You’re welcome po tito Joey

hi there, ms. a***ey. hehe!

Ahaha! hi there kuya joey! kahit imention mo name, medyo bulgar na dito un real identity ko. hehe

actually ringside na rin siya kasi P80.00 na nga yung kinuha kong tiket. but still di pa naman ako lumalabas doon sa press area where they require an ID nga. tapos OA na nga ang dating kasi wala namang katao-tao dun sa lugar na yun. medyo nahiya lang ako dun sa ibang fotogs kasi baka arogante dating ko sa kanila nung sinagot ko yung naninita. di kasi nila alam buong kwento. kaya ayun, sa blog ko na lang binuhos buong kwento.

Wala ka naman maling ginawa dun e Kaya tama lang na sagutin mo yung nanita sayu…… OA lang talaga yung pagkakasita sayu kuya.

Pwede daw… BUT you might be needing a super-haba lens na super-tiny at super-dali itago if V-League staff ACCOSTED you

Yeah I understand Keith… Medyo masama lang talaga yung na-experience ni kuya Joey… And your right isolated case lang yung experience ni kuya Joey… masyado lang na feel ng isang bantay na yun yung authority nya…

Yung iba namang bantay ok naman…

Isolated or not, V-League should EDUCATE their “staff” to treat fans and “amateur” photographers with respect. It’s their league, it’s their responsibility.

This is not exactly the first time V-League had a “lapse in judgment.” Last season your site used a photo from Spikeithard.Com lent by August Dela Cruz of the Phil. Daily Inquirer without permission and cropped off the watermark. The photographer (since he was from the Inquirer), got a lot of apologies from V-League’s PR. But spikeithard didn’t get any formal apologies like the Inquirer photographer did. Now, isn’t that another lapse in judgment that’s unfair to “amateurs?”

Hi Keith,

Allow me din to expound a little more on my thoughts about the recent developments.

I will half-concede that mine may be an isolated incident since I’m not always at the venue so not sure if any similar occurrence has happened. But what do we know? Baka meron ding iba pa just that wala silang avenue to narrate about it.

1-2. That’s what I said in my original post, too. We’re just thankful we were still allowed to bring in cameras… in as much as our gear couldn’t even pass the gates for other sports or venue. What rankles though is the feeling that we were suddenly relegated to the sidelines just so as to accommodate the so-called legitimate press (At least accdng. to the buzz. We’re still in the dark kasi about the real reason for the Press ID. Elims wala nyan, and sabi nung oldtimers wala din daw for the whole season last year).

And also, wala nyan sa UAAP. Still, we understand that’s the organizer’s prerogative, just that it could have been handled better or better solutions could have been applied.

3. “Just imagine if everyone with a camera was to be given special treatment and allowed to roam about that area”.

I will beg to disagree. We know it’s not entirely true coz even as the number of photogs have picked up, I never saw or heard of any incident of any photographer or a group of them being a distraction to the game or to the players. I understand though that there will come a time that a critical mass would be achieved wherein control would be inevitable. But so far, the most number I saw in The Arena was in the UAAP Finals and the recent V-League opening… and nowhere in that two occasions did they affected the game, the players or the audience in any way.

“Only photographers who have secured proper passes can freely take pictures along the court”.

May we kindly ask who are qualified to secure this passes? There’s no mention of that in the V-League site nor have seen any at the venue.

When I was asked what media outfit I am representing, I got the impression that only media personnel are given this Press passes. If that is so, that compromises your point 1 since we are welcome lang pala to shoot not really as photographers but only as regular patrons.

Anyway, I didn’t bother applying for those passes na nga knowing di naman legitimate sports site yung blog ko. I also didn’t bother squeezing in into the Press area nung day na yon coz of the lack of an ID. I just proceeded to my seat na lang in the bleachers area. Akalain mo ba naman na kahit pala sa break at walang tao eh di ka pwedeng makagalaw?

“1. The league welcomes enthusiasts like the blog author to take pictures and cover the games.
2. Cameras are STILL allowed in the arena and everyone is STILL free to take all the pictures they want. (Flash not allowed though) But…”

How? With what? A super-zoom lens? Enthusiasts are artists. V-League can’t expect them to happily take awful pictures of players as tiny as ants and proudly post them on their sites, not to mention get treated badly just because they’re “not what you call media.”

“Only photographers who have secured proper passes can freely take pictures along the court sides. (Just imagine if everyone with a camera was to be given special treatment and allowed to roam about that area)”

So HOW can they acquire those limited and most coveted “press” passes? Bloggers like Gearhead have whole-heartedly covered V-League for FREE (”pros” get paid per photo or through salary, it’s not like they’re doing that just because they love V-league).

Bloggers gave V-league free online mileage. And when I say free, I meant FREE. Companies pay bloggers just to get a link on their sites (can be as much as $21 monthly PER LINK depending on site traffic). V-League got exposure for free from those blogs. So why not issue them passes without them having to ask or beg for it?

Panoramanila, the company that produced Juday’s movie Ploning, gave bloggers “press” passes to their opening night. And to think that was a celebrity-laden event, more celebrities than V-League could probably hope for. Dell invited bloggers to their launch party. Krispy Kreme sends bloggers free donuts every now and then. Etc. etc.

These companies value even the “little ones” like bloggers and see them as NEW media. How sad that a tournament like V-League (whose fan base is mostly online anyway) would delegate them to the sidelines to give “the Press” priority.

It’s not just about “special treatment,” it’s about not isolating those who have unselfishly taken the time to promote V-League. As EriQ mentioned in a comment, it’s not like V-League is so important to offline media. Coverage in a low-viewer-rate channel, second page in a broadsheet Sports section. But ONLINE Media people like Gearhead help create a venue to keep excitement over the league alive. They deserve better.

“I believe the above rules can’t be any stiffer than the other leagues’ so I humbly conclude that the V-League is STILL more (if not the most) photographer-friendly compared to other popular leagues.”

Not really. UAAP gives passes even to online publications, not just broadsheets. Understandable if PBA or PBL don’t issue press passes to online media. Basketball is a “pang masa” sport after all, and basketball fans are more inclined to get news offline.

Hey there Keith, thanks for the enlightenment. (FYI: Keith is the man behind the new and improved v-league.ph official website. Kudos for a site that’s very informative and complete).

A blog will always be personal so everything expressed here is of course, based on our opinion and how we see things. So this is how we feel. From the ‘fans / amateur photographer point of view’. (Pero ako “feeling” photographer lang talaga, hehe). I completely understand from where you’re coming. That’s you’re point-of-view as one of the organizers.

I quoted from Gearhead’s blog word per word (with his permission of course) so I don’t think I changed the story. Did I? But I really thought of exaggerating it a bit by saying, “kuya Joey was taken to a room, stripped naked, and was hand-frisked. A 300mm lens was found inside his…, and was confiscated by the V-league management.”

Sayang,I would like to take photos pa naman.. May I suggest something? Sana payagan mga photogs to take pictures sa courtside or ringside but limited to let’s say 10 pax per event? Atleast maco-control ng organizers right? DSLR and prosumer DSLR(G9,S5is,etc) lang payagan nyo mag shoot along the courtside,un mga may digicams sa seat nalang nila.. Simply because mas marami may digicam kesa may SLR.After the game dun nalang sila payagan magtake ng pics..

TALK TO THE PASS?…

I LIKE THAT… HAHA

owwww. Okay. baka sa next game kasi ng ssc, manood ako with my v.teamates

4daloveofthegame2 ur from canossa san pablo dba? aq din grad ako ng hs dun. hehe la lang.

sino ka? hehehe^___^

hala nakakahiya! baka kilala kita. nyahahaha:) kelan ka graduate don?

Kuya joey! ano meron sa phil sports arena? andun uste db? mas maganda panoorin kesa vleague. joke. hahaha:)

yeah. cguro kilala mo q. hehe. pumunta ko once sa training nio. 2007 aq graduate.ü

haha. teka2. Girl or Boy? Section? ahaha! parang kilala ko na.

girl. ignatius ako dti. jersey # ko dti 14

Ahh. kapatid ni a**el? Hello! hehe. .kilala kita, kabatch mo ate ko eh. hehe.

ahhh. Okay. Nakita ko nga sa site mo kuya. hehe. Nakita ko din sa site ni Michael Bartolo. DLSU won in 4 sets against UST! my God!! UST? TALO! x(

haay..grbe poh un..magview aq nung isang album,,bglang lumabas dpat mag-log-in muna…

@sunev_lanreb: Yeah you’re right! You have to register and log into your account to see the v-league.ph photos. I think they have awesome photos specially yung mga galing sa fans and contributors.

I did the same thing for Spikeithard dati. Had to require everyone to register and login first before commenting. Now, this was because at that time, maraming “bashers” as well as posers kasi.

But had to do away with that eventually because: 1.) I don’t have time to approve, and 2.) less clicks means more convenient for you guys.