PhotoSkwela Weekend

Last Saturday, September 22, my friends, Ate Jyrevi Fernandez, Noriel Joey Alejandre and I attended the Canon PhotoSkwela at SM Naga. Knowing that Naga is a two-hour ride from Legazpi City, we ate lunch at 10:30am just to arrive early at the event. Sadly the van that we were riding left at 11:45 am. We arrived at SM Naga late and caught the first speaker who already started his talk.

The first speaker was David John Guison who talked about Basic Photography and Blogging. He is the resident blogger of DGMNL, endorser of Canon Ixus, SM Accessories among others. And is one of my fashion inspirations. J We personally met last May 5, when I attended his seminar workshop with Lissa Kahayon at Tomas Morato. 

Since we’re late, we were at the far end of the venue and we’re left standing. While he was talking, he caught my glance and then he stop talking for a second and waved at me. Well, that was a relief, at least he still recognizes me J *faints* (Then my friend jerked at me and said, "some of the audience looked at you". HAHAHA. )

He talked about how to take and edit pictures to make it more presentable when you post it on your blog, what angle should you use to highlight your assets, how to style yourself and most importantly how to earn from your blog. :) 

After his talk, we had a group shot with David.

Photo credits: David Guison

NJ is fangirling over David. HAHA

Yes, we're both wearing denim :)

Ate Jev and David

We were one of the lucky blog readers who shared lunch/snacks with David that afternoon J He also introduced us to Kim, one of the Canon Team.

Photo credits: David Guison

Next speaker was Troy Monsod who talked about Basic Photography and Techniques. Sadly we weren't able to end his talk because its getting late and we will run out of vehicle which we will ride for us to go home. 

When we were on our way home,  I realized that in every medium, CONTENT IS VERY IMPORTANT. Pictures and design will not suffice if your aiming for successful blog, without a substantial content, your blog will be just like the others.

Content separates you from the norm. Since almost everyone in the globe has a blog, think of something that will make you stand out. Blog is also a personal space where you can advertise yourself. It is also your online resume.

Having a blog also has its drawbacks. When you are famous enough, you get bad feedbacks from some haters. But all you have to do is just to be yourself stay grounded and don’t forget those people whom you inspired. In that way, the haters won’t be able to hurt you. J

Awesome friends are awesome. Thanks for sharing an day with me :) 

Thank you Canon Philippines    and SM Naga for this opportunity to meet such fine speakers. J

Camera used: Canon 1100D