Shutter Box Philippines :: Digital Photography and A Whole Lot More

Tired of taking blurred, boring and blah snapshots?

Learn a Different Perspective in

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CAPTURE the BIG PICTURE

A Workshop on more than just Basic Digital Photography
with Veteran Photographers and Instructors:

Ador Pamintuan
&
Vic Sison

March 4,6,7, 2008 (7-10 PM)

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Explore the Philippine islands with the Masters of Philippine Photography!

Travel and learn how to capture the best moments of your trips.

BATANES with George Tapan on March 22-26, 2008

PALAWAN with Wig Tysman on April 11-14, 2008 (more…)

Canon Philippines launched the Canon Ambassador Program last June 2007. The Canon Ambassador Program is a rebate program geared towards photography organizations. The program aims to provide another way for organization members to help raise funds for their respective organizations by getting rebates whenever they purchase Canon products.

The Canon Ambassador Program is also the first of its kind as it only available in the Philippines and not offered in any other country. The program is a purely local effort launched by Canon Philippines and is not affiliated with any international program.

“The program reinforces Canon’s support of the strong photography community and local industry, as well as a way to encourage the photographers to continue supporting locally distributed products which are covered by Canon’s local warranty” says Ms. Tiffany Shau of Consumer Imaging & Information Division, Canon Marketing (Philippines).

Each Canon Ambassador Program covers a six (6) month period for the year. For the 2nd half of 2007, the winning organization was the Pinoy Phot0graphy Org, popularly known as PiPho. They were able to raise over P120,000 for their organization.

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Colonial Imaginings of Manila:
Architectural Photographs of Dean C. Worcester, 1898-1914

Talk by Edson Cabalfin

Saturday, February 23, 2008 3-5 PM

Silverlens Gallery

Architectural photography is never neutral and innocent but, rather, is embedded within discourses of power, politics and ideology. The presentation will show how photographs of Manila and its environs by Dean C. Worcester, a member of the First Philippine Commission formed by U.S. President William McKinley in 1899, articulated the pervading American colonial narrative during the early part of the twentieth century.

The presentation focuses on the published photographs of Philippine architectures in Worcester’s books “The Philippine Islands and their People” (published in 1898) and “The Philippines Past and Present” (published in 1914 and subsequently in 1930), which became popular readings in the United States at the onset of the twentieth century.

Using “before” and “after” photographs as a technique in depicting the architectures, Worcester placed in opposition the state of the Philippines before and after American colonial intervention. Highlighting architectural categories, such as materiality, permanence, order, cleanliness and style, the presentation thus attempts to analyze the photographs as instruments of propagating the colonial program of the American government in the Philippines.

Edson Cabalfin is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the History of Architecture and Urbanism Program in the Department of Architecture at Cornell University under a Sage Graduate Fellowship. He was formerly a Fulbright Fellow from 2001-2003 under which he received his Master of Science degree in Architecture (Major in History, Theory and Criticism) from the University of Cincinnati in 2003. Before coming to the U.S., he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture (cum laude) in 1996 and Masters of Architecture degree (Major in Architectural Design) in 2001 from the University of the Philippines. His current dissertation research revolves around the relationship of the discourse of nationalism and the architecture culture in postcolonial Philippines (1946-1998). He has taught at the University of the Philippines, Far Eastern University and De La Salle – College of St. Benilde in Manila. A licensed architect in the Philippines, he actively experiments in architecture, interior, graphic, costume/fashion, and set/scenography design having done projects in New York, Philadelphia, Istanbul and Manila.

Silverlens Gallery is at 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday 10 am – 7 pm, Saturday 1 – 6 pm. Call 816-0044, email manage@silverlensphoto.com or visit www.silverlensphoto.com for more info.

See through the smoke screen!

Go BEYOND THE STICK!

Beyond the Stick:
Unmasking Cigarette Smoking and the Tobacco Epidemic
Photography and Photojournalism Competition

If pictures speak a thousand words, let your photos shout out the truth about the dangers and deception of tobacco use and advertising.

SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES NOW
at OneWorkshop
G/F 2241 La Fuerza Plaza II Don Chino Roces Ave.
Cor Sabio St. Makati City
until 6:00 PM MARCH 18, 2008!

Photography

• Straight photography or photos combined with other images or text

Photojournalism

• Published photos in newspapers, journals or magazines (clippings required, on-line publications not accepted)

Awards for each Category:
First Prize: Php 40,000 + trophy
Second Prize: Php 20,000 + trophy
Third Prize: Php 10,000 + trophy

For full contest mechanics and details, visit http://www.tobaccocontrol.ph/contest/index.html or http://www.philphotography.net

For inquiries, you may contact Leslie Ranaga at 8105094 or one_workshop@yahoo.com.

On March 1 and 2, 2008, Ross Capili, PARC Cruz and Borj Meneses will conduct a workshop in CEBU!

That’s right!… Ross Capili, PARC Cruz and Borj Meneses will conduct a Photography and Photoshop Tricks and Techniques Workshop in CEBU!

That will be a 2-day 9am-6pm fully loaded workshop!

Wait for further announcement. Interested? Please email your contact numbers to one_workshop@yahoo.com

The Gifts

Photo Exhibitions

by

Parc Cruz

Med Ferrer

JP Sarmenta

Borj Meneses

Edwin Loyola

Five photographers in a collaborative effort to impart their pieces for the benefit of beneficiaries, sharing their hear, mind and soul

Five photographers, five gifts, one cause… Caritas

Exhibit Schedule:

Series 1: Parc Cruz
19 May - 06 June 2008

Series 2: by Med Ferrer
02 July - 23 July 2008

Series 3: by JP Sarmenta
14 August - 15 September 2008

Series 4: by Borj Meneses
01 October - 24 October 2008

Series 5: by Edwin Loyola
07 December - 31 December 2008

Beneficiaries:
Palliative Care (Palcare)
Abandoned Elderly & Unwed Mothers of the Sanctuary of St. Philomena
Philam Catholic Community

The Gifts - Photography Exhbitions
Philamlife East Side Lobby
Philamlife Building, United Nations Avenue, Manila
March 17 - April 18, 2008

Photo and video editing enthusiasts might be interested in attending the Final Cut Pro session on the 19th and the Photo Editing using Photoshop session on the 21st.

Free Trainings Start @ 6PM

Register online at www.powermaccenter.com, training@powermaccenter.com

POWERMAC TRAINING CENTER
2/L Greenbelt 3
Ayala Center, Makati

                                    Calubcub Town Square at Night (2007) by Henry Bateman

In March, Australian artist/photographer Henry Bateman will hold his first Philippine exhibition at Makati City’s One Workshop Gallery, entitled “Through Australian Eyes”.

An expatriate Australian, Bateman has been living in the Philippines for 3 years and comes with an extensive track record of overseas exhibitions in both Australia and the US. The most recent being September last year at the Australian National University’s Photospace Gallery in Australia’s national capital, Canberra.

“Through Australian Eyes” documents Bateman’s impressions of living in the Philippines. His abstract and semi abstract photographs concentrate on three aspects of Filipino life, “da province, religion and shopping.   

“These aspects of Filipino life stand in stark contrast to an Australian lifestyle,” Bateman said. “With my photographs I have tried to capture not only the physical differences but also the cultural confrontation experienced when Australian sensibilities meet the Filipino lifestyle,” he added.

“Through Australian Eyes” is an exhibition of colour photographs which the artist claims to be integral to his work. “For me the Philippines isn’t a black and white country,” Bateman said. “There aren’t enough shades of grey to depict all the complexities, you’ve just got to use colour,” he added.

Using line and form as well as colour Bateman manipulates his digitally captured photographs on his computer to delve below the composition of the recorded moment. From each of his photographs he builds a new image that explores the underlying motivation that caused the shutter to be pressed when it was. “It is a journey in which the image dictates what directions to take,” Bateman said. “My major contribution is knowing when a destination has been reached,” he added. 

Australian art critic, Judith McGrath, has said about his work “Bateman has a keen eye for collecting aspects of everyday life, and a keen sense of design for digitally manipulating his pictures. He creates visual images that engage the viewer, and that’s what Art is all about.” 

“Through Australian Eyes” opens on the 4^th of March at Ross Capili’s One Workshop Gallery, La Fuerza Plaza II, 2241 Don Chino Roces Avenue, Makati City and runs through to the 4^th of April.

For more information contact the following:

One Workshop Gallery
Ross Capili
Tel: 810 5094
Email: rosscapili@yahoo.com

Exhibiting Artist
Henry Bateman
Tel: 757 3916
Email: henry@pissedpoetpics.com

Apple just introduced Aperture 2, the next major release of its groundbreaking photo editing and management software.

Apple Aperture 2 has over 100 new features that make it faster, easier to use and more powerful. With a streamlined user interface and entirely new image processing engine, Aperture 2 also introduces new imaging tools for highlight recovery, color vibrancy, local contrast definition, soft-edged retouching, vignetting and RAW fine-tuning, and lets users directly post their portfolios on the .Mac Web Gallery for viewing on the web, iPhone, iPod touch and Apple TV.

Watch over 50 tutorial videos on Aperture 2.

Aperture 2 is available immediately for a suggested retail price of US$199 through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Owners of previous versions of Aperture can upgrade to Aperture 2 for just US$99. For those who bought Aperture 1.5 after January 1st 2008 you can, before March 14th, upgrade to Aperture 2 for only US$9.95.

 You may also grab a copy of Aperture 2 in Depth (PDF format) which gives you a detailed introduction with Aperture 2’s features.