The Pinoy Photography Organization recently held its 6th Anniversary event entitled “Framed Perspectives” last Saturday 5th November at the SM City North EDSA. Almost 600 PiPho online forum members (known as “PiPhols”) had signed up for this year’s event, and there was a big crowd in attendance on the day itself. It was a day of learning, goodies and an opportunity to meet old photography and make new ones.
The Astronomical League of the Philippines, Inc. (ALP) will hold the 3rd Philippine Astronomy Convention (PAC 2011) on the 4th week of February 2011. The event has several activities spread across three days, with a different venue for each day. Photographers who are interested in shooting heavenly bodies (of the cosmic kind) might want to register for the 3rd Philippine Astronomical Convention and attend the astrophotography talk and hands-on workshop to familiarize themselves with the gear and techniques used in this specialized field of photography.
This week, Canon announced at the CP+ photography trade fair in Japan two new EOS cameras, two new external flash units for its DSLRs, four DSLR lenses, and five compact digital cameras. The Canon EOS 600D and 1100D DSLR cameras were announced, and they will be replacing the 550D and 1000D in the current lineup, respectively. To go with these new entry-level DSLRs, the new EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II lens has also been introduced. The supertelephoto-class EF 500mm f/4L IS USM and EF 600mm f/4L IS USM lenses received their much-awaited respective “II” versions. Additionally, Canon also introduced two new Speedlite external flash units for the EOS camera line, the 320EX and the 270EX II.
Canon Marketing Philippines will be bringing its popular Print-Like-A-Pro seminar to Cagayan De Oro City on the 30th of November 2010. This color management and printing seminar, which will be held at the Mallberry Hotel in Cagayan De Oro City, will be the first of a series of seminars that will held around cities in the Visayas and Mindanao in the coming months. Commercial photographer, noted photography instructor and Canon Brand Ambassador Jo Avila will be the speaker. He is an expert in color managemenr and printing and will be lecturing and demonstrating the workflow necessary to ensure that what you see on your computer screen approximates the one that will be printed.
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Veteran photographer, photography instructor, and current Canon Brand Ambassador Jo Avila counts some of the Philippines’ biggest companies as his clients for commercial photography, and he has been teaching photography since 1994. He currently offers Basic, Advanced and Food Styling/Food Photography courses. Jo is offering his November 2010 Basic Photography Seminar in 2 different formats: a twice-a-week in the evenings for 5 days starting 9 November 2010, and a special compressed whole-day once-a-week for 2 weeks session starting 14 November 2010.
Two Stops Over with Paco Guerrero is a new TV show about photography premiering this coming Sunday, 7th of November, at 7:30PM on the TV station 2nd Avenue.
The show will chronicle travel photographer Paco Guerrero’s return to his homeland, the Philippines, after building a successful career internationally. Paco has spent almost 20 years in countries like the US, Malaysia, London, and has lived in Spain for the last 10 years. Two Stops Over will show Paco’s journey as a photographer and as a Filipino who is rediscovering his country.
The Canon PhotoMarathon 2010 – Manila Leg is happening this coming Saturday, 6 November 2010. The event organizers have sent emails to participants who registered online, with instructions to download the waiver form, accomplish it and send it back via email. Unfortunately, the email was vague on exactly what should be submitted. I looked at the Canon Philippines Facebook page and saw that they had posted this in response to Click Here To Read More
Chasing Girls 2 is the second portrait and glamour photography workshop with Photographer and Art Director Rolly Magpayo. The two-day course will be held on the 11th and 12th of December 2010. Interested parties should use the contact details in the poster for inquiries. Click here for a bigger version of the poster. Technorati Tags: philippines, photography, workshop
Canon Marketing Philippines held another of its Print-Like-A-Pro seminars at the Legend Villas last Wednesday, 27th October 2010. This particular Print-Like-A-Pro was organized exclusively for the Pinoy Photography (PiPho) organization and forum members. As with all the sessions in Canon’s Print-Like-A-Pro seminar series, this seminar aims to help printer owners and photography enthusiasts achieve the best results possible from their printers. The speaker for this event was photographer and Canon Ambassador Jo Avila. Jo Avila is one of the better-known photography instructors and his technical knowledge on printing out digital pictures make him an ideal lecturer on the subject. He is also a PiPho member who posts regularly in the forum under the handle “misterkodaker”.
