This is my first photography class and it's all totally worth it!
The event by Federation of Philippine Photographers Foundation (FPPF) was held last January 30 - February 3, 2009 at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Conference Hall. The exhibitors such as Kodak, Canon, Nikon, JT Photoworld, Euro Color, Aperture, Avenue, Camera Haus, and Henry's to mention a few had their own booths at Glorietta Activity Center.
The invited speakers shared their own area of specialty.
Mary Fisk-Taylor is an expert when it comes to sales and marketing (get very, very close to the person who has the checkbook *wink*).
Mary's business partner Jamie Hayes is the light master and is into glamour photography (mimic natural sunlight through strobes if the weather is gloomy).
Hanson Fong's forte is to arrange his subjects to produce a perfect portrait. He believes in 3 things:
1. The woman should look good
2. The woman should look good
3. The man has to pay
All three form a really great team.
Nick Tuason covered Color Management with Nino Carandang's help, while his wife, Pilar Tuason, discoursed a few of her Wedding Photography secrets, Victor Sison of FPPF filled us in with his strobe techniques, Nelson John sampled Photoshop CS4 directly from Singapore via Skype, Bobot Go and George Cabig impressed us with their captured moments and some once-in-a-lifetime chances, John Chua touched our hearts with his Autism project and his other Ad works (and insists in discouraging us never to enter advertising), Fung Yu brought us to the places he has been through his 360° Virtual Reality (VR) outputs, and Neil Confesor amazed us with how he captured things in action, including himself while kayaking via his invented camera-holder.
Sleeplessness did not bother me as I watch them unfold their strategies and unique ways. So many things have been learned from this event and I hope that the application of these lessons would materialize where they are needed.
Best of all, new bonds have been created by new acquaintances!
