Camera Club of the Philippines
79th Annual Photography Awards and Exhibit
Dec. 10 to 15, 2007 at The PODIUM
The Best Pictures of 2007
Never before more dramatic, refined and challenged!
By Tony D. Lilles
Member since 1991
With the onset of digital imaging in the forefront of photographic imaging today, the Camera Club of the Philippines presents its finest work ever with more radiant colors, more depth in Black and White, acute sharpness, drama, emotion and style.
Now with over a hundred members strong, the Club in 2007 has been transfused with a new wealth of passion brought by a new breed of photographic imagers eager to alter the Club’s creative landscape with their global exposure to the ever advancing multi-media and technology-driven digital age. Yet with all these tongue-tying cyber-speak and mind-boggling technology, all this output comes from one main central processing unit: The Human Mind. Or if I may be more particular, the mind of a Camera Club Member of the Philippines. With a membership encompassing 3 active generations whose professions vary as much as their age, creative endeavors stoke the fire to come out with their best work every month of the year with 5 On-The-Spot (OTS) competitions that ultimately puts both artist and technology to the outer limits of the creative envelope.
These OTS shoot-outs that pit members to shoot under time pressure in the same locale and environment are now akin to, say, Triathlons and Formula One racing in the sense that multiple skills and tasking, physical as well as mental endurance, course knowledge and foresight, as well as mastery of one’s machine are required to keep those creative juices flowing. Just like our cameras, these stresses keep us sharp and focused where we have to be to elicit our so called “culture and realm of creativity and camaraderie”. Not to mention the fact that we constantly remain as proud ambassadors to our Club and to our country (especially when we travel to remote areas or abroad) with our positive, progressive and warm Filipino heritage and outlook while promoting tourism through our photographs that depict local landscape and life. Luck seems to play less and less a factor now. Today, it has been replaced with a deliberate style and methodology which enables one to remain alert to his or her creative technique and imaging objective.
On display for the first time ever for the public to see is a glimpse, albeit an entire year’s worth of work and accomplishment, of what the Camera Club of the Philippines can produce in one year. At the Activity Center on the 2nd floor of the PODIUM in from December 10th to the 15th are the winning entries of 2007 by members of the Club. These are composed of 9 monthly competitions, 5 OTS competitions and 4 best of the Year categories: Black and White, Color Print, On-The-Spot Competitions, and Single Shot Color Print competition (which means no major photo shop manipulation).
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