Batch 14 winners in the Still Life (Glass) category. In front (from left to right) are Norman Santiago 4th Place, Germain Leloi Alilio 3rd Place, Kris Anthony C. Viceral First Place, Carter Luma-ang 2nd Place, and Christopher F. Verzosa 5th Place. At the back are the other Top Ten winners: Dan Christian L. Go 8th, Christopher Marinduque 9th, Jerema Remoto 7th, Antonio C. Engua 6th and Raphael Kalaw 10th.
On one wall of the FPPF Art Chamber 1 were their Portrait photos, and they were good; a little better than the previous batch but definitely better. On the other wall were their works on still life, and they were simply amazing! These guys are experts in product photography!
Like the previous batch, Batch 13, Batch 14 produced the best ever harvest of still life photos in the memory of FPPF. Almost all of them got the lighting right (these were glass, shiny objects that are difficult to light and photograph properly); composition was perfect with almost all entries and the play of colors was just stunning. It was a challenging assignment, and they delivered.
The Batch 14 winners in Still Life – Glass:
- Kris Anthony C. Viceral – First Place
- Germain “Leloi” Alilio – Second Place
- Carter Luma-ang – Third Place
- Norman Santiago – Fourth Place
- Christopher F. Verzosa – Fifth Place
The top ten Portrait category winners of Batch 14: left to right, in front, are Antonio C. Engua 5th Place, Carter Luma-ang 2nd Place, Angelica I. Simbajon First Place, Kathryn Ann Lim Salamat 4th Place and Norman Santiago 3rd Place. At the back are Maria Chrizelle Alilio 10th, Juniette D. Capili 9th, Teodoro Sim Jr. 8th, Michele dela Cruz 7th and Kris Anthony C. Viceral 6th.
The winners in the Portrait category:
- Angelica I. Simbajon – First Place
- Carter Luma-ang – Second Place
- Norman Santiago – Third Place
- Kathryn Ann Lim Salamat – Fourth Place
- Antonio C. Engua – Fifth Place
The first to third place winners in both categories received trophies from the FPPF, while the 4th and 5th place winners received medals, all courtesy of YKL Color/Fujifilm Philippines.
We would like to make special mention of a young lady, Michele dela Cruz, who showed strong dedication to her study of photography that not even a severe flu could stop her from attending the final day of the workshop. She would doze off most of the time during the final day due to headache but woke up to find that she won 7th place in the Portrait category. She’s that girl in the photo above, red nose and all, but she still managed to smile for the camera. Congrats, Michele!
The winning photos of Batch 14 are now in the Gallery.
June 29th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Congatulations to all Batch 14! We rock! Thanks so much to all of our mentors! We really enjoyed it! Keep up the good work! Just keep in touch!
June 29th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Thank you po sa special mention, its all worth it..
June 29th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Hi everyone!
Yesterday was very rewarding, especially when the judges had their comments on my Glass Photo entry. Their comments really made me love photography more.
Proud to be the 5th placer!!! Can’t wait to see my photo on your gallery.
Congratulations to Batch 14. Job well done!!!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
I couldn’t end up this day without thanking God for all the learning I grasp on this workshop. The five Sundays was quite fast, yet the vast array of wisdom that drawn us together have transformed us and it will continue to prosper… To my outstanding mentors who were all gifted to share their knowledge and day to day capture as you go along your photography journey, I want to acknowledge all your efforts and patience for making this whole experience fun and successful.
To my batch mates (FPPF Batch 14) you have done impressive masterpieces, we definitely brought some sort of headaches and difficulties on our mentors and judges on weighing and critiquing our photos. For me, you are all great and inspirational as we met more than the expectations as we completed this course. You made me all feel challenged and thirsty to learn more. And to quote are professors this is just the first time that FPPF will put the top 10 ranks on their website, our batch therefore made a history!
To all my classmates and newfound friends nothing can be even better as we all embraced what we’ve learned and apply it on every click of our shutters. I thank you for all the chitchats, laughter and exchange of ideas. We are all happy and proud as it ended and there’s another advance learning to look forward on.
Keep on shooting because we all know that photography has even captured us! haha!
“Congratulations to Pixel,Shutter,Lens,Focus and Sensor, each of our group had rocked the walls of FPPF as we’re the artists and photographers that have different perceptions, unique individuals as I may say thus we made this all for real, for a purpose and for a reason!”
June 30th, 2009 at 12:36 am
To Antonio Engua: Congratulations!
June 30th, 2009 at 12:59 am
Congratulations sa ating lahat! Batch 14, lets keep in touch. May mga facebook or multiply account naman siguro kayo.
add me up! http://evilangelist13.multiply.com
Thanks sa magagaling nating instructors sa FPPF. I learned a lot!
Sir Chris, pwede pa ba kami dumalaw dyan?
See you guys again, hopefully sa advance photog. Thanks for the memories! God bless you all!
June 30th, 2009 at 7:52 am
to all my batchmates im proud that we all have unleashed one our hidden talents and that is photography.We just don’t make it good but we made it best.Now we all have different perspectives the way we took our photos it’s for showcase now.To our mentors who willingly shared their talents and passion to this craft we SALUTE you.MABUHAY
June 30th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
the amazing batch 14… love the title!
it’s been a great learning experience, and knowing wonderful people is a big bonus!
thanks all!
July 1st, 2009 at 1:43 am
it’s been a wonderful experience being in this batch, almost all the students had the potential in photography, and I’m proud to be in this batch, kudos to all of you guys!
July 1st, 2009 at 4:36 am
Sana meron din kami nito sa batch namin. hehe. Enroll po ako ng advance paguwi ko.