Friday, November 17, 2006

Regional Schools Press Conference, Department of Education, Region III, Talavera, Nueva Ecija, Nov. 13-17, 2006

Update as of September 18, 2023:

If you’re a high school or grade school student in the Philippines who’s joining the photojournalism contest in the division, regional, or national press conference, I’m offering two free resources to you :

A. 900-plus interactive exercises on English grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension, verbal analogy, etc (with around 200 megabytes total file size). The exercises have time limit and automatic scoring, with an average of 10 items per exercise.

Examples of these interactive exercises are: Common English grammar errors: Exercise 01 (nouns - confusions of number); Phrasal Verbs: Expressions with Go; English Placement Test (45 items).

B. 200-plus resources (JPG, PDF, MP4, etc.) on photography and photojournalism, with 600-plus megabytes total file size. For some examples of these resources, surf to the “Free photography e-books, cheat sheets” page.

For the download links and more information about how to use the interactive exercises, please surf to my “Better English resources and exercises” blog. Please inform your journalism teacher/schoolpaper adviser or your parents about these resources before downloading them.

If you have any question about downloading or using these free resources, please email me (after informing your journalism teacher/schoolpaper adviser or your parents). I’ll be able to reply to you within two to three days; if you don’t see my reply in your Inbox, check your Spam folder. Or, you can text me.

Also, if you win in the photojournalism contest at whatever level (district, division, regional, or national), you can send me your prizewinning pictures, and I will feature them in a blog post.

Atty. Gerry T. Galacio
gtgalacio@yahoo.com
0927-798-3138


Some of the photojournalism contestants taking time to relax and have their picture taken after their photo shoot; picture taken by Atty. Galacio More than 2,000 students from grade schools and high schools, their journalism advisers, and DepEd officials attended the conference held at the Talavera National High School and the Talavera Central Elementary School. Competitions were held in photojournalism, writing (editorial, news, sports, feature and copyreading), editorial cartooning, and radio broadcasting.

The DepEd Region III is composed of 17 divisions from several provinces and cities, namely, Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales, Angeles City, Cabanatuan City, Olongapo City, Tarlac City, San Jose del Monte City, San Fernando City, Gapan City, Balanga City, Science City of Munoz, and Malolos City.

I was the resource speaker and judge for the photojournalism competition (high school category, with a total of 102 participants). Pictures below show the photojournalism contestants during the lecture, the actual photo shoot, waiting for the arrival of their printed pictures, and the layouting of their contest entries (plus scenes from the grade school competitions and RSPC activities). Congratulations to all the winners!


Listen muna tayo sa lecture kahit corny yung jokes ni Atty. Gerry!



Eto ang tinatawag na low angle shot ...

Hide and seek ata eto, hindi photojourn!

Kanya-kanyang style lang yan



Acrobatic photojournalism ang tawag dito

Pssst, ano ang sinisilip mo dyan?

Natural frame!


Uso ata talaga ang low angle shot ...


Break muna after the hectic photo shoot

Photojournalists having their picture taken this time around

Sir Gerry, tip naman para manalo yung pictures namin ...

Konting jitters while waiting for the pictures to arrive from Cabanatuan City pa ...



Kami, relaxed na relaxed!

Okay, layouting time na!



Hmm, di bale nang wag manalo, malagay lang ang picture ko sa Internet ...

Pa-kopya naman ng layout ninyo!








Thursday, November 09, 2006

Division of Pasig City and San Juan Press Conference, November 6,7 and 10, 2006, San Juan National High School

Some 300 students from public and private high schools are participating in the annual press conference featuring competitions in photojournalism and writing (news, features, editorial, sports, etc). I gave the lecture in photojournalism and supervised the actual photo shoot of a volleyball game. Awarding of winners is scheduled on Friday, November 10. Congratulations to the winners!



Sportswriters doing their pre-game interviews


Warm up muna bago maglaro

Participants trying out their new skill on pre-focusing

Girl from St. Paul's Pasig with her high tech camera

Participant from Santolan High School - may camera na, may umbrella pa!

Diagonal line! Vertical format!

Anticipate the action!


Trio of students concentrating on the action


Girls from the brand new Pasig City Science High School

Guys and girls from Rizal High School Main

Delegation from Santolan High School

Bago contest, lecture muna!

Girls from Dominican College with Aquinas boys behind them


O, tapos na ang contest, submit na ang film!

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Photography seminar, Santolan High School (Pasig)

Some 20 students, from first year to fourth year, attended the seminar last Friday morning. Mrs. Priscilla Pontipedra, principal, coordinated the seminar on the basics of photojournalism, as part of their preparation for the Division Press Conference to be held on November 6 and 7 at the San Juan National High School. The students and I had a great time during the seminar, especially with that joke about “Hoe! Hoe! Hoe!” See you guys at the Division Press Con!

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Group reports, Psych 118, UP Diliman, October 10, 2006

Students of Psych 118 (Field Methods in Psychology), under Prof. Jay Yacat, presented the results of their investigative reports, with the critique and evaluation done by the faculty members of the Psychology Department, yesterday at Palma Hall Annex, 1 to 5 PM.

I acted as guest panelist for the group of Nicasio Pimentel III, Lady Corcuera, Alexis Ibanez, and Patricia Orduna. Their investigative study was on the "querida system." (Another interesting topic was "Babae sa Riles: Gampanin ng Kababaihan sa Brgy. 630, Sta. Mesa, Manila" presented by Maria Fe Buno, Suzette Agnes Lim,Kathryn Lianne Palo and Lourdes Jean Tamondong.)