PhotoWorldAsia 2012 will be held January 26-31 at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati for the photography trade show, and at the Asian Institute of Management Convention Center (ACCM) for the educational series. Venue for the photo exhibits will be the EDSA Hall of Glorietta 1, while the hands-on photo shoot with PWAsia 2012 guests will be at Fernbrook in Portofino South, Daang Reyna, Las Piñas, Metro Manila on January 31. There will also be a Banaue Photo Safari on Feb 1-3 in Ifugao Province. Chairman for PhotoWorld Asia 2012 is multi-awarded travel photographer George Cabig.
Cabig announces that convention speakers in the annual event will include four world class foreign photographers: American commercial photographer Jack Reznicki, German sports and nature photographer Peter Frank, US professional photographer Doran Wilson and top American digital guru Don Emmerich. Other convention speakers are noted Filipino photographers who have distinguished themselves in their work: The brothers Manny and Boboy Librodo, Daks Bangawan, Luis Liwanag, Lester Ledesma and Eric Cabales.
PhotoWorld Asia 2012 Major Activities and Venues:
1) Trade Show on January 26-31 at the Glorietta Activity Center
2) Photography Convention January 26-30 at the AIM Conference Center in Makati
3) Hands-on Photo Shoot with Guest Speakers on January 31 at Fernbrook, Portofino South, Daang Reyna, Las Piñas, Metro Manila.
4) Banaue Photo Safari Feb 1-3 in Ifugao Province.
Foreign Guest Speakers at PhotoWorld Asia 2012:
JACK REZNICKI
Jack Reznicki (http://www.reznicki.com/) is an internationally renowned commercial, people and children photographer based in New York City. His creative problem solving has helped promote products and services for many companies such as Toys “R” Us, Tylenol, AstraZeneca, The Wall Street Journal, Hyatt, Kodak, Reader’s Digest, Crest, AT&T, Playtex, and several Time Magazine covers.
Jack is the author of several books on commercial photography including “Photographer’s Survival Guide”, which deals with copyright and legal issues for photographers and “Studio and Commercial Photography- A Kodak Pro Workshop” book and other books.
Along with many other awards, Jack was very proud to twice receive the IPC (International Photographic Council) Leadership medal for “Excellence in Studio Photography” at the United Nations. Jack was appointed a guest professor at Shandong University of Art and Design in Jinan, China and named a Mo-Tse Grand Master Photographer in China. He is also honored to be named an Honorary Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography.
He proudly served as the President of Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and named an Honorary Master Photographer. He was President of NY chapter of Advertising Photographers of America (APA), and sat on the NY board of American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP). His leadership skills have been lauded and awarded both here in the US and abroad.
On the Faculty at the School of Visual Arts in New York City Jack teaches a graduate level course on the business of photography. You can also find Jack as one of the Dream Team Instructors at the Photoshop World Conventions.
Jack is one of the original “Canon Explorers of Light”, an “Epson Stylus Pro”, host of the Epson Print Academy’s Track One, an X-Rite Coloratti, and a Sandisk “Photo Master”. Jack has also done Beta testing and consulting with Canon, Epson, Mamiya, Microsoft, X-Rite, Leaf digital backs, onOne Software, and Adobe.
PETER FRANK
Peter Frank (http://www.action-and-sports.de/) is a world-class sports photographer who has covered car racing, martial arts, swimming and track and field events in major sports competitions all over the planet. Now based in Indonesia, this German professional photographer is a member of the Verband Deutscher Sportjournalisten (VDS) and the International Sport Press Association (AIPS).
Frank started capturing family pictures and nature shots in black and white back in 1973 with his grandfather’s fully manual Nikkormat. These were black-and-white pictures that he developed himself in his small laboratory.
While rendering compulsory military service as a young man, Frank captured photos on military training for the German Army, specializing in action shots on helicopter and tank training. He also developed B/W and colored slides in military laboratory.
From 1987 to 1995, he embarked on his professional career as a freelance photographer for a regional newspaper, the Sports Minor Leagues. It was also at this time that he first experienced animal photography in Africa and South America and published his animal photos in a German magazine. At the same time, he also dabbled in photo productions for fashion shows.
Frank spent more time in nature photography from 1996 to 2002 in the African continent armed with his Nikon F90X and Nikon F100 with lenses ranging from 20mm to 400mm. He photographed wildlife and nature in Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Mozambique and Zambia. His first DSLR was the Nikon D100, in 2003, and took more photos of nature and wildlife in South Tanzania.
In 2004, Frank started sports photography for a German photo agency with his upgraded Nikon D2H and covered ice hockey and football for the German Bundesliga and Minor Leagues. It was also in 2004 that he undertook his first nature photo workshop for amateur photographers in Serengeti, Tanzania.
He added Canon to his arsenal of equipment in 2006 with two Canon EOS Mark 2n and extended his sports photography to international events. He later ugraded to a Canon Mark 3 and covered more sports photography.
He has married a Filipina, relocated to Sentul City in Bogor, Indonesia and is now enjoying nature photography.
DORAN WILSON
Doran Wilson (http://www.doranandassoc.com/) has been a commercial photographer in Fort Wayne, Indiana for 27 years. His many clients include Zimmer, Peg Perego USA, Dana, Eaton, and Design Collaborative. His many assignments takes him throughout the US and Canada and his specialty is photographing medical devices and architecture. His background in art combined with his vast knowledge in Photoshop gives him a creative edge in the world of commercial photography.
Doran will show you how to use digital technology to make some of today’s hottest product shots come to life. With the use of lighting and Photoshop he will demonstrate the steps to produce award winning commercial photographs. He will share how he transforms ordinary products into vibrant works of art for his clients.
Doran will also discuss how to quote and book a commercial assignment, how to work with art directors and how together they conceptualize and execute the assignment. Doran will give you tips on workflow and delivery of images in today’s commercial market.
Even if you are not a commercial photographer, you will benefit from the knowledge and experience that Doran has to share. You will be inspired by the beauty and precision of his work and you are guaranteed to pick up many tips and tricks in Photoshop.
DON EMMERICH
Don Emmerich, M.Photog. M.Art, M.EI, Cr. API, Hon-EA, F-ASP, (http://www.donemmerich.com/) is America’s foremost authority on all things digital. He has been in digital since Photoshop version 1.0 – 1990. His passion for photography is legendary. Don has been on the leading edge of all things digital. His understanding of this media is unmatched. Don was the technical editor for PPA magazine for 16 years. He is the immediate past president of the American Society of Photographers and is an ASP Fellow.
Don Emmerich helped pioneer the integration of digital imaging with conventional photography. For the past several years, he has traveled the world advocating and teaching these technologies to various companies and individuals. His teaching has taken him to twenty-seven countries on four continents and has earned him such foreign honors as the Master of Photography degree from China.
One of only 40 members of Cameracraftsmen of America, Don has earned all four degrees from the Professional Photographer’s Association and was recently awarded a fellowship into the American Society of Photographers. He served as Technical Editor for the Professional Photographer magazine for 16 years and past board member for the Professional Photographers of America and the American Society of Photographers.
He lives in Oklahoma City and owns Studio Art Photography with his wife Nancy. Don consults for companies across the US and continues to teach worldwide.
Filipino Guest Speakers at PhotoWorld Asia 2012:
MANNY LIBRODO
Manny Librodo (http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo) was named by Scott Kelby as one of “best five photographer you might not have heard of.” Many all over the world have of course heard of Manny Librodo, as he hopped all over the planet to bring his distinctive photography workshops to various nations. A visionary and poet of light, colors and patterns, Manny believes a lyrical picture sings a song that speaks straight into the hearts. His photo of a Burmese boy graced the cover of UNICEF’s wall calendar 2009. He is a three-time Grand Prize winner of betterphoto.com and Digital Camera Magazine’s (UK) Photographer of the Year. Manny is a highly sought-after speaker who had conducted sold out workshops in US, Canada, Australia, Holland, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines.
BOBOY LIBRODO
Jose ‘Boboy’ Librodo (http://www.pbase.com/josel) is a music teacher who happens to like visual arts. For 20 years, he has been teaching vocal music, painting and drawing at Ruamrudee International School in Thailand.
“My first camera ever was a Minolta Maxxum,” said Boboy. “It was a gift from my brother-in-law. When I started taking pictures seriously I had a Nikon F80. Then when I joined the Bangkok Photographic Society and compared my photos to the other members I suffered the denial stage. Their photos are better because they have better equipment, or so I thought! Then I bought Nikon F5, 24-80 and 80-200 lenses and started shooting slides!”
Boboy has since taken his photography to the level of art, being a painter himself. His photographs, posted on PBase and Digital Image Cafe, have earned praises from people all over the world. Like his brother Manny, Boboy is a master in digital post processing and that is what the Librodo Brothers will share during PhotoWorld Asia 2012.
DAKS BANGAWAN
Clemente Dakila Bunuan-Bangawan, (http://www.facebook.com/dakila.bangawan) “Daks” to his friends, is an emerging young talent from Diffun, Quirino Province. After finishing high school in 2003, he took up Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, where photography is part of the curriculum. Armed with a film camera, Daks took to photography like a duck taking to water and fancied landscape and street photography then. He pursued photography and honed his art in photographic works.
Daks started to be known when he broke into the Facebook scene with eye-catching photographs. Impressed by his works, people began asking him to accept photo assignments – an event here, a wedding there, pre-nuptial pictorials – and thus began the professional career of Daks Bangawan.
He now runs DAKS PHOTOGRAPHY based in his hometown of Diffun, Quirino Province, specializing in wedding photography and pre-nuptial pictorials. And he still amazes people every time he posts a photograph on Facebook.
LUIS LIWANAG
Luis Liwanag (http://pitikbulagdokyu.blogspot.com/) an accomplished photographer and videographer steeped in photojournalism. He has had a string of one-man photo exhibits to his name and has had numerous assignments with Philippine and international news organizations, having been a photographer, stringer and journalist to various publications and agencies such as The Manila Times, Asiaweek, Agence France Presse, Getty Images, World Picture News Agency, China’s Xinhua News Agency and many others.
He has contributed photographs to countless books starting in 1986 with Bayan Ko, a book of photographs by world renowned photographers published by Project 28 Days, to A Nation in Revolt, published by Asiapix and Anvil Publishing in 2001.
Having finally earned his Diploma in Photojournalism in 2009 from the Conrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University, Luis now also lectures on Advanced News Photography at the Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo.
Recently, he was Director of Photography for the full-length film “Cuchera” for CineMalaya 2011 and GMANEWS TV, Front Row Documentary series. He also did Cinematographer duties for ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) “Truths” Documentary series.
LESTER LEDESMA
Travel photojournalist and photo-editor Lester V. Ledesma (http://www.skylightimages.info/) has written and photographed Asia for over 15 years, his work appearing in countless international books and magazines. A native of the Philippines, he shoots the region with the familiarity of home, and connects with his subjects on a deeply personal level.
Singapore based Ledesma is the 2002 ASEANTA Awardee for Excellence in Travel Photography, the 2005 ATTA Silver Medalist for Travel Photography, and the 2006 PATA Gold Awardee for Travel Photography. His work has been showcased in prestigious international photography expos such Chobi Mela Festival of Light in Bangladesh, Photoworld International in Manila, and the Singapore International Photography Festival.
Lester is currently Photo Editor of Smile, the inflight magazine of Cebu Pacific, by way of his affiliation with Singapore-based Ink Publishing which has been appointed by Cebu Pacific to publish Smile.
His lecture will be on Travel Reportage and will discuss the following:
- Going beyond mere photographs and creating travel stories with your imagery.
- Using ideas and impressions of a place to create a storyboard for an engaging travel photo-essay.
- Insider tips on understanding the editorial market for travel photography, from the photo-editor’s perspective.
- How to get your images noticed.
ERIC CABALES
Eric Estampador Cabales (http://viajerro.500px.com/) is an award-winning fashion designer, painter and art photographer from San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. He did the artistic body painting motifs for the Indang, Cavite photo shoot during the last PhotoWorld Asia 2011, wildly acclaimed by foreign and Filipino guests as one of the event’s best photo shoots ever.
He took up Fine Arts, major in Advertising, at La Consolacion College in Bacolod City and thereafter worked as fashion designer and creative director, initially with well known couturiers, then finally on his own. He now runs his own VIAJERRO fashion designs outfit based in San Carlos City.
From 2001 to the present, Eric is the Proponent, Concept & Costume Designer, and Creative Director of the NUI Body Painting competitions, a project he undertakes in collaboration with the local government of San Carlos City.
His stunning photos of body painting models are on display on his website, VIAJERRO, a testament to his artistry in photography. Presently, he is part of the founding group of photographers who organized a club known as MTYCUP (pronounced as “empty cup”) in San Carlos City.
His achievements include being a finalist in the MEGA Magazine Young Designers Competition (1997), endorser for the 20 Most Promising Personalities of the Philippines for Levi’s Strauss Ad Campaign, “No Two Jeans Are Alike,” finalist in the SHELL National Student’s Art Competition, (1994), and Distinctive Awardee, San Carlos City Charter Day Celebration in 2005.
Chairman George Cabig urges would-be delegates to register early for the annual event. The first 100 early registrants are entitled to the privileged Blue Seats in the front rows, Delegates Kits and copies of Digital Photographer Philippines (DPP) magazine. Convention fee is P5,000 per person. Groups may avail of the 5+1 promo where one delegate is free for every 5 paid delegates.
Convention dates at the Asian Institute of Management are from January 27-30, 2012. The trade show, Jan. 26-31, at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati will be free and open to the public.
REGISTRATION FORM
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Venue: AIM Convention Center, Trassiera cor. Benavidez Sts., Makati
Dates: January 26-30, 2012
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