Sarah Novak, a life coach who hails from Minnesotta, USA, right, poses for a souvenir photo with FPPF Chairwoman Edi Huang. Sarah, newly married to a husband who works in Manila, took the Basic Photography course with the FPPF at Fort Santiago.

Prof. Cecilia S. Angeles, standing, addresses the class of Batch 18 inside the FPPF Art Chamber 1 in Fort Santiago. Batch 18 is unique among the previous Basic batches because they made their own T-shirts printed with their class logo and emblazoned with some words from the Photography Hymn composed by Prof. Angeles. The kind professor is mighty proud of this class.

Here a group from Batch 18 sings a lively song of their own making – they wrote the words and set it to the tune of a popular song. This was part of their graduation ceremonies on the final day of the workshop.

The winners in the Portrait category (L-R): May Cupcupin 4th Place, Josh Benitez 5th, Dr. Cristeto Azucena MD 3rd, John Nazaren Marcelo 1st and Allan Barnuevo 2nd.

Still Life winners, Batch 18 2009 (L-R): Domel Mangundayao 4th Place, Roland Meollo 3rd, Angelo Balobalo 2nd, Melissa Mae Carpio 1st and John Nazaren Marcelo 5th.