Photography, Hubby, and Walking.

Hubby is not exactly an expert photographer but he has talent so being the supportive wife that I am, I always encourage him to continuously develop this arty side of him.

We got him a basic digital SLR camera and another lens so he could practice.  Apart from that, he also joined a Digital Photography 101 class conducted by the Alcove Perspective -- a photography group under the Filipinas Heritage Library.  These were all 2 years ago so I surmised (and this turned out to be true according to him) that he kind of lost a lot of things he learned from the class including his fascination with the mahalia (read: expensive) gadget.


Good thing the Alcove is composed of an intelligent bunch of people, they kept the contact details of their ex-students in the 101 classes.  Hubby was invited to a Photowalk Challenge!  And since he is sweet, he invited me to join, too.


It was something new and kind of interesting so I said yes.  I do have an artistic side so I am always open to different avenues of expressing it.  Plus, I did not need a digital SLR, just a point and shoot would do.


The Photowalk Challenge required participants to go around Makati and take pictures of a list of subjects.  The list had 22 challenges so this meant submitting 22 photos to the judges.


Jay Alonzo, a professional photographer, provided some words of inspiration to the participants before the challenge was kicked off.

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Armed with my point and shoot Canon camera (which is 4 years old!!!), I joined hubby and WALKED from the Ayala Triangle to Greenbelt, Glorietta, and back.

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Here are my finished products.  17 out of 22.


It was very tiring as I don't really fancy walking.  Aside from that, it was drizzling every now and then.  Not my kind of activity but I did enjoy the challenge so I am up for another one next year!

After shooting was judging time.  We had dinner courtesy of Via Mare.  And there were lots of raffle draws.  Hooray!  I won an Olympus raincoat!!!

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But judging entries from 90+ contestants ain't that easy, so the waiting time was tooo long.

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Good thing we waited... because hubby was one of the 10 consolation prize winners!!!  My iPhone got discharged, my digicam, too, so I can't show the awarding ceremonies.  

Here are his two best shots in my book.  He has not lost his touch after all.

Challenge: Photograph a lady with an umbrella.


Challenge: Photograph "The Pin" at the Ayala Museum



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