Yey! I won, I won! hehe.

I joined a photo contest in our company and I’m happy that I won!

The concept was to take a picture of persons or things in a standing position and should be aligned with the theme “Together We Stand”. I already have some stock photos using my Olympus SW790 camera but Doi was hesitant since the matte print wasn’t as good as we thought it would be. Here are my original entries…

However, since Doi insisted on really getting a better shot using my Nikon D80, she figured on buying a new set of gummy bears and then take another shot. So off Doi, Audrey and I to SM. It was a bit embarrassing because we took this picture in SM Cebu and a few people were looking at us; as if I’m a professional one when I’m not. But hey, thanks to them, I won! Here’s the winning piece.

I listened to a friend’s advice about putting my watermark at the center of my snapshots. She told it’s to prevent people from copying or getting my works and displaying them for their own sake. I didn’t really mind it much before but she did prove a point. It’s not that I want the photographs to be all for myself alone; that’s why I created this blog, to let other people see some of my works.

My friend also advised me to create a trademark and use it in every photo. Because as you can see, I still haven’t decided how I’m going to put it. The different pictures in this site have different labels with different fonts. I’m still searching for that perfect signature to put. As for now, I’m trying to come up with one.