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

DPP Issue # 21 with Beauty as the main theme is now available at your favorite magazine stands.

If you’re into photographing beautiful people, especially women, then this issue is for you. Mark Nicdao worked closely with the DPP team on this issue. Mark is at the forefront of the fashion/beauty photography in the country and his inputs are priceless. You’ll learn that great photos goes beyond just great technique. — Nick Tuason of Digital Photographer Philippines Magazine.

The current issue has 58 pages (9.5 MB PDF file).

Grab a copy of UnderWater Photography Mag Issue # 43.

Ayala Malls

invite you to join

Moments with Daddy

at

Market! Market! Photo Contest

Mechanics:

• To join, present P300 worth of receipts (single or accumulated) at the Concierge from any Market! Market! establishment from May 23 to June 8, 2008 and accomplish a Moments with Daddy at Market! Market! application form.

• Receipts may only be used once and will be stamped upon redemption of the application form.

• Photos must capture a particular moment between “father and child,” and must be taken in Market! Market!

• Entries must include the following and submitted to the Concierge in a sealed brown envelope:

• Duly accomplished application form

• CD containing the soft file of the photo

Deadline of submission of entries is on June 8, 2008

• Winners of the contest are:

• Father (with child) depicted in the Photo; and

• Photographer

• Winners will be selected at the end of the promo and will be notified through SMS, voice mail and/or email.

Prizes are as follows:

PHOTOGRAPHER

1st Prize: P10,000 worth of Ayala Malls eGCs

2nd Prize: P5,000 worth of Ayala Malls eGCs

3rd Prize: P3,000 worth of Ayala Malls eGCs

FATHER (in photo)

1st Prize: P10,000 worth of Ayala Malls eGCs

2nd Prize: P5,000 worth of Ayala Malls eGCs

3rd Prize: P3,000 worth of Ayala Malls eGCs

All winners will also receive the following:

• P500 worth of gift certificates from Bench
• P500 worth of gift certificates from Artwork
• P500 worth of gift certificates from Sportshouse
• P500 worth of gift certificates from Picture City
• Gift packs from The Body Shop

Contest Mechanics updated Thursday, May 29, 2008

Photographers retain the copyright to their submitted photos. Feel free to leave a comment should you have any questions or clarifications.

Get a chance to win

a FREE Subscription for 6 Months

to the

Digital Photographer Philippines (DPP) Magazine

Join the contest in 4 easy steps.

1. You will need a blog or a website and make a post/page about this contest.
2. Place an image of DPP’s current issue #18 - The Portrait in your post/page. You can grab one here or  just link to it  (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2383/2214418248_002eb2fa6e_o_d.jpg)
   
3. Place a link in your blog/post/page going to Shutter Box Philippines with the  http://shutter.box.com.ph url.
   
4. Leave a comment in this post indicating the url of your post/page about the contest.

Rules:

1. Please limit your entries to one (1) post/page per blog/website.
2. You may however submit several entries provided you have posts/pages from several blogs/websites.
3. Leave a comment on this post indicating the url of your entry. Please limit one enrty per comment for easy accounting of entries. Invalid comments will not be considered.
4. Draw will be done by entering your entry/ies’ comment id ID’s in a tambiolo. Afterwhic, I shall be picking one (1) winner.
5. Please be advised that the prize will only be available for Metro Manila residents due to logistical constraints of shipping your subscriptions outside of Manila. Should a winner be chosen and he or she happens to be not from Metro Manila, he or she may opt to send the subscription to anybody he/she prefers provided the address is within Metro Manila.
6. Deadline for submitting your entry will be on midnight of February 16, 2008 GMT+8.
7. Draw will be made on February 17, 2008 so the winner will be able to receive DPP issue # 19 in time as soon as it is released.

If you want to gain more insight into the most powerful of photography genres then look no further than to DPP Issue #18.

Featured in the cover is the rock legend Pepe Smith.

Digital Photographer Philippines Magazine Issue # 18 - The Portrait is expected to be delivered by the printers today and should be available in stores this weekend.

Shutter Box Philippines would like to know more about you.

Please answer the sixteen (16) questions listed below by posting a comment on this page.

In the spirit of Christmas and gift giving… every complete entry (all 16 questions answered) will be entered into an electronic raffle draw.

The winner will get (1) FREE 6 Months subscription to Digital Photographer Philippines magazine (DPP).

1. Gender

2. Age

3. Location

4. How long have you been into photography?

5. Are you using film, digital or both?

6. What camera brand/s and model/s do you use?

7. How would you classify yourself as a photographer (professional, hobbyist, etc)?

8. Do you belong to a photography club? If yes, please indicate name of club.

9. How did you find out about Shutter Box Philippines?

10. How long have you been reading Shutter Box Philippines?

11. How often do you visit Shutter Box Philippines?

12. Do you subscribe to Shutter Box Philippines’ RSS feeds?

13. What would you like to see more in Shutter Box Philippines?

14. What would you like to see less in Shutter Box Philippines?

15. What other photography related sites do you frequently visit?

16. Do you have a blog or a website? If you do, kindly share the url with us.

Please use a valid e-mail address when you post your comment so I can reach you in the event that you will be drawn as the winner.

All comments should be submitted by 11:59PM GMT+8 of December 26, 2007 for it to be included in the draw.

Please take note that all comments are moderated so don’t worry if your comment isn’t approved yet but as long as the time stamp states that the comment was submitted before the cut off time your comment will be counted.

Should you win but it just so happens that you are based outside the Philippines, you may elect to give the prize to somebody else who is based in the Philippines.

DPP Issue #17 - Travel Photography

This issue features Jake Versoza, who is known in the photography community as a fashion photographer, really prefers travel more than anything else. You will find his exemplary Travel work inside our pages as he guides us on how to become a better Travel Photographer.

Also in this issue is the living legend George Tapan. Master George and his son Harvey share two generations worth of imagery and insights.

Digital Photographer Philippines (DPP) Editor-in-Chief Nino Carandang just sent this in…

To all DPP readers,

In recognition of our growing need for more storage space, DPP was able to talk to Western Digital to provide our Readers and Digiprint Pro card holders a substantial discount in any external hard drive  purchase. The said discount will start on November 8 during the  COMDAPP Expo 2007 in SMX, SM Mall of Asia.

Discount Mechanics: It’s quite easy. All you have to do is present the latest DPP Issue (Issue 16) or your Digiprint Pro Card in the  Western Digital booth in SMX. Discounted prices are for cash  purchases only.

Below is the price list of the WD hard drives:

(Click image above for a larger version of the poster).

The Western Digital Hard Drive Sale for DPP/Digiprint Pro Members will only last for  four (4) days and it starts tomorrow, November 8, 2007 and will end on November 11, 2007.

So drop by SMX at the SM Mall of Asia if you want to check out the Western Digital Hard Drive Sale.

Adorama Imaging Resource Center

brings you

 100 Photography Tips in 100 Days

Adorama Camera’s AIRC (Adorama Imaging Resource Center), which has been providing photographers with free, helpful how-to features and buying advice since 2003, has embarked on a new venture: 100 in 100: 100 photography tips in 100 days, which will started on September 10, will provide one brief but practical photography tip every day through December 18, 2007.

The tips are being prepared now by a world-class team of photography experts, including: Joe Farace, a seasoned pro who has written over 20 photography books; Jason Schneider, 40-year veteran photography writer and editor; Diane Miller, Adobe Photoshop power users; Bob Atkins, world-renowned optics expert; As well as editor Mason Resnick, contributor Jon Sienkiewicz, both photo industry veterans, and several surprise guest pro shooters.

While the articles will all be short, they will link to relevant, in-depth articles already published on the AIRC.

Thanks to Anne Ong from MagalingDinKami and Mason Resnick, EICof Adorama Imaging Resource Centerfor, for the heads up on this one.

Canon and DPP will be having another Print Like A Pro seminar on October 12, 6:00pm-10:00pm at Bella Luce (a.k.a. DPP HQ).

This is the second time that they will be having this event. Topics to be tackled will be Basic Color Management and Inkjet Printing. There will only be forty (40) slots available for this seminar.

The Canon Pixma Pro9500 and the Pixma MP970 will be officially launched during this seminar.

The seminar will also showcase the black & white printing capabilities of the Canon Pixma Pro9500. Participants are encouraged to submit images for digital mono images for printing and display during the seminar.

Printing stations will be set up in the venue so that participants can print their images for free.

Remember to submit an image ASAP for printing and display.

Register online at DPP.