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.

Lomomanila will be installing lomowalls at Bonifacio High Street tomorrow, Friday, May 9, 2008, starting 4 PM.

Join them as they put together their biggest display of lomographic images to date. The lomowalls at Bonifacio High Street will be available for viewing until May 30, 2008.

The exhibition is part of The Passion Fest 2008 at Bonifacio Global City.

For inquiries about Passion Fest 2008, please call 818-3601 or visit www.fbdcorp.com.

To celebrate the lomowalls at the Bonifacio Global City, there will be a Rockeoke Night for all members and friends at Magnet Cafe Bonifacio High Street on May 13, 2008, Tuesday, which starts at 9 p.m.

ARAW NG MAKATI GRAND PARADE

May 9, 2008 (Friday)

along Ayala Avenue, Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas

Award-winning dancers from the Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo and other sister localities of Makati will join the parade, providing the Makati crowd with a taste of the colorful dances from various parts of the Philippines.

Organizers anticipate some 5,000 revelers to fill the entire stretch of Ayala Avenue.

Bring umbrellas, rain coats and plastic bags to protect your photography gear just in case it rains again tomorrow.

Road Closure and Traffic Rerouting:

May 8, 2008 (Thursday), 8:00 PM - onward – Westbound direction of Ayala Avenue, from Makati Avenue to Paseo de Roxas, shall be closed to vehicular traffic to give way to the construction of a stage in front of Tower One.

Westbound vehicles along Ayala Avenue, from EDSA going to Gil Puyat Avenue, shall turn right to Makati Avenue, turn left to Paseo de Roxas and turn right to Ayala Avenue. Vehicles going to Tower One and MSE buildings will be allowed to pass thru Ayala Avenue and take MSE driveway.

May 9, 2008 (Friday), 2:00 PM – Ayala Extension (from Metropolitan Avenue to Gil Puyat Avenue), Malugay Street (from Pasong Tamo to Gil Puyat Avenue) and eastbound lanes of Ayala Avenue (from Gil Puyat Avenue to Herrera Street) shall be closed to vehicular traffic, to be used as assembly points of the parade participants. At the start of the parade at 3:00 PM, the remaining portion of eastbound direction of Ayala Avenue from Herrera to Makati Avenue and a portion of Paseo de Roxas, from dela Rosa to Ayala Avenue, shall likewise be closed.

Upon reaching Makati Avenue, parade participants will turn right utilizing the southbound direction (counter-flow), turn left to Paseo de Roxas, turn right to Ayala Avenue, and then straight ahead towards Ayala Extension. Northbound direction of Makati Avenue shall temporarily be made two-way.

All westbound vehicles along Ayala Avenue from EDSA going to Gil Puyat Avenue shall turn right to Makati Avenue while those along Gil Puyat Avenue going to Ayala Center or EDSA shall take the stretch of Gil Puyat Avenue, turn right to Makati Avenue and turn left to Ayala Avenue. Light vehicles from Gil Puyat Avenue going to Legaspi Village or Greenbelt can take Pasong Tamo St., turn left to Dela Rosa Street, turn right to Salcedo St, turn right to Gamboa St., turn left to Rada St., and turn right to Legaspi St. to respective places of destination.

This activity is expected to end at around 6:00 p.m.

You might also want to check out the list of participants in Makati City Grand Parade and the schedule of month-long activities leading to the culmination of 338th Makati Foundation Day on June 1, 2008.

The 2008 World Olympics III will be held every Saturday starting today with the following dates:

May 3, 2008 -China & Germany

May 10,2008 - Canada & France

May 17, 2008 - Italy & Venezuela

May 24, 2008 - Fellowship of Fire - Collaboration of all countries with the Philippines

La Mancha Pyro Productions will be representing the Philippines in a Pyromusical show exihibition

LOCATION

The World Pyro Olympics III will take place once again at the Esplanade behind SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.

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.

Gray Area Studios

present

Maximizing Your Point and Shoot Camera Workshop

by Michelle Morelos

Just bought your first digital camera? Is upgrading to a DSLR too much for your wallet?

This 2-day workshop will show you the functions of a DSLR without having to upgrade to one.

May 10, 2008 - 9AM to 1PM

May 17, 2008 - 9AM to 12NN

Workshop fee is PhP 2,500 per person

Workshop fee is inclusive of snacks, handouts and certification of completion.

Check out more of Michelle Morelo’s shots using digital point and shoot cameras.

Gray Area Studios

5/F 116 V.A. Rufino St., Legaspi Village, Makati City

For reservations and inquiries, please contact Ral at 0917.5063.780 or email grayareastudios@gmail.com

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.

Basic Lighting for Portraits Seminar BATCH # 24

(now includes portable wireless lighting - strobist)

by

Ken Go

May 17, 2008 Saturday (1:00pm to 5:00pm)

May 18, 2008 Sunday (scheduled shoot) and Portable wireless lighting and Critique session on

May 19, 2008 Monday (6:00 pm to 9:00 pm)

Unit 602 Cityland 10 Tower 2, H.V. Dela Costa St. Salcedo Village, Makati City, behind RCBC Tower. http://www.photosbykengo.com/misc/map.jpg

For more info and to see the photos from the previous seminar, please visit http://seminars.photosbykengo.com/

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
8. Portable wireless lighting (Strobist)

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. You will not be required to bring anything during the 1st day.

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) 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.

3rd day, Portable wireless lighting discussion, includes gear needed and how to apply basic lighting techniques to this type of set-up. For the Critique session we 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. I usually also discuss some questions regarding post processing during these critique sessions.

Seminar Price is P. 3,000.00 - inclusive of handouts.

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