December 2016 : Focus Portrait Project 2016

This is our 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 is now the 4th edition. For the past versions, there was no specific theme but for this one we asked participants to portray their partners in the genre/field where they excel at. "Photographer's Portrait".

RONALD BALAN by Humprey Catajan

HUMPREY CATAJAN by Ronald Balan

PONG VIAJE by Awel Dionisio

AWEL DIONISIO by Pong Viaje

GILBERT FAJARDO by Mark Simon

MARK SIMON by Gilbert Fajardo

ALIH VIAJE by Pauline Villafuerte

PAULINE VILLAFUERTE by Alih Viaje

JER SANDEL by Je Ar Navea

JE AR NAVEA by Jer Sandel

BOBBY JO by Julius Calzo

JULIUS CALZO by Bobby Jo

SHAUANG BOTE by Celine Villafuerte

CELINE VILLAFUERTE by Shauang Bote

CHI LOPEZ by Gerald Gloton

GERALD GLOTON by Chi Lopez

GERSON DOMINGO by Mark Anthony de Leon

MARK ANTHONY DE LEON by Gerson Domingo

NICO SAN PEDRO by Gemmz Robles

Thank you to all who voted during our Christmas party. Special thanks to guest judge SUNDAE CRUZ for helping us pick a winner.


Here are the FPP 2016 Top Five :

5th Place : Awel Dionisio as photographed by PONG VIAJE

4th Place : Pauline Villafuerte as photographed by ALIH VIAJE

3rd Place (tie) : Shauang Bote as photographed by CELINE VILLAFUERTE

3rd Place (tie) : Robert Gerson Domingo as photographed by MARK ANTHONY DE LEON

2nd Place : Bobby Jo as photographed by JULIUS CALZO

1st Place : Julius Calzo as photographed by BOBBY JO

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Congratulations, BOBBY JO and partner Julius Calzo! First time in FPP history that a tandem finished 1st and 2nd. As prize, Bobby gets a digital dry cabinet and Julius Calzo (as partner of winner) gets a JBL Go bluetooth speaker. FPP participants get 7 points for submitting entries for the Photographer of the Year competition. First place gets additional 15 points as bonus, 2nd place gets 10 points, 3rd place gets 7, 4th place gets 5, and 5th place gets 3 bonus points.

FPP winner Bobby Jo accepting his dry cabinet prize together with Focus officer Jer Sandel (holding the consolation prize for Julius Calzo who was not present during the awarding)

Watch out for next year's edition of Focus Portrait Project! :)