For a new organization, Red Lens Photography Club has already achieved a lot. From winning the Most Innovative Booth award during its first time of joining in the College Organization Recruitment Week  and by holding a photo exhibit featuring Bedan culture and tradition, this new organization is making waves not only inside the campus, but outside as well.

These bunch of passionate artists hone their craft through constant training only from the best. The “Learning from the Pros Photography Workshop Series” with professional photographers; Bobut Meru and Tilak Hettige serving as their mentors was the highlight of Red Lens’ training for its first year.

Not to mention, the always educational and fun photowalks that the group holds once every two months definitely encourage its members to develop their skills more. Red Lens also served the San Beda community as they covered approximately 95% of school activities both inside and outside the walls of San Beda.

With their significant contribution to the San Beda community despite being a probationary organization, Red Lens definitely deserved to be awarded as the 9^th best organization in San Beda for school year 2009-2010.

With the passion of its members, and their determination to continually serve San Beda thru their love for the art of photography, we will surely see greater things from this organization. [More Photos]

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Red Lens launched its Academic Year 2009-2010 year ender general assembly last February 27, 2010 at Cafe Mezzanine, San Beda College. The activity highlighted the achievements of the club for AY 2009-2010. New members were also oriented by the pioneers about the vision and mission of the club as well as the organizational constitution.

On the other hand, Professor Malu Jimenez, Asst. Prefect of Student Affairs and Mr. Brian Cagara, Student Council President delivered a very inspiring message that motivated the new members to be commit their selves to the club. [More Photos]

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Facebook and Twitter are today’s leading social media website with their fast growing online community. We all know that these two services can connect people around the world. With the popularity of Facebook and Twitter, everything is possible in meeting long lost friends and even meeting new friends.

With this, Red Lens came up with the solution to integrate REDLENS.ORG to Facebook and Twitter. Bedans from all over the world can now be easily informed about what is happening inside and outside the campus as well as in Red Lens.

Being a Fan of Red Lens in Facebook and Follower in Twitter is advantageous to our patrons for they can stay connected with Red Lens.

RedLens.ORG offers wide array of features like the Web Gallery in which members can show their works of art and to have an exchange of ideas through its commenting system but only registered members can use this commenting system.

But in today’s generation, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE! Through the effort of the Web Master and the software that was introduced by “DISQUS”, unregistered members can now Comment on articles and photos using Facebook and Twitter accounts as their user login access. No more hassles in filling up long applications and no more waiting for a verification email. Users can easily login to RedLens.ORG and post comments using these two top online community websites.

Integration of RedLens.ORG to Facebook and Twitter can improve discussions among Red Lens Photographers as they can exchange ideas and tips through the comment feature. Thanks to the hardworking programmers and engineers of “DISQUS” for making everything possible.

Feel free to try it now in this post!

During the College Organizational Recruitment Week, Red Lens put up a Dark Room Inspired booth featuring Red Lens’ works of arts and Red Lens’ camaraderie. The main feature of the booth is the demonstration of the “Camera Obscura”. The booth can be transformed into a huge camera obscura so that the audience can experience the feeling of being inside a camera after being inside a dark room.

The camera obscura (Latin for ‘dark room’; literally ‘darkened chamber’) is an optical device that projects an image photography. The device consists of a box or room with a hole in one side. Light from an external scene passes through the hole and strikes a surface inside where it is reproduced, upside-down, but with color and perspective preserved. The image can be projected onto paper, and can then be traced to produce a highly accurate representation. of its surroundings on a screen. It is used in drawing and for entertainment, and was one of the inventions that led to

Using mirrors, as in the 18th century overhead version (illustrated in the Discovery and Origins section below), it is possible to project a right-side-up image. Another more portable type is a box with an angled mirror projecting onto tracing paper placed on the glass top, the image being upright as viewed from the back.

As a pinhole is made smaller, the image gets sharper, but the projected image becomes dimmer. With too small a pinhole the sharpness again becomes worse due to diffraction. Some practical camera obscuras use a lens rather than a pinhole because it allows a larger aperture, giving a usable brightness while maintaining focus. [More Photos]

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As part of the “Learning From the Pro” series of workshop and lessons, Red Lens conducted a crashed photography course last July 15, 2009 at SBC-IMC Viewing Room.  Mr. Tilak Hettige of Camera Club of the Philippines and a faculty member of the Philippine Center for Creative Imaging (PCCI) played a major role in enhancing the photography skills of Red Lens photographers.

Tilak Hettige grew up in Sri Lanka and was attracted to the art of photography from an early age. He began to work in the photography industry in 1980 in Sri Lanka. He moved to the United States in 1984 and worked in the industry for many years. He studied at New England School of Photography in Boston. Tilak first won international recognition when he became the Photographer of the Year in the International Photographic Society, Washington D. C. in 1997; since then, he has won many subsequent awards and traveled to around 50 countries. Tilak’s work has been published in several media and also as creative fine arts both in the Philippines and outside; several of them are in well-known private collections around the world.

His latest publications include Saffron Robes: A Photographic Essay on Buddhist Monks which includes vibrant images from 14 different countries and Tilaka: The Spiritual Third Eye an exotic photographic exploration of the use of tilaka (the forehead symbol)in diverse cultural contexts. At the moment he is finishing two more photography books on different themes .

When Tilak is not traveling on assignment, he resides in Manila and conducts monthly photography workshops. As an ex-chemical engineer, Tilak is able to superbly blend the science and art of photography. He is currently a member of the prestigious Camera Club of the Philippines and a faculty member of the Philippine Center for Creative Imaging (PCCI). There he conducts his solo lecture series on Inner Vision. (Source: http://www.tilakhettige.com) [More Photos]

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Being the official photographers of San Beda College events. We, the members of Red Lens Photography club must be equipped with adequate knowledge and skills in photography. With this, Red Lens Photography club, in collaboration with Camera Club of the Philippines (CCP) conducted a seminar last July 08, 2009 at the multimedia room that dealt on the historical developments of photography. The seminar also tackled basic skills in photography which was facilitated by our very own Fr. Basil Apostol, OSB of Camera Club of the Philippines together with Professor Bobot Meru of College of St. Benilde Photography Department. You may want to see Mr. Meru’s work of arts, feel free to visit his site at http://bobotmeru.multiply.com/ [More Photos]

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San Beda Rector-President, Rev. Fr. Mateo De Jesus who appeared in the campaign ad of Ako Mismo attended with other 40,000 people in the Ako Mismo Dog Tag Day last June 12, 2009 at Global City Bonifacio Open Field. Mr. Manuel V. Pangilinan, CEO of Smart Telecommunications Inc., President of PLDT-Smart Foundation and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of San Beda College also attended the said event.

Ako Mismo celebrates Independence Day with the entire nation through a charity fair and benefit concert at the Fort, Global City Open Field.  The dog tags, the movement’s symbol of freedom from apathy, which people have been clamoring for will be offered for the first time at the venue. People may start buying them at 2pm today.  The dog tag sells for P40 and also serves as ticket to the charity fair, culminating in a concert with the hottest bands like Ely Buendia and Pupil, Bamboo, The Dawn, Kamikaze, Kjwan and Up Dharma Down.

ko Mismo, an advocacy movement launched last May by DDB Cares, was a call for people to look within themselves and commit to doing whatever they can to begin positive change in the country.  Recognizing the power of the individual, the movement aims to make Filipinos realize that change must begin with oneself before demanding it of others. On the Ako Mismo website, a wall of commitment stands as a testimony to all who vowed to do their part, big or small, and start acting for the betterment of the nation.

 

 

 

Red Lens Leadership and Team Building Seminar

Red Lens Photography Club, the primary source of San Beda College Events Photos conducted a two (2) day Leadership Training Workshop and Team Building Seminar that dealt on issues such us encouragement, motivation, relationships, communications and conflict resolution. The seminar was facilitated by the San Beda College Office of the College Guidance Services and Admissions (OCGSA). The said activity was attended by the Red Lens Executive Board and Founding Members. The activity was held last June 2-3, 2009 at Layug’s Rest House in Magalang, Pampanga. [More Photos]

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