Blogalicious: a philippine photo odyssey

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Canon shows its dominance in the Marketing Arena of Digital Cameras, launching another milestone project called Smilie7107 capturing the best Filipino images across the Islands.

Open to all Amateur or Professional Canon digital Camera Owners and users. Canon’s SMILE7107, a photo contest that aims to showcase the best and distinct Filipino images taken in and around the Philippine archipelago.

The SMILE 7107 photo competition is just one component of our ImageNation campaign to celebrate Canon’s 10th anniversary in the Philippines,” said Ramon Arteficio, president and CEO of Canon Marketing (Philippines) Inc. ” This contest also provides a venue for us to suppoert Canon users and reqard them for their passions, while promoting everything beautiful and wonderful in the Philippines.”

Aptly named after the Philippines’ 7,107 islands, SMILE 7107 will have 10 themes:

• Churches
• Portrait of the Filipino/Faces of the Filipino
• Flora and Fauna
• Colorful Fiestas
• Filipino Food Fare
• Cityscapes
• Scenery
• National Landmarks
• Delightful Children
• Nightscapes

These themes will allow participants to capture all that is beautiful and wonderful in the country.

Creative effects done within the camera at the time of exposure, such as multiple exposures, flash fill, lighting, filtration, etc. are allowed. Digital retouching is allowable on density, contrast adjustments, minor cropping on composition, burning, and dodging, and global adjustments. Major manipulation of main images through adding and subtracting are not allowed.

To join, interested citizens and permanent residents of the Philippines only need to submit a completed SMILE 7107 entry form, a CD containing the photo entry in jpeg format (at least 300 dpi), and a 4×6 sized print out. The CD must be labeled with the photographer’s name and photo title.

Submit to in an envelope and labeled: SMILE 7107, Canon Marketing Philippines, Inc., Marvin Plaza Building, 2153 Don Chino Roces Ave., Makati City.

Details on -

Club EOS website (www.canon.com.ph/clubeos), the Digital Photographer Philippines’s forum (www.digitalphotographer.com.ph), or via email request from SMILE7107@canon.com.ph

Deadline of entries is at 12noon of September 15, 2007.

The exclusive photo contest is open to all Canon camera users, both digital point and shoot and digital SLR users.Personally capturing the wonders and majesty of the 7,107 island of the Philippines using one’s camera is one awesome feat, but bringing home a prize and being recognized for it is more astounding.

Wait there’s more! Take a peek and see the Beauty of the Philippines!

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