Manila Photowalk Details

Hello everyone!

Get ready for Scott Kelby’s 2nd Annual Worldwide Photowalk on July 18! Before the big day, I’d like to share with you some details about our walk.

First off: Location

Our walk will be at the Greenbelt Park (Greenbelt Mall) in Makati. Don’t worry about permits. I have secured a permit for our group to take photos there.

We will be meeting at 4:00pm by the fountain across Starbucks Greenbelt 3. We will then walk around the Greenbelt area, starting from the garden/chapel, go up the Greenbelt 3 to 4 walkway, walk to Greenbelt 5, and then go around Greenbelt 1 & 2.

We will end up back at Greenbelt 3 at around 630pm and we’ll have dinner at Kitchen. They have good grape shakes there, which will be very refreshing after our walk!

What can we Shoot?

We can take photos of the buildings, the pond, the garden, people, etc. Since Greenbelt has a policy, we can shoot everything I mentioned EXCEPT the store fronts and displays. This is against the store policy so please make sure to follow this.

What about inside the mall or the walkways of Greenbelt? I was told that we can shoot there, but there should be one requirement — we should not disrupt pedestrian traffic. Inside the mall, we can take pictures of the common areas, but PLEASE, don’t shoot the stores. We don’t want to cause a commotion among the store tenants.

Finally, we are a big group; there’s 60 of us. When we walk, we should just be in small groups.

What’s At Stake

I don’t know the limit yet on the photos that you guys will submit. However, there will be 1 winner per location that I will pick. The winner will get a copy of Scott’s Digital Photography Book Vol. 3.

The big news though is this — Scott Kelby will be picking the top 10 (Honorable Mention) photos from ALL the walks as well as the GRAND PRIZE winner. Have you seen the list of prizes? Wow it is indeed gear lust: Nikon D700, Drobo, OnOne Plugin Suite, NAPP Membership, and a lot more!!!

I’m sure you guys will be extra competitive. Just make sure that this is still a social event and it’s really a good time to get to know fellow photographers as well as give some tips & tricks to the newbies.

Some Reminders

Make sure to read my blog post on checking your logins and downloading Lightroom 2 prior to the walk.

Our restaurant: Kitchen, is asking if we can pre-order the food so that they can prepare for our group. In line with this, I will be posting a listing of the food they have here. However, in case you know what you want, please feel free to email me your orders. I will take care of consolidating the orders and giving it to them.

Thanks and see you all in 2 weeks!

In case you have questions, please post them here and I will get back to you.

Getting Ready for the Photowalk on July 18

Hello everyone,

Here’s a video by RC Concepcion on checking logins and getting ready for the Photowalk. In case you don’t want to watch the whole video online, here’s a summary of the things to do:

Make sure your logins work

• To do it, go to www.worldwidephotowalk.com and click the sign-in link in the middle of the page
• For our Manila walk, you can go to this URL: http://worldwidephotowalk.com/manila-mm-ph/wp-login.php
• Login using the username and password you used the last time you registered
• Since it has been probably a month ago since you signed up, you might have forgotten your password. If this is the case, the system will generate a new password for you if you click the ‘Lost Your Password‘ from the login page
• In case you get a system-generated password and you want to change it, once you login, go to the ‘Profile section’ on the left side and there should be an option there to update your password.

Remember your city name

For the ones in my group, our name is — manila-mm-ph

Download Lightroom 2

It seems that the World Wide Photowalk Team is pushing for Lightroom as the tool to process your photos afterwards. They might even release a plug-in that will allow you to upload photos from Lightroom. In case you don’t have Lightroom or you are not familiar with it, you can:

• Download Lightroom 2 Trial from Adobe. In case you don’t want to purchase it yet, The download is a 30-day trial, so you have plenty of time from now till the walk!
• Learn Lightroom. I can give you guys tips (if you want) during the walk, but if you want to quickly learn Lightroom, check out NAPP’s Lightroom Center

That’s all for now, folks! Watch out for more updates about the walk.

Photowalk 2009 Member List

Hello everyone,

I’ve been getting some emails to check whether or not they are on the list so I wanted to post the names of the attendees of the walk. There are more than 50 of us so it’s gonna be a lot of fun!

1. Mary Anne Roque
2. Lito Ruga
3. Ryan James Hernandez
4. Arvin Yason
5. Martin Reyes
6. Douglas Lopez
7. Leonardo Nolasco
8. Israel Dela Cruz
9. Chrisma Divico
10. Ludwick Saldajeno
11. Denver Ernest Santos
12. Henry James Sison
13. Earl Choa
14. Eduardo Gapal
15. Erika Magno
16. Florian Fernando
17. Giannina Lamela
18. Frederick Padaca
19. Tristan Talavera
20. Joel Garcia
21. Jojo Yap
22. Jose Ii Bachoco
23. Jovit Morando
24. Kathy Cabus
25. Kaye Ponce
26. Adrian Rodriguez
27. Leslie Chua
28. Lian Hernández
29. Loel Lamela
30. Lucky Larga
31. Maggie Corpuz
32. Mitch Bautista
33. Fernando Acejo
34. Ohmz Pineda
35. Wilson Co
36. Paolo Paradero
37. Pj Enriquez
38. Totie Bruno
39. Patrick Lewis
40. Rain Mendoza
41. Ryan Karl Rojero
42. Florenzo Lamela
43. Ronaldo Torres
44. Paulo Santino Telesforo
45. Sean Calma
46. John Thaddeo Boniquit
47. Stephen Lavoie
48. Khristine Sansan Tan-Sy
49. Tey Bartolome
50. Tinette Lamela
51. Archimedes Sy
52. Melvin Castrence
53. Ron del Rosario
54. Cocoy
55. Adam Alix
56. John Paul C. Fulgencio
57. Julia Chan
58. Valerie Tort
59. Jonathan Rosal
60. AJ Joyosa

See you all on the 18th! In case I missed anyone, please don’t hesitate to let me know.

Enjoy These Photos…

Hey guys,

Sharing with you some of the photographs that recently caught my attention — mostly because they are very captivating.

First off, Scott Kelby has just posted some of his shots from Tuscany. He made it into a photo book layout, just like his previous trips. It got me excited for my trip next year to Italy for our honeymoon.

Next up, check out some great surfing photos at Clark Little Photography. I just love the colors of the water as well as the different views of the waves. I’ve never seen shots like these and I was amazed when I looked at the rest of his gallery.

And finally, check out RC Concepcion’s photo of his daughter Sabine. It’s gotta be one of the great photos of babies that just capture their awe and their emotion… I won’t say anything more because I will let you enjoy the photo –

Enjoy!

Lightroom 2.4 Now Available

Some Lightroom new today…

Adobe just released Lightroom 2.4 and Camera Raw 5.4 as free updates in their website. Both applications include support for a bunch of new cameras like the Canon 500D and Nikon D5000. For more details on the camera support and bug fixes, check out the complete details at Lightroom Journal.

Here are links where you can download them:

Lightroom 2.4 (Mac|Windows) and Camera Raw 5.4 (Mac|Windows)

Enjoy!

Pinoy Flickrer of the Day

Hey guys,

Thanks to Ken (Flipped Out), I’m on the Pinoy Flicker of the Day! I feel a bit guilty because I have not updated my Flickr account for months now. I’ll have updates soon so stay tuned!

Ken ran across my 300 Lightroom Preset and he liked how it made his photo more dramatic!

Anyway, don’t forget to check out Ken’s Flickr Stream. It made me miss Chicago more…

Sign-up for the Manila Photowalk!

Hey guys,

The Manila Photowalk page is now up here:  http://worldwidephotowalk.com/manila-mm-ph/

Make sure to sign-up early. Only 50 slots are allotted for us!

The page does not contain the details yet but I will update it as soon as I have more. For now, it’s safe to keep July 18 free!

Also, let me know (via the comments here) if you have suggestions for the walk. If the route gets picked, you get something special!

See you soon!

Monday News – 2nd Annual Worldwide Photowalk

Hey guys,

First of all, save the date: July 18.

Here’s the big news I was telling you about — Scott Kelby has announced his 2nd Annual Worldwide Photowalk. Last year, I was fortunate enough to be one of the leaders of the walk here in Manila. It was a very fun day and I had a blast meeting new photographers.

What’s new this year? Well, for sure this is going to be BIGGER! Scott’s team created a new site called http://www.worldwidephotowalk.com

What I love about the site is that it has more features! Not only do you get to see the past winners, you also get to see an interactive map of the locations of the walk.

If you want to know more about the walk, make sure to check out the FAQ Section.

I am working out the details of the walk including the city page for Manila. Once I get things done, watch out for more announcements.

If you’re wondering what’s in store, well, the winner of the walk gets a copy of Scott’s new book: The Digital Photography Book, Volume 3. On top of that, there’s an overall winner (picked by Scott) who’s eligible to win lots of prizes (to be announced on the site).

So, watch out for more news. I will update my blog as soon as I have more.

See you soon!

Watch Scott’s Blog for Some Big News on Monday

I won’t spoil the surprise, but watch out for some exciting news from Scott Kelby’s blog tomorrow (Monday)… I promise, you won’t be disappointed.

Updated My Blog’s Theme

Saw this new theme… I’m not usually a big fan of green but because it looks environment-friendly, I’m giving it a shot. What do you think? 

 

Hope you like it!