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Bong is a member of the Nayon Photographers Club, Tropang Artistiko, and Wild Birds Photographers of the Philippines, and participates in photo contests such as the Manila Bulletin-Picture Perfect Photo Challenge and the Federation of Philippine Photographers Foundation where his entry for last year’s “Tuloy-tuloy ang Pasko” competition won first place.
Grand winner, FPPF’s “Tuloy pa rin ang Pasko” photo contest (2020)
What is most important in a visual medium is that you have a love of what you are doing as this will reflect on your work. “You always have to show to your subject or model how passionate you are about doing your job. I always want to have my adrenaline high because this is where I base my ideas or strategies to think fast and conceptualize my shots,” he explains.
Chris Malinao
PhotoWorld Asia (PWA) 2021, the biggest and longest-running annual photography event in the Philippines, will be held on January 29-31 with renowned local and international photographers gracing the list of speakers.
Headlining the roster of speakers for the international photographers’ conference are Lisa Langell, an award-winning photographer from Scottsdale, Arizona and Heather Prince, a master photographer from Geelong, Australia. Both ladies will share their knowledge and demonstrate their expertise in the conference which will be streamed worldwide, live over the Internet.
Langell and Prince will be joined by Yusuf Hashim of Malaysia (Travel Photography), and Filipino photographers and visual artists EJ Mijares (Videography), Alecs Ongcal (Photojournalism), Ted Claudio (Live Streaming Production), Leandre Guevarra and Mars Galang (Lighting and Posing with Models), Parc Cruz (Simplified Post-Processing Workflow), Hazel Sandian and Manny Librodo (How to Publis
Street/People Category June 2020 Winner, taken in Manila, Philippines, titled “Faith” and captioned “An annual festival celebrating the Feast of The Black Nazarene in Manila, Philippines people gather to join the feast and profess their faith. Many tries to get near the replica of the Black Nazarene in their own way because of their belief to be spiritually cleansed.”
As ASIAN Geographic’s annual Images of Asia (IOA) 2020 Photo/Videography Competition looms closer, submissions to our IOA Monthly competition – the precursor to our annual event – are pouring in. We have received stunning photos across the categories, and are now featuring our monthly winners in an exclusive interview!