Cristine Monroy, at left, applauds her friend and classmate Roxanne Luzada for winning First Place in the Portrait Category. Cristine herself settled for 2nd Place on the final day of the weekday workshop from June 12 to 16, 2010 of Basic Photography at the FPPF Art Chamber in Fort Santiago. FPPF Director Lito Beltran noted the fine photographs submitted by the class on the final day, compared to the previous weekday batches.

Christopher Anthony Tan Arrieta, center, is quite delighted for winning First Place in Still Life as he gets his medal. Beside him is James Ragus who got 2nd Place.

The Top 3 Photographers of Batch 9 Weekdays, Basic Photography (L-R): Roxanne Luzada 1st Place Portrait, Christopher Anthony Tan Arrieta 1st Place Still Life and Cristine Monroy 1st Place Composite Category for the instructor-assisted portrait and still life 4x6 photos.

Top Ten Portrait (L-R): Jerry Adriano 6th Place, Myko Amante 10th Place, Nicolai Lacson 9th Place, Ceejay Jader 3rd Place, Harold Garcia 5th Place, Candice Mandac 7th Place, Simon Hanks 8th Place, Cristine Monroy 2nd Place, Roxanne Luzada 1st Place and Ruel Ramirez 4th Place.

Top Ten Still Life (L-R): Norman De Leon 10th Place, Candice Mandac 7th Place, Harold Garcia 8th Place, Cristine Monroy 3rd Place, James Ragus 2nd Place, Simon Hanks 5th Place, Christopher Anthony Tan Arrieta 1st Place, Kyrstine Aralar 9th Place, Tiffany Ang 6th Place and Lee Edmund Yabyabin 4th Place.

The FPPF had an abundance of judges that day, all seven of them, for the weekday graduation session. Engrossed in deliberation (from left to right) are: FPPF mentors Joseph Galian, Frando Culata, George Cabig, Prof. Cecilia Angeles and Dennis Araneta. Not shown in photo is Rod Banzon who also submitted his score sheet.