Adphoto Press Room

Here’s an announcement from the Filipinas Heritage Library re a forthcoming seminar on photographing animals to be given by Adphoto associate photographer, Kathy V. Chua:

Photographing Animals
May 26 at 9:00 a.m. -6:00 p.m.

Whether tame or unruly, animals definitely make good subjects. This specialized field in photography is intended for novice photographers who may also be animal lovers.

As a culminating activity, a weeklong photography exhibit will be mounted at The Alcove gallery.

Requirement

Basic knowledge in photography

Camera with manual override, preferably digital

Venue

Manila Zoo

Speaker

Kathy Chua, an associate photographer of Adphoto, is a Ford Foundation Grant Awardee for her thesis, “Portraits of Philippine Wildlife”. She has photographed for international environmental organizations in Asia, Europe and Africa, and co-founded MyZoo Volunteer Group Foundation, a local wildlife and nature preservation group in Manila.

Fee
Php 2,500.00 inclusive of handout, meals, transportation, entrance fees, and certificate.

Due to the limited number of slots, interested participants are requested to register on or before May 23 by placing a partial payment of at least Php 500.00 (non-refundable). A 10% discount will be extended to those who will settle in full on or before the deadline.

For more details, please call 892-1801, email events@filipinaslibrary.org,ph, or visit www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph.

Your call is important to us, but it may not seem that way when you give us a call. You see, two out of our five PLDT trunk lines are out of order. When you call 8316117 or 8316749, you will hear ringing on your receiver (telephone) however, it does not ring on our end.

According to PLDT, water seepage damaged their main cable. While restoration work is on going, they cannot estimate when our telephone lines will be fully restored.

Please call 7571501, 8310152, 8314157 or 8319108, or sms (text) our cellphones so we may return your call immediately. Or, if it’s not urgent, kindly email us at info@adphoto.com.ph.

P.S. I would like to acknowledge one of our readers who took the trouble of rewriting this announcement.

This is an announcement from the Federation of Philippine Photographers’ Foundation:

FPPF ( Federation of Philippine Photographers Foundation) and
Digital Photographer Philippines

is proud to announce the

Photo Summit 2007

Imagine having all these SUPERB Photographers under one roof…with YOU!

Don Emmerich -One of only 40 members of Cameracraftsmen of America, Don has earned all four degrees from the Professional Photographer’s Association and was recently awarded a fellowship into the American Society of Photographers. Don is currently in Canon’s Elite Group of Talented Professional Photographers know as Canon’s Explores of Light. He is also a photoshop expert. www.donemmerich.com/

Nancy Emmerich -Nancy is a Master Photographer and Photographic Craftsman. Nancy sees it as a personal goal to capture the “Photographic Art of Life” She is one of the most sought out teachers in photography. Nancy will be sharing with us all about portraiture- Family, Child, Wedding, and a lot more. http://www.studioartphotography.com

Lou Freeman- Lou is a fashion, beauty and advertising photographer. Her work has been featured in countless of international magazines.
http://www.loufreeman.com/

A TOP Wedding phtographer - We are still waiting for the confirmation of the 4th speaker. We have 3 of them in mind and guarantee that one of them will make it . We will keep you posted on this.

The seminar will last for 2 days. It will be a choose your class concept. 2 Classes will be running simultaneously.

On top of all this, there will also be a trade show in the VMALL in Greenhills for 4 days Lots of New products and discounts will be available.

Venue for the Seminars will be at Club Filipino in Greenhills

The fee is 3,500 for the early bird special. This includes snacks for the 2 days and a dinner for the Photographers Night. Sign up now since I gurantee that the slots will fill up fast.
Early bird is up to July 15 - 3,500
August 15 is 4,000
On the day sign up is 5,000

Please call Bella Luce Studios at 8124612 to reserve your slot.

Really looking forward to this guys! This is a must do for the year!

Mark your calendars Aug 16 to 19

See you all there!

We would like to inform you that our main line, telephone no. 8316117, is still out of order. Kindly call any of our other phone numbers: 8314157, 8310152 or 7571501. You may also call our telefax no. 8319108.

CAR PORTRAITURE: Your prized auto immortalized in print!

Many drivers and car owners are crazy about their cars, calling them pet names like “Baby” or “The Beast.” So what other way can you symbolize this passion (or obsession) for cars than CAR PORTRAITURE?

Adphoto, Inc. is now offering car photography to private owners, like you. Imagine your beloved auto’s portrait sitting on your desk at work or hanging in your den at home. Now, you can appreciate it 24/7 without leaving your chair!

To make car photography affordable, we’ve designed a way (actually two ways) for a car enthusiast to schedule a studio shoot with four other car owners. Each gets an individual portrait, but all five members of the group must schedule on the same day. This is ideal for car club members. Bring your buddies for the TURBO package (same model cars) or the TORQUE package (5 different model cars).

Please call us at 831.0152, 831.4157, 831.6749 or 757.1501 for more details or better yet, rev up your engines and drop by our office for a visit!

All four PLDT trunklines and one telefax line are OUT-OF-ORDER. We apologize for this great inconvenience but really, it should be PLDT apologizing to all of us. This is terrible.

We only have one Globe landline (7571501) working. God bless Globelines.

Try also texting or calling our cellphones:
Harvey: +639209207199
John: +639209207184
Maritess:+639178316117
Kathy: +639178152824
G-nie: +639209095609

You may also email us as we check out emails regularly.
info@adphoto.com.ph
harvey@adphoto.com.ph

Please bear with us. Your call is important to us.

We are looking to hire additional account executives. Please check Jobstreet.com for our ad posting.

We prefer someone who lives in Makati or a nearby area, and of course, someone who has sales ability and an interest in photography.

Please send your resume and application letter to harvey@adphoto.com.ph

Watch out for two more episodes of “You’re Hired,” a reality-TV show that documented our search for an advertising photographer. It airs on Sundays at 8pm on QTV 11.

Dear Adphoto clients, suppliers and friends,

We apologize if you experienced problems in calling us - if you dialed our number and you heard our phone ringing but no one answered your call. We were not sleeping on the job, and we certainly were not ignoring your call.

For months since underground cables from the PLDT exchange to our area suffered water seepage, our phones have been on and off. Many times, we would discover -when we were outside and trying to call our own office - that callers could hear our phones ringing when our phones were actually DEAD! No wonder we were getting lots of complaints from our clients about our phones. We called PLDT Customer Service tons of times and visited their office not a few times but to no avail.

To find a solution, we got a wireless phone - and gave that number, as well as our cellphones, to as many clients and friends as we could reach.

PLDT replaced the cables but we continued to have the same problems. In exasperation, I finally decided to seek the name of someone higher up to plead for a more permanent solution. To PLDT’s credit, they looked deeper into our phone problem and discovered some technical glitches that directed calls to a grounded line (the one that kept ringing) and prevented the calls from trunk-hunting (transferring to a free line). They sent us a repairman whose expertise was PABX phone systems, and for two days, he worked on restoring our phone lines.

Our phones are now all working. Alleluia!!!

We also decided to add more phone lines. Here’s a complete list of numbers you can call:
8316117
8310152
8316749
5564657
5564658
7571501 (Globe)
8319108 (Telefax)
5564659 (Direct Line)
4011103 (Wireless)

And if you prefer, call me on my cellphone at +639209207199.

Thanks and hope to hear from you really soon.

Very truly yours,
Harvey V. Chua
General Manager