FPPF Project Director Lito Beltran flashes the victory sign – no, that’s the number 2 for 2nd Place winner Oliver Te (behind him, in red shirt); First Place winner is Marilen Martinez, next to Oliver, and in 3rd Place is Mary Grace Lopez, receiving her trophy from UE Fine Arts Vice Dean Lito De Guzman. Also in photo are Maribelle Sy 4th Place and Angelina Dado 5th Place.

Here are the Top Ten winners in Portrait, Batch 21, Basic Photography July 18-August 15, 2010: left to right, front row – Oliver Te 2nd Place, Maribelle Sy 4th Place, Mary Grace Lopez 3rd Place, Marilen Martinez 1st Place and Angelina Dado 5th Place. L-R, back row – Dennis Rodriguez 8th Place, Vincent Pilien 6th Place, Miguelito Cruz 9th Place and Nathaniel Peregil 10th Place. First to 5th Place winners received trophies and medals courtesy of Fujifilm/YKL Color Philippines.

Still Life Winners, Top Ten Batch 21: front row (L-R) Oliver Te 5th Place, Maribelle Sy 2nd Place, Marilen Martinez 3rd Place, Anthony Lorenz Sy 1st Place and Joel Tacata 4th Place; back row (L-R) are Nathaniel Peregil 8th Place, Isagani Gotia 9th Place, Rolin Migyuel Obina 10th Place, Miguelito Cruz 7th Place and Aynrand Manalo 6th Place. Trophies and medals for 1st-5th Places courtesy of Fujifilm/YKL Color Philippines.

PhotoWorld Asia 2011 Chairperson Betty Lalana of Nayon Camera Club invites the class of Batch 21 to the annual photography trade show. In her talk, Betty announced the names of personalities in the world of photography and digital imaging who have confirmed participation in PhotoWorld Asia 2011: Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom expert Julieanne Kost, US wedding photographer Greg Gibson and Canadian travel photographer Stuart Dee. Also sharing their expertise at PWAsia 2011 are Singapore-based Filipino photographer and travel writer Lester Ledesma, Malaysian photographer Ted Adnan, book publisher Manny Duldulao and travel photographer Bobby Wong. PhotoWorld Asia 2011 will be held at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati on January 27 to February 2.

Workshop participants view their work prior to the final critique and judging session. The class voted for their best photos: the portrait by Marilen Martinez and the still life photo by Jameson Miralles were adjudged class favorites.

Rolin Migyuel Obina (inset), an executive of Sterling Bank of Asia, energized his classmates by announcing the ‘official’ name of their batch – Nurture and Torture – following the nurturing and torturing critique by the judges. Everybody said they had fun in the workshop.