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Memento presents

 Masters of the Craft

A Pure Photoshop Workshop

by:

PARC Cruz

BORJ Meneses

DEO Patalinghog

January 19, 2008 9AM to 6PM

 Las Brisas Hotel and Conference Center

PhP 3,700.00

Fee inclusive of all meals: Morning snack, Lunch and afternoon snack.

Registration starts at 8:00 a.m. January 19, sessions start at 9:00 a.m. sharp.

No holds barred sessions, everything you need to know about the workflow sof the images by these people will be shared.

Call/text Deo at 0917-854-9525 for details.

Limited slots available.

Summer just started out a bit early for me as our group of Filipino travel and photography bloggers were treated to a weekend in Boracay by Microtel Boracay, SEAIR and Zuzuni Boracay.

The most convenient way of going to Boracay from Manila would have to be by plane. You can either take a flight from the larger commercial airlines that land in Kalibo airport then take an hour-long shuttle going to Caticlan or take a flight from the smaller airlines that land directly in Caticlan airport which is just walking distance from the ferry terminal to Boracay.

SEAIR’s Dornier 328 in Manila Domestic Airport

This is my first time to fly on SEAIR’s Dornier 328 32-seater turbo prop aircraft. Yes it is a small plane compared to those of the larger commercial airlines but riding small planes doesn’t bother me as I’m no stranger to small planes. I’ve ridden planes as small as Gumayan Air’s 4-seater Piper PA-28 plane from Bacolod to Iloilo, Soriano Aviation aka Island Transvoyager Inc.’s (ITI) 19-seater Dornier 228-212 aircraft from El Nido, Palawan (Lio Airport) to Manila and Asian Spirit’s Dash 7 and CN-325 from Manila to Caticlan.

My experience with Asian Spirit about 2 years ago in going to and fro Boracay wasn’t so good. Flight was delayed and the ventilation in the cabin was not that good. We even saw some roaches crawling on the floor! And personally it was a relief that we were on a SEAIR flight especially with Asian Spirits’ recent mishap in Legazpi City.

Our SEAIR flight left Manila for Caticlan ontime. Seats were comfortable but the overhead storage bins were smaller compared to that of the Boeing’s and the Airbus so I had to place my carry on back pack in front of my seat. The flight was flown with 3 crews on board; 2 pilots and 1 flight attendant. Ventilation was good. Light snacks (peanuts and water) and moist wipes were served.

Dornier 328 Seat Plan

The best seats for a good view and photo op in the SEAIR Dornier 328 flight from Manila to Caticlan would have to be the single seats; 2A, 3A, 4A.

Eugene in seat 5A pointing out the magnificent view

A glimpse of Mayon Volcano Mt. Banahaw

These seats have a clear view of which isn’t obstructed by the plane’s turbo prop. I was seated in 6A so my view was partially blocked.

Aerial Shot of Diniwid Beach as the plane descends towards the Caticlan Airport.

The plane landing in Caticlan was ok although it wasn’t as smooth as ITI’s landing. The flight indeed took only 35 minutes as advertised. SeaAir’s passengers’ lounge awaits you when you land in Caticlan airport where you can rest for awhile while you wait for your shuttle to the ferry, grab a quick bite or check out the soon to open butterfly garden at the back of the lounge.

SEAIR has several flights from Manila to Boracay and Boracay to Manila flights in a day. Check out the timetable below.

If you have a lot of time in your hands, love to travel but don’t want to spend a fortune for your trip, you might want to check out SEAIR’s Adventure Pass.

SEAIR’s Adventure Pass gives you the opportunity to Fly-all-you-can for 45 days for P18,500 ++.

How about you? Have you flown SEAIR before? How was your SEAIR experience?

“Who wants to shoot Humpback Whales Breaching?” asked Rolly Magpayo, an avid videographer, photographer and explorer as he plans to go back to Camiguin Island for a week long photo-safari during the holy week.

Camiguin Island (Norte), not the one near Cagayan de Oro, is part of the Babuyan Group of Islands. The Babuyan Group of Islands (A.K.A. Calayan Group of Islands) currently has 15 identified species of Cetaceans (Whales & Dolphins).

Rolly used to go there as volunteer videographer for World Wide Fund for Nature and after 4 years of research, he is planning to go back to just photograph the Humpback Whales and the other species of whales and dolphins.

Rolly hopes to be able to form a group with at least 5 companions for this trip who would also want to get close to nature and at the same time help promote conservation of the our environment.

Images, Photos and Videos provided by Rolly Magpayo

Sample video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv9YKboeLNI (taken with low-res digital video cam)

Sample photos:

http://www.geocities.com/rollymagpayo/secret1
http://www.geocities.com/rollymagpayo/secret2__,_._,___

For those interested or just curious, you may e-mail Rolly privately at rollymagpayo at yahoo dot com or visit his website at www.geocities.com/rollymagpayo.

Basic Studio Lighting Seminar Batch 20

by Ken Go

January 19, 2008 Saturday (1:00pm to 5:00pm),

January 20, 2008 Sunday (scheduled shoot)

January 21, 2008 Monday (6:00 pm to 7:30 pm) - Critique session

Unit 602 Cityland 10 Tower 2, H.V. Dela Costa St.

Salcedo Village, Makati City, behind RCBC Tower

Maximum of 10 Participants

Topics:
1. Types of commonly used studio lights
2. Light modifiers
3. Trigerring lights
4. Measuring light
5. Light positions
6. Types of portrait lighting
7. Dealing with models

1st day of seminar will be on discussion of the topics, there will be no shooting to be done. Though there will be a hands-on practice in measuring lights using a flash meter.

2nd day, scheduled shoots for the group (9am, 1pm and 4pm), models will be provided. Participants should only come on their time slot, to avoid over crowding. During the shoot, each participant will be asked to conceptualize a lighting set-up to be done with their model, other participants on the same group will be assisting. After the participant finishes the shoot, other participant on the group will do the same, so the previous participant will now be acting as the assistant. (round robin system)

For the Critique session which will allow fellow students and me to critique ones work, as they say getting better needs one to realize its faults as to make sure to correct it the next possible time.

Kindly bring 1 to 2 of your favorite photo from the photo session printed on 5R, ink jet prints on photo paper are acceptable. All photos will be posted together on the wall for viewing. Ken will also discuss some questions regarding post processing during these critique sessions.This guarantees a hands-on set-up, thus learning from actually doing it rather than just listening. This will also make sure that the participant will the only one shooting at the time of his/her set-up, so he/she gets all the needed angles to complete the shoot, no more wrestling for a spot just to get the photo.

Seminar Price is P. 2,500.00 - inclusive of handouts.

If you want to sign-up kindly send Ken via seminars@photosbykengo.com the following info:
Name:
Email:
Cel. No.:
Preferred time slot for Sunday (9am, 1pm or 4pm):

To see works of the past participants kindly visit my updated Lighting Seminar Blog at http://seminars.photosbykengo.com and also at http://gallery.photosbykengo.com/seminar