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FOR
those who limit visual arts to painted images on canvas
and wood panels, how many times have you been stopped
from your leisurely artsy-fartsy mall tour by a photo
exhibit?
Pardon
the snooty start, but if you recently happened to be at
the ground floor of SM Megamall Building B, most
probably you had spent a few minutes at the first photo
exhibit of Olyclub Philippines, aptly titled Discover
New Wonders.
The
group is composed of enthusiasts, amateurs and
professionals who’ve long decided that Olympus is the
best camera in the world. On display at the exhibit were
30 printed photographic artworks captured by club
members from all parts of the country using Olympus
digital cameras. The curator is photographer-photo
instructor and Olympus evangelist Jay Alonzo. The photos
were worth bringing into the home.
For
example, Marvin Nuto presented two contrasting images of
calm (Backflip) and chaos (Storm Laundry). Backflip
has the silhouette of a man captured in midair while
diving into the water from a cliff-like piece of land,
with the sunset as backdrop. Though it depicts movement,
the picture is a refreshing image of the very trite
photographer’s view of a calming sunset. Here, he used
the E-510 camera with 14-42mm (14mm) lens, with speed of
1/400 seconds and aperture of f/22, ISO 800.
In
Storm Laundry, what looks like folded iron roofing
or blankets are caught in electric lines against a
bluish sky. Nuto used the same camera lens and aperture,
with 1/30 speed. Never mind if the title is the only one
that suggests a storm, but the picture is a creative way
of presenting a not-so-ordinary subject, like the
lamppost.
Meanwhile, Jon Dexter Tan’s Wet Seat has a
half-naked man playfully seating on a rock under a short
but wide waterfall. Here, Tan captured the rampaging
water using the camera lens E-3/12-60mm, with a speed of
¼ secs, aperture of f/22 and ISO 100. The famous Bais
sandbar is magnificently captured by Amie Alegre using
the camera lens E-330/14-42mm, with shutter speed of
1/250, aperture of f/11 and ISO setting of 100. Here,
instead of getting all the seemingly floating houses in
one frame, Alegre chose only one, emphasizing the curve
of the sandbar. The sight is never tiring to the eyes.
Also exhibited there were the engaging works of
enthusiasts Norman Aquino, Tok Paler, club president
Randy Rivera, Olympus guru Jay Alonzo and many others.
The
exhibit was sponsored by Axis Global Technologies, the
official distributor of Olympus cameras in the country.
Also exhibited were models of digital cameras used by
club members, as well as their additional photographs in
slide-show presentation.
The
Olyclub Philippines is the official group of Olympus
camera users in the country. If you want to engage into
their kind of weekend relaxation, just visit
www.olyclubph.com. |
