Finalist
Joy Ganaden
Dewey Sergio
Sherwin Castillo

While Fred Figueroa’s photo locked its place on the 8th, it was one of the strongest in the batch and was Judge Nonoy Gallardo’s ultimate favorite. The songwriter judge was so deeply moved with how the photo related to the song Saranggola Ni Pepe that he chipped the image a perfect score. On the serendipitous contrary, Fred casually took this photo in Baler, Aurora without humming the song in mind.

The name Sherwin Castillo constantly resonated in monthly PWCUP judgings and this incontestably put a capital P in pride—explaining in general what everyone in Alpha Camera Club feels. Considering his fresh approach, it was very surprising that he has embodied the craft with such gusto. Unassumingly Sherwin bagged the 2nd place and still slid another photo into the roster of finalists.

Dewey Sergio and Joy Ganaden held places as finalists even when they were leniently shooting just so for the fun of it.

Finalist - Joy Ganaden

It appeared that Joy Gananden had gotten the better side of luck as his photo made its way in the honor roll. His Kalayan OTS literally raised a flag and secured its place as a finalist—this was another winning moment that maintained the Club’s overall standing leverage.

Alpha Camera Club’s holy week clearance was an immediate celebration of an impromptu victory. Answering why, it was Sherwin Castillo’s entry that bagged the 1st spot for the month’s theme “Humor”. It was also his first comeback after a long break from photography. A first of the first. Here, the photo was taken in Marinduque during the season’s fiesta of Moriones.

Standing on the 6th spot was a sole distinctive concept among the entire roster of images. This photo of a man holding Spideys on a stick was certainly a matchless ingenuity by Joy Ganaden.

Two other members of the club blithely won the propulsion winning 9th and 10th. Sherbeth Quion very well claimed the 9th spot while Jonathan Cayaon took the 10th. This was a go green moment for the Club.

The theme for the second month of the Federation of Philippine Photographers Foundation 2011 Photo World Cup was TIKIM, TAKAM, TSARAP– or photography of Filipino cuisine. While the theme appeared like it was easy as pie, it was—on the contrary– quite a challenge to accomplish. It was quite difficult to translate the ambrosial delicacy of Filipino food in an 8” by 12” colored photograph.

It was this seeming simplicity of the theme that made it quite difficult for the members of Alpha Camera Club to produce creditable photographs for this month. That said, the club struggled even with its intergroup elimination to meet with the standards of the theme. Ready to throw in the towel, the club was pleasantly surprised to have four of its photos shortlisted in the thirty photos for this month.

A photo each by Mai Gallego and Cris Cleofas secured a position as a shortlisted finalist for this month’s PWC. It was even more surprising to have Cris Cleofas and Rusty Marino of Alpha Camera Club reign in third and fourth places, respectively.  Carlo Zamora of Framed Shots Camera Club dominated the March leg placing a solid first with his close-up photo of a man peeling a hot shrimp. This was the second first place victory of the said club this year. Last month, Framed Shots also bagged the first place.

Photojournalist Jay Directo, Professor-Photographer Larry Lopez, and Artist-Writer-Professor-Photographer Darryl Quioge gracefully judged this month’s leg of events. It must have been a difficult task for the three to judge this month’s roster of colored photographs without making them hungry.

The other top-ten places are the following: Marc Capistrano of Nayon Photographers Club for the second place, Dino Perez of Ayala Alabang Camera Club for the fifth place, Irma Santos of Framed Shots Camera Club bagged sixth, Precy Sison-Oro of Lenti got seventh position, Betty Lalana of Nayon placed a solid eighth place, Ruth David of My Camera Club won ninth, and a club entry from Sprazzo Camera Club secured the tenth position.