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Ok, there’s a few more slots left for March Basic Photography Workshop, but only for the Saturday class that starts March 14, Sunday class is definitely closed. It’s full due to the overwhelming number of incoming participants.

To provide quality instructions in our workshops, the FPPF limits the number of participants that can be accommodated in each class. Those who cannot be accommodated will be scheduled for the next batches.

For incoming March Basic Workshop participants, please check with our Secretariat if indeed you have an approved enrolment for the month before coming to the workshop beginning on March 14 for the Saturday group and March 15 for the Sunday group. Check with Jen or Karen, Tels: 524-7576 and 528-0371. Those who have been bumped to other batches because of the full schedule may join the Saturday Basic class for March.

Joe Galian’s Cruise Ship Photography Workshop is now ready to sail, to embark on a 3-day seminar on March 3, 4 & 5, 2009. It will be held at the FPPF offices at the FEMII Bldg. in Intramuros, Manila. The workshop includes practical shooting during embarkation, on the gangway, and how to get the proper table shots during events on the ship.

Cruise Ship Photography is open to those interested to work abroad as professional ship photographers. Joe Galian, a veteran in cruise ship photography, will conduct the workshop designed to help aspiring Filipinos to be world-class professional cruise ship photographers.

Please get in touch with the FPPF (Tel: 524-7576) to catch the boat to professional training in Cruise Ship Photography! [Details]

The very first batch of the Basic Photography Workshop for 2009 has completed its 5-day seminar (January 3,10,17,24 & Feb 7) with the successful participants receiving their awards and certificates of completion from the FPPF. The class went through a series of lectures and hands-on training on subjects that included basic operation of a DSLR camera, elements of design, composition, basic portraiture and studio lighting. The workshop also included critique sessions after every shooting assignment.

At the end of the 5-day workshop, the participants were required to submit 8×10 prints on two photo assignments: Environmental Portrait showing a person in his everyday milieu, and Still Life on the subject of “Blue & Yellow.” The best photographs received medals and trophies.

The winners:

From left to right: Rayvin M. Tamisin, 1st Place Blue & Yellow, 2nd Place Nikki L. Jimenez, 3rd Place Rolando Malonzo, 4th Place Florence Lindo and 5th Place Chinky Acot-Garcia, represented here by friend and classmate Sheena Joyce Jarabelo.

Environmental Portrait winners, L-R: 1st Place Maria Suzette Cuerpo, 2nd Place Sheena Joyce Jarabello, 3rd Place Karen Clarissa D. Porras, 4th Place Raymond C. Calderon and 5th Place Cipriano L. Solbita.

The photographs of all winning participants have been posted in the Gallery.

The Batch 1 2009 class with Prof. Cecilia S. Angeles in the FPPF Art Chamber in Fort Santiago. With his back to the camera is professional portraitist Toch Arellano.

Day 6, February 3, the final day of PhotoWorld Asia 2009 saw the delegates of the photo convention at the Casa Manila Museum in Intramuros, Manila where they spent the whole day shooting with master photographers Hanson Fong, Jamie Hayes and Mary Fisk Taylor.

Hanson Fong and Jamie Hayes held two separate hands-on workshops at Casa Manila with several models for bridal portraiture, glamour photography and children’s portraiture.

Jamie Hayes conducts a bridal photo shoot for delegates of PhotoWorld Asia 2009 at the Casa Manila Museum in Intramuros, Manila. (Photo: Chris Malinao)

Hanson Fong giving posing instructions to his model for bridal portraiture at the old stairs of Casa Manila. (Photo: Chris Malinao)

Jamie Hayes posing a child model. (Photo: Chris Malinao)

Hanson Fong at the old stairs of Casa Manila. (Photo: Chris Malinao)

Hanson Fong is very passionate about teaching photography. Here he admonishes workshop participants to pay attention to details: about lighting conditions, the colors in the photo set, the lines and composition. He also handed down a lot of useful tips which he says were handed down to him by teachers, most of whom are no longer around. (Photo: Chris Malinao)

A photo of model Anna, as posed by Hanson Fong, photo taken straight out of the camera, resized only for Web display. Note the graceful pose and Hanson's exquisite use of available light. (Photo: Chris Malinao)

So, who won in the 2-day Fashion Photo Shoot held at the Glorietta during PhotoWorld Asia 2009?

The photo judges worked overtime last night (Feb 1) to winnow hundreds of entries (about 5 inches thick of 5×7 prints) to the photo contest down to the best 50. From there, the board of judges determined the Top Ten winners who will all receive cash awards.

The Top Ten photos were then voted on to determine the ranking from First to Tenth places. There were two ties down at 2nd and 5th places, so these were also voted on again to break the ties.

So, who won? We’ll post the details as well as the winning photographs here as soon as possible, but we’ll tell you now who won First Place:

It’s Dr. Diosdado D. Dominado, 67, a physician from Olongapo City. He’s a member of the Olongapo Camera Club.  He wins P10,000 for his winning fashion photograph. The good doctor from Olongapo is amazing! Aside from his First Prize, three other entries from Dr. Dominado also landed in the top ten, each receiving P1,000. Dr. Dominado gets a total of P13,000. Congratulations, doctor!

The other winners will be announced here very soon, so watch this space. First Place gets P10,000, 2nd Place wins P7,000, 3rd gets P5,000 and all the rest will have P1,000 each. All the winning photographs will be posted here.