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Saturday, January 19, 2008
AITV5: OUR CAMERA MAN ARJAY DURAN WON PRESTIGIOUS PHOTO JOURNALISM CONTEST
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ACI student & AITV5 Camera Man Arjay Duran holds his plate trophyOnce again the Aemilianum College, Inc. and the AITV5 stand tall in Sorsogon City due to the recent victory of one of our students and technical staff member MR. ARJAY DURAN.
Arjay roamed around the school campus for several days looking for an appropriate camera to use for the seminar and competition and was already sad for almost a week until his Kuya Sau, our very own AITV5 technical director MR. ROSAURO AMISTOSO offered his professional camera. And the rest is history... I mean the boy was able to join the seminar and had won 1st Prize in the much coveted Photography contest whose participants included known professionals in the city such as media personnel, college instructors, famous photography enthusiasts whose works had been posted in the webs, etc.
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Arjay Duran in the Middle with the runner up winners. The guy in red is a freelance photographer while the lady represents Sorsogon State CollegeI was able to talk to some of his fellow participants and they were all praise for Arjay. One of the first to congratulate him was MR. ERNIE ATIENZA, the champion in last December 2007 photo journalism contest in the city sponsored by the city government of Sorsogon. Ernie is also one of our computer instructors and teachers in ACI so his acknowledgment his a big boost in the morale of the young man who was so nervous competing with one of his educators and a reigning champion at that.
Another one who immediately sent her congratulatory greet is Ms. Bing Fortin. Bing is dear to us Somascans because her parents are one of the members of Casa Miani-Augusta & Piera Foster Parents Association. She was formerly working in the media arm of the Sorsogon Diocese and just returned from Netherlands where she had further studies.
It is also to be noted that one of his runner up winners came from Sorsogon State College. This government owned school has a population of thousands and is a repository of countless talents. Yet he bested their very best.
Arjay Duran with Ms. Margarita Pacay, one of his two other participants from ACI & AITV5
The seminar and photo contest were joint projects of INVERTED i and CS PHOTOGRAPHY. Here is the summary of their activities:
ACTIVITY: "Beyond Expression" Seminar Workshop on Basic Photography and Photojournalism [January 15-16, 2008]
PLACE: CS Photography Gallery, Magsaysay Ave., Sorsogon City
The lady in violet is my good friend Ms. Bing Fortin; she just arrived from Netherlands where she pursued scholarship studiesSPEAKERS:
1. Mr. Toni Alfonso [Photojournalist] - Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's premier newspaper, Cook Magazine and Manila Bulletin
2. Mr. Charison Sayat [Photojournalist] - Agence France Press [AFP], Bicol Stringer
3. Mr. Eric Galura [Digital Artist] - Digital Artist from Manila
Nobody beats a good listener and an attentive student; Arjay is all eyes and all ears to the photography expert; the guy in blue and egg yellow shirt is Mr. Puti Dollesin, one of the elected city councilors
Arjay devouring the lectures of veteran photo journalist Toni AlfonsoArjay is a 3rd year student of AB Mass Communication
Marge is a 2nd year student of AB Mass Communication
Irene Joyce is a 1st year student of BS Computer Science
The participants composed of young professionals, students, photo enthusiasts and self-styled guru; ACI was represented by Ms. Irene Joyce Sarmiento [3rd from the wall in the second line] and AITV5 by Arjay and Marge Pacay [sitting together]
The champion smiling while observing his classmate delivering a report in class
Mr. Manny Ferrer together with some Mass Communication students of ACI; Manny is one of the organizers of the seminar and the one who encouraged the ACI students to participate in the program
CONGRATULATION TO A R J A Y !!!
fr. Paolo from Italy ( Turin )
see also : http://aemilianumtv.blogspot.com/