Sunday, October 11, 2009

Canon PhotoMarathon 2009

October 10, 2009 - Saturday. I was an excited soul cos I joined for the first time the Canon Photo Marathon 2009. The registration starts at 7:00AM, kaya naman 5:30AM pa lang gising na ko (that means, 11:00 PM pa lang ng Friday, pinapatulog ko na sarili ko). I reached the venue at 7:20AM (after having a quick breakfast at McDonald's) and immediately registered where I was also given the official Canon shirt and my event ID.
Nakakapanliit sa venue kasi dito ko na nakita lahat ng photographers na sa photoshooting na yata umiikot ang buhay dahil para na silang naglalakad na dry box sa dami ng camera accessories, I wondered gaano kadaming dolyar ang inubos ng mga yon sa dami ng gadgets nila.
Anyway, there were three themes that has to be completed for 3 hours for each theme. Parang amazing race, kasi kailangan maka-produce ng subject within 3 hours lang, kaya mahirap kalaban ang time sa aspect na to. The first theme was "Togetherness". My entry was the wedding ring of my couple friends (of course suot-suot nila yung wedding ring).
The second theme was announce at 12:30PM, and it was "Motion". My entry was an old guy rushing with his motorbike.
The last theme was "Energy". It was like 4:30PM already during the 3rd theme kaya naman nauubos na ang energy ng lahat ng participants. Pero tuloy pa din ang energy ko to walk around and look for an energy subject. My entry was an element of fire.
I didn't win any of the categories, but that was fine. I don't want to be sound bitter, but there are tens of blogs complaining how the judges chose the winning images. But based on my opinion, I liked the entries being sorted out as the finalists, they look very genius and really done excellently. I participated the marathon to have a feeling of how was it to be working with professional and amateur photographers, and at the same time, I want to challenge myself and my limit when it comes to creativity. So for that aspect, I think nanalo na din ako kasi I have a good Canon shirt. I got booklet of my camera. I got free flow of mineral water and Milo. And finally, I got A4 size free photo printing. It was an experience which will not stop me from joining again. Not really to win the contest, but just to be belong :)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

mamai says: GO! GO! GO! sabi mo nga pindot lang nang pindot!:)

Anonymous said...

Mai - hanggat may baterya, may pag-asa

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