Canon Photography Seminar

I had this opportunity last April 21 to join Canon's photography seminar held in SM North EDSA. Its Canon's treat for the 15 years here in their loyal customers for the padt 15 years. We had Canon Ambassadors of Light Jay Jallorina, Jay Tablante and Per-Andre Hoffman as our insructors. This is one class surely i will never forget. It made me inspire more in taking photos and be a well-known Landscape and Travel photographer.This also gives me the opportunity to meet other photographers and make friends.

Sir Jay Jallorina taught us about the 3 important elements to create a breathtaking photo; Vision, Skill and Execution. Another topics is about the different techniques and tools that we will be needing to achieve the perfect shot. I find all the topics so interesting, I'm definitely going to save money to attend one of his Chasing Light trainings. I wish I can list all the topic here in my blog soon.

Sir Jay with my new friend, Victoria

The second part of the training is with sir Per-Andre Hoffman, he is one of the well known travel photographer whose works are published in National Geographic Magazines. He taught his techniques in photo printing and color management without using any software. He also told us that NatGeo doesnt accept photos with too much editing through photoshop.  He has been from almost every continent and all those photos are so amazing.

Sir Per Andre demonstrating his steps to Happy Way of Printing

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I'm really thankful that I chose Canon for my camera because the aftersales service is good and they really do take care of their customers by providing training with great masters. Looking forward for another photoskwela class.

Someday our work will also get published by international magazines. :-)

Sir Per Andre was so kind and even signed my brochure

Coming Back to Taal

Its been a while since I've been to Taal, Batangas. We always come here every Holy Week for the Visita Iglesia. This is also the hometown of my Lolo Candido so there were times that we also come here to visit some relatives.

Casa Punzalan -The Ancestral Home

The family even has its own street :-)

The purpose of my visit this time around is for my gown that I will be using for my Uncle's wedding on June. Taal is well known for the Barong Tagalog and Filipiniana gowns with very intricate embroidery. They also offer the lower cost for made to order gowns compare to the ones offered in Divisoria. The gowns can be found at the market place and they even designated one area for it.

Here are some pictures

sorry for the blurry picture. I was walking while taking this picture. :-)

Aren't they pretty?

The gown stalls.

Some wedding gowns on display

The Famous Taal Tapa

The market is at Calle Diokno.

We also made some stops to the two Church in the area. The first one is Our Lady of Caysasay church. We didnt have the time to go the famous Spring Well but I managed to get some shots in the area:

And lastly the Basilica de San Martin de Tours which is considered as the largest church in Asia and a heritage site. Just by going inside the church makes you feel that you are back in the Spanish era because of interiors of the church.

Well I hope the pictures will make you get your bag and start your own roadtrip to Taal. Definitely a place to visit.

Canon Photoskwela Plus

I recently attended the Canon Photoskwela Plus last saturday, March 24 at the Canon Imagenation Center in Manila Zoo. We had sir Jiggie Alejandrino and sir Noel Puyat as our instructor. They taught us with the basic operations of our cameras and tips on how we can make a simple snapshot into a photograph. Indeed their lessons helped me a lot in improving my art.  This gave me also an opportunity to meet other people who shares the same passion in photography.

I hope canon will provide us with more Photoskwela classes to everyone. I'm really thankful for that wonderful time yesterday.

Here are some of the photos from our class:

Our Classroom for the day :-)

Here is the view from the Imagenation Center

Adding Canon in the Photo

The horse was on the other side of the river. Canon let me use their EF300mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens in my Canon 1100D for this shot. I hope next time they can include it in the prize. :-)

Prizes for the best photo

Mother and Child

Mist and Leaf Thanks to this photo, I won the Black Rapid RS4 strap.

17th Hot Air Balloon Festival

Last Feb. 12 Me and my aunt went to Pampanga for the annual Hot Air Balloon Festival in Clark. It was a good time for me to enjoy my weekend after being stressed out in work for the pass couple of weeks. I had been hearing a lot of news about the festival so that made me more excited when we were going there.

One tip that I can share is that go to the venue as early as possible to secure the best spot for your photos. :-)
The airbase is already crowded even at 5am.Most of them brought their families and their pets to enjoy this event. You wont feel bored because of the activity wont end with the Balloons flying in the sky. There were aerial exhibition from the Philippine Air Force, paragliding and so much more. Since I enjoyed it so much I'm already planning for my trip for next year. :-)

A Birthday Cake? :-) 

Paragliders

3 Balloons

Travelife Japan Night

I was recently invited to be a photographer for Travelife Japan Night that was held in Dusit Thani Hotel last Feb. 16. It was attended by many VIP guest including Former President Fidel V. Ramos, Senators Franklin Drilon and Ed Angara and other diplomats. This event serves as a marriage of culture between Japan and the Philippines. The highlight of the event was the performance from two Maiko (Apprentice Geishas) from Japan. The event was hosted by the publisher of Travelife Magazine Christine Cunanan and the Ambassador of Japan. The guest were served with delicious meals that was delicately planned months ahead of time, to show the traditional and uniqueness of Japanese cuisines. They were entertained by the performance from the Maikos. The event also showed us how to wear the kimono and delicate way of tieing the robe. After the that the Maiko went back on stage to give another set of performance for the guest. Indeed it was both a magical night for both cultures.

The hotel was transformed into a Japanese Garden

A Japanese  Zen Garden inside the Hotel's Ballroom

Two Lovely Maiko from Japan

Senator Angara

Christine Cunanan, welcoming  the guest to the event

Senator Drilon with the Kimono Sensei

Finale Performance from the Maiko

Note:
All Photos were taken at Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati.
Special Thanks to Travelife Magazine for the opportunity to cover this event.

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