This photo may be (I hope not) one of the last photos I would be taking for the Shakey’s V-League Season 5. This photo as well as a few more selected ones were taken last May 4 at The Arena during the V-League debut game of Visayan team University of San Jose. They defeated the still winless College of Saint Benilde in 3 sets: 25-22, 25-20, 25-23. You can check out all the volleyball action photos at the Photo Gallery section.
So why “last photos”? Because Shakey’s V-League seems to be NOT too friendly anymore to amateur photographers (and “feeling” shutterbugs like me). I was informed by friends whom I got to know by watching the V-League games, that since it’s the Quarter Finals already, the management have decided to prioritize professional photographers coming from the Media. So ringside spots like the one behind the banners are now strictly for the pros only.
This is bad news for the DPP folks who have become fond of attending the V-League games to practice sports photography. Life has become a bit harder for them now. But most of them are equipped with expensive zoom lens so I guess they’ll manage.
No Press Pass, No picture-taking rule
Well it’s not that they will throw you out of the Arena if you are caught taking photos of your favorite V-League player using your cellphone camera. But security has become extra tight specially for the amateur photographer crowd. You need to present a “press pass” so you can freely take photos at the ringside area. This rule started a few weeks ago. And again, this is because it’s the Quater Finals already and the management wants to boost attendance by gaining more Media coverage. But at the expense of limiting the privileges of these amateur photographers who have been diligently attending the games out of their enthusiasm for the V-League?
Most of these hobby-photographers are actually fans of the V-League who also promote the league through their photos. How? By posting V-League action photos on their Multiply and Friendster accounts. By showing their cellphone snapshots together with Suzanne Roces and other famous players to friends. By making desktop wallpapers out of these photos (and sharing them with Spikeithard.com blog! hehe). By creating Charo Soriano tribute videos from these photos then upload them on YouTube. By taking nude photos of volleyball players in the Blue Eagle gym shower room and making the headlines because of it. (Just kidding on the last one). You’d be surprised to learn how far these photos travel both online and offline. And that’s word-of-mouth marketing by the way.
Related posts:
Gearhead’s ‘A series of unfortunate events at the Shakey’s V-League’ part 2
Shakey’s V-League Season 5 Finals game schedule
Sports paparazzi in full force during V-League opening
Shakey’s V-League Season 6 First Conference game schedule
Shakey’s V-League Season 6 First Conference quarter finals game schedule
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totoo? sad naman.. pero sana they’ll be considerate naman if amateurs will take photos from the bleachers….
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sayang,last chance na pala natin maexperience ang photographer lounge dati nung inaaya tayo ni Kuya,sayang,ang arti ko pa at di ako pumayag,ang saya pa naman yata sa courtside,hehehhe
ngayon lang yan sa quarter finals…tignan mo next season pwede na ulet! pero nung panahon namin kahit semis pwede eh…
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wow,may pagahanga din ang spikeithard kay setter simbajon,ang cute nya kaso unlike Bello,medyo haggard sha sa court unilke bello, na always smile all the time!!heheheh,nice wallpaper,ganda ni Simbajon,ahahah,hindi ko pa alam first name!!
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Hmm, that’s a good idea. Sige, I’ll make a 1024 x 768 version of it para maging wallpaper.
sayang naman.
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Gulat nga din ako nung Sunday… Si kuya Joey na nasa lower box naka pwesto sinita pa rin!
Although I have acquired press pass… Ang problema di pa ako nagagawan ng ID kaya madalas nasisita pa rin ako.
At saka bawal na daw ang flash photography during a game… any kind of camera basta na may flash… Eto for the audience to… This I can understand kasi nakaka-distract sa players ang flash ng camera.
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If you get an Inquirer or Phil. Star media ID, kahit ma-distract mo players hindi ka nila sisitahin. Why? Well, kung mainis sa kanila pati print media e baka wala na talaga mag-cover sa kanila.
My dad is a photographer for the Inquirer. One time, he let Marc use one of his unpublished photos for Spikeihard. Eto ba namang V-League gamitin nang NO PERMISSION yung photo ni Dad sa site nila? At intentionally inalis pa yung “Photo by August Dela Cruz” na nilagay ni Marc.
Marc sent their management an email with my dad’s address on CC about how they are violating digital and photo copyright by using my dad’s pic without permission nor citation. The next time my dad covered their league (which is once in a blue moon, by the way, mas importante kasi sa print media ang PBA at PBL kesa V-League), sorry nang sorry PR person nila.
So takot rin sila galitin ang press, dahil mawawalan sila ng offline mileage. Pero from the looks of it, hindi sila ganun ka-concerned sa online PR, even though big companies like SEAir and Dell (and more) go out of their way to invite bloggers to their events just to get online mileage. But then again, those are big companies, so I guess iba parin yun may magaling na marketing team talaga na mag-aadvise to go for long-term PR plans than panandaliang profit lang
I left a comment on your wife’s post on the matter, and I’m just pasting it here:
After going through your photos and write-ups, I have to revise my last statement – this site offers much more than just a little media mileage. You’ve got some pretty good photos in your gallery.
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Woah! I saw your LightChasers Photography website and it’s cool. And looking at your folio, it’s pretty obvious that you’re a pro
Thanks for your insight. That’s precisely my point too! And the thing that I really could not quite understand is why make a “no press pass, no photo taking” rule when I really have never seen The Arena flock with so many photographers from the media recently.
But then again, I really haven’t watched the V-League games lately so I wouldn’t know. Nakakatamad na nga talaga.
*V LEAGUE IS BEING AIRED AT NBN 4 – PRACTICALLY, 80% OF HOUSEHOLDS RARELY WATCH THAT CHANNEL AND THE GAMES ARE BEING INTERRUPTED BY PRESS CONFERENCES AND THE LIKES…
*V LEAGUE RARELY LANDS ON THE FRONT PAGES OF THE SPORTS SECTIONS OF THE LEADING BROADSHEETS (THEY ONLY COVERS A MEAGER SPACE AS COMPARED TO THE SPACES CONSUMED BY ARTICLES DEDICATED TO BASKETBALL, GOLF AND BOXING)… MUCH WORSE ON THE TABLOIDS…
*V LEAGUE CANNOT BE COMPARED TO THE POPULARITY OF UAAP DESPITE ITS HIGHER LEVEL OF PLAYS…
*THE V LEAGUE WEBSITE IS DOING GOOD, BUT I THINK THAT IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO RAISE THE AWARENESS LEVEL OF PEOPLE REGARDING THE LEAGUE…
TAPOS PAGBABAWALAN PA YUNG AMATEURS?
DON’T THEY REALIZE HOW THESE “MERE BLOGGERS” HELPED NOT JUST THE V-LEAGUE BUT ALSO THE VOLLEYBALL CONDITION HERE IN THE COUNTRY?
ISN’T IT UNFAIR?
I’M JUST STATING WHAT GOES ON MY MIND….
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@eriQ: Really funny to me that you mentioned about the press conference coz I was watching V-league kanina din! And it got interrupted by the Malacanang press conference. But hey, that’s important news naman!
Hindi ka rin galit noh… hahah
OO NAMAN, NO DOUBT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE.. KAYA LANG… BASTA…
SANA MAGING CONSIDERATE NAMAN SILA… HINDI DIN NAMAN SILA GAANO NABIBIGYAN NG PRIORITY SA BROADSHEETS, WHEREAS SA MGA BLOGS, THEY ARE BEING PROMOTED UNCONDITIONALLY… WE’RE NOT LOOKING FOR RECOGNITION, JUST THE APPROPRIATE TREATMENT…
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KUYA SPIKEY, I’M REALLY STARTING TO GET PISSED OFF BY THOSE SENSELESS POLICIES… SORRY TO USE THAT WORD BUT THAT’S JUST WHAT I THINK…
THESE KIND OF RULES ARE SIGNS OF “PAGMAMAGANDA”….
AND WITH “PAGMAMAGANDA” GOES A LOT OF BAD THINGS….
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HEHEH…. @ THE GODDESSES, DIBA? PARANG PAGMAMAGANDA YUN? HAHAHA
you said it right. mukhang me nagmamaganda nga. ang dami namang not too radical or compromise solutions dun sa stated reason/s nila for the restrictions daw.
that’s a keyword… COMPROMISE
Eto lang ha! Mas nakikita pa nga ng mga fans ang photos nila kuya Joey at ibang so called “Amateur Photogs” (kasama na ako dun) kaysa dun sa ibang media such as newspapers…
San nila madalas nakikita yung mga photos namin? Sa mga kanya kanyang multiply or other blog sites (such as spikeithard.com), volleyball dedicated FORUMS (such as vleague.tk)Sports sites such as rpsports.com And dun sa official site ng V-league mismo… Where I, Dondi & other so called “amateur photogs” contribute photos!
Ang tanung kung mas gusto ng fans na sa diyaryo lang nila makikita ang photos lang ng kanila idols… Na 1 short article lang at madalas wala pang photo… Mas gusto ko pa nga basahin yung blog ni kuya Joey kaysa sa article sa diyaryo e…
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NO BART!!! You’re NOT one of the amateur photogs… kasi you’re one of the pros na!! Hehe, hindi ka na ma-reach
Joke lang!
Hahahaha! Kung PRO ako! Edi PRO na rin kayu! Still learning and re-learning pa rin!
Hay naku… you’re on your way na, I tell you that. You’re one of the more, if not the most, dedicated sports photographers around. Dedication is one thing, talent is another. And both showed dun pa lang sa mga film shots mo pa dati not too long ago.
Mamaya nga eh kasama ka na dun sa mga me reserved/priority seats sa Arena… and kami eh sa sidelines na lang. Hehe!
@Joey: FYI lang, Bart already has a V-league Press Pass as the official photographer ng vleagueDOTtk. So you see, hindi naman siguro ganun ka “strict” ang management. There’s still hope! I know for a fact na si Keith, Sherwin, and Edison Ching are very friendly and approachable.
Ummm, eh paano kung wala na ngang talent, wala pang dedication!! LOL
What???? Pati ba pagkuha ng pictures sa audience area bawal?? Will this same rule apply when UAAP starts?
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Di naman po bawal kumuha ng photos mula sa audience-side…
Nire-regulate lang daw ng V-league ang photogs…
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Thanks Michael…. I’m just about to try sports photography and was planning to buy a long lens for this (loved your pictures) and shoot from the sidelines. I guess now I’d have to settle from the audience side. Hopefully my pictures would still be nice.
bkt gnun.? d na nga mapanood minsan ng maayos tpos bwal pa ung mgpicture?! bad3p un.!
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Bart,
Paano ba kumuha ng press pass? Saka ok pa ba kahit sa audience bleachers kumuha?
Parang paranoid naman ang Vleague at pinagbabawalan na nila kahit maliit na bagay.
Hay ganyan talaga buhay
Supremo
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The thing with the media is that it would be the editors call on which pictures and articles they will put. In fairness to these media photographers, madami naman silang nakukuha is just that limited lang talaga malalagay sa pahayagan because of space.
At kung wala kang writer na magbebeat sa V-League for the papers, then usual press release pa din malalagay sa newspapers sa umaga.
And for the above question, you have to affliated with a website that covers the V-League such as this and others. I think OK naman sa V-League na magcover ang mga bloggers, siguro hingi na lang ng pass to an easy access to shoot.
As for the fans, wag kayong magworry, simpleng adjustment lang naman sa flash ang kailangan e, tutal picture-friendly naman ang Arena dahil sa lighting. At pasalamat tayo na di bawal ang camera sa Arena, unlike sa Araneta na gagawa ka pa ng mga iba’t-ibang paraan para malusot mo yung digicam mo.
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