The Manila leg of Canon’s 2012 PhotoMarathon competition drew to a
close last Saturday with a record-breaking number of participants
shooting in the streets of Intramuros, Manila.
“This has by far the greatest attendance among all our PhotoMarathons
from the past seven years,” said Alan Chng, president and CEO of Canon
Marketing Philippines. “This is the perfect year-end occasion to thank
those who have supported Canon and continuously strengthened the
photography community.”
Last year’s Manila leg consisted of around 2,000 participants, while
the Luzon and Visayas legs of 2012 were able to gather over 200 and 100
participants, respectively.
This year, 2,500 participants from the point-and-shoot, DSLR, and
camcorder categories took on the challenge of shooting the best scenes
or subjects within a given theme and time limit.
The Canon Crusaders of Light judged the entries. The winners of each
category were awarded with top-of-the-line Canon gadgets and
accessories.
Canon PhotoMarathon 2012 is co-presented by Aperture Trading, Benro,
Cebu Pacific Air, Columbia Digital, DELL, Echo Store, Gatorade, Intel,
and Mang Inasal. Major sponsors are Black Rapid, Datacolor Spyder 4,
FPPF, Petron, Selecta Overload, Selecta Magnum, Spider Holster, Tenba,
Thinktank, Transcend, Xfinity, Zesto Fruitsoda, and Zesto Slice. Media
partners include BusinessMirror, Digital Photographer Philippines (DPP),
HWM, iMag, and Manila Bulletin’s Picture Perfect.
