The Canon Philippines New Year Event at the Bonifacio High Street

The Canon Event was held at Single Origins, a third wave coffee shop in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) High Street.

It was held so that the company can re-connect with the press and for the company to showcase their new products.

The following cameras were on display:

- Canon Eos M3, the Company's entry to the mirrorless, interchangeable-lens camera system

- Canon Eos M10, the stripped-down version of the M3 

- Canon Powershot G9x 

- Canon Powershot G5x, a retro-styled advanced compact and the one which got the most of my attention :)

- Canon Powershot G3x, an advanced fixed-lens camera with 25x zoom (yes, 25x zoom!!!)

Also on display was the Canon Pixma G3000 printer, a model that offers high volume printing using a low-cost, refillable ink cartridges.

Several speakers from Canon also highlighted, among the other things, their new product, Canon Cloud Computing.

Lim Kok Hin, President and CEO, Canon Marketing Philippines:

Pauline Estrada, Corporate Communications Officer:

Jojo Bolima, senior director for Business Imaging Solutions:

Vinchy Sanchez, director for Consumer Group Division:

Armi Liu, assistant director for Professional Print Production of Business Imaging Solutions division:

Roseann Co, Senior Supervisor, Corporate Communications:

Before the event wrapped up, business cards were drawn to determine the winners for a portable printer and a Canon Eos M10. Too bad I wasn't lucky enough to have my card drawn. :(

But all in all, it was a very nice event. I love the Canon brand and being with people from the company, and people who also have love for the brand, made me feel right at home.

The smell of freshly brewed coffee, plus the smell of gadgets, made for one interesting morning.

More photos from the event:

All photos shot with a Canon DSLR of course! :)

DOST Theme Building

It has been a while since I last made a blogpost. Been busy doing non-tech, non-photography stuff... But when a friend asked me to cover the recent DOST (Department of Science and Technology) Theme Building opening ceremony (yes, it's Theme Building) I couldn't resist to dust off my camera and shoot some photos.

First there was the parade of the different DOST agencies...

There was, of course, a lot of dancing...

But, the highlight of the opening ceremony was the parade of the different Muses. Philippine Science High School, the school were I taught and which hosted the event, was regaled with beauty and pageantry. And of course, Filipinos love, always, a beauty pageant.

To cover the event, as I almost always do, I brought two cameras. One was the Canon 7D with a 70-200 lens and, this might shock you, the Canon Powershot G15. Since my style of coverage is a guerrilla style of event photography, I needed the long reach of the telephoto lens. But for those times that I needed a wide lens, then I use the Powershot. I don't want to change lens during a shoot of this kind: I don't want to miss any shot as much as possible!

Covering the event was great fun. And, after being away for 8 years, I was treated to a DOST that I didn't know exist before. :)