Jason Magbanua delivering his lively lecture on wedding videography at PhotoWorld Asia 2010 at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati. Jason is a top rated videographer who is breaking new grounds in the use of the video-capable digital SLR camera and applying it in his work. 5D or 7D? someone asks. The Canon EOS 5D’s image quality and noise handling is a lot better than the 7D when it comes to video, plus the 7D overheats, Jason notes. On taking the shots, Jason emphasizes anticipation. You know when things will happen, so position yourself to capture the emotions, especially of a wedding event, he says. Photo by Rod Banzon, FPPF
ABS-CBN’s Raul Echivarre is silhouetted on the projector screen at the start of his lecture on the Zen of Photography at PhotoWorld Asia 2010. He later showed his much admired photographs depicting the evolution of his style. Raul is a busy corporate executive who finds time for his passionate hobby and create excellent images. Photo by Chris Malinao, FPPF.
In the afternoon sessions, multi-awarded Indonesian photographer Kristupa Saragih shared his travel photographs with attendees to PhotoWorld Asia 2010. Kris describes himself as a full time photographer, part-time writer and life-time traveller. In the seminar, he shared valuable tips on how to get good travel photographs.
Singaporean Eddie Ng, derivatives director at DBS Vickers Securities and an avid photographer, makes an exposition about photo communities in Southeast Asia, especially those in Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and, of course, the Philippines. These photo communities are holding a regular event, Crossing Bridges, to foster awareness and camaraderie among photographers by visiting the different countries in ASEAN. It started in Jogjakarta in Indonesia and went around Southeast Asia over the years. Crossing Bridges 2009 was in West Sumatra, and CB10 could be in the Philippines.
