Sinulog Photo Contest - General Info

[Motownkid]

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1st time user og camera ako cousin naka da.og 8th place hehehe congrats

It runs in the blood bai? ... hahaha congrats

[godCode]

dapat mag promil ta ani ug inom sigi ug lactopafi para kitay mo sunod na mo daog hehehehehe.

[Peenut]

@Radiostar: waw... nag mana nimu bro..congrats to your cousin frm: istorya.net family..heheh

[Chipmunk888]

i didn't see either. probably the one who gave that remarks might be hiding something like it. hihihi!

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hahahaha!!^^

[Chipmunk888]

dapat mag promil ta ani ug inom sigi ug lactopafi para kitay mo sunod na mo daog hehehehehe.

plus bonicol

[yatakitumbi]

hehehehe nalingaw ko ninyo dah...whew!!!

[khent08]

congrats nato tanan!

[j3p0y]

yup, job well done guys. charge to experience to nato. and congrats sa mga winners.

[nunobone]

hahah sugdi na genghis!! ^^

mag breast milk nalang ta kay daghan man sustansya! hahaha ^^

[mam]

dan what joel did last year was to write the sfi formally (notice the changes they did sa rules?). as most of the rules and decisions sa contest are made by old schoolers but very influencial people. kalagot if di ta kadaog but di man pud gud ta kita sa sayop and mureklamo if cge lang pud ta kadaog. try lang

I agree completely... At any rate, the judges may not be necessarily biased.. while it is possible that some contestants may be a bit biased for the winning entries thinking their pictures are better, for all we know, the consistent winners - with their skills and experience - may have even STRONGER, BETTER pictures submitted that didn't strike the fancy of the judges...if we think the winning entires were over processed, we're not even sure if the experienced contestants did submit underprocessed pictures that didn't make it...

one thing though that should at least minimize negative reactions to the Sinulog Photo contest is that SFI should at least
1) Brief the judges to follow strictly the rules. When rules said "the float, Higante and Puppeteers must include the whole structure and not the personalities on board the float. Float, Puppeteers & Higante shots should include the carrier inside the contraption.", that should be strictly followed!
2) Tell the judges what SFI expects in the winning pictures...note that nowhere in the Fluvial/Procession category winners showed what really happened during the fluvial procession...
3) The judges - whatever nationality, religion, affiliation - should be required to attend at least most of the Sinulog events to familiarize themselves on how the photo entries should come out... for them to also learn the difficulties we photographers took.. and for them to know the actual environment during the events... and - more importantly - for them to decide whether the entries they chose were truly representatives to showcase the entire Sinulog event..
4) Last and foremost, the judging time (8 hours?) should be increased considerably... to choose the best among more than 11,000 pictures in so short a time SIMPLY DEFIES logic... last year, the judging time lasted up to 9 or 10 pm with only less than 9,000 entries... now the entries almost doubled and the judging time were done at about 5 or 6 pm... NOTE THAT THIS IS THE SAME PREDICAMENT OF THE CONSISTENT WINNERS as well as the non-winners... the winning entries may not necessarily BE their BEST BETS...for the non-winners, we thought we had better entries...
....Life is a learning experience... we could actually learn from the consistent winners... we will all do better next year... compete with last year's best...after all, Photography should be fun...