Well the day before that was kinda hectic also. Jose Mari Chan – singer-songwriter and sugar seller – had a concert (slash comedy show) Friday night and a few of us Sideroom Photo Club members were there to cover the event. After the show, we had a few beers and a couple bowls of batchoy. Promptly, we went home around three in the morning.
After a few hours sleep, four club members – me, Charles Borja, Roy Navea and Atty. Libby Casilan – went early to the city wharf to greet a bus-full of photographers from Cebu City on the first fastcraft trip. Thirty of them, all carrying a bagful of photography gear for their Bohol Photo Tour.
The Photographers Club of Cebu is a Cebu-based photography club with a membership of almost 300 online members (with about a hundred active members). The 3-year old club was born out of the desire to teach and start a gathering of amateur, hobbyists and professional photographers.
PCC’s board is led by Ben Shan, Ryan Belleza, Ian Javier, Michol Sanchez, Don Dexter Antoni, William Yeh and Eric Saguin. Known as the most active club in Cebu, the group conducts monthly workshops, organizes fun shoots and does club contests.
Marian Jabines and Ghen Lumayag, both Boholanos, coordinated the event. Marian who is from Maribojoc but now works in Cebu, emphasized that the club’s motto of having a worry-free and fun-loving club is shown in the way PCC gathers for fun shoots and out-of-town soirees.
While in Bohol, they visited and photographed some of our world-class natural and cultural heritage sites like the Baclayon Church, Loboc Church, Loboc River, Albur Python, Bilar Man-made Forest and Sagbayan Peak.
Too bad though, they had to catch the last fastcraft to Cebu after their Bohol tour. Our morning welcome was well-received but we were basically still half-asleep that time.
Triathlon and Holloween Party
Saturday night was to cap the day with yet another photo op. Lazer Party Club was having their Holloween event and Charles took charge of taking pictures of guests in an elaborate set complete with a coffin and a dead person who sits up to pose as soon as guests hug in for an FB profile pic.
Indeed, today was rigorous for photography with all the photo ops and fun included. Well, All Souls Day is coming up so I guess only until then will the photographers be a-resting. Wouldn’t they?
Happy shooting!
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