FPPF Chairperson Mrs. Eduviges Y. Huang, center, hands over the First Place trophy, Still Life category, to Beni Steve C. Vilches, Batch 4 Saturdays, FPPF Basic Photography workshop held January 24 to February 28, 2010. The winners in the category are (L-R): Genevieve Salengua 4th Place, Joseph Enrico Leonardo 3rd Place, Joseph Erwin M. Leyros 2nd Place, Beni Steve C. Vilches 1st Place and Joey Centeno 5th Place.

FPPF Project Director Lito Beltran, right, exchanges banter with the Top 5 winners of Batch 4 in the Portrait Category (L-R): David Villaflor 5th Place, Mary Ruth Perlada 4th Place, Delia Paulino 3rd Place, Jojo Velasquez 1st Place and Arnel Corpuz 2nd Place.

The Top Ten winners, Portrait Category, Batch 4 of 2010

The Top Ten winners, Still Life Category, Batch 4 of 2010

Top commercial photographer John Chua, right, breaks the news to FPPF Project Director Lito Beltran, left, and to the class of Batch 4 that SM ShoeMart has agreed to sponsor a nationwide photography event for the disabled under the auspices of the FPPF. Details of the nationwide event are now being worked out. Chua himself is a devoted activist for autism in the Philippines, among his many other advocacies.