Photo by Aaron Manila, First Prize in Still Life – Glass. Definitely impressive. But wait till you see the rest of the Top 10 winners, they are all stunning.
Glass is a difficult subject to photograph. You have to 1) convey the shape of the glass despite its transparency, 2) avoid specular highlights because glass is shiny and 3) make your photograph of the glass interesting. To top it all, glass is inherently difficult to light.
Batch 16 of 2009, Sunday class, surpassed all expectations by turning out product shots of various shapes of glass that were simply stunning. Almost all of them (there were 42), with just one or two exceptions, submitted entries that were worthy to be published in glossy magazines. This trend has been noticed since Batch 13 and continued through to Batch 14 and Batch 15. Glass as a subject for still life has been assigned before, in previous batches, but usually only the top entries got it right. In Batches 13 through 16 though, most of the students got their glass photos right. Was it the instructors? But the previous batches had the same instructors. Maybe the instructors were teaching new stuff? Or was it the new crop of photography enthusiasts? But they displayed the same competence as the previous batches when it came to portraits…
And that is what’s perplexing. While glass is more difficult and product photography is certainly more technically challenging than portrait photography, more students are getting it right in product shots than in portraiture. Are people more difficult to photograph?
Whatever the answer, Batch 16 turned in a fine crop of photos, especially in the Still Life category with glass as theme. The FPPF heartily applauds their work.
The winners:
Top Ten winners in Still Life (Glass) at front, L-R: Maria Lenavi Barrion-Ramos 5th, Von Echaluse 4th, Joatham Pertacorta 3rd, Aaron Manila 1st and Gabriel Tanabe 2nd. At the back are Noriel Ricaforte, John Bejo, Rachel Ann D. Romero, Ivy Cacho and Trudeau Geron.
Still Life Category – Glass:
- Aaron Manila – First Place
- Gabriel Tanabe – Second Place
- Joatham Pertacorta – Third Place
- Von Echaluse – Fourth Place
- Maria Lenavi Barrion-Ramos – Fifth Place
- Ivy Cacho – 6th Place
- John Bejo – 7th Place
- Rachelle Ann D. Romero – 8th Place
- Trudeau Geron – 9th Place
- Noriel Ricaforte – 10th Place
Portrait winners, Batch 16 2009. Front, L-R: Noriel Ricaforte 5th, Jessa Manalaysay-Javate 3rd, Joseph Jay C. Javate 1st, Aaron Manila 2nd and Norman Sebastian 4th. At the back: Crissy Cruz, Peter Chow, Ciara Mae Yap, Beth Rondera and Christopher Allan De Guzman.
Portrait Category:
- Joseph Jay C. Javate – First Place
- Aaron Manila – Second Place
- Jessa Manalaysay-Javate – Third Place
- Norman Sebastian – Fourth Place
- Noriel Ricaforte – Fifth Place
- Crissy Cruz – 6th Place
- Beth Rondera – 7th Place
- Christopher Allan De Guzman – 8th Place
- Ciara Mae Yap – 9th Place
- Peter Chow – 10th Place
Again, congratulations! And because all Top Ten photos in the Still Life category were really outstanding, we intend to display all ten this time in the Gallery. So, please email us your soft copy (1st Place to 10th Place) ASAP, so we can put it up for all to see. Great work!
July 6th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Congratulations to all of us.
Great mentors, great place to start with, great support. Guys, keep in touch with the group. For some who are looking for a group to join with, at multiply http://digitalpinoy.multiply.com/ you can post your pictures there for critique and appreciation. Thank you FPPF.
July 6th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Wow! Ang bilis naman nailagay kami sa site, thank you sir, chris malinao. Ang sarap ng pakiramdam ng nasa website.. nyahahahaha!!! Congrats to all of Batch 16 Basic photography. See you in advance photography. Add me up at facebook mga kabatch joathamp@yahoo.com.
July 6th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
congratulations to batch 16 for an outstanding performance in the photo contest! i can actually see all the professors smiling as they judged and commented on our photos. (sir Araneta helped us, since he prayed for our still life to come out great) haha, keep in touch guys! thanks to FPPF and all the professors and master photographers for an unforgettable experience! see you guys in advanced! 1 month to go!
July 6th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Salamat po sa mga teachers. I really had a great time!
regards to everyone!
July 6th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
CONGRATS to everyone we did a great job! this is not the end of learning and exploring in the world of photography this is just the start. i would like to thank all the mentors who inspire me to continue to pursue and to embrace more the field of photography you inspire me and everyone in the class..thank you thank you so much.. FPPF ROCKS!!!
July 7th, 2009 at 3:02 am
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF US!!! It’s a great pleasure to be part of this batch. To all our mentors/teachers thanks for sharing us your knowledge, you are really our inspirations.
To Aaron, Congrats!!! To Jay & Jessa Javate Congrats… To Top 10 Still Life and Portraits Winners, and the rest of the Class Congratulations sa ating lahat.
Kuya John, join ako dyan.!
Regards to ALL!!! GOD BLESS!!
July 7th, 2009 at 9:15 am
nakakamiss din pala ang sunday school. hehehe. sayang.. sana nagsayaw si mark nung graduation.
goodluck classmates and see you around!
July 7th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Congratulations to all Batch 16! Masaya yung batch natin especially kasi kasama natin si Michael “MARK” Jackson! Thanks to all the teachers who patiently taught us how to be a good and creative photographer, and also motivated us to be involved in this art. God bless you all guys…
KEEP ON SHOOTING!
July 8th, 2009 at 1:37 am
wahahaha!!! natawa ako dun huh.. hangang d2 pa naman c michael jackson padin este “MARK” nyahahaha!! UU nga sayang ndi sia sumayaw.. dpat backup dancers na kau eh..
July 8th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Congratulations to Batch 16 who actively participated in this workshop. Two thumbs up for the winners of Still life and Portrait contests. Lets cheer for the enthusiasm and passion of everyone in this batch. Great job batchmates!!!!
I wanna say thanks to our mentors who patiently and dedicately inspire us to become professional photographer.
I’ll miss the bonding in this class as well as our colleagues that made our Sunday…very energetic!!!. That is of course with our very own Mark Fajunio…aka MJ. =)
July 8th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Naks… sikat na si Mark! hehehe. Sana makapag organize tayo ng group. We have each other’s full names. Search na lang sa facebook / friendster / multiply, etc…. Sino kaya mag initiate?
July 9th, 2009 at 12:18 am
Congrats everyone! Thank you FPPF! See you again in Advance Class!
July 9th, 2009 at 1:50 am
To all Batch16 who wants to take advance photography. Nag pareserve na ba kau para sa Sept. 13,20,27, Oct4 & 11 Sunday Class. Pagpareserve na po kau, para tau ulet ang magkakasama, baka kase mag close na ang Sept’09 batch.
See you guys on September.
God Bless!
July 11th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Batch-mates magpa-reserve na tayo ng slot para buo pa rin batch natin, Congratulations ulit sa lahat at sana magkita kita pa rin tayo, pagbalik natin promise ni Mark magsasayaw na siya, naka enroll sya ngayon sa dance workshop! wahhehehee!!!!! God bless!!!! Thanks FPPF!!!
July 13th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
nakakamiss tlga ung batch natin.. hopfuly maksama ako sa advanced clas dis sept. malamng mggingclasm8 natin uli ung bubwit na si mark jako! hahaha! balita ko mgaadvancd cya eh. ingat kau lahat. LONG LIVE BATCH 16! ^^
July 13th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
WOW! GREAT PICTURES!
AMAZING…MGA TALENTED TALAGA…
VERY WELL DONE..
CONGRATS! (^^,
July 16th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Congratulations to Batch 16, hope 2 see guys soon or should i say see u in advance..It’s a great pleasure to be part of this batch.. HAPPY SHOOTING..
Thank you FPPF!
cheers!!!
July 27th, 2009 at 12:13 am
Congrats, Classmates! Thanks to our mentors! We really had the best experience in our class.
Joatham, don’t forget to send our pictures and copy of our graduation presentation slides
July 27th, 2009 at 8:04 am
@dina, and to joatham,
i still have to receive the complete set of winning photos from your batch, for posting at the gallery. if you have it, pls send to chrismalinao doon sa yahoo.com. -web admin, photoworldmanila.com
July 28th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Sir, may na send na po ako na photos ko po send ko nalang po uli. thank you po.
July 28th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Ate dina, Nasend ko na po ung mga photos nio. about the photo presentation ang hirap iupload po eh. hehehe!! tinatry ko kaso ang hirap talaga.
August 11th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Hi, Sir Cris! Sorry I don’t have a copy of the winning pictures. I wish I have them
. Btw, my officemate is interested to teach. Please e-mail me the requirements. thanks!
Hi, Joatham! Yes, I received the pictures, Thanks! For the presentation, pls try this website: http://www.megaupload.com
August 12th, 2009 at 2:13 am
@ ate dina.. ok po.. thank you po.. try ko po sia uli..
ang ganda ng mga photos natin sa gallery.. wew..
August 24th, 2009 at 3:04 am
mga kabatch.. here’s the link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3C4G51M5... that is the presentation that i present at our graduation day.. maliit panga lang yan.. try ko upload pa sa youtube ung mas malaking file..
August 25th, 2009 at 1:33 am
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T41QLJ1B to download the presentation of basic photography batch 16.. mas malaking file yan..
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:34 am
ei mga idol join naman kayo sa site na ito http://www.clickerhub.com para sa mga photographers at models ito thanks!!!