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The Focus Portrait Project is Focus Bulacan's version of the Christmas "exchange gift" tradition. Pick your monito/monita randomly from a lot, then partner with him/her in conceptualizing, scheduling, and executing the shoot. All the photos are then presented during our Christmas party and voted upon on-the-spot to determine the winner. This has been the 6th edition of FPP. For this one, the assigned theme for the photos is "Framed". Here are the FPP 2018 entries : Attendees of our year-end party (Decemberfest) voted on the entries and determined the winner. Here are the adjudged top photos of Focus Portrait Project 2018 : 5th Place : Bill Cruz as photographed by CELINE VILLAFUERTE  4th Place : Alih Viaje as photographed by JEN FRANCISCO  3rd Place : Bobby Jo as photographed by AWEL DIONISIO  2nd Place : Shauang Bote as photographed by JER SANDEL  1st Place : Ronald Balan as photographed by JEFFREY TINAGAN  Congratulations, Jeffrey and Ronald! Both were not present during our year-end party and awarding. Jeffrey (the winning photographer) claimed his prize - a Samsung A6 tablet - a few days after our event.  Focus Portrait Project 2018 winner Jeffrey Tinagan with this Samsung tablet prize FPP participants get 5 points for submitting entries for the Photographer of the Year competition. First place gets additional 20 points as bonus, 2nd place gets 150 points, 3rd place gets 10, 4th place gets 7, and 5th place gets 5 bonus points. Till next year and till the next edition! Ordinary or extraordinary? Our voters sorted through the field and picked their favorites. Here are the top photos of our last monthly contest this 2018... The Top 3 : 3rd Place : 20 points (7 votes) / Entry 2 / AWEL DIONISIO  ENTRY 2 2nd Place : 22 points (7 votes) / Entry 11 / RY JACINTO  ENTRY 11 1st Place : 26 points (12 votes) / Entry 5 / RAYMOND CUSTODIO  ENTRY 5 Ending the year on a high note. Congratulations, Raymond! May this contest victory clinch your membership approval. 1st Place gets an extra 10 points, 2nd Place gets 7, 3rd Place gets 5, 4th Place (undisclosed) gets 3, and 5th Place (undisclosed) gets 2 points for the 2018 Photographer Of The Year competition. Participants automatically get 3 points for submitting entries. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO VOTED IN OUR 2018 CONTESTS! We appreciate each and every one of you. Of course, the biggest thanks go out to our 2018 Guest Judge RICKY LADIA for the year-long honest critique of the entries. Salute, sir! Thus ends the last of our monthly contest this year. The only contest remaining is the Focus Portrait Project 2018, which is open only to members. See you again next year as we begin another round of competition! November 2018 Theme Contest "Extraordinary" Entries (Click thumbnails to view photos in full) Voting Period : 27 November - 4 December Congratulations to the voters! You withstood the creeps and made it through all the entries. Thank you for helping us determine the winner, especially guest judge Ruben Ranin. The time has come to reveal the top photos. The scariest of them all : 3rd Place : 24 points (9 votes) / Entry 5 / HUMPREY CATAJAN  ENTRY 5 2nd Place : 30 points (13 votes) / Entry 4 / LEO SARMIENTO  ENTRY 4 1st Place : 42 points (15 votes) / Entry 14 / ELENA TAEZA  ENTRY 14 Nambawan! Congratulations, Elena! 1st Place gets an extra 10 points, 2nd Place gets 7, 3rd Place gets 5, 4th Place (undisclosed) gets 3, and 5th Place (undisclosed) gets 2 points for the 2018 Photographer Of The Year competition. Participants automatically get 3 points for submitting entries. Thus ends our last PhotoMeet Contest for 2018. What remains : - November Theme Contest - Focus Portrait Project 2018 November 2018 PhotoMeet "Haunted Asylum" Contest Entries (Click thumbnails to view photos in full) Voting Period : 9-16 November 2018 Votes can be viewed at Facebook comment box below. The theme of this contest is to capture the essence of the Philippine tradition of Undas in the most picturesque way possible. After a week of voting, the top photos have emerged. Our Top 3 : 3rd Place : 21 points (11 votes) / Entry 11 / LJ PANGANIBAN  ENTRY 11 2nd Place : 28 points (10 votes) / Entry 7 / GERSON DOMINGO  ENTRY 7 1st Place : 40 points (14 votes) / Entry 16 / BILL CRUZ  ENTRY 16 Fantastic. Well done, Bill! 1st Place gets an extra 10 points, 2nd Place gets 7, 3rd Place gets 5, 4th Place (undisclosed) gets 3, and 5th Place (undisclosed) gets 2 points for the 2018 Photographer Of The Year competition. Participants automatically get 3 points for submitting entries. Shout out to everyone who gave their votes, especially guest judge Ricky Ladia. Without your input, determining our winners would be impossible. Salute! October 2018 Theme Contest "Undas" Entries (Click thumbnails to view photos in full) Voting Period : 5-12 November 2018 Votes can be viewed at Facebook comment box below. The voters have made their choices and we'd like to thank you all for taking the time to cast your picks. Every vote counts - especially in a contest with so many entries such as this - in order to determine a definitive winner. Salute as well to everyone who submitted their photos! Congratulations to our Top 3 : 3rd Place : 32 points (14 votes) / Entry 4 / CHRIS DE CASTRO  ENTRY 4 2nd Place : 47 points (18 votes) / Entry 6 / CHI LOPEZ  ENTRY 6 1st Place : 69 points (27 votes) / Entry 9 / JER SANDEL  ENTRY 9 Congratulations, Jer! Your photo will represent Sta. Maria Photowalk 1 in the Scott Kelby worldwide contest. 1st Place gets an extra 20 points, 2nd Place gets 15, 3rd Place gets 10, 4th Place (undisclosed) gets 7, and 5th Place (also undisclosed) gets 5 points for the 2018 Photographer Of The Year competition. Participants automatically get 3 points for submitting entries. (Since our winner is a non-participant in Focus 2018 POTY competition, bonus 20 points will be voided.) October 2018 PhotoMeet "Scott Kelby Sta. Maria Photowalk 1" Contest Entries (Click thumbnails to view photos in full) Voting Period : 11-15 October 2018
Votes can be viewed at Facebook comment box below. Time to reveal the top photos of Photowalk 2 of the 2018 Scott Kelby Sta. Maria Photowalk. Thanks to everyone who cast their votes, especially our guest judge Ruben Ranin who always finds time in his schedule to make his choices. This was as close as it could get! The Top 3 : 3rd Place : 44 points (15 votes) / Entry 6 / LUKAS LAO  ENTRY 6 2nd Place : 46 points (19 votes) / Entry 11 / JAY SEBASTIAN  ENTRY 11 1st Place : 51 points (26 votes) / Entry 13 / JUSTIN AMBROSIO  ENTRY 13 Well done, Justin! Your photo makes it to the worldwide contest where all the photowalk winners will compete for the grand prize. 1st Place gets an extra 20 points, 2nd Place gets 15, 3rd Place gets 10, 4th Place (undisclosed) gets 7, and 5th Place (also undisclosed) gets 5 points for the 2018 Photographer Of The Year competition. Participants automatically get 3 points for submitting entries. (Since our winner is a non-participant in Focus 2018 POTY competition, bonus 20 points will be voided.) October 2018 PhotoMeet "Scott Kelby Sta. Maria Photowalk 2" Contest Entries (Click thumbnails to view photos in full) Voting Period : 11-15 October 2018
Votes can be viewed at Facebook comment box below. Our contest judge Ricky Ladia may have said it best : interpreting a song or a line from a song through a photograph is one of the most challenging way of making an image. Thank you and congratulations to all the participants for taking the challenge! The Top 3 : 3rd Place : 19 points (7 votes) / Entry 15 / JOVIT CABALLERO Entry 15 : Elesi "Kumapit ka kaya sa akin nang ikaw ay maitangay sa kalayaan ng ligaya?"  ENTRY 15 : ELESI 2nd Place : 37 points (15 votes) / Entry 9 / JOHN PATRICK GO Entry 9 : 241 "Wanted to be near you but... somebody owns you now."  ENTRY 9 : 241 1st Place : 44 points (17 votes) / Entry 10 / ELENA TAEZA Entry 10 : If "Without fear, leave your lies. Let the magic turn your life around."  ENTRY 10 : IF Back on top! Congratulations, Elena! 1st Place gets an extra 10 points, 2nd Place gets 7, 3rd Place gets 5, 4th Place (undisclosed) gets 3, and 5th Place (undisclosed) gets 2 points for the 2018 Photographer Of The Year competition. Participants automatically get 3 points for submitting entries. Thanks to all who voted! We're counting on your votes again next time. :) September 2018 Theme Contest "Rivermaya" Entries (Click thumbnails to view photos in full) Voting Period : 28 September - 3 October Votes can be viewed at Facebook comment box below. Eye-catching entries for our "Art For The People"-themed contest. Our thanks to everyone who voted! Here are the top photos : 3rd Place : 27 points (14 votes) / Entry 7 / SHERWIN TOMAS  ENTRY 7 2nd Place : 41 points (20 votes) / Entry 3 / RY JACINTO  ENTRY 3 1st Place : 58 points (20 votes) / Entry 10 / JEZER DIONISIO  ENTRY 10 Quite a batch of applicants we've had this year. Another first place for a first-time participant. Congratulations, Jezer! 1st Place gets an extra 10 points, 2nd Place gets 7, 3rd Place gets 5, 4th Place (undisclosed) gets 3, and 5th Place (undisclosed) gets 2 points for the 2018 Photographer Of The Year competition. Participants automatically get 3 points for submitting entries. Next up : THE Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk Contest. September 2018 PhotoMeet "Manila Museum Tour" Contest (Click thumbnails to view photos in full) Voting Period : 27 September - 2 October 2018 Votes can be viewed at Facebook comment box below. One of the best contests we've had this year, in terms of number and quality of entries. Congratulations to the participants! May your entries inspire budding photographers and make them realize that interesting photos are not limited to DSLR or mirrorless camera output. Thank you to everyone who voted, especially our guest judge - an Asus PixelMaster himself - Sir Ricky Ladia. The Top 3 : 3rd Place : 49 points (24 votes) / Entry 17 / CHINN JOAQUIN  ENTRY 17 2nd Place : 53 points (23 votes) / Entry 30 / ELENA TAEZA  ENTRY 30 1st Place : 62 points (27 votes) / Entry 17 / LJ PANGANIBAN  ENTRY 25 Reflection rules! Congratulations, LJ! 1st Place gets an extra 10 points, 2nd Place gets 7, 3rd Place gets 5, 4th Place (undisclosed) gets 3, and 5th Place (undisclosed) gets 2 points for the 2018 Photographer Of The Year competition. Participants automatically get 3 points for submitting entries. Till our next theme contest! It's going to be an epic one. :) August 2018 Theme Contest "Phone Snap" Entries (Click thumbnails to view entries in full) Voting Period : 25-30 August 2018 Votes can be viewed at Facebook comment box below. We appreciate you taking time and a lot of effort in scrolling through 43(!) entries and casting your votes. Really. A contest with this many entries had to get enough votes to determine a clear-cut winner. And it happened. So thank you all! Once again, a special shoutout to our guest judge Ruben Ranin. The contest theme was "RURAL RICHES" : priceless joys and reasons why Pamarawan folks enjoy living in the rural area. The Top 3 : 3rd Place : 22 points (8 votes) / Entry 7 / MAC OMEGA  ENTRY 7 2nd Place : 26 points (16 votes) / Entry 11 / PONG VIAJE  ENTRY 11 1st Place : 97 points (35 votes) / Entry 6 / HUMPREY CATAJAN  ENTRY 6 Pulling away from the field and setting a new Focus single contest record for most accumulated points, the winner is HUMPREY CATAJAN. Congratulations!!! You will get a brandnew Lowepro Urban+ Klettersack camera backpack courtesy of Focus Bulacan and Lightroom Corp. 1st Place gets an extra 10 points, 2nd Place gets 7, 3rd Place gets 5, 4th Place (undisclosed) gets 3, and 5th Place (undisclosed) gets 2 points for the 2018 Photographer Of The Year competition. Participants automatically get 3 points for submitting entries. Thanks to everyone who participated in the photowalk and the contest. We wish everyone who submitted for the Fujifilm nationwide contest good luck! August 2018 PhotoMeet "Pamarawan Photowalk" Contest Entries (Click thumbnails to view entries in full) Voting Period : 22-28 August 2018 Votes can be viewed at Facebook comment box below. |
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