DPP's 3rd Year Anniversary

Today is DPP's 3rd year anniversary. I just learned about it when I bought the Digital Photographer Philippines (DPP) magazine issue 26. There's an enclosed participant pass and so I grabbed that opportunity and attended their event held at the Fully Booked High Street.

The event started at 10am but I was able to go there past 12noon. Eri, my officemate also attended the event. I also met Nico,a freelance graphic artist/phorographer.

The activities during the day include free seminars conducted by well-known photographers in the industry like Jo Avila, Ben Chan, Ferdinand Decena,Nick Tuason, Pilar Tuason, Jay Tablante, Jay Jallorina, Bernie Ledesma, Raymund Isaac, Wesley Villarica, Harvey Chua and Nino Carandang.

From my estimate,the particants range between 600 to 800. The seminars were conducted in three(3) different locations inside Fully Booked, U-View(basement), Forum(4th floor) and Top Shelf (5th floor). Freebies were handed during registration. I got Nivea goodies while others,early registrants, were given Canon pack, not sure what's inside the pack.

I was able to attend two seminars, "Elegant Lighting for Fashion Photography" conducted by Jay Tablante,as shown in the photo below. The other seminar was, The Art of Landscape Photography" was with Jay Jallorina. Those photographers are still young and equally great. Their works and images show their expertise in their chosen style of photography. I wanted to attend the seminar conducted by Ms. Pilar Tuason, "A Guide to Child and Bridal Portraiture" unfortunately, there were limited seats. Incidentally, she was the featured photographer in this month's issue of DPP magazine. I love her bridal shots.

I didn't stay long. After the talk of Jay Jallorina I left already. The seminar was very inspiring and the speakers/photographers were all generous in sharing their thoughts and experiences.

Happy 3rd anniversary DPP!

Flu shot

I had a flu shot last week at our office. It was actually offered to the employees including their beneficiaries at a discounted rate. Just taking precaution to combat the widespread A(H1N1)virus.

Philippines has more than 40 reported individual affected by the A(H1N1) virus. The count was very low compare to other countries where there were also reported fatalities.

Some universities in the metro were forced to extend opening of classes due to reported students that got affected by the flu virus. The Department of Health's (DOH) information drive somehow helped the public become aware and how to prevent from contracting disease.

The flu virus has become a pandemic according to World Health Organization. So please take heed and do necessary precautions.