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We are the EON Photography Group; Who we are and what we do.
Topic Started: Oct 17 2008, 02:06 AM (293 Views)
eonphoto	Oct 17 2008, 02:06 AM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 10,003 Group: EON Admin Member #1 Joined: Oct 16, 2008	What is the EON Photography Group? A group of like-minded photographers who believe in learning together, building communities, and supporting each others' dreams was the words that Mei Velas described the group. We are an open group holding small and large-scale Photo EBs for the sake of our love for Photography. Our tagline goes “Noobies teaching noobies.”, as we are all really novices in the field just teaching each other what we know and learning together along the way. How was the EON Photography / SxIS Army born? EON Photography was born from the common interest in photography by a small group of enthusiasts and hobbyists. EON was an amalgamation of the TipidPC.com’s Digital Camera Thread and what was then known as Canon Powershot S1/S2/S3 IS User Thread and now officially renamed as the EON Photography / SxIS Army thread. Right after the 2nd World Pyro Olympics, which was a much awaited event for all photographers, a lot of us found out that we were just a few feet away from each other but didn’t know it at the time after sharing our photographs from the same event. On the 15th of January 2007, Manny Talavera, suggested that we hold a small EB (Eye Ball) in order to get to know the people that unwittingly shot alongside each other during the WPO. Totie Bruno and Randall Cipriano obliged with this idea and started an inter-thread listing for the 1st EB. This was the day when EON Photography was born. Initially, we were just a group of 12 people consisting of Beembo Vierneza, Deo Zulueta, Manny and Jennie Talavera, Jeppy Corro, Jetty Remigio, Jojo Lapuz, Mei Velas and friend, Randall Cipriano, Randy Belen and Totie Bruno. On the 27th of January 2007, the 1st official EB at Intramuros and Baywalk was held. Why E-O-N? On the 28th of January 2007, after researching various hosting methods from e-groups to group sharing sites, we rounded-off to using Multiply because of its unlimited storage capabilities. But the task of choosing a host brought about the task of coming up with a name. At first, EON was just a tentative name given to the group brought about by a brain fart by Randall Cipriano. The connection between us all then was that we were all just novices and amateurs. Noobies if you will. Thus, EON was a play from the term NEO or neophyte. It was also a wonderful analogy that EON was defined as, “immeasurably long period of time” or “timeless”, which can also describe what Photography essentially is. As time passed, and the Multiply group filled with photographs, the name just stuck with the group. The EON Photography / SXiS Army Today Most of the group’s pioneers started with a Canon Powershot S3 IS. Currently, most of us have traded-up this very capable camera for the versatile DSLR system. The group is against any form of brand snobbishness and still remains a Photography group and not a camera specific club. Today, the core group of members has officially grown to more than 30 active photographers and more than 20 new-comers. And thanks to the master organizational initiatives of Raymond Joseph (Rage) Gayondato, Karlo Paulino, Manny Talavera and with close ties with the crew of Airsoft Xtreme Magazine; as well as others, the group has become bigger and stronger than we could have ever imagined. How do you Join? As stated, we are open to everyone. Joining is as easy as participating and contributing to the Official EON Photography / SxIS Army thread and our humble Forum. We are all friends here.



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