As it continues to promote professionalism in photojournalism in the Philippines, the Philippine Center for Photojournalism (PCP) conducted its fifth Professional Photojournalism Workshop at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone last Aug. 27–31.
Several lectures and hands-on training were conducted across the five days of the conference, which included a return to the basics of photography and the application of photography techniques; the trends and challenges of photojournalism; documentary photography and case studies; digital file management; the creation of a photo story (at an Aeta community at Sitio Kanawan, Barangay Binaritan, Morong, Bataan); and working on wires, newspapers and magazines.
Speakers and lecturers for the conference were Ms. Joan Bondoc, PCP chair and senior photographer of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI), veteran photographers Mr. Alex Baluyut, Mr. Jimmy Domingo, and PDI chief photographer Mr. Ernie Sarmiento, who are also instructors in the Ateneo de Manila University’s photojournalism program; Mr. Luis Liwanag, chief photographer of the Manila bureau of Xinhua News Agency; Mr. VJ Villafranca, 2008 awardee of the prestigious Ian Parry Scholarship for photojournalists; documentary photographers Mr. Paolo Picones and Mr. Jake Verzosa; Ms. Leanne Jazul, art director of the award-winning magazine Newsbreak; and Mr. Jose Torres Jr., a multi-awarded veteran journalist and author.
The fifth day was the oath taking ceremony of the new PCP officers and board members, administered by Olongapo City Mayor James “Bong” Gordon.
The workshop is supported by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office www.pcso.gov.ph/.
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