I am so blessed to have been mentored by two of the great photographers in our Club, Mang Rudy de Leon and Emil Davocol. Mang Rudy, my sponsor, printed all my entries during the film days. Saturday mornings before the first Monday contest. I would go to their house in Philam Life Village in Las […]
Category: Featured Article
Featured Member: Raul Montifar – 25 Years in CCP
I joined the Camera Club of the Philippines because of my mentors’ influence: Pancho Escaler, Bien Bautista and Emil Davocol. I started my career in photography as an assistant photographer in Chroma Studios owned and created by CCP members and now lifetime members Pancho, Emil, Bien, the late Ed Sarte and the Waldy Cruz. When […]
Read More… from Featured Member: Raul Montifar – 25 Years in CCP
Shooting the Milky Way
We’re right smack in the middle of the Summer Milky Way season in the Philippines. Here are some tips on how to effectively shoot it. 1. SEASON: The Milky Way can be seen in the South-South East night sky over the Philippines between late February and early July. However, up until mid-March, it rises late, meaning […]
Landscape Photography for Starters
Choose a side-lighted scene. Side-lit scenes (light coming from the left or right) are easier to manage in terms of exposure and contrast. They are also easier to work with while using neutral density (ND) and graduated neutral density (GND) Filters. Lastly and most important of all, they usually offer longer moments of soft light […]
How To Photograph Fire-breathers
There are many kinds of fire photography. In shooting fire-breathers, you need to need to freeze the action as soon as the flames are formed. Most likely, you would need to shoot in manual mode as it would be difficult for the camera to compensate for drastic and fast changes in light. Here we share […]
Catching Fireworks
Happy new year! Nothing marks the start of a New Year more apparent and with a bang than a good firework show. Regardless of your age or social class, you anticipate the predictable ending to every traditional New Year’s Eve countdown with the same excitement and awe. For two years now, I have had the […]
Trip the Light Fantastic in Tacloban
When the idea of having an OTS in Tacloban City was announced, there was this inescapable apprehension: has the city recovered from the ravages of Yolanda that we could be licensed to disturb its peace? The apprehension was unfounded however as we learned, even before flying in, that Tacloban was in a celebratory mood and […]
Featured Member: Omeng Esguerra
A Lifetime of Craft Mastery In the 1970’s, Osmundo V. Esguerra (who was called “Omeng” for short by his relatives and friends) was a master artisan and art dealer who traversed the country in search of antique artworks and furniture. Because he wanted only excellent items to sell, he took photos of the pieces he […]
Exhibit: Memorable Journey
It was an awesome evening when Camera Club of the Philippines’ Cuba team composed of Tilak Hettige, Armand Apuya, Jorge Buenaventura, Paul Resurreccion and Fred Yuson showed their photos to the public titled, “Cuba – A Memorable Journey” to CCP members and guests on 8 Nov 2016 at CWC International Corporation showroom in BGC. The […]
Exhibit: Imagine
On the 26th of October 2016, Camera Club of the Philippines formally opened “Imagine – Visual Freedom” a photographic exhibition at The Gallery, Solaire Casino and Resort. Photographs by 51 members of the Club were on display and these were curated by CCP member Tilak Hettige. Guests who attended were awed by the stunning […]
D800/E Review (Part 2)
The introduction of an alternative model without the AA filter – the D800E! The AA filter is an optical low pass filter added in front of the sensor to produce some blurring to the image, specifically between two adjacent pixels. Why? That way curved or diagonal parts of the image are softened to eliminate jagged […]
D800/E Review (Part 1)
I have been a Nikon user all my life, a digital shooter for the last ten years, and a full frame shooter ever since the D700 shipped 3 years ago. It was with great excitement, therefore, when Nikon announced the 36-megazillionpixel D800 – much to the surprise of the entire photographic community because Nikon has […]
A Foreign Perspective
The Araneta/Cubao OTS was my first time to visit that part of Metro Manila. I had, of course, heard of the Araneta Coliseum because of the 1975 Ali-Frazier “Thrilla in Manila,” but I did not know anything else about the area. As a foreigner, the OTS is the hardest competition for me, because an OTS […]
Grupo Who?
Last February 2012 meeting, the club had a very special guest in the person of Emil Davocol. Yup, ‘Davoks’ as he is more popularly known, was present. After suffering a stroke some years back, Emil has rarely attended the monthly meets and for the members, it is really a joy to see him. So surprising […]
Rolling Stones of Valugan
When ever Rudy and I visit Batanes, one of the first things we do is to go to Valugan the following morning. Wake up at 4:30 AM, have 3 in 1 coffee and off we go. Since Valugan is facing East, we want to set up before there is light. There are two distinct areas […]
Best Friends Forever
If you ask a lifetime member who his BFFs are, I would venture a guess that most of them are in the club. Look at Louie and Raymund, Doc Castro and Ruben, Emil and Waldy Cruz, Rudy and many members, plus so many budding friendships that I see every club meetings. They are like like […]
Featured Member: Amado Castro
I consider it a treat when people surprise me in a positive manner. My interview of Amado Castro, or ‘Doc Amado’ to all, was indeed a real treat for this very reason. We began by discussing his beginnings in photography. He started photography and became an avid photographer as early as his teens using his […]
Featured Member: Billy Mondonedo
CCP Master Photographer, 2005 and 2010 Every man has a secret. On November 15th was the day Billy Mondoñedo would tell me his. And our President Rey Ortiz sat at the table as a witness. Nesty Ocampo had earlier given me the assignment to interview Billy Mondoñedo for an article on outstanding members of our […]
Perfect 5
Here’s a bit of historical trivia about the Camera Club of the Philippines. In the 35 years since 1976 when the Camera Club’s modern contest system first took shape, only four individual contest entries have ever received the so-called “Perfect 5”, that is, an average score of 5, with every judge in a panel, without […]