I bonded with Adrian & Jhea for their engagement photoshoot and decided to have a little fun with the street lights before we leave.
In this photo, I asked them to hold steady for 5 seconds for to get the effect I wanted on the background. Holding my flash at 1/4 power, I fired to burst, one for each model to light their faces. Worked out well after 4 takes.
Standing between me and my winning piece is Anna Andrada herself who decided to show up later to see her photo in large format during the Sinulog Exhibit 2008 at SM City Cebu.
Photo courtesy by:
Regel Zamora
This year's SINULOG Festival was a blast. Compared to last year's festivities, it's more of a surprise. To start with, there are over 22 contingents who joined this year's mardigras. And a few other new comers to give more of a blast. Anyway, what really excited me, us photographers is the annual SINULOG Photo Contest. This year, for the third time in a row, I won first place for SINULOG QUEEN CATEGORY, winning it twice in a row is hard enough, and the pressure is on me. There are over 500 or close to 600 photographers who joined the competition. It's a tough environment, you'll have to think of ways to be more creative and be more aware of the things going on around you.
To make matters worse, the new batch of photographers this year are highly equipped. I saw two guys using a SUPER TELEPHOTO which I think would really give them great shots over us. Photographers from Singapore, our neighboring country are so well in to it that I think they brought every photographer's gear with them. It's an amazing sight, and makes me wonder if I do have a chance.
Below is a photo of a friend photographer from a local paper (CEBU DAILY NEWS) standing right next to me on a ladder. Yes, that's how tough it is to shoot the Sinulog this year. And I bet, next year is gonna be worse.
It's a week long photoshoot for me, and maybe for some others who are as addicted as me, in one way or another. The point is, that this is the only photo contest in our city that draws international attention. It's a great feeling. I wish there will be more like the SINULOG.
Here are some of my favorites shots during this week long festival.
(left photo): One of the runner-ups for the Free Interpretation Category, Tribu Iliganon on there cool costumes. They are last year's contenders who won a place at top three, in the same category.
