Monthly Archives: May 2013

LET’S ASK TOM PEREZ!

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Hi Tom! For the update of everybody,  We heard that you are in fishpond operations business.  On top of that, (according to butch) you have also a resort in Pangasinan. From your email address we can surmise that you are engaged in tourism industry.  If you want bookings to Hundred Islands, give the business to Tom.

 We recall Tom to be mabait to us small guys ( those classmates who are first in line and seat infront of class). He belongs to the big guys.  We can call him “komang” without fear of reprisals. Pero  si Tom is kumakasa kahit kanino. From my faint memory inaway niya one of our teachers. (klassmates pls confirm this story and with details).

Tom! we need your input as commented by butch. Also with your good tourism industry association/connection you make reservations with discounts to Corregidor Island Hotel or any venue which we may agree upon later. Please include estimated cost per unit so we can forward the info to the Finance Committee.

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Please Send Pictures to Chito Canlas

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DSC00748The response to this site by classmates are so overwhelming that most of them like to send memorable pictures from their files. Your historical/current and future pictures and funny stories/anecdotes are most needed.  Please e-mail then to Chito Canlas. Chito has a printing press,  has an editorial board and hired Dan Brown to produce a coffee table book for distribution during the home coming. Please send it ONLY to Chito. Donot prematurely show it to others, as it will affect the value and excitement of the book.

PLEASE DONT FORGET TO GIVE YOU COMMENTS/REPLIES BELOW. See you on our next blog!

Please Help Locate Our Classmates

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The following Classmates are all accounted for and are in active communication with our Chairman Obet:  Charles Yench, Butch Apeles, Didoy Aquino, Avelino Catiis, Dong De Vera, James Chavez, Ed Cruz, Chito Canlas, Sambo Aquino, Niki Aquino, Ben Jacinto, Wily Suares, Tom Perez, Butch Espinosa,Ed Garcia, Tique,  Manoling Gonzales, Leo Nery, Agusto Catiis, Gilly Galang, Lester Costes…

The following are NOT accounted for as of May 27, 2013: Ricardo Gonzales, Georgie Legaspi, Ed de Jesus, Mario Rodriguez, Jaime Noche, Jaime Jerome, Vicente Garcia, Pablito Lagunzad, Ed Joquico, Francisco De Jesus, Edgardo de Jesus, Enriquito Ganapin, Ben Gutierrez,  Hector Corpus, Ted Llado, Jacinto Ocampo, Serapin Alvarez, Clemente Baguisi, Ed Denuna, Ernesto Leano, Ben Yap, Danilo Lantin,  Benedicto Reyes, Teodoro Chengcuenca, Enrico Tonson. We would like to also locate our teachers, Roncal, Kleng Kleng, Even thou, Punongbayan, etc..

The Official Website of Don Bosco IV-D and Friends Batch 66

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DSC_0114It is now official. By confirmation of classmates who are in touch with Roberto Santos Diaz, http://www.photoleon.net/blog is now the official website that will be used as the “Secretariat”, ” Information Clearing House”  and Official Pronouncements and Guidelines for the Celebration of Our 50th Anniversary Reunion. The following are the initial arrangements and will be subject to change as may be made by the Organizing Committee as we go along towards 2016 Golden Reunion:

Tentative Date of Reunion.— January 16-17, 2016.  Please plan ahead.

Tentative Venue.–Corregidor Island Hotel, Manila, Philippines. Overnight Stay. Tour during the day, musical entertainment to be provided by the musicians of batch 66 and awarding ceremonies at night. The Island is accessible by yatch from Manila Hotel.

Organizing Committee Members.– All living members of IV-D Batch 66. Roberto Santos Diaz as Chairman.

Committee On Finance.– Sambo Aquino, Manoling Gonzales, Wily Suares, Ben Jacinto, Charles Yench.

Committee on Programs and Entertaiment.– Dong De Vera, Tique, Catiis, Butch Espinosa, Mario Rodriguez, Tom Perez

Committee on Communications, Invitations, Research.– Obet, Ed Cruz,  Ed Garcia, Gilly Galang, Leo Nery

Committee on Souvenir Programs etc.– Chito Canlas, Leo Nery, Apeles, James Chavez

ALL BATCHMATES ARE REQUESTED TO VISIT THE SITE REGULARLY AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO GIVE INPUTS BY ENTERING THEIR COMMENTS/REPLIES/LIKE/DISLIKE BELOW EACH BLOG WE WILL PUBLISH FROM TIME TO TIME.

 

Income Opportunity Ideas

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Our group had a brain storming in order to come out with a blog on this category. We  want something new and fresh ideas and tried to avoid the gimmicks that are considered cliche’. But on the second thought, we believe that old ideas may be new to the other side of the globe and may still work on other locations.

Below are the lists of money making ideas we agreed worth suggesting to a would be professional photographer. We invite our readers to contribute and extend the list.  They may also implement the ideas free of copyright violation. As an act of penance we just request proper acknowledgement and refer at least ten visitors to our site.

Ideas as of May 19, 2013

1.  When dining in a restaurant, take a picture of the food you ordered before eating. Show the images to the owner/manager and complement the food. Mention that you are a pro and has a website and you will post the pictures. Leave your card and suggest if they like better pictures for their menu, posters, ads and wall frames or need a good photographer for restaurant events you will make yourself available because they serve such good food. You just earned a friend and pictures of food for your stock photo at their expense.

2. Organize a Photo Tour? yeah, maybe. But this one is different.  Organize a street photography! Reserve an avenue in a busy upscale business district.  Accredit professional and wannabe photographers who will post themselves on the street like a paparazzi or street photographer in short. Announce to the public that this is a street photography day and those who would like their pictures taken like a celebrity can walk through the avenue wearing their fashionable clothes (or otherwise) behaving like celebrity/fashion model entering the Oscar’s Awards Night. You don’t need a Donald Trump to make money from accreditation and sponsors and sold pictures (edited and framed) not to mention souvenir programs. Don’t forget to get waivers from the models.

3.  If you are attending a street procession, parade (flower, costume), Chinese Dragon Dance, bicycle race, etc., where there are colorful  and historical significance.  Position yourself to take images from a vantage point where a business establishment (restaurant, bank, store) will be part of the background. Sell the images to the establishment concerned. They may even land on the calendars they give away annually.

That will be all for the moment. Please add you ideas and make comments. We will include it on our next list update.

 

Photography And Business Sense

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What is the difference between a photographer and a professional photographer?  Both may come out with beautiful and artistic pictures but a professional photographer makes or earns money out of it.  One must earn money for the time and effort spent on photography, otherwise, you will starve. 

But the irony of it is that having talent to create good picture is not enough assurance one will earn good money.  Photographic sense or sense of photography means a subconscious automatic evaluation of a subject matter in terms of its proper focus, exposure, and composition to produce an excellent photo.  This sense is shaped through years of practice striving to capture good pictures until it becomes part of your basic senses like smell, sound, sight and touch. This we will help you achieve through our tutorial blog category.  However, equally important is to develop a business sense to complete your being as a professional photographer. In the same manner, business sense is an ability (subconscious, automatic, learned) to capture money out of a subject matter.  How? It must be shrewdly learned and practiced and this is the subject matter of blogs under this Entrepreneurship category blog.

 I will not bore you with academic discussions of management/marketing etc., tools and techniques of business. But bear in mind, that microwave, computer, internet, radio, tv, etc., are mostly military inventions converted by business sense of entrepreneurs into viable consumer goods.  As a starter, I would say you need foresight and creativeness.  Foresight demands that you will have to identify things that will be needed and prepared when commissioned to cover an event.  The most common sensical thing to do is to prepare a checklist and a countdown schedule. Foresight means that will also have anticipate problems and be ready with solutions. What if I lost my camera on location? What if my SD card gets corrupted? What if my transport bogs down? If things like these happen and no provisions  for  solutions,  you lose money.  Creativeness means you can invent ways to earn more money than relying solely on your contract fee from the client.  As a matter of fact, some waive their fees just to get  free publicity and ancilliary businesses. We will tell you stories of low budget couples  getting services free of charge as long as  the photographer is exclusive and guests are requested not to take pictures or bring cameras.  The pictures are then posted and emailed in the internet where guests can order their copies of the pictures retouched, framed and delivered C.O.D.  Creativeness means also your  two way relationship with suppliers.  You get commissions from event organizers, caterers, venue, florists, hotel bookings etc..  for referring clients to them. Of course you may have to give incentives to them if they refer clients to you. Business sense means you are sharp to spot this opportunities and automatically, without hesitation, apply your cutting knife.

SEE YOU ON OUR NEXT BLOG!  

 

What Would You Do If You Were In This Situation?

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What would you do if you were in his situation?

Max (not his real name) is a young and skillful photographer  during the twilight of the film photography.  His work  as wedding photographer caught the attention of  the professionals,  and dubbed him as the new promising photographer.  He belongs to a well connected family and owns  top of the line cameras and a plethora of accessories and equipments. He is the envy of the industry.

At that time, he got a US$12,000.00 contract  to do the  coverage of the  “wedding of the year” for a couple belonging to the elite Spanish-Filipino society. The event was to be held at an island resort, Boracay, a ten minute boat ride from the nearest city port, Caticlan.

Guests from Spain and Manila were flown in and billeted all expenses paid for by the couple. Not to mention, the gowns of the Bridal entourage were custom made from Italy.  It  was a sunset beach wedding.

On the wedding day ,  the weather cooperated beautifully and the ambient light at that golden moment was something once in a lifetime for a  photographer.  Even the beach reception   that followed was  romantically lighted by his equipments. The next day, as a bonus to his clients, he covered the site seeing tours of the guests free of charge.  Perfect!

During the film days, it takes at least a month to complete the developing, editing and printing of the album for submission to the client.  But you know what? Max lost his entire films and disappeared out of embarrassment. He was never to be seen or contacted after the incident to explain how he lost the films. Even today, everybody was wondering where did Max go.

I think the answer to the question of “What would you do if this happens to you?”  Will elicit enough  reflections that would serve as a warning lessons for everybody. I will not extend  this article and bore you of  what should be done as hindsight. Everybody is expert at hindsight.