Category Winner for Awareness - Dewey Sergio

Grand Prize Winner - Imee Antonio

Category Winner for Balance -Ernie Penaredondo

Yes, Thunderbird is here in the Philippines particularly La Union and Binangonan, Rizal after establishing itself in Panama, Wisconsin, Nevada, Las Vegas, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala and other places which I may have failed to discover in my search. So around the world it goes. And I am not referring to the handsome Thunderbird sports car. I am talking about the Thunderbird Resorts creating waves around the world. Another interesting wave among photographers was its latest photo contest whose prizes totalled to a whopping sum of P450,000. Imee Antonio won the grand prize. Dewey Sergio got his share of the major prizes for Awareness, Ernie Peñaredondo, for Balance, and Jordan Majur, for Commitment. This is Thunderbird's way of making photographers and everybody else conscious of the condition of our environment. The theme

Offer Big Prizes

of the contest, Environment Sustainability, aims to make Filipinos aware of the importance of a healthy environment and how to keep it that way. Thunderbird wishes to thank all the photographers who participated in this national photo contest. Actually, Thunderbird strongly advocates everybody to go green with strong commitment, awareness and balance for the environment. Supporting the photo contest aside from FPPF were Caltex Philippines with Techron, Western Digital, DENR, Pro Digital Image Works Inc, iSTYLEs, TREES, ASTONE and Digital Photographer Philippines.

By Cecilia S. Angeles

10

Category Winner for Commitment - Jordan Madjus

Feature

EXPOSURE URBANShots

By Lito N. Beltran Passing By Jamea B. Bautista, 3ID-2 • University of Santo Tomas• College of Fine Arts and Design • Interior Design Department

Jophel Botero Ybiosa of the Polythechnic University of the Philippines won the Excellent Prize in the 2010 China-ASEAN Youth Artwork Creativity Competition in China. The National Commission for Culture and the Arts also conferred on him the prestigious Ani ng Dangal Award for winning in the first ASEAN-Korea Multimedia Competition in Seoul, South Korea. Congratulations!

PWU graduate, Randolph de Leon, physically impaired student of FPPF photography workshops, now joins John Chua in an advocacy activity to teach art to children with physical disabilities.

Last November some 80 photographers from Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines went around the Visayan Islands of Cebu, Iloilo and Negros Occidental. We had a grand time shooting the rural scenes and the festivities prepared for the group by the government officials of the provinces and towns, without which the project would not have been a memorable success. For all of you who supported the Crossing Bridges 7 this Frame One issue is for you. We will always remember your warm welcome to all the delegates of the Crossing Bridges 7..Photo No. 01. I chanced upon this little girl carrying her little brother in a basket while trekking the road to Mt. Manunggal, Balamban, Cebu. The site where then President Ramon Magsaysay died in a plane crash is now a place where yearly young people hold sports competitions and camping.

JANUARY 14-16, 2011Our FPPF senior lecturers, Victor Sison, Ador Pamintuan and Joey Tañedo assisted by George Cabig and Amir Alba did a two- day workshop in Iloilo City. This was organized by the office of the Iloilo governor and our friends from the Photographic Society of Iloilo. The workshop covered camera operations, elements of design and lighting techniques for portraits. Some 40 participants received their certificates from the FPPF and the local organizers. After the workshop, we went to Kalibo, Aklan which was a three- hour drive from Iloilo City to shoot the Ati-Atihan festival. We learned that the annual festival happens every 3rd Saturday and Sunday of January of each year. However, as early as December the streets of Kalibo started to hum with the Ati beat by tribal group performers using the ear-breaking drums and lyres.

Saturday morning January 15: Several groups danced along the narrow streets of Kalibo priming up the residents with a non-stop beating of the drums. The festival had just started. All day long, the groups passed through all the streets in downtown Kalibo, ending with a merry-making and endless drinking session of revelers in Plaza Magsaysay. Saturday night, our staff was asked to judge a photo contest organized by the camera club in Kalibo. Photo No. 02

It was raining on Sunday. Despite the rain, however, people walked to the church to hear mass and to have their Sto. Niños blessed. It was raining, but the rains did not stop people to hear the morning mass which was the finale of the celebration. Early afternoon was the long procession that would take hours to end. Hundreds of people hugged their Sto. Niños, as they snaked through the streets of Kalibo. Floats joined the procession. Following the carozas were the tribal performers beating the drums as devotees danced the sadsad or jog and dance..According to Prof. Liza Ann Acevedo - Ilagan, Professor in Fine Arts, UP Baguio, what keeps the energy at a high level during the 2 day celebration is the belief that their dreams and wishes would be fulfilled. Aklanons would come back from abroad to be part of the annual tradition because they long remember and want to relive the feelings of being “high” during the festival. Hala bira...puera pasma. Rain or shine people will sadsad in weird costumes, fantasize and act their wild dreams and desires...on the streets!

Prof. Liza, who made a research and documentation of the beginnings of Ati-Atiahn discussed with us the Ati-Atihan symbols, rituals, beliefs of people and how the festival evolved from a small community thanksgiving ritual centuries ago to what it is today - a major attraction of Kalibo, Aklan. Ati-Atihan has endured for a long long time and it will be forever because it is not a mere dance and merrymaking it is their faith... it is their life!

If “One picture is worth a thousand words,” can one picture also inspire a thousand words? Of course it can. Frame One Magazine, which is the official publication of The Federation of Philippine Photographers Foundation, Inc. (FPPF), was created on this notion. Since its conceptualization, it has provided photographers a forum to tell their stories behind their photos using words. Frame One recognizes not only the photographic abilities of these photographers but also their passion in writing. The magazine features articles ranging from travel, food and even social relevant issues.

One of Frame One's regular writers is Mrs. Cecilia Angeles, who is also an instructor of FPPF photography workshops. When she is not busy teaching, Ma'am Angeles, as her students call her, can be found inside FPPF computer room, creating stories from pictures submitted by fellow photographers and even aspiring photographers. Using these photos as inspiration and her writing ability, she has come up with creative and expository compositions. The readers are not only given the opportunity to appreciate the photos, but also to admire the wit and humour of Ma'am Angeles.

Visual images surround and captivate us. As photographers capture these images with their cameras, they are trying to tell a story - they are voices speaking through images. Show a picture to a child, the youngster will point to it, trace its image and respond with varied emotions. Show another to an adult and you will get a smile, a frown or a gesture - rarely will you get a blank response. These visual representations send messages to our brains which elicit emotions like happiness, sadness, anger or even shock. Photographs can inspire or motivate us.

While photography may be a hobby to some, there are others who uses the power of photography to bring awareness and change on social issues around the world. If you are that kind of photographer dedicated to showing the life of underprivileged or disadvantaged people, you're likely to be called a social documentary photographer. This genre of photography may be defined as the act of recording human beings in their natural condition with a camera. Primarily, documentary was thought of as having a goal beyond the production of fine print. The photographer's goal was to bring the attention of an audience to the subject of his or her work and, in many cases, to pave the way for social change (Wells, 2009).

These photographic authors use this art form to capture people who exist outside the mainstream, or who have slipped through its cracks - dealing with reality, revealing and making permanent every aspect of human nature. Their intentions range from emphatic documentation to specific criticism of social inequality. How they look at the various themes that exist in the world, the poor, the social outcasts or the lower classes, are not portrayed as objects of exoticism, but in compassionate observation. Despite all the various approaches in handling the camera - social documentary photographers have one thing in common; they practice activism through photography. Creating documentaries like none other, portraying subjects which are often lost and forgotten in a society of materialist elites. The documentary power of these images is associated with the desire for political and social change. Images are so powerful that during the 19th century, Lewis Hine's photographs on child labour helped culminate a law against child labor (Wright, 1999).

I salute these photographers who spend a great deal of time following their subjects and putting themselves on their level, often disappearing for long periods of time with no word just to work on an independent documentary. Continue to tell amazing tales of the world we live in and highlight social, political and economic plights as you create and explore the world of photography!

References: Wells, Liz. (2009). Photography: A critical introduction (4th ed.). UK and New York: Routledge.

Wright, Terence. (1999). The Photography handbook. London: Routledge.

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Photo No.2

EXPOSURE URBANShots

By Lito N. Beltran Passing By Jamea B. Bautista, 3ID-2 • University of Santo Tomas• College of Fine Arts and Design • Interior Design Department

Jophel Botero Ybiosa of the Polythechnic University of the Philippines won the Excellent Prize in the 2010 China-ASEAN Youth Artwork Creativity Competition in China. The National Commission for Culture and the Arts also conferred on him the prestigious Ani ng Dangal Award for winning in the first ASEAN-Korea Multimedia Competition in Seoul, South Korea. Congratulations!

PWU graduate, Randolph de Leon, physically impaired student of FPPF photography workshops, now joins John Chua in an advocacy activity to teach art to children with physical disabilities.

Last November some 80 photographers from Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines went around the Visayan Islands of Cebu, Iloilo and Negros Occidental. We had a grand time shooting the rural scenes and the festivities prepared for the group by the government officials of the provinces and towns, without which the project would not have been a memorable success. For all of you who supported the Crossing Bridges 7 this Frame One issue is for you. We will always remember your warm welcome to all the delegates of the Crossing Bridges 7..Photo No. 01. I chanced upon this little girl carrying her little brother in a basket while trekking the road to Mt. Manunggal, Balamban, Cebu. The site where then President Ramon Magsaysay died in a plane crash is now a place where yearly young people hold sports competitions and camping.

JANUARY 14-16, 2011Our FPPF senior lecturers, Victor Sison, Ador Pamintuan and Joey Tañedo assisted by George Cabig and Amir Alba did a two- day workshop in Iloilo City. This was organized by the office of the Iloilo governor and our friends from the Photographic Society of Iloilo. The workshop covered camera operations, elements of design and lighting techniques for portraits. Some 40 participants received their certificates from the FPPF and the local organizers. After the workshop, we went to Kalibo, Aklan which was a three- hour drive from Iloilo City to shoot the Ati-Atihan festival. We learned that the annual festival happens every 3rd Saturday and Sunday of January of each year. However, as early as December the streets of Kalibo started to hum with the Ati beat by tribal group performers using the ear-breaking drums and lyres.

Saturday morning January 15: Several groups danced along the narrow streets of Kalibo priming up the residents with a non-stop beating of the drums. The festival had just started. All day long, the groups passed through all the streets in downtown Kalibo, ending with a merry-making and endless drinking session of revelers in Plaza Magsaysay. Saturday night, our staff was asked to judge a photo contest organized by the camera club in Kalibo. Photo No. 02

It was raining on Sunday. Despite the rain, however, people walked to the church to hear mass and to have their Sto. Niños blessed. It was raining, but the rains did not stop people to hear the morning mass which was the finale of the celebration. Early afternoon was the long procession that would take hours to end. Hundreds of people hugged their Sto. Niños, as they snaked through the streets of Kalibo. Floats joined the procession. Following the carozas were the tribal performers beating the drums as devotees danced the sadsad or jog and dance..According to Prof. Liza Ann Acevedo - Ilagan, Professor in Fine Arts, UP Baguio, what keeps the energy at a high level during the 2 day celebration is the belief that their dreams and wishes would be fulfilled. Aklanons would come back from abroad to be part of the annual tradition because they long remember and want to relive the feelings of being “high” during the festival. Hala bira...puera pasma. Rain or shine people will sadsad in weird costumes, fantasize and act their wild dreams and desires...on the streets!

Prof. Liza, who made a research and documentation of the beginnings of Ati-Atiahn discussed with us the Ati-Atihan symbols, rituals, beliefs of people and how the festival evolved from a small community thanksgiving ritual centuries ago to what it is today - a major attraction of Kalibo, Aklan. Ati-Atihan has endured for a long long time and it will be forever because it is not a mere dance and merrymaking it is their faith... it is their life!

If “One picture is worth a thousand words,” can one picture also inspire a thousand words? Of course it can. Frame One Magazine, which is the official publication of The Federation of Philippine Photographers Foundation, Inc. (FPPF), was created on this notion. Since its conceptualization, it has provided photographers a forum to tell their stories behind their photos using words. Frame One recognizes not only the photographic abilities of these photographers but also their passion in writing. The magazine features articles ranging from travel, food and even social relevant issues.

One of Frame One's regular writers is Mrs. Cecilia Angeles, who is also an instructor of FPPF photography workshops. When she is not busy teaching, Ma'am Angeles, as her students call her, can be found inside FPPF computer room, creating stories from pictures submitted by fellow photographers and even aspiring photographers. Using these photos as inspiration and her writing ability, she has come up with creative and expository compositions. The readers are not only given the opportunity to appreciate the photos, but also to admire the wit and humour of Ma'am Angeles.

Visual images surround and captivate us. As photographers capture these images with their cameras, they are trying to tell a story - they are voices speaking through images. Show a picture to a child, the youngster will point to it, trace its image and respond with varied emotions. Show another to an adult and you will get a smile, a frown or a gesture - rarely will you get a blank response. These visual representations send messages to our brains which elicit emotions like happiness, sadness, anger or even shock. Photographs can inspire or motivate us.

While photography may be a hobby to some, there are others who uses the power of photography to bring awareness and change on social issues around the world. If you are that kind of photographer dedicated to showing the life of underprivileged or disadvantaged people, you're likely to be called a social documentary photographer. This genre of photography may be defined as the act of recording human beings in their natural condition with a camera. Primarily, documentary was thought of as having a goal beyond the production of fine print. The photographer's goal was to bring the attention of an audience to the subject of his or her work and, in many cases, to pave the way for social change (Wells, 2009).

These photographic authors use this art form to capture people who exist outside the mainstream, or who have slipped through its cracks - dealing with reality, revealing and making permanent every aspect of human nature. Their intentions range from emphatic documentation to specific criticism of social inequality. How they look at the various themes that exist in the world, the poor, the social outcasts or the lower classes, are not portrayed as objects of exoticism, but in compassionate observation. Despite all the various approaches in handling the camera - social documentary photographers have one thing in common; they practice activism through photography. Creating documentaries like none other, portraying subjects which are often lost and forgotten in a society of materialist elites. The documentary power of these images is associated with the desire for political and social change. Images are so powerful that during the 19th century, Lewis Hine's photographs on child labour helped culminate a law against child labor (Wright, 1999).

I salute these photographers who spend a great deal of time following their subjects and putting themselves on their level, often disappearing for long periods of time with no word just to work on an independent documentary. Continue to tell amazing tales of the world we live in and highlight social, political and economic plights as you create and explore the world of photography!

References: Wells, Liz. (2009). Photography: A critical introduction (4th ed.). UK and New York: Routledge.

Wright, Terence. (1999). The Photography handbook. London: Routledge.

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Photo No.2

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PHOTOWORLD CUP 2010

In the Eyes of a Child

“In the Eyes of a Child” seemed a very interesting

theme for June. Here, photographers of FPPF

photo clubs were challenged to perceive

everyday life through the eyes of a child. It may

not seem a difficult task since we have gone

place entry of AACC captured the

beautiful smile of a little girl at play on

what appears to be a tunnel slide of a

Jungle-Jim.

Of all the entries for this theme, Jon

Carlos of IMAHE portrayed raw

emotion of a sad young girl, putting

him in sixth place. Ellie Sison of

LENTI used an unusual framing for

his subject. The face of a young boy

was framed by the hand of an adult

apparently holding a cigarette. Shots

by Aids Telson of Pipho and Mark

Terence Sy FSCC, depicted the theme

by not adding the child in the frame.

Instead they made it look as if a child

was taking the shot, looking thru the

eyes of a child. (Marc M. Urmatan)

through childhood undoubtedly. What seems to

be difficult is how to become a child again in order

for us to see thru their eyes. This entails having

their common traits which include purity,

innocence, inquisitiveness and curiosity, none of

which, we possess at our age.

Majority of the entries captured children at play.

First place winner, Carlo Carlos of EXPOSURE,

presented his work composed of a jump-shot of

children beautifully lit by the warm tone of the

sunset from behind creating a silhouette. Second

placer Chris Cleofas of ALPHA submitted his entry

of a close up shot of a young boy playing with toy

soldiers. The shallow DOF of his composition

focused mainly on the eyes of his subject, somewhat

taking the theme in literal interpretation. Third

©Carlo Carlos_1st Place ©Cris Cleofas_2nd Place

©AACC_3rd Place ©dennis Bautista_5th Place

©Rienzi Zano_7th Place

©Ben Palomata_1st Place ©Janet Rodriguez_8th Place ©Brian Gabarda_10th Place

©Dana Krizia_9th Place

©Edwin Lim_4ht Place

Most of the entries for July themed “Heal the World” featured

more on environmental concerns, poverty, and depression. Derek

Cantillan of IMAHE Camera Club brought home the bacon after

the judges agreed that his entry was most appropriate for the

theme. Contrary to the depressive vista that dominates the frame,

hope floats in the eyes of these two youngsters scribbling on

notebooks and hoping for a good education that may someday

help heal the world. Carlo Carlos of EXPOSURE portrayed three

small kids, two stoves and a fish, all on a push cart while two of

Maricris Fabi-Carlos of KONSEPTO depicted more on the effects

of human activities, particularly on the negligence on the

environment which won third place. They both served more as an eye

opener for us to start healing our world. Other top entries included

those of Dennis Bautista (IMAHE), Mon Corpuz (PIPHO), Mark

Terence Sy (FSCC), Jon Aguirre (FSCC), Toto Celzo (Twilightzone

CC) and Nikki Victoriano of SLR.

Special commendation went to the entries of Enrico Gutierrez, Chito

Cleofas both from FSCC and Dewey Sergio of ALPHA CC. The author

found these frames suited for the theme since all of us need to sweep

our own mess and start giving back life to the planet that we call

home. (Marc M. Urmatan)

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©Derek Cantillan_1st Place

©Carlo B. Carlos_2nd Place

©Maricris Fabi-Carlos_3rd Place

©Dennis Bautista_4th Place

©Jon Asuirre_7th Place

©Mon Copar_5th Place

©Maricris Carlos_8th Place

©Nikki Victoriano_10th Place©Mark Terence Sy_6th Place

©Toto Celzo_9th Place

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Photo Gallery

PHOTOWORLD CUP 2010

In the Eyes of a Child

“In the Eyes of a Child” seemed a very interesting

theme for June. Here, photographers of FPPF

photo clubs were challenged to perceive

everyday life through the eyes of a child. It may

not seem a difficult task since we have gone

place entry of AACC captured the

beautiful smile of a little girl at play on

what appears to be a tunnel slide of a

Jungle-Jim.

Of all the entries for this theme, Jon

Carlos of IMAHE portrayed raw

emotion of a sad young girl, putting

him in sixth place. Ellie Sison of

LENTI used an unusual framing for

his subject. The face of a young boy

was framed by the hand of an adult

apparently holding a cigarette. Shots

by Aids Telson of Pipho and Mark

Terence Sy FSCC, depicted the theme

by not adding the child in the frame.

Instead they made it look as if a child

was taking the shot, looking thru the

eyes of a child. (Marc M. Urmatan)

through childhood undoubtedly. What seems to

be difficult is how to become a child again in order

for us to see thru their eyes. This entails having

their common traits which include purity,

innocence, inquisitiveness and curiosity, none of

which, we possess at our age.

Majority of the entries captured children at play.

First place winner, Carlo Carlos of EXPOSURE,

presented his work composed of a jump-shot of

children beautifully lit by the warm tone of the

sunset from behind creating a silhouette. Second

placer Chris Cleofas of ALPHA submitted his entry

of a close up shot of a young boy playing with toy

soldiers. The shallow DOF of his composition

focused mainly on the eyes of his subject, somewhat

taking the theme in literal interpretation. Third

©Carlo Carlos_1st Place ©Cris Cleofas_2nd Place

©AACC_3rd Place ©dennis Bautista_5th Place

©Rienzi Zano_7th Place

©Ben Palomata_1st Place ©Janet Rodriguez_8th Place ©Brian Gabarda_10th Place

©Dana Krizia_9th Place

©Edwin Lim_4ht Place

Most of the entries for July themed “Heal the World” featured

more on environmental concerns, poverty, and depression. Derek

Cantillan of IMAHE Camera Club brought home the bacon after

the judges agreed that his entry was most appropriate for the

theme. Contrary to the depressive vista that dominates the frame,

hope floats in the eyes of these two youngsters scribbling on

notebooks and hoping for a good education that may someday

help heal the world. Carlo Carlos of EXPOSURE portrayed three

small kids, two stoves and a fish, all on a push cart while two of

Maricris Fabi-Carlos of KONSEPTO depicted more on the effects

of human activities, particularly on the negligence on the

environment which won third place. They both served more as an eye

opener for us to start healing our world. Other top entries included

those of Dennis Bautista (IMAHE), Mon Corpuz (PIPHO), Mark

Terence Sy (FSCC), Jon Aguirre (FSCC), Toto Celzo (Twilightzone

CC) and Nikki Victoriano of SLR.

Special commendation went to the entries of Enrico Gutierrez, Chito

Cleofas both from FSCC and Dewey Sergio of ALPHA CC. The author

found these frames suited for the theme since all of us need to sweep

our own mess and start giving back life to the planet that we call

home. (Marc M. Urmatan)

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©Derek Cantillan_1st Place

©Carlo B. Carlos_2nd Place

©Maricris Fabi-Carlos_3rd Place

©Dennis Bautista_4th Place

©Jon Asuirre_7th Place

©Mon Copar_5th Place

©Maricris Carlos_8th Place

©Nikki Victoriano_10th Place©Mark Terence Sy_6th Place

©Toto Celzo_9th Place

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The theme for August seemed appropriate, as we all know that these days consist

the wet months. Tsinelas, slippers or more popularly known nowadays as flip-flops

are an essential component of the tropical get-up. Tsinelas keep Filipinos comfy to

walk around. They are practical to wear. The term tsinelas is actually derived from

the Spanish word chinela which is a low-cut foot wear that can easily be slipped

onto the foot.

Many of the entries portrayed all of the possible scenarios about the tsinelas. From brand new flip-flops to the beyond-the-service-life. Truly, every photographer has his own unique way of interpreting the theme, but what captured most the attention of the board of judges was the entry of Moses Villanoy of EXPOSURE Camera Club which won the first prize. His composition consisted of an old mate of slippers, a triangular sheet of grade-school paper on a barbecue stick standing upright to make the tsinelas resemble a sail boat. Lindy Barbosa of Prize Photo Club, second prize winner. Paeng Balen of KONSEPTO in third. Other winning entries were the frames of Carlo Zmaora (FSCC), Edwin Lim (Nayon), Nick Olayao (FSCCC), Mark Kishnani (ICC), Danilo Victoriano (SLR), Toto Celzo (TwilightzoneCC), Fourth to Tenth place in their respective order. Some finalists showcased two most common purposes that the slippers serve: pamato for the game tumbang-preso and pamalo as a means for discipline. (Marc M. Urmatan)

Beautiful Flaws of Nature

September greeted everyone with an out-of-the-ordinary theme which gave the

versatile photographers of FPPF a challenge, Beautiful Flaws of Nature. A

challenge in which flaw is used with beauty in the same clause? How can a flaw be

beautiful? Freak accidents in nature create flaws. As most of the participants

exhibited commendable pictures of nature, I'm sure the board of judges found it

tricky to spot flaws on these beautiful frames.

SLR Camera Club boosted its pride for

grabbing the first place thru the entry of

Manny Rosario. Second place was taken by

Carlo Carlos of Exposure Camera Club while

third, fourth and fifth places went to Dewey

Sergio of Alpha, Judith Carlos of Exposure,

Jon Carlos of Exposure. Other slots in the top

ten went to Aids Tecson (PIPHO), Nick

Olayao (FSCC), Maricris Carlos (Konsepto),

Leilani Corazon Seculles (BPICC) and

Monday Meneses (Exposure CC). I would

like to give special commendation to

Exposure Camera Club for having three slots

in the top ten. I have been going through these

thirty finalists over, and over and I haven't

spotted a single flaw. Perhaps my eyes are not

as keen as theirs. All I saw was the beauty in

these frames, regardless of their flaws. (Marc

M. Urmatan)

PHOTOWORLDCUP 2010

©Manny Rosario_1st Place

©Carlo Carlos_2nd Place

©Dewey Sergio_3rd Place

©Judith Ching_4th Place ©Jon Carlos_5th Place

©Aids Tecson_6th Place

©Nick Olayao_7th Place

©Monday L. Meneses_10th Place

©Leilanii Corazon_9th Place

©Maricris Carlos_8th Place

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PHOTOWORLD CUP 2010Tsinelas

©Carlo Zamora_4th Place

©Danilo Victorianoa_8th Place ©Mark Kishnani_7th Place

©Paeng Balen_3rd Place

©Lindy barbosa_2nd Place

©Toto Celzo_9th Place©Edwin Lim_5th Place

©Nick Olayao_6th Place

©Voltaire Burgonio_10th Place

©Moses Villanoy_1st Place

1716

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The theme for August seemed appropriate, as we all know that these days consist

the wet months. Tsinelas, slippers or more popularly known nowadays as flip-flops

are an essential component of the tropical get-up. Tsinelas keep Filipinos comfy to

walk around. They are practical to wear. The term tsinelas is actually derived from

the Spanish word chinela which is a low-cut foot wear that can easily be slipped

onto the foot.

Many of the entries portrayed all of the possible scenarios about the tsinelas. From brand new flip-flops to the beyond-the-service-life. Truly, every photographer has his own unique way of interpreting the theme, but what captured most the attention of the board of judges was the entry of Moses Villanoy of EXPOSURE Camera Club which won the first prize. His composition consisted of an old mate of slippers, a triangular sheet of grade-school paper on a barbecue stick standing upright to make the tsinelas resemble a sail boat. Lindy Barbosa of Prize Photo Club, second prize winner. Paeng Balen of KONSEPTO in third. Other winning entries were the frames of Carlo Zmaora (FSCC), Edwin Lim (Nayon), Nick Olayao (FSCCC), Mark Kishnani (ICC), Danilo Victoriano (SLR), Toto Celzo (TwilightzoneCC), Fourth to Tenth place in their respective order. Some finalists showcased two most common purposes that the slippers serve: pamato for the game tumbang-preso and pamalo as a means for discipline. (Marc M. Urmatan)

Beautiful Flaws of Nature

September greeted everyone with an out-of-the-ordinary theme which gave the

versatile photographers of FPPF a challenge, Beautiful Flaws of Nature. A

challenge in which flaw is used with beauty in the same clause? How can a flaw be

beautiful? Freak accidents in nature create flaws. As most of the participants

exhibited commendable pictures of nature, I'm sure the board of judges found it

tricky to spot flaws on these beautiful frames.

SLR Camera Club boosted its pride for

grabbing the first place thru the entry of

Manny Rosario. Second place was taken by

Carlo Carlos of Exposure Camera Club while

third, fourth and fifth places went to Dewey

Sergio of Alpha, Judith Carlos of Exposure,

Jon Carlos of Exposure. Other slots in the top

ten went to Aids Tecson (PIPHO), Nick

Olayao (FSCC), Maricris Carlos (Konsepto),

Leilani Corazon Seculles (BPICC) and

Monday Meneses (Exposure CC). I would

like to give special commendation to

Exposure Camera Club for having three slots

in the top ten. I have been going through these

thirty finalists over, and over and I haven't

spotted a single flaw. Perhaps my eyes are not

as keen as theirs. All I saw was the beauty in

these frames, regardless of their flaws. (Marc

M. Urmatan)

PHOTOWORLDCUP 2010

©Manny Rosario_1st Place

©Carlo Carlos_2nd Place

©Dewey Sergio_3rd Place

©Judith Ching_4th Place ©Jon Carlos_5th Place

©Aids Tecson_6th Place

©Nick Olayao_7th Place

©Monday L. Meneses_10th Place

©Leilanii Corazon_9th Place

©Maricris Carlos_8th Place

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PHOTOWORLD CUP 2010Tsinelas

©Carlo Zamora_4th Place

©Danilo Victorianoa_8th Place ©Mark Kishnani_7th Place

©Paeng Balen_3rd Place

©Lindy barbosa_2nd Place

©Toto Celzo_9th Place©Edwin Lim_5th Place

©Nick Olayao_6th Place

©Voltaire Burgonio_10th Place

©Moses Villanoy_1st Place

1918

cA Suc ess!The rousing success of Crossing Bridges 7 held in the Philippines last Nov. 18-25 was expressed through tears of joy, sincere smiles, warm hugs, pats on the back, casual invitations to visit native countries, waves of love, as photographer participants from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines bid the others farewell. Others stayed behind a few days more to explore Manila and the neighboring areas. Crossing Bridges 7 is composed of photographers from Asia whose primary objective is not to capture beautiful photos of beautiful places and people, but to use photography to understand better the life and culture of neighboring Asia. A week's time is impossible to see the Philippines which consists or 7,107 islands, each with different, inherent, distinct culture and traditions. So an alternative is to take these Asian photographers to three places: Cebu, Bacolod and Iloilo.

FPPF, this year's host is under the leadership of Mrs. Eduvigis Huang, chairman, Lito Beltran, project director and Philippine delegation chairman, George Cabig. Cebu, Bacolod and Iloilo displayed from the heart the kind of hospitality the Filipinos have. Every place we went to, Crossing Bridges 7 not only got warm but very festive welcome complete with folk dances, musical programs tour around the place and fiesta foods. . .including the specialties of the region. Government and civic officials were on hand to greet us personally. School children waving banners lined up the streets to welcome us. All these were made possible by the local Crossing Bridges 7 coordinators: Icky Salazar and Carlito So of Cebu, Billy Lopue of Bacolod and Carlos Garcia of Iloilo. Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia hosted suroy-suroy which took the delegates to scenic places like Aloguinsan, Pinamugajan, Lamac, Balamban, Asturias, Tuburan, Tabuelan, Toledo City and San Carlos City where we pictured body paintings. The last place visited here on foot trek was Mambukal which boasted of 7 waterfalls at different height elevations. The higher the falls, the stiffer, the narrower, the more slippery the path was. The historical ruins of Talisay City, Negros Occidental together with the Minaluan tribe welcomed us at a very spacious area which used to be the headquarters of the Japanese invaders. The famous masskara dancers welcomed us at the government center. We then proceeded to Hacienda Adela at Silay Citiy. We were welcomed here by natives with cockfighting, bullfighting and other games. We left Silay City for Iloilo. Again, Dinagyang dancers in colorful costumes welcomed us with their folk dancing. We captured centuries old churches: Jaro, San Joaquin and Miagao Catholic Churches. We also pictured the campo santo or cemetery and the hablon weavers. All these were made possible by the local government and civic leaders whose hospitality is beyond compare. We were even provided with police security and convoy, ambulance and medical personnel in case of emergencies.

FPPF is very grateful to the personalities in Cebu, Bacolod and Iloilo who gave Crossing Bridges 7 not only a very warm welcome but also the various forms of reception and help: Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia and her staff; Mayor Jose Montelibano of Silay City and Tourism Officer Severino F. Pacete; Bacolod City Mayor Evelio R. Leonarda and Mrs. Imogen S. Kana-an, chief tourism officer; Dr. Eric M. Saratan, mayor of Talisay City; Mayor Gerardo Valmayor Jr. of San Carlos City; Philippine Red Cross, Iloilo Chapter, Benito Jimena, Iloilo tourism officer; Philippine National Police regional director, and PS Supt. Ricardo dela Paz, chief, Regional Operation and Planning Division, PNP Region VI. We likewise extend our grateful thanks to the dancers, the flag-waving school children and residents. Indeed, they made Crossing Bridges 7 tour extremely safe and memorable.

By CSAngeles

Travel

1918

A Succes !sThe rousing success of Crossing Bridges 7 held in the Philippines last Nov. 18-25 was expressed through tears of joy, sincere smiles, warm hugs, pats on the back, casual invitations to visit native countries, waves of love, as photographer participants from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines bid the others farewell. Others stayed behind a few days more to explore Manila and the neighboring areas. Crossing Bridges 7 is composed of photographers from Asia whose primary objective is not to capture beautiful photos of beautiful places and people, but to use photography to understand better the life and culture of neighboring Asia. A week's time is impossible to see the Philippines which consists or 7,107 islands, each with different, inherent, distinct culture and traditions. So an alternative is to take these Asian photographers to three places: Cebu, Bacolod and Iloilo.

FPPF, this year's host is under the leadership of Mrs. Eduvigis Huang, chairman, Lito Beltran, project director and Philippine delegation chairman, George Cabig. Cebu, Bacolod and Iloilo displayed from the heart the kind of hospitality the Filipinos have. Every place we went to, Crossing Bridges 7 not only got warm but very festive welcome complete with folk dances, musical programs tour around the place and fiesta foods. . .including the specialties of the region. Government and civic officials were on hand to greet us personally. School children waving banners lined up the streets to welcome us. All these were made possible by the local Crossing Bridges 7 coordinators: Icky Salazar and Carlito So of Cebu, Billy Lopue of Bacolod and Carlos Garcia of Iloilo. Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia hosted suroy-suroy which took the delegates to scenic places like Aloguinsan, Pinamugajan, Lamac, Balamban, Asturias, Tuburan, Tabuelan, Toledo City and San Carlos City where we pictured body paintings. The last place visited here on foot trek was Mambukal which boasted of 7 waterfalls at different height elevations. The higher the falls, the stiffer, the narrower, the more slippery the path was. The historical ruins of Talisay City, Negros Occidental together with the Minaluan tribe welcomed us at a very spacious area which used to be the headquarters of the Japanese invaders. The famous masskara dancers welcomed us at the government center. We then proceeded to Hacienda Adela at Silay Citiy. We were welcomed here by natives with cockfighting, bullfighting and other games. We left Silay City for Iloilo. Again, Dinagyang dancers in colorful costumes welcomed us with their folk dancing. We captured centuries old churches: Jaro, San Joaquin and Miagao Catholic Churches. We also pictured the campo santo or cemetery and the hablon weavers. All these were made possible by the local government and civic leaders whose hospitality is beyond compare. We were even provided with police security and convoy, ambulance and medical personnel in case of emergencies.

FPPF is very grateful to the personalities in Cebu, Bacolod and Iloilo who gave Crossing Bridges 7 not only a very warm welcome but also the various forms of reception and help: Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia and her staff; Mayor Jose Montelibano of Silay City and Tourism Officer Severino F. Pacete; Bacolod City Mayor Evelio R. Leonarda and Mrs. Imogen S. Kana-an, chief tourism officer; Dr. Eric M. Saratan, mayor of Talisay City; Mayor Gerardo Valmayor Jr. of San Carlos City; Philippine Red Cross, Iloilo Chapter, Benito Jimena, Iloilo tourism officer; Philippine National Police regional director, and PS Supt. Ricardo dela Paz, chief, Regional Operation and Planning Division, PNP Region VI. We likewise extend our grateful thanks to the dancers, the flag-waving school children and residents. Indeed, they made Crossing Bridges 7 tour extremely safe and memorable.

By CSAngeles

Travel

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As I got off the car, I was greeted by the warm streaks of

morning sunshine and sea breeze that whistled across the

classic Spanish architecture standing before me.

Question: “What happens when you put 7 brilliant

fashion designers, 6 beautiful models, and 40 shutter

bugs in one spectacular location?” Amazing frames that

entice the imagination to travel back to the Spanish era,

but the touch of modern and Avant-Garde fashion

prevailed in the atmosphere.

Majority of the entries for this on-the-spot contest came

from Alpha Camera Club. Out of the 21 finalists, 10 places

were snatched by ACC, more over, 5 were the entries of

Dewey Sergio (ACC) including the first place. Other

finalists were Chris Cleofas, Sylvester Raval, Ely Perez,

Jonathan Cayaon, Antonio Engua, Charlie Cebedo,

Las Casas OTS PHOTOWORLD CUP 2010

Lumin Prieto (all from ACC), Chito Cleofas of FSCC, Jericho Raton

(Sprazzo), Alex Agcaoili (Dos Litratistas), Maricel Ranola (Prize

Photo), Lhor Santillan ( Prize Photo). The judges certainly had a

difficult time finalizing the top ten. As a matter of fact, they had to

increase the number of winners by four places resulting to top

fourteen instead of top ten. (Marc M. Urmatan)

©Dewey Sergio_1st Place

©Sylvester Raval_2nd Place

©Sylvester Raval_6th Place©Ben Palomata_1st Place

©Jericho Raton_5th Place

©Alex Agcaoli_10th Place

©Dewey Sergio_8th Place

©Ely Perez_4th Place

©Chito Cleofas_3rd Place

©Jonathan Cayaon_9th Place

All RicePHOTOWORLD CUP 2010

©Ely Perez_1st Place ©Maricris Carlos_2nd Place ©Jesse M. Narrazo_3rd Place

©Ely Perez_4tht Place

©Maricris Carlos_5th Place

©Joel Forte_9tht Place

©Edwin Loyola_8th Place

©Carlo Zamora_6th Place

©Dennis Bautista_7th Place

©Francis Nolan_10th Place

ALL RICE sounds an authoritative call from a court clerk to tell the people inside the courtroom to rise to welcome the arrival of the presiding judge. Don't be fooled, for ALL RICE is not a court house terminology. It is the theme for the October 2010 photo contest.

Rice has been the staple food of Filipinos. Once again, FPPF

photographers have proven their creativity in portraying an

ordinary subject in a unique and extra-ordinary way. Together

with the board of judges, let us ALL RICE and recognize the

top ten entries. Ely Perez of ACC snatched two places, first and

fourth. The same is true with Maricris Carlos of KONSEPTO

who won the second and fifth places. Third place went to

Jesse Narrazo of CCN. Other finalists included Carlo Zamora

(FSCC), Dennis Bautista (IMAHE), Edwin Loyola (FSCC),

Joel Forte,(SLR) and Francis Damaso, (KONSEPTO). Extra

rice, anyone? (Marc M. Urmatan)

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As I got off the car, I was greeted by the warm streaks of

morning sunshine and sea breeze that whistled across the

classic Spanish architecture standing before me.

Question: “What happens when you put 7 brilliant

fashion designers, 6 beautiful models, and 40 shutter

bugs in one spectacular location?” Amazing frames that

entice the imagination to travel back to the Spanish era,

but the touch of modern and Avant-Garde fashion

prevailed in the atmosphere.

Majority of the entries for this on-the-spot contest came

from Alpha Camera Club. Out of the 21 finalists, 10 places

were snatched by ACC, more over, 5 were the entries of

Dewey Sergio (ACC) including the first place. Other

finalists were Chris Cleofas, Sylvester Raval, Ely Perez,

Jonathan Cayaon, Antonio Engua, Charlie Cebedo,

Las Casas OTS PHOTOWORLD CUP 2010

Lumin Prieto (all from ACC), Chito Cleofas of FSCC, Jericho Raton

(Sprazzo), Alex Agcaoili (Dos Litratistas), Maricel Ranola (Prize

Photo), Lhor Santillan ( Prize Photo). The judges certainly had a

difficult time finalizing the top ten. As a matter of fact, they had to

increase the number of winners by four places resulting to top

fourteen instead of top ten. (Marc M. Urmatan)

©Dewey Sergio_1st Place

©Sylvester Raval_2nd Place

©Sylvester Raval_6th Place©Ben Palomata_1st Place

©Jericho Raton_5th Place

©Alex Agcaoli_10th Place

©Dewey Sergio_8th Place

©Ely Perez_4th Place

©Chito Cleofas_3rd Place

©Jonathan Cayaon_9th Place

All RicePHOTOWORLD CUP 2010

©Ely Perez_1st Place ©Maricris Carlos_2nd Place ©Jesse M. Narrazo_3rd Place

©Ely Perez_4tht Place

©Maricris Carlos_5th Place

©Joel Forte_9tht Place

©Edwin Loyola_8th Place

©Carlo Zamora_6th Place

©Dennis Bautista_7th Place

©Francis Nolan_10th Place

ALL RICE sounds an authoritative call from a court clerk to tell the people inside the courtroom to rise to welcome the arrival of the presiding judge. Don't be fooled, for ALL RICE is not a court house terminology. It is the theme for the October 2010 photo contest.

Rice has been the staple food of Filipinos. Once again, FPPF

photographers have proven their creativity in portraying an

ordinary subject in a unique and extra-ordinary way. Together

with the board of judges, let us ALL RICE and recognize the

top ten entries. Ely Perez of ACC snatched two places, first and

fourth. The same is true with Maricris Carlos of KONSEPTO

who won the second and fifth places. Third place went to

Jesse Narrazo of CCN. Other finalists included Carlo Zamora

(FSCC), Dennis Bautista (IMAHE), Edwin Loyola (FSCC),

Joel Forte,(SLR) and Francis Damaso, (KONSEPTO). Extra

rice, anyone? (Marc M. Urmatan)

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Landscape in Monochrome

PHOTOWORLDCUP 2010

©Dana Mengote_1st Place

©Carlo Zamora_2nd Place

©Dewey Sergio_5th Place

©Lemuel Ragasa_3rd Place

©Orly Punzalan_4th Place

©DR Patiño_7th Place

©Edwin Bejer_6th Place

©Derek Cantillan_9th Place

©Derek Cantillan_10th Place

©Maricris Carlos_8th Place

The first placer photo of Dana Mengote of Frame Shots Camera Club seems out of this world, or perhaps somewhere out of the Philippines. The strange rocky cliff designing linear patterns against the plain sky merited the judges' approval for the November black and white landscape photo contest. Another FSCC member, Carlo Zamora, captured second place with his seascape with a rocky foreground to frame a number of engineering tools. Lemuel Ragasa of SLR won third place for his nature-designed sand dunes which reflected graceful wavy highlights. Prize Photo Club's Orly Punzalan won fourth place for his lovely leafless tree on an elevated grassy area. What appeared to be a scene in an excavated mining area gave

Dewey Segio of Nayon captured the elusive Mayon Volcano, a wooden cross framing its perfect cone. Dr. Patino won the seventh place for his cultivated hill contrasting its forested surroundings.

The lone infra-red entry of the American cemetery framed by the white foliage of a tree on the right, a black road on its

thforeground, gave Mark Kishnani the 8 place. The winding highway of Bagiuo City grabbed for Derek Cantilla the ninth place. He is a member of Imahe Camera Club. Derect also won the tenth place, but this time his composition did not display a hilly topography but a grassy plain.

of Alpha the fifth place. Sixth placer Edwin Bejer

(CSAngeles)

All SaintsDayPHOTOWORLD

CUP 2010

©Carlo Zamora_1st Place

©Dennis Bautista_4th Place©RJ Cabagnot_3rd Place

©Christine Cabagnot_5th Place

©Gina Alcera_8th Place

©Ryan Salamanca_10th Place

©Raniel Jose Castañeda_7th Place

©Lemuel Ragasa_1st Place ©Jojit Valderama_2nd Place

©Mark Kishnani_6th Place

The All Saints Day OTS photo contest of FPPF held last November captured outstanding compositions. Instead

of dreary images suggested by life after death, the photographers created artistic play of lights and subjects.

Perhaps to simulate heaven yet displaying the physical life on earth was suggested by the lighted candles of first

place winner Lemuel Ragaba of SLR. Jojit Valderama of BDO Camera Club captured two lighted candles at

bird's eye view. The abstract image against a pit black background appeared a close up of

two dilated eyeballs of a ghost. This won second place. Rj Cabagnot of SLR captured third

place with three humble niche brightly lighted, a lone figure apparently praying at the right

third of the frame.

Dennis Bautista captured at the right moment the silhouette of a child

jumping from one crypt to another taken at worm's eye view. This gave him

the fourth place. Christian Cabagnot (SLR) won fifth place while sixth place

went of Mark Kishna of Imahe. Other winners included: Raniel Castañeda

(Twighlight Zone), seventh;

Gina Alcera (FSCC) eighth;

Rusty Menes, (Alpha)

ninth; Ryan Salamanca

(Silip) tenth; Jonathan

Cayaon (Alpha) (eleventh);

Jennifer Galang Santos (IS)

(twelfth). (CSAngeles)

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Landscape in Monochrome

PHOTOWORLDCUP 2010

©Dana Mengote_1st Place

©Carlo Zamora_2nd Place

©Dewey Sergio_5th Place

©Lemuel Ragasa_3rd Place

©Orly Punzalan_4th Place

©DR Patiño_7th Place

©Edwin Bejer_6th Place

©Derek Cantillan_9th Place

©Derek Cantillan_10th Place

©Maricris Carlos_8th Place

The first placer photo of Dana Mengote of Frame Shots Camera Club seems out of this world, or perhaps somewhere out of the Philippines. The strange rocky cliff designing linear patterns against the plain sky merited the judges' approval for the November black and white landscape photo contest. Another FSCC member, Carlo Zamora, captured second place with his seascape with a rocky foreground to frame a number of engineering tools. Lemuel Ragasa of SLR won third place for his nature-designed sand dunes which reflected graceful wavy highlights. Prize Photo Club's Orly Punzalan won fourth place for his lovely leafless tree on an elevated grassy area. What appeared to be a scene in an excavated mining area gave

Dewey Segio of Nayon captured the elusive Mayon Volcano, a wooden cross framing its perfect cone. Dr. Patino won the seventh place for his cultivated hill contrasting its forested surroundings.

The lone infra-red entry of the American cemetery framed by the white foliage of a tree on the right, a black road on its

thforeground, gave Mark Kishnani the 8 place. The winding highway of Bagiuo City grabbed for Derek Cantilla the ninth place. He is a member of Imahe Camera Club. Derect also won the tenth place, but this time his composition did not display a hilly topography but a grassy plain.

of Alpha the fifth place. Sixth placer Edwin Bejer

(CSAngeles)

All SaintsDayPHOTOWORLD

CUP 2010

©Carlo Zamora_1st Place

©Dennis Bautista_4th Place©RJ Cabagnot_3rd Place

©Christine Cabagnot_5th Place

©Gina Alcera_8th Place

©Ryan Salamanca_10th Place

©Raniel Jose Castañeda_7th Place

©Lemuel Ragasa_1st Place ©Jojit Valderama_2nd Place

©Mark Kishnani_6th Place

The All Saints Day OTS photo contest of FPPF held last November captured outstanding compositions. Instead

of dreary images suggested by life after death, the photographers created artistic play of lights and subjects.

Perhaps to simulate heaven yet displaying the physical life on earth was suggested by the lighted candles of first

place winner Lemuel Ragaba of SLR. Jojit Valderama of BDO Camera Club captured two lighted candles at

bird's eye view. The abstract image against a pit black background appeared a close up of

two dilated eyeballs of a ghost. This won second place. Rj Cabagnot of SLR captured third

place with three humble niche brightly lighted, a lone figure apparently praying at the right

third of the frame.

Dennis Bautista captured at the right moment the silhouette of a child

jumping from one crypt to another taken at worm's eye view. This gave him

the fourth place. Christian Cabagnot (SLR) won fifth place while sixth place

went of Mark Kishna of Imahe. Other winners included: Raniel Castañeda

(Twighlight Zone), seventh;

Gina Alcera (FSCC) eighth;

Rusty Menes, (Alpha)

ninth; Ryan Salamanca

(Silip) tenth; Jonathan

Cayaon (Alpha) (eleventh);

Jennifer Galang Santos (IS)

(twelfth). (CSAngeles)

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Brenda

Winning pictures make good photographers stand out from the rest of the other

shutterbugs. But for Ms. Brenda Pacana Milana, a Gawad Kalinga volunteer from Davao

City, she found greater glory in taking great pictures while helping others. Her stint as the head of Gawad Kalinga Komunikasyon (GK), which is based in Davao,

gave her the time to travel and to encapsulate nature's beauty. She even had the enviable

chance of seeing the hinterlands of Mindanao which are usually inaccessible to other

photographers. Her experience with photography started during her younger years, where often times, she

would borrow a film camera to capture everyday life and events. Brenda is originally from

San Fernando, La Union, but due to the work assignment of her father, they had to move to

Mindanao where she found home in Davao. Her interest in photography further intensified

during her college days in Ateneo de Davao. In the late 90's, she acquired a Canon EOS

film camera which she used occasionally, as she was busy with other interests.

During the Bayani Challenge, a GK-sponsored event in Bukidnon and Wao, Lanao del Sur,

Brenda had the chance to witness people from different parts of the country volunteering

and participating in the challenge. She was amazed as she saw people from different parts

of the country throng the place with their passion to help build houses for the rebel returnees

in the area. Witnessing such selflessness and spirit of volunteerism prompted Brenda to

focus her passion in photography by strenuously documenting GK nation-building events.

Though Brenda could choose to live comfortably with her family, she found her advocacy in

helping others. She was one of 200 Christian volunteers who bravely went to the town of

Panglima Estino in Sulu to help build homes in 2009 at the height of the ICRC hostage

taking. She also helped build homes for the natives of Palawan in April 2010. She also

regularly travels to Compostela Valley to document GK events, occasionally even traveling

to GK villages in Muslim areas. Sharing a common love for peace and portraying this

through photography, she joined another peace-oriented group, Davao Photographers for

Peace (DPP). Her comrades are some of the best photographers from Davao like Roland

Jumawan who is famous in wedding and portrait photography and veteran photographers

Tommy Iñigo and Shem Torre Longkakit. She admires the works of fellow Mindanaoans,

particularly those of photojournalist and writer Jojie Alcantara.

Apart from documenting events, Brenda enjoys traveling to different areas to photograph old churches, landscapes and other scenes of human interest using her CANON 500 and 550D DSLR cameras. With the encouragement and loving support of her husband, Art and daughter, Nikki who is also a photographer, she is inspired to “Always give it her best shot.”; to be able to give glory to God. Unlike most of the photographers, she is not fond of joining photo contests since she believes that the real trophies are from heaven and the personal fulfillment of helping others!

Text by: Ruwen T. Verdaguer

PACANA MILAN

DPP CAMERA CLUB

©Brenda Pacana Milan 2010

©Brenda Pacana Milan 2010

©Brenda Pacana Milan 2010

©Brenda Pacana Milan 2010

©Brenda Pacana Milan 2010

MANILA ON

FACEBOOK

PHOTOWORLD

It feels good to be "Liked" on Facebook. With almost 10,000 Facebook "Likes" the Photoworldmanila Fan Page has become home to photography enthusiasts around the world. Our photo contests have become very popular online and on Facebook. Our Photo of the Day feature is also something that catches the attention of our Facebook friends here and abroad. When we first started the fan page, we thought we would be lucky to have a few hundreds of people liking the page, but in less than a month we made our 1,000th friend , Lee Cahili of Lenti Camera Club.

To our Facebook friends, our warmest gratitude, and we hope you will continually support our activities,as we welcome the new year with more photo contests, photo walks and meetups that will foster camaraderie and friendship among photography enthusiasts who have found their second home online... the Photoworldmanila Facebook Page.

Special thanks to the photographers who participated in our photo contests, our daily photo of the day winners and to the Winners of Cycles 1-4 (Jocelyn Reyes Sambilay,"Open Theme" Cycle 1 Jury's Choice, Michael Santos, "Red and GreenTheme", Cycle 2 Top Winner, Mark John Retorta, "PINOY Theme", Cycle 3 People's Choice, Dino Benjamin Perez, "Paskong Pinoy Theme", Cycle 4 Top Winner, and to our special photo contest winners, Tomas Bacolor " Binondo Photowalk with Vic Sison and Rod Banzon" Photo Contest" Winner and Ralph Carmen "2010 Last Photo Editor's Choice".

(Text by Nap Beltran, Professional Photographer • Photoworldmanila Moderator • info@photoworldmanila.com • www.photoworldmanila.com)

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Winning pictures make good photographers stand out from the rest of the other

shutterbugs. But for Ms. Brenda Pacana Milana, a Gawad Kalinga volunteer from Davao

City, she found greater glory in taking great pictures while helping others. Her stint as the head of Gawad Kalinga Komunikasyon (GK), which is based in Davao,

gave her the time to travel and to encapsulate nature's beauty. She even had the enviable

chance of seeing the hinterlands of Mindanao which are usually inaccessible to other

photographers. Her experience with photography started during her younger years, where often times, she

would borrow a film camera to capture everyday life and events. Brenda is originally from

San Fernando, La Union, but due to the work assignment of her father, they had to move to

Mindanao where she found home in Davao. Her interest in photography further intensified

during her college days in Ateneo de Davao. In the late 90's, she acquired a Canon EOS

film camera which she used occasionally, as she was busy with other interests.

During the Bayani Challenge, a GK-sponsored event in Bukidnon and Wao, Lanao del Sur,

Brenda had the chance to witness people from different parts of the country volunteering

and participating in the challenge. She was amazed as she saw people from different parts

of the country throng the place with their passion to help build houses for the rebel returnees

in the area. Witnessing such selflessness and spirit of volunteerism prompted Brenda to

focus her passion in photography by strenuously documenting GK nation-building events.

Though Brenda could choose to live comfortably with her family, she found her advocacy in

helping others. She was one of 200 Christian volunteers who bravely went to the town of

Panglima Estino in Sulu to help build homes in 2009 at the height of the ICRC hostage

taking. She also helped build homes for the natives of Palawan in April 2010. She also

regularly travels to Compostela Valley to document GK events, occasionally even traveling

to GK villages in Muslim areas. Sharing a common love for peace and portraying this

through photography, she joined another peace-oriented group, Davao Photographers for

Peace (DPP). Her comrades are some of the best photographers from Davao like Roland

Jumawan who is famous in wedding and portrait photography and veteran photographers

Tommy Iñigo and Shem Torre Longkakit. She admires the works of fellow Mindanaoans,

particularly those of photojournalist and writer Jojie Alcantara.

Apart from documenting events, Brenda enjoys traveling to different areas to photograph old churches, landscapes and other scenes of human interest using her CANON 500 and 550D DSLR cameras. With the encouragement and loving support of her husband, Art and daughter, Nikki who is also a photographer, she is inspired to “Always give it her best shot.”; to be able to give glory to God. Unlike most of the photographers, she is not fond of joining photo contests since she believes that the real trophies are from heaven and the personal fulfillment of helping others!

Text by: Ruwen T. Verdaguer

PACANA MILAN

DPP CAMERA CLUB

©Brenda Pacana Milan 2010

©Brenda Pacana Milan 2010

©Brenda Pacana Milan 2010

©Brenda Pacana Milan 2010

©Brenda Pacana Milan 2010

MANILA ON

FACEBOOK

PHOTOWORLD

It feels good to be "Liked" on Facebook. With almost 10,000 Facebook "Likes" the Photoworldmanila Fan Page has become home to photography enthusiasts around the world. Our photo contests have become very popular online and on Facebook. Our Photo of the Day feature is also something that catches the attention of our Facebook friends here and abroad. When we first started the fan page, we thought we would be lucky to have a few hundreds of people liking the page, but in less than a month we made our 1,000th friend , Lee Cahili of Lenti Camera Club.

To our Facebook friends, our warmest gratitude, and we hope you will continually support our activities,as we welcome the new year with more photo contests, photo walks and meetups that will foster camaraderie and friendship among photography enthusiasts who have found their second home online... the Photoworldmanila Facebook Page.

Special thanks to the photographers who participated in our photo contests, our daily photo of the day winners and to the Winners of Cycles 1-4 (Jocelyn Reyes Sambilay,"Open Theme" Cycle 1 Jury's Choice, Michael Santos, "Red and GreenTheme", Cycle 2 Top Winner, Mark John Retorta, "PINOY Theme", Cycle 3 People's Choice, Dino Benjamin Perez, "Paskong Pinoy Theme", Cycle 4 Top Winner, and to our special photo contest winners, Tomas Bacolor " Binondo Photowalk with Vic Sison and Rod Banzon" Photo Contest" Winner and Ralph Carmen "2010 Last Photo Editor's Choice".

(Text by Nap Beltran, Professional Photographer • Photoworldmanila Moderator • info@photoworldmanila.com • www.photoworldmanila.com)

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Many of us might find black and white pictures boring and out dated. Some may even associate it with old school photography. For others, black and white photography is simply not their cup of tea. I'm not saying that they are wrong. Different people have different opinions. I had the privilege to sit down and talk with one of the few people who have kept the legacy of black and white photography. As a little background, Rey Castaneda is a professor of Black & White and Documentary Photography at De La Salle University, College of Saint Benilde on Taft Avenue. He is also a lecturer of Basic Photography in FPPF and conducts workshops in Black and White Large-Format Photography. The following conversation took place on a fine Wednesday morning at the Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar in Bagac, Bataan. He greeted me with a smile, as he noticed I was holding a pen and some steno-sheets.

Rey Castañeda: Yes, as a matter of fact, it does. My kind of music differs from the environment I am working in. In particular, I listen to soft jazzy tunes when I am working in a studio or when I am processing my frames but when I am shooting landscapes, I prefer the warm sounds of acoustic folk. It helps me get in touch more with my subject. Getting in touch with your subject allows your frame to tell more stories. Literally capturing the moment.

Rey Castañeda: I was actually a telephone technician back then, and I was very much into mountain trekking. I am an outdoor enthusiast, thus whenever I go camping and nature tripping I always find myself in awe of the scenery before me. Then I decided to go into photography to be able to capture the moment and be able to put it into print. My very first camera was an instamatic. I couldn't remember the brand, but the first image I took left an indelible mark in my consciousness that made me pursue the discipline earnestly.

Rey Castanñda: I love abstraction. And black and white photography is, for me, the only way to execute my vision. Another thing is that there seems to be a different meaning every time I print a particular image. The medium almost always opens the door for a re-interpretation of an image.

Rey Castañeda: I do have a Nikon D200, SB800 flash, Sekonic flash meter, 55mm Micro, Rolleiflex TLR, Gowland 4x5 large format camera, film holders, contrast filter, changing bag, cable release, and focusing loupe.

Rey Castañeda: Bret Weston, Steve Mulligan, Jock Strugess to name a few.

Rey Castañeda: Well, that's already given I suppose ( laughing)

Marc Urmatan: Sir, I can't help but notice the music that you are playing as you are taking shots of this magnificent scenery, and you are taking it in large format. Does your music affect your mood in shooting?

Marc Urmatan: Basically, before becoming a photographer what did you do then? How did you start and what led you to photography?

Marc Urmatan: Why black and white?

Marc Urmatan: Talking about cameras, would you mind if I ask what gears do you have in your bag?

Marc Urmatan: Wow, that's a lot of gear. In the course of your photography, did you ever have idols?

Marc Urmatan: I am surprised that I don't find Ansel Adams in your list.

Marc Urmatan: What would be your trademark and how do you want to be remembered as a lensman?

Rey Castañeda: I find that photography is a craft, and I want to be remembered as a dedicated craftsman. You may find that most of my works are generally abstract in nature.

Rey Castañeda: You are what you photograph. So you must create images that are close to your heart.

It was almost half past ten and I didn't want to take too much of his time. Besides, I also wanted to capture my own moments in this picturesque scenery. I got what I came for…bold, defined and straight-forward. An interview in Black and White.

Marc Urmatan: Final words of wisdom to our photography community?

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Black & White:An Interview

By Marc M. Urmatan

©Reynan Alibuyog

Curiosity is his enjoyment in life. His fascination is criticizing every little detail of things he sees in each of his

travel. The low-brow art movement and the medieval grotesque images of Catholic churches often awake his

art senses and influence his creation.

This deviant-pop-surreal artist named Rommel P. Celespara was born on the 16th of May at the Far

Eastern University Hospital, Manila. He is a Fine Arts graduate major in Advertising of the Technological

University of the Philippines, Manila in 2005.

Rommel is an intriguing freedom artist very passionate about the things that surround him like urban lifestyle, culture, the morbidity of medieval tradition, dark paintings and graven images in churches, parties, street lights, the anatomy of female in dillusions, dreams and make beliefs, the noise, the vices, the skate spots usually he and his friends hang out, and the calmness of Manila whisper. His paintings have been exhibited in Big and Small Art Gallery and Crucible in Megamall, White Space at Manila Contemporary Gallery in Makati, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Rafas Deli Café at Katipunan and many more.

Passion runs in his blood. His day time job as a digital artist at WACOM gives him an outlet for his creativity. Presently he is the creative dsigner/product manager of WACOM (equipment for digital creativeness, animator, and an ultra-effective pen tablet technology alternative for mouse) .

Art is his life but his blood pumps thru thrills and beats. The so called “deviant-surreal-artist” is also a musician and skater at night. Music and skateboarding are a part of his life that keep him going through the day... his natural stress relieving remedy. He plays for the edgy-rock-evil-pop bad FAULTLINE as a synthesizer and singer and his other electro-ambient synth-pop new wave-ish band IDENTIKIT as a keyboard player and texture dj sampler. He also designed album covers for the bands namely, Hale, Faultline, Neruda, Shorts story. Tubby Trousers Productions, California based band Emoticons and some of the well recognized restaurants in Manila like Oysterboy, Mr. Rockefeller, Eat my English and Butter Diner.

Rommel loves tattoos, stickers, comics, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, graffiti and a lot more . Basically he is a man who has the heart for his art.

Many of us might find black and white pictures boring and out dated. Some may even associate it with old school photography. For others, black and white photography is simply not their cup of tea. I'm not saying that they are wrong. Different people have different opinions. I had the privilege to sit down and talk with one of the few people who have kept the legacy of black and white photography. As a little background, Rey Castaneda is a professor of Black & White and Documentary Photography at De La Salle University, College of Saint Benilde on Taft Avenue. He is also a lecturer of Basic Photography in FPPF and conducts workshops in Black and White Large-Format Photography. The following conversation took place on a fine Wednesday morning at the Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar in Bagac, Bataan. He greeted me with a smile, as he noticed I was holding a pen and some steno-sheets.

Rey Castañeda: Yes, as a matter of fact, it does. My kind of music differs from the environment I am working in. In particular, I listen to soft jazzy tunes when I am working in a studio or when I am processing my frames but when I am shooting landscapes, I prefer the warm sounds of acoustic folk. It helps me get in touch more with my subject. Getting in touch with your subject allows your frame to tell more stories. Literally capturing the moment.

Rey Castañeda: I was actually a telephone technician back then, and I was very much into mountain trekking. I am an outdoor enthusiast, thus whenever I go camping and nature tripping I always find myself in awe of the scenery before me. Then I decided to go into photography to be able to capture the moment and be able to put it into print. My very first camera was an instamatic. I couldn't remember the brand, but the first image I took left an indelible mark in my consciousness that made me pursue the discipline earnestly.

Rey Castanñda: I love abstraction. And black and white photography is, for me, the only way to execute my vision. Another thing is that there seems to be a different meaning every time I print a particular image. The medium almost always opens the door for a re-interpretation of an image.

Rey Castañeda: I do have a Nikon D200, SB800 flash, Sekonic flash meter, 55mm Micro, Rolleiflex TLR, Gowland 4x5 large format camera, film holders, contrast filter, changing bag, cable release, and focusing loupe.

Rey Castañeda: Bret Weston, Steve Mulligan, Jock Strugess to name a few.

Rey Castañeda: Well, that's already given I suppose ( laughing)

Marc Urmatan: Sir, I can't help but notice the music that you are playing as you are taking shots of this magnificent scenery, and you are taking it in large format. Does your music affect your mood in shooting?

Marc Urmatan: Basically, before becoming a photographer what did you do then? How did you start and what led you to photography?

Marc Urmatan: Why black and white?

Marc Urmatan: Talking about cameras, would you mind if I ask what gears do you have in your bag?

Marc Urmatan: Wow, that's a lot of gear. In the course of your photography, did you ever have idols?

Marc Urmatan: I am surprised that I don't find Ansel Adams in your list.

Marc Urmatan: What would be your trademark and how do you want to be remembered as a lensman?

Rey Castañeda: I find that photography is a craft, and I want to be remembered as a dedicated craftsman. You may find that most of my works are generally abstract in nature.

Rey Castañeda: You are what you photograph. So you must create images that are close to your heart.

It was almost half past ten and I didn't want to take too much of his time. Besides, I also wanted to capture my own moments in this picturesque scenery. I got what I came for…bold, defined and straight-forward. An interview in Black and White.

Marc Urmatan: Final words of wisdom to our photography community?

2726

Black & White:An Interview

By Marc M. Urmatan

©Reynan Alibuyog

Curiosity is his enjoyment in life. His fascination is criticizing every little detail of things he sees in each of his

travel. The low-brow art movement and the medieval grotesque images of Catholic churches often awake his

art senses and influence his creation.

This deviant-pop-surreal artist named Rommel P. Celespara was born on the 16th of May at the Far

Eastern University Hospital, Manila. He is a Fine Arts graduate major in Advertising of the Technological

University of the Philippines, Manila in 2005.

Rommel is an intriguing freedom artist very passionate about the things that surround him like urban lifestyle, culture, the morbidity of medieval tradition, dark paintings and graven images in churches, parties, street lights, the anatomy of female in dillusions, dreams and make beliefs, the noise, the vices, the skate spots usually he and his friends hang out, and the calmness of Manila whisper. His paintings have been exhibited in Big and Small Art Gallery and Crucible in Megamall, White Space at Manila Contemporary Gallery in Makati, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Rafas Deli Café at Katipunan and many more.

Passion runs in his blood. His day time job as a digital artist at WACOM gives him an outlet for his creativity. Presently he is the creative dsigner/product manager of WACOM (equipment for digital creativeness, animator, and an ultra-effective pen tablet technology alternative for mouse) .

Art is his life but his blood pumps thru thrills and beats. The so called “deviant-surreal-artist” is also a musician and skater at night. Music and skateboarding are a part of his life that keep him going through the day... his natural stress relieving remedy. He plays for the edgy-rock-evil-pop bad FAULTLINE as a synthesizer and singer and his other electro-ambient synth-pop new wave-ish band IDENTIKIT as a keyboard player and texture dj sampler. He also designed album covers for the bands namely, Hale, Faultline, Neruda, Shorts story. Tubby Trousers Productions, California based band Emoticons and some of the well recognized restaurants in Manila like Oysterboy, Mr. Rockefeller, Eat my English and Butter Diner.

Rommel loves tattoos, stickers, comics, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, graffiti and a lot more . Basically he is a man who has the heart for his art.

He wears a silver hair, an equally silver bangs shade his forehead. Never is he seen in public without a khaki vest heavy with photography accessories. He started his photography alongside his profession, an orthopedic physician. His first photography recorded his first orthopedic operation. Meet Dr. Vicente Pido, an active member of the Photographic Society of Iloilo

(PSI), and a practitioner of orthopedic medicine who became president of the Philippine College of Surgeons, Panay Chapter in 1983. So, aside from being a full time medical doctor, he is also busy with his passion in photography. How much time does he have as a doctor and as a photographer? He has all the time for both activities. His time is filled with orthopedic operations, treatments, therapies. Between the professional duties, he turns to his photography. I still have to observe him closely to record like a radio his time to time slots for these two major activities in his life.

But he has his system. He has tripods permanently standing at strategic places in his home. Cameras on them are preset on particular spots based on where he anticipates his favorite subject . . . birds which often flock his yard. He also shoots flowers which his wife grows. In fact, he likes to shoot all subjects, whether from nature or man made. Yes, he talks to his subject through bird language. He tweets, he whistles, he hums, and his subjects respond. They look at his camera, even the frightened wild humming birds.

For quite a long time he practiced his orthopedic medicine in the United States, particularly Long Islands. He was chief of an orthopedic hospital in Manhattan where he devoted much of his time treating and operating wary residents who encountered some accidents because they seemed happy being drunk or being drug addicts. Some got into accidents and broke bones.

Never in his life does he consider amassing wealth from being an orthopedic doctor. He strongly believes in the Hippocratic Oath. . . never think of money. “And now, I have no more money,“ he uttered in a jest. His photography gives him extra income. As a matter of fact, he gets paid for his medical shots. They are records of orthopedic operation, treatment and therapies mostly used as reference for medical procedures. His family is also involved in the medical profession either as doctor of medicine, nurse or medical transcription personnel. He has been a faithful member of the Photographic Society of Iloilo (PSI) which he describes as a photography organization which is very difficult to enter and much more difficult to leave. To be a member needs 100% approval of existing members. A single negative vote is enough to disqualify an applicant.

By Cecilia S. Angeles

Meet Dr. Vicente Pido

©Vic Pido, MD.

©Vic Pido, MD.

©Vic Pido, MD.

where Islam was first introduced in the Philippines 629 years ago; docked at Sibutu, the home of the Sama boat builders and marveled at the Venice-like waterways of Sitangkai, one of the southernmost islands of the Philippines.

Acting as crew the First Philippine Mount Everest Team under the leadership of Art Valdez, with representatives from the Philippine Navy and Coast Guard, plus volunteers from the province of Butuan where the ancient balangays were first unearthed and carbon-dated to 320AD. These modern “raiders of the sea,” warriors in their own right, braved the waters to sail the three balangays to Shanghai, China; taking the path of Borneo, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam hoped to reach China by mid-October, in time to participate in the Shanghai World Expo.

The voyage of the Balangay is symbolic in nature, signifying the close cultural ties that existed between the Philippines with other countries in Southeast Asia during pre-colonial times. It is a voyage in history, as well as a voyage of the human spirit in achieving an endeavor that can only be possible through unity, camaraderie and teamwork.

For more information about the balangay voyage, visit www.balangay-voyage.com. “Raiders of the Sulu Sea” is the title of a documentary by Ms. Icelle Durano Borja, title used with permission for this article. Pictures were taken with an iPhone 3GS. The author was a speaker in Photoworld Asia 2009 and took-up his basic photography with FPPF way back in 1996. He is currently an IT consultant, a commercial 360VR photographer, and a freelance contributor to the Inquirer.net and ABS-CBNnews.com. Blogsite: www.virtualjournals.net.

By: Fung YuBalangays:Raiders of the Sulu SeaBalangays:Raiders of the Sulu SeaHundreds of years ago, the Filipino ancestors, part seafarers, traders and warriors, commanded much of the Sulu archipelago; from coastal areas of Zamboanga in the north, to Palawan in the west and North Borneo in the south. Controlled by the Sultan of Sulu, these warriors would often raid settlements and ships for slaves (hence the term “slave raiders”) on-board wooden crafts like the balangays. These majestic boats, described by Antonio Pigafetta, Ferdinand Magellan's chronicler during the 16th century as sometimes having over 100 rowers, struke awe and fear into the hearts of their enemies.

I joined the balangays in the last leg of their Philippine voyage; coming aboard in the beautiful city of Zamboanga and spent nearly 15 days as we traversed the islands of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi under the aegis of the Philippine Navy and Coast Guard.

From turquoise mirror-like waters in the Basilan coast to 6-foot trepidating waves as we approached Tawi-Tawi, life at sea is a constant uncertainty for the courageous souls.

The more than 250 nautical miles journey was marred frequently by bad weather and rough seas. We had to seek shelter in unfamiliar coves not only for the waves, but also for the night. Being stranded for several days in a particular port was just a norm; like our forefathers, the crew sat it out, waited for the sea to calm before continuing our voyage.

Life aboard the balangays can be in opposite extremes; from utter relaxation during cruising to hectic repair works while at port. Each crew has his assigned duty to perform; spotters at the bow and aft are always on the lookout for boats or hazards along the sailing paths as well as doing anchor deployment, the navigator plots and steers the boat, mechanics maintain the engine, the chef of course is in-charge of the kitchen area, others are assigned to deploy the sails and everyone else helps in the up-keep of the boat.

The balangays are usually stocked full of fresh water at every port, apart from being basic requirements, the water tanks act as ballasts to stabilize the boat. Since with limited space and insufficient power, there is no freezer on board. Food is normally bought fresh and consumed within a day at port while vegetables, eggs, dried fish and canned goods are served at sea. Rice is cooked for every meal.

Sometimes, the Badjao boat builders catch fish, so we have squids, rays, crabs and other exotic looking fins for the next meals.

During stops within the Philippines, the team conducted symposiums and disaster training among the locals. We would visit schools, civic society groups, and local museums to share or exchange stories and ideas of our forgotten maritime culture.

On this journey, the crew toured some interesting places and sights such as the pink-sand beaches of the Sta. Cruz islands; the tomb of Raja Baginda, first Muslim ruler of Sulu; scaled the 350m Bongao Peak in Tawi-Tawi; visited the island of Simunul

Today, replicas of the balangay boats set sail again, not to raid and plunder, but to promote unity and understanding thru historically shared maritime bonds in Southeast Asia. The three wooden crafts: Diwata ng Lahi, Masawa Hong Butuan, and the recently constructed Sama Tawi-Tawi undertake an adventure to retrace the migration paths of the ancient Filipino ancestors.

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©Vic Pido, MD.

He wears a silver hair, an equally silver bangs shade his forehead. Never is he seen in public without a khaki vest heavy with photography accessories. He started his photography alongside his profession, an orthopedic physician. His first photography recorded his first orthopedic operation. Meet Dr. Vicente Pido, an active member of the Photographic Society of Iloilo

(PSI), and a practitioner of orthopedic medicine who became president of the Philippine College of Surgeons, Panay Chapter in 1983. So, aside from being a full time medical doctor, he is also busy with his passion in photography. How much time does he have as a doctor and as a photographer? He has all the time for both activities. His time is filled with orthopedic operations, treatments, therapies. Between the professional duties, he turns to his photography. I still have to observe him closely to record like a radio his time to time slots for these two major activities in his life.

But he has his system. He has tripods permanently standing at strategic places in his home. Cameras on them are preset on particular spots based on where he anticipates his favorite subject . . . birds which often flock his yard. He also shoots flowers which his wife grows. In fact, he likes to shoot all subjects, whether from nature or man made. Yes, he talks to his subject through bird language. He tweets, he whistles, he hums, and his subjects respond. They look at his camera, even the frightened wild humming birds.

For quite a long time he practiced his orthopedic medicine in the United States, particularly Long Islands. He was chief of an orthopedic hospital in Manhattan where he devoted much of his time treating and operating wary residents who encountered some accidents because they seemed happy being drunk or being drug addicts. Some got into accidents and broke bones.

Never in his life does he consider amassing wealth from being an orthopedic doctor. He strongly believes in the Hippocratic Oath. . . never think of money. “And now, I have no more money,“ he uttered in a jest. His photography gives him extra income. As a matter of fact, he gets paid for his medical shots. They are records of orthopedic operation, treatment and therapies mostly used as reference for medical procedures. His family is also involved in the medical profession either as doctor of medicine, nurse or medical transcription personnel. He has been a faithful member of the Photographic Society of Iloilo (PSI) which he describes as a photography organization which is very difficult to enter and much more difficult to leave. To be a member needs 100% approval of existing members. A single negative vote is enough to disqualify an applicant.

By Cecilia S. Angeles

Meet Dr. Vicente Pido

©Vic Pido, MD.

©Vic Pido, MD.

©Vic Pido, MD.

where Islam was first introduced in the Philippines 629 years ago; docked at Sibutu, the home of the Sama boat builders and marveled at the Venice-like waterways of Sitangkai, one of the southernmost islands of the Philippines.

Acting as crew the First Philippine Mount Everest Team under the leadership of Art Valdez, with representatives from the Philippine Navy and Coast Guard, plus volunteers from the province of Butuan where the ancient balangays were first unearthed and carbon-dated to 320AD. These modern “raiders of the sea,” warriors in their own right, braved the waters to sail the three balangays to Shanghai, China; taking the path of Borneo, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam hoped to reach China by mid-October, in time to participate in the Shanghai World Expo.

The voyage of the Balangay is symbolic in nature, signifying the close cultural ties that existed between the Philippines with other countries in Southeast Asia during pre-colonial times. It is a voyage in history, as well as a voyage of the human spirit in achieving an endeavor that can only be possible through unity, camaraderie and teamwork.

For more information about the balangay voyage, visit www.balangay-voyage.com. “Raiders of the Sulu Sea” is the title of a documentary by Ms. Icelle Durano Borja, title used with permission for this article. Pictures were taken with an iPhone 3GS. The author was a speaker in Photoworld Asia 2009 and took-up his basic photography with FPPF way back in 1996. He is currently an IT consultant, a commercial 360VR photographer, and a freelance contributor to the Inquirer.net and ABS-CBNnews.com. Blogsite: www.virtualjournals.net.

By: Fung YuBalangays:Raiders of the Sulu SeaBalangays:Raiders of the Sulu SeaHundreds of years ago, the Filipino ancestors, part seafarers, traders and warriors, commanded much of the Sulu archipelago; from coastal areas of Zamboanga in the north, to Palawan in the west and North Borneo in the south. Controlled by the Sultan of Sulu, these warriors would often raid settlements and ships for slaves (hence the term “slave raiders”) on-board wooden crafts like the balangays. These majestic boats, described by Antonio Pigafetta, Ferdinand Magellan's chronicler during the 16th century as sometimes having over 100 rowers, struke awe and fear into the hearts of their enemies.

I joined the balangays in the last leg of their Philippine voyage; coming aboard in the beautiful city of Zamboanga and spent nearly 15 days as we traversed the islands of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi under the aegis of the Philippine Navy and Coast Guard.

From turquoise mirror-like waters in the Basilan coast to 6-foot trepidating waves as we approached Tawi-Tawi, life at sea is a constant uncertainty for the courageous souls.

The more than 250 nautical miles journey was marred frequently by bad weather and rough seas. We had to seek shelter in unfamiliar coves not only for the waves, but also for the night. Being stranded for several days in a particular port was just a norm; like our forefathers, the crew sat it out, waited for the sea to calm before continuing our voyage.

Life aboard the balangays can be in opposite extremes; from utter relaxation during cruising to hectic repair works while at port. Each crew has his assigned duty to perform; spotters at the bow and aft are always on the lookout for boats or hazards along the sailing paths as well as doing anchor deployment, the navigator plots and steers the boat, mechanics maintain the engine, the chef of course is in-charge of the kitchen area, others are assigned to deploy the sails and everyone else helps in the up-keep of the boat.

The balangays are usually stocked full of fresh water at every port, apart from being basic requirements, the water tanks act as ballasts to stabilize the boat. Since with limited space and insufficient power, there is no freezer on board. Food is normally bought fresh and consumed within a day at port while vegetables, eggs, dried fish and canned goods are served at sea. Rice is cooked for every meal.

Sometimes, the Badjao boat builders catch fish, so we have squids, rays, crabs and other exotic looking fins for the next meals.

During stops within the Philippines, the team conducted symposiums and disaster training among the locals. We would visit schools, civic society groups, and local museums to share or exchange stories and ideas of our forgotten maritime culture.

On this journey, the crew toured some interesting places and sights such as the pink-sand beaches of the Sta. Cruz islands; the tomb of Raja Baginda, first Muslim ruler of Sulu; scaled the 350m Bongao Peak in Tawi-Tawi; visited the island of Simunul

Today, replicas of the balangay boats set sail again, not to raid and plunder, but to promote unity and understanding thru historically shared maritime bonds in Southeast Asia. The three wooden crafts: Diwata ng Lahi, Masawa Hong Butuan, and the recently constructed Sama Tawi-Tawi undertake an adventure to retrace the migration paths of the ancient Filipino ancestors.

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Red Bugs. Lucky are you, Mang Kadyo, for having spotted these two red lady bugs perched separately on two feathery flowers of weeds which cast diagonal lines against the clean blue sky. The flowers captured at a low viewpoint give a better perspective for your bugs. Your composition. . . simple, clean, and outstanding, is effective enough to merit the viewer's scrutiny. I like this particular picture. I hope to find a similar colorful bug to accent my flower in my next photo hunt.

Sunflower. Beautiful sunflower is captured at close up against an interesting, cloudless blue sky. Its yellow petals radiating from its dark center, create adjacent harmony with the sky and the green background. Because the sunflower occupies a prominent space in the picture area, it emphasizes itself automatically.

Strawberry. Even if your strawberry is freshly shot from its growing stem at the strawberry farm, you failed to capture its fresh vivid colors together with its natural texture. You did not give your subject an angle good enough to display its sepals and stem. You also included two flowers at shallow depth of field in the background which did not enhance your composition. Instead they appear destructive. Also , it lacks breathing space at the bottom.

Bandera Española. Well, I do not like to suspect that you also like shooting flowers like me. They are very beautiful subjects for photography especially their designs, colors, textures, and the stories they create. Your last photo is a common flower found everywhere. . . in the garden, road islands, parks, or even in abandoned areas. At extreme close up, your bandera captures two layers of its yellow petals. The upper petals are sharp, the blurred second layer of the petals becomes the background. The petals display dewdrops which look more authentic than the fake glycerin spray.

I like portrait no.1 better than portrait 2. It is an almost perfect shot except for a little correction on its exposure and the highlight on the hair. Portrait 2 has better hair highlight, but the hands merge with the left border of the frame. Avoid border mergers where some parts of the subject are cropped unnecessarily. Portraits depend a great deal on posing the subject and capturing the character and expression. Lights also play an

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important element to emphasize lines, contours, textures and tones. Keep shooting and enjoy it.

You see God each time you capture a subject especially from nature. Enjoy shooting. Enjoy being with God.

Intramuros Statue. Your two pictures, Vic Paras, are good enough for a beginner. However, one side of your statue is over exposed already, so the texture of the concrete wall is very smooth. You could have tried shooting at another vantage point using your foot zoom to eliminate a distorted portion of Palacio del Governador Bldg. You will have the clean blue sky as your background. The statue is given better focus. Avoid including unnecessary elements in your composition.

Red Rooster. This is actually a oil painting of Relewlywyn de Arroz, a Fine Arts graduate of PWU. So realistic is his rendering that a viewer can mistake it for an actual shot of the rooster. He has captured its natural colors and textures especially those of its feathers, crown, beak, scaly legs and claws. I am glad you practice your two passions regularly: painting and photography.

Child in the Swimming Pool. You have a better composition in this picture. Have you captured the girl as she was enjoying the water? See the difference between a posed subject and a subject unconscious of the camera. You will feel the ambience of the shots. Different?

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Josie C. Aguilar

“Bawal Maghiwalay.” These bold words meaning not valid for divorce were printed conspicuously on the wedding invitation of Sean Carroll from California, USA and Blesila Dellava of Surigao del Sur, Mindanao. The wedding ceremony was held last Aug. 14, 2010 at San Nicolas de Tolentino Cathedral in Tandag, Surigao del Sur, Mindanao. The event could be claimed as an FPPF affair. Among the principal sponsors was Frame One editor and workshop lecturer Cecilia S. Angeles. The bride, Blessy Dellava, was a graduate of the following FPPF photography workshops: Cruise Ship Photography, Basic Photography, Advanced Photography, Digital Darkroom. Other members of the wedding entourage also came from FPPF: Nap Beltran, Mardi Millava, Bok Pua, Dr. Lester Abes, Shiela Bautista and Dr. Vency Manalo, secondary sponsors. Reception was held at a hanging porch of Shacene, a cozy hotel and restaurant by the sea, a colorful sunset behind.

FPPF Grad Weds Californian

Amorsoloesque in Singapore Workshop by Maricris Fabi-Carlos held last December 4 & 5, 2010 was attended by many nationalities such as Singaporeans, Indonesians, Malaysians, Indians, Vietnamese and Filipinos. It was a 2 day series of workshop with 2 batches consisting of 15 photographers per day.

It was a great success as every single attendee learned the Amorsoloesque tips and Techniques. The participants’ outputs were astounding. It piqued everyone’s dormant creative mind. And as what Amorsoloesque is all about…It is a learning opportunity - “where the only limit is your imagination”, once you get inspired and learn the techniques.

We are proud to present to the world another great Filipino Talent – MARICRIS FABI-CARLOS. One of Asia’s Best photographer and Digital Artist who continues to share and inspire people through her distinct works of art. Her works mainly involve landscapes and digital art with human interest. - Xilver Claire Events

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Red Bugs. Lucky are you, Mang Kadyo, for having spotted these two red lady bugs perched separately on two feathery flowers of weeds which cast diagonal lines against the clean blue sky. The flowers captured at a low viewpoint give a better perspective for your bugs. Your composition. . . simple, clean, and outstanding, is effective enough to merit the viewer's scrutiny. I like this particular picture. I hope to find a similar colorful bug to accent my flower in my next photo hunt.

Sunflower. Beautiful sunflower is captured at close up against an interesting, cloudless blue sky. Its yellow petals radiating from its dark center, create adjacent harmony with the sky and the green background. Because the sunflower occupies a prominent space in the picture area, it emphasizes itself automatically.

Strawberry. Even if your strawberry is freshly shot from its growing stem at the strawberry farm, you failed to capture its fresh vivid colors together with its natural texture. You did not give your subject an angle good enough to display its sepals and stem. You also included two flowers at shallow depth of field in the background which did not enhance your composition. Instead they appear destructive. Also , it lacks breathing space at the bottom.

Bandera Española. Well, I do not like to suspect that you also like shooting flowers like me. They are very beautiful subjects for photography especially their designs, colors, textures, and the stories they create. Your last photo is a common flower found everywhere. . . in the garden, road islands, parks, or even in abandoned areas. At extreme close up, your bandera captures two layers of its yellow petals. The upper petals are sharp, the blurred second layer of the petals becomes the background. The petals display dewdrops which look more authentic than the fake glycerin spray.

I like portrait no.1 better than portrait 2. It is an almost perfect shot except for a little correction on its exposure and the highlight on the hair. Portrait 2 has better hair highlight, but the hands merge with the left border of the frame. Avoid border mergers where some parts of the subject are cropped unnecessarily. Portraits depend a great deal on posing the subject and capturing the character and expression. Lights also play an

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important element to emphasize lines, contours, textures and tones. Keep shooting and enjoy it.

You see God each time you capture a subject especially from nature. Enjoy shooting. Enjoy being with God.

Intramuros Statue. Your two pictures, Vic Paras, are good enough for a beginner. However, one side of your statue is over exposed already, so the texture of the concrete wall is very smooth. You could have tried shooting at another vantage point using your foot zoom to eliminate a distorted portion of Palacio del Governador Bldg. You will have the clean blue sky as your background. The statue is given better focus. Avoid including unnecessary elements in your composition.

Red Rooster. This is actually a oil painting of Relewlywyn de Arroz, a Fine Arts graduate of PWU. So realistic is his rendering that a viewer can mistake it for an actual shot of the rooster. He has captured its natural colors and textures especially those of its feathers, crown, beak, scaly legs and claws. I am glad you practice your two passions regularly: painting and photography.

Child in the Swimming Pool. You have a better composition in this picture. Have you captured the girl as she was enjoying the water? See the difference between a posed subject and a subject unconscious of the camera. You will feel the ambience of the shots. Different?

Critique Joshua Frame Shop1431 Pedro Gil Street, Paco, Manila • Tel. no: 564-45-95 • Mobile Phone: 0910 217 9464

Josie C. Aguilar

“Bawal Maghiwalay.” These bold words meaning not valid for divorce were printed conspicuously on the wedding invitation of Sean Carroll from California, USA and Blesila Dellava of Surigao del Sur, Mindanao. The wedding ceremony was held last Aug. 14, 2010 at San Nicolas de Tolentino Cathedral in Tandag, Surigao del Sur, Mindanao. The event could be claimed as an FPPF affair. Among the principal sponsors was Frame One editor and workshop lecturer Cecilia S. Angeles. The bride, Blessy Dellava, was a graduate of the following FPPF photography workshops: Cruise Ship Photography, Basic Photography, Advanced Photography, Digital Darkroom. Other members of the wedding entourage also came from FPPF: Nap Beltran, Mardi Millava, Bok Pua, Dr. Lester Abes, Shiela Bautista and Dr. Vency Manalo, secondary sponsors. Reception was held at a hanging porch of Shacene, a cozy hotel and restaurant by the sea, a colorful sunset behind.

FPPF Grad Weds Californian

Amorsoloesque in Singapore Workshop by Maricris Fabi-Carlos held last December 4 & 5, 2010 was attended by many nationalities such as Singaporeans, Indonesians, Malaysians, Indians, Vietnamese and Filipinos. It was a 2 day series of workshop with 2 batches consisting of 15 photographers per day.

It was a great success as every single attendee learned the Amorsoloesque tips and Techniques. The participants’ outputs were astounding. It piqued everyone’s dormant creative mind. And as what Amorsoloesque is all about…It is a learning opportunity - “where the only limit is your imagination”, once you get inspired and learn the techniques.

We are proud to present to the world another great Filipino Talent – MARICRIS FABI-CARLOS. One of Asia’s Best photographer and Digital Artist who continues to share and inspire people through her distinct works of art. Her works mainly involve landscapes and digital art with human interest. - Xilver Claire Events

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A grade 3 pupil from Stella Maris Academy in Malolos, Bulacan

astonished me with her homework for day one of Basic Photography

workshop. Children of her are generally absorbed in play or cartoon

shows on television, but Alex Alday is serious in her photography. Her

fellow participants in the FPPF extension class in Malolos can pass for her

grandparents, but she feels she belongs to their level in terms of art.

Hardly can her small hand hold steadily her Canon DSLR, yet she

captures good pictures. On this page are subjects with correct exposure

at very impressive angles. And she understands what she is doing, what

she has done. She explained that she blurred her background for her

flowers to achieve shallow depth of field. Asked how she did it, she

answered, “By using F5.6, a big aperture.”

“And what is aperture?” I asked.“Lens opening,” she quipped.“And this one?” I asked again. I was pointing to a vanishing row of

stones captured sharply. “I used F22 to have deep depth of field.” She understands her

composition. She understands how to create abstract in photography or

how to put the proper position of elements to achieve the law of thirds. I

can see that Alex will be a celebrated lady photographer one day.

YoungStarting

by CSAngeles

SayWhat they Here are some comments coming from the participants of the FPPF photography workshops: Maganda yong class. Madaming topics ang na-cover. Sayang nga kung hindi gumana nang maqayos yong projector.Madami ang natutunan ko. Nalaman ko din yong mga common mistakes ko. I just have to apply what I have learned today. Mac Atienza Some lectures have overlapping contents especially day 2 and 3. I expect more practical aspect of learning. More shooting with professors.

More time spent in lecturing showing the practical side of shooting, rather than spending half of the day on history. Include a lecture how to command a subject to pose. Discuss how flash, diffuser and lights are used. Staff should be around to assist technical difficulties rather than disturb the lecturer. (Posing and lighting portraits and still life are demonstrated in detail in the Advanced Photo Workshop although you also had a taste of it in the Basic. . . Ed.)

My experience here was soooo fun. Good instructors. SPONCE BOB OK magdiscuss ng topics. I learned a lot from the instructors. Instructors are joyful. I learned that pictures have a lot of different stories. Joe Enciso

I enjoyed very much the five days Basic Photography Workshop. I will recommend this to all photography hobbyists. I learned much the technical skills in taking good photos. Thank you very much for coming to Sta. Rosa, Laguna. More power!!! C.J. I like the critique portion. It helps us to know what could make our photo better. The instructors are very informative. The tuition fee is very much worth it. It would help us review in our home if there were hands out given per session although there are some lecturers who gave copies of their presentation in USB. Grace Dayawon

The lectures were so detailed that I really, really love. She understood and answered every single question in a very detailed and practical manner that we all could understand easily right away. She has lots of examples whose meanings and interpretations she explained and interpreted the stories in them Likewise, I learned that there are meanings in lines, colors, forms, shapes. I also learned tips on composition. I hope to attend other FPPF photo seminars and have a photo walk or ride with her. Thank you very much. Erika Educalani

First, thanks for Kathy and the rest of the organizers. The presentation by all speakers are greatly appreciated, too. I have learned a great deal during the presentations, but I realized that all the topics provided the needed technical know-how, and the thing that makes a good photographer, the passion and creativity.

Ok magdiscuss ng topic. I learned much from the instructors that pictures have a lot of stories to tell.. Instructors are joyful. Jose Encisio.

“We like very much bibingka, and we have fallen in love with iI,” thus claimed Abdul Rahim Al Maimani and Faisal Said Albalushi during the conversation with them after their graduation from the final photo workshop they took at FPPF. They flew all the way from the Sultanate of Oman to take up the photo workshops offered by FPPF which they learned from a fellow countryman who also enrolled here earlier. A telecom engineer and a Master of Science degree holder in Optical Engineering, he has been enjoying his photography both as a hobby and as a professional activity since 1980.

The two Omanis took up Basic, Advanced, Wedding, Food, Travel and Digital Darkroom Photography Workshops. With Wedding Photography Workshop, they wanted to know the difference between Christian and Muslim wedding ceremonies. Very faithful to his Nikon D3S, he has captured the ambience of Philippine scenes particularly in Taal and Paete. Faisal on the other hand loves his Canon 40D with versatile lenses: 50mm, l00mm (macro), 10-22mm, 24-70mm. The two Omani visitors were impressed with the hospitality of Filipinos. “They always smile and welcome everyone,” Abdul Rahim and Faisal said. They called the Philippines the Rose of Asia. Happy and contented with their acquired learning from FPPF, the two foreign photographers recently flew home to Oman. (CSAngeles)

Completes FPPF WorkshopsOmani

NDOZE DON’T’S

IN SHOOTINGBy Prof. CSAngeles

1. D 't u e shallow d p h o ie d for g oup on s e t f f l r

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2. Don' use xt eme tele ho o l ns ei he .t e r p t e t r

3. Do not d sregard the effe tivenes of py amid i c s r

compo it on for gro ps.s i u

4. D n't le s eone st d directly behin o t om an d

so ebod but should stand betwe n two m y e

person e en if e is in the hin row.s v h d

5. on t have eyes of subjects in va iousD ' r

direction . s

6. D n't po it on the ca era at ei he too ow or o s i m t r l

to high t e level of th s bjec .o h e u t

7. Don't all w “football sh ulders,” meani g . . . o o n

oo frontal posingt .

8 Don't allo ligh s o wash out some el ments . w t t e

of he subject t .

9. Don't ositi n t o hea s at the same lev l. p o w d e

10 Do 't merge han s or body p s ith borders . n d art w

the fr me.of a

11. Don' disre ard light reflec ion on c merat g t s a

lens.

12. Don't i ect eyes o m c as to keep he iri d r s u h t s

lodged in t e corn rs f the eyes. h e o

Artist Cecilia S. Angeles, photographer, painter, professor, pays tribute to photography in her th8 Solo Art Exhibit at Adamson University Art Gallery on San Marcelino Street (near PUP and

PNU) , Manila, September 2-23, 2010.

A cum laude graduate in BSE, Angeles also pays tribute in this exhibit to her alma mater,

Adamson University, where she used to be a consistent academic scholar, the editor-in-chief

of Adamson Chronicle, the official student organ of the University, President of AdU Women's

Club, officer of other student organizations. During her student days, this school often chose

her together with other active student leaders and scholars to be a part of national student

conventions like the College Editors Guild (CEG), CONDA (Conference Delegates Association

of the Philippines), PISA (Philippine Institute of Student Affairs) and other national student

groups. Also a cum laude graduate of Fine Arts of the Philippine Women's University, she majored in

Painting. Her last exhibit was at the Philippine Consulate General Gallery on Wilshire

Boulevard, California.

at Adamson University Hymn to Photography Exhibit

Rev. Fr. Gregg Bañaga, CM, president of Adamson University poses with guests of Artist Cecilia S. Angeles during her solo exhibit at the AU gallery. In the picture are Emy BArtolome, Gloria B. Santos, CSAngeles, Dr. Virginia Fermin and Gail Nimo. At right, she received flowers for being guest speaker of the International Literacy Day of the Rotary International District 3830 held at A Venue Mall, Makati City.

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A grade 3 pupil from Stella Maris Academy in Malolos, Bulacan

astonished me with her homework for day one of Basic Photography

workshop. Children of her are generally absorbed in play or cartoon

shows on television, but Alex Alday is serious in her photography. Her

fellow participants in the FPPF extension class in Malolos can pass for her

grandparents, but she feels she belongs to their level in terms of art.

Hardly can her small hand hold steadily her Canon DSLR, yet she

captures good pictures. On this page are subjects with correct exposure

at very impressive angles. And she understands what she is doing, what

she has done. She explained that she blurred her background for her

flowers to achieve shallow depth of field. Asked how she did it, she

answered, “By using F5.6, a big aperture.”

“And what is aperture?” I asked.“Lens opening,” she quipped.“And this one?” I asked again. I was pointing to a vanishing row of

stones captured sharply. “I used F22 to have deep depth of field.” She understands her

composition. She understands how to create abstract in photography or

how to put the proper position of elements to achieve the law of thirds. I

can see that Alex will be a celebrated lady photographer one day.

YoungStarting

by CSAngeles

SayWhat they Here are some comments coming from the participants of the FPPF photography workshops: Maganda yong class. Madaming topics ang na-cover. Sayang nga kung hindi gumana nang maqayos yong projector.Madami ang natutunan ko. Nalaman ko din yong mga common mistakes ko. I just have to apply what I have learned today. Mac Atienza Some lectures have overlapping contents especially day 2 and 3. I expect more practical aspect of learning. More shooting with professors.

More time spent in lecturing showing the practical side of shooting, rather than spending half of the day on history. Include a lecture how to command a subject to pose. Discuss how flash, diffuser and lights are used. Staff should be around to assist technical difficulties rather than disturb the lecturer. (Posing and lighting portraits and still life are demonstrated in detail in the Advanced Photo Workshop although you also had a taste of it in the Basic. . . Ed.)

My experience here was soooo fun. Good instructors. SPONCE BOB OK magdiscuss ng topics. I learned a lot from the instructors. Instructors are joyful. I learned that pictures have a lot of different stories. Joe Enciso

I enjoyed very much the five days Basic Photography Workshop. I will recommend this to all photography hobbyists. I learned much the technical skills in taking good photos. Thank you very much for coming to Sta. Rosa, Laguna. More power!!! C.J. I like the critique portion. It helps us to know what could make our photo better. The instructors are very informative. The tuition fee is very much worth it. It would help us review in our home if there were hands out given per session although there are some lecturers who gave copies of their presentation in USB. Grace Dayawon

The lectures were so detailed that I really, really love. She understood and answered every single question in a very detailed and practical manner that we all could understand easily right away. She has lots of examples whose meanings and interpretations she explained and interpreted the stories in them Likewise, I learned that there are meanings in lines, colors, forms, shapes. I also learned tips on composition. I hope to attend other FPPF photo seminars and have a photo walk or ride with her. Thank you very much. Erika Educalani

First, thanks for Kathy and the rest of the organizers. The presentation by all speakers are greatly appreciated, too. I have learned a great deal during the presentations, but I realized that all the topics provided the needed technical know-how, and the thing that makes a good photographer, the passion and creativity.

Ok magdiscuss ng topic. I learned much from the instructors that pictures have a lot of stories to tell.. Instructors are joyful. Jose Encisio.

“We like very much bibingka, and we have fallen in love with iI,” thus claimed Abdul Rahim Al Maimani and Faisal Said Albalushi during the conversation with them after their graduation from the final photo workshop they took at FPPF. They flew all the way from the Sultanate of Oman to take up the photo workshops offered by FPPF which they learned from a fellow countryman who also enrolled here earlier. A telecom engineer and a Master of Science degree holder in Optical Engineering, he has been enjoying his photography both as a hobby and as a professional activity since 1980.

The two Omanis took up Basic, Advanced, Wedding, Food, Travel and Digital Darkroom Photography Workshops. With Wedding Photography Workshop, they wanted to know the difference between Christian and Muslim wedding ceremonies. Very faithful to his Nikon D3S, he has captured the ambience of Philippine scenes particularly in Taal and Paete. Faisal on the other hand loves his Canon 40D with versatile lenses: 50mm, l00mm (macro), 10-22mm, 24-70mm. The two Omani visitors were impressed with the hospitality of Filipinos. “They always smile and welcome everyone,” Abdul Rahim and Faisal said. They called the Philippines the Rose of Asia. Happy and contented with their acquired learning from FPPF, the two foreign photographers recently flew home to Oman. (CSAngeles)

Completes FPPF WorkshopsOmani

N ’SDOZE DON’T

I SHOOTI GN NB r f SAng l sy P o . C e e

sp

1. Don't use hallow depth of field for grou

epictur s.

2. Don't use extreme telephoto lens either.

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composition for groups.

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4. Do 't let someone stand directly e ind

s s l aomebody but hou d st nd between two

npersons eve if he is in the hind row.

b c5. Don't have eyes of su je ts in various

directions.

6. Don't position the camera at either too low or

h too hig the level of the subject.

t w b u , 7. Don' allo “foot all sho lders ” meaning . . .

al ntoo front posi g.

8. Don't allow lights to wash out some elements

je of the sub ct.

' i e e a l9. Don t pos tion two h ads at th s me evel.

t e d rs10. Don' m rge hands or body parts with bor e

t mof he fra e.

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1 . Don't di regard light reflections on ca era

lens.c

12. Don't dire t eyes so much as to keep the iris

n flodged i the corners o the eyes.

Artist Cecilia S. Angeles, photographer, painter, professor, pays tribute to photography in her th8 Solo Art Exhibit at Adamson University Art Gallery on San Marcelino Street (near PUP and

PNU) , Manila, September 2-23, 2010.

A cum laude graduate in BSE, Angeles also pays tribute in this exhibit to her alma mater,

Adamson University, where she used to be a consistent academic scholar, the editor-in-chief

of Adamson Chronicle, the official student organ of the University, President of AdU Women's

Club, officer of other student organizations. During her student days, this school often chose

her together with other active student leaders and scholars to be a part of national student

conventions like the College Editors Guild (CEG), CONDA (Conference Delegates Association

of the Philippines), PISA (Philippine Institute of Student Affairs) and other national student

groups. Also a cum laude graduate of Fine Arts of the Philippine Women's University, she majored in

Painting. Her last exhibit was at the Philippine Consulate General Gallery on Wilshire

Boulevard, California.

at Adamson University Hymn to Photography Exhibit

Rev. Fr. Gregg Bañaga, CM, president of Adamson University poses with guests of Artist Cecilia S. Angeles during her solo exhibit at the AU gallery. In the picture are Emy BArtolome, Gloria B. Santos, CSAngeles, Dr. Virginia Fermin and Gail Nimo. At right, she received flowers for being guest speaker of the International Literacy Day of the Rotary International District 3830 held at A Venue Mall, Makati City.

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©George Cabig (Phils.)

©Marivic (Phils.)

©Manny Inumerable (Phils.)

©Sinta (Indonesia)

©Amir Alba (Phils.)

©Mason (Malaysia)

©Kok Wee (Singapore)©Steve Wong (Singapore)

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©George Cabig (Phils.)

©Marivic (Phils.)

©Manny Inumerable (Phils.)

©Sinta (Indonesia)

©Amir Alba (Phils.)

©Mason (Malaysia)

©Kok Wee (Singapore)©Steve Wong (Singapore)

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