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

Lights with Emotions

A Digital Photography and Lighting Workshop on Wedding and Fashion Photography

by Jiva Jimenez and Dustein Sibug

Cebu City

May 17, 2008 (Saturday) Scheduled Shoot

May 18, 2008 (Sunday) Post Processing Workshop

Registration Fee: PhP 3,500 (inclusive of lunch)

For more information and reservation, please contact Michol Sanchez 0920.920.0007 or Danny Ybanez 0920.922.2309.

Roxas Boulevard’s south bound lane from Manila Hotel to Vito Cruz will be closed to traffic today, Saturday, May 3, 2008 from 2PM to 9PM to give way to the Aliwan Fiesta Parade.

Delegates from various provinces will take part in this grand cultural showcase.

The streetdance competition has become a fierce battleground where color, pomp, and pageantry converge to define the Aliwan Fiesta as grassroots theatre at its very best. With this in mind, Manila Broadcasting has designated “Sayaw, Padyak, Indak” as the theme for this year’s Photography Competition.

You can check out more info on the photo contest at Anton Sheker’s Blogalicious.

Ayala Malls

invite you to join

Moments with Mommy

at

Market! Market! Photo Contest

Contest Mechanics:

• A PhP 300.00 purchase, single or accumulated receipt, from April 24, 2008 to May 04, 2008, from any store in Market! Market! entitles the shopper to one (1) Moments with Mommy at Market! Market! Photo Contest Application form. Receipts can only be used once and will be stamped upon redemption of the application form.
• Photos must capture a particular moment between “Mother and Child“, and must be taken within the premises of Market! Market!
• Submit photo entries, saved in jpg format stored in a CD, along with a duly accomplished application form and present a receipt as proof or purchase at the Market! Market! Concierge.
• Submission of entries begin on April 24, 2008. Deadline of submission of entries is on Sunday, May 4, 2008.
• Judging of Entries shall be on May 05, 2008.
• Winners of the contest are: Mother (with child) depicted in the Photo and the photographer who took the photo.
• Winning photos will be exhibited for one (1) week, May 11, 2008 to May 17, 2008, at the exhibit area fronting the concierge.
• Photos will be used only for the said event.
• Photographers retain the copyright to their submitted photos.

Prizes include the following:

• Ayala Malls EGC

1st Prize is PhP10,000 EGC

2nd Prize PhP 5,000 EGC

3rd Prize is PhP 3,000 EGC

• Freshaire Gift Certificates
• Sushi-Ya Gift Certificates
• Gerry’s Grill Gift Certificates

Feel free to leave a comment should you have any questions or clarifications.

Shutter Box Philippines and Kubota Image Tools are giving away not one (1) but two (2) copies of Kubota Artistic Tools v4 which already includes the new Kubota Action Dashboard.

Each copy retails for US$149 but you now have a chance get one for free if you win in the raffle.

You have two (2) options in getting a raffle entry:

1. If you don’t have a blog, you can get a raffle entry simply by leaving a message/comment as to why you should win a copy of Kubota Artistic Tools v4.
2. If you have a blog or website, simply write or blog about this raffle and place a link going to Shutter Box Philippines (http://shutter.box.com.ph) and leave a message/comment indicating the url of your blog post.

Raffle mechanics:

1. Please indicate valid e-mail address so we can get in touch with you in the event that your entry is picked in the raffle draw.
2. Entries from bloggers and non-bloggers will be drawn separately so there will be one winner from the non-blogger entries and another one from the blogger entries.
3. Please limit one url per comment should you have several blogs/sites that you would like to submit.
4. The comment id of every entry will be used as reference #. Reference #’s will be written in a piece of paper and be raffled in a tambiolo.
5. Drawing of the raffle will be on May 1, 2008.
6. A url for the download link will be emailed to the winners.

Leave a message should you have any question or clarifications about the raffle.

Win two round-trip SEAIR tickets to Batanes!

Shutter Box Philippines and the SEAIR Adventure Club are giving away two round-trip SEAIR tickets to Basco, Batanes.

All you have to do is leave a comment in: <http://destinations.flyseair.com/seair-starts-flights-to-batanes> telling us why you love Batanes by Sunday, 20 April 2008 at 8:00 p.m.

Make sure you place your full name in the name field since you will need a valid ID to claim the tickets if you win.

The winner will be drawn at random and will be notified by e-mail so make sure you double check your e-mail address before submitting your comment.

Finally, one entry per IP address so only the first entry from each IP address will be counted.

Tickets will be valid from now until 15 October 2008. Good luck!

Due to insistent public demand the deadline for the Go Beyond the Stick competition have been extended until April 19, 2008!

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.

Participants may join in any of this two categories:

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

Printed entries in 8 inches x 10 inches maybe submitted personally or through courier service at OneWorkshop  Ground Floor 2241 La Fuerza Plaza II Don Chino Roces Avenue Corner Sabio St. Makati City until 7 PM APRIL 19, 2008!

Entries must be accompanied by entry forms downloaded at the contest website

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

For inquiries, you may contact Leslie at 8105094, 8192074 or  one_workshop@yahoo.com

The German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ)

in partnership with

The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) and
The Global Water Partnership Southeast Asia (Philippine Water Partnership)

present

Water is Life Photo Contest

So what is the Water is Life Photo Contest all about?

This photo contest aims to raise awareness among the citizenry by dramatically visualizing the various water and sanitation issues facing the country today and move people into action to address these issues.

The theme for this photo contest is “Water is Life.” This theme is based on the fundamental truth that water is a core element of life. Every organism, individual, and ecosystem depends on water for survival. Indeed, water impacts all aspects of life and water systems play a pivotal role in the sustainability of life and its related activities.

All entries of this contest must represent or typify the conditions of our water resources
both in its beauty and the dangers it is facing. Photographs may also capture local
issues on our water resources such as the following:

• Water for Agriculture – examples include conflict due to illegal water diversion, water shortage due to over extraction of groundwater for irrigation, water pollution caused by use of pesticide and herbicide, flashfloods caused by over exploitation of forest resources

• Water for People – examples include poor drinking water quality due pollution from various sources, poor water quality and water scarcity due to saltwater intrusion caused by over extraction of groundwater sources, poor water management due to abuse and lack of conservation efforts

• Water for Sanitation – examples include improper wastewater and/or sewage disposal which drains sewerage to groundwater, rivers, lakes and seas therefore exposing people to various health hazards

The winning photographs of this contest will be displayed through a photo exhibit on June 5, 2008 in time with the World Environment Day in selected malls in Metro Manila.

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Hired! is a reality search show in QTV Channel 11 hosted by Paolo Abrera and Mariz Umali having a tagline “Search for the most deserving applicant“.

The next series of Hired!, formerly known as May Trabaho Ka, is for aspiring fashion photographers.

Should you be interested to join… You should have at least a one-year experience in photography, willing to be trained and artistic/creative.

Interested applicants may send their resumes with picture and/or portfolio at hired@gmanetwork.com on or before March 13, 2008.

Photo.net.ph is looking for original, striking images of unique filipino events, actions, everyday life around the Philippines that capture what “Walang Ganyan sa States” means to you, something uniquely Filipino.

These images may reflect the wide variety of Filipino Everyday Life around the islands, We encourage entries from all regions, in both rural and urban settings. We expect to receive images that represent life that is uniquely filipino.

The “Walang Ganyan sa States” Photo Contest is open to all photographers; Professional or Amateur.

Prizes will be awarded as described below.

1ST PRIZE = PHP 5,000.00
2ND PRIZE = PHP 3,000.00
3RD PRIZE =PHP 2,000.00

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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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