The Journey of Life Through Photographs | |
Posted by athrio on Aug 21, '07 2:01 AM for everyone The Children of Sampaloc Sampaloc Bible Church Sampaloc, Manila August 11, 2007 A SHORT BACKGROUNDER on SBC's Street Children Ministry by Pastor Dave. You may walk around that Lerma street and look for a church building and have difficulty finding the "church." Sampaloc Bible Church (SBC) is not a cathedral if you're looking for one. It's more of an urban-based ministry center that looks like more of an old run-down pasilyo. Actually, we are renting the place and we used to run a canteen and a ladies' dormitory. Now we converted all those spaces to minister to children and even the poor mothers. So don't be surprised... this is not your regular Sunday church. In the late 80's we started the street children ministry. Before it was just a feeding program and a drop-in center. Later on as funds were available, the church decided to minister to these kids wholistically- housing them, feeding them, sending them to school and providing spiritual guidance to them. We established a foundation (Saganang Buhay kay Cristo Foundation) which was accredited by DSWD. We have kids in the shelter who have actually reached college levels and we have had a couple of graduates and some actually became full-time Christian workers! What a privilege to be involved in the lives of these kids! These past couple of years have been tough. The support coming from international sources have ended and the church had to assume support for the ministry almost 100%. Unfortunately we had to gradually reduce the number of our children from over 30 to now 15. We have organized these EBs for a number of reasons: * introduce you to our ministry * have fellowship with the kids * discover people who are willing to support the kids * fuel our passion both in photography and in our social concerns Thank you Pastor Dave for that blessed opportunity. Thank you fellow DPPers (Digital Photographer Philippines)! Aren't we glad that we were able to make these kids happy? Most of these kids didn't get anything 'special' from us. But by just being there, taking their photos, having them look at their smiling faces in our cameras LCDs, meant 'something' for them. They were happy. We made them happy. So...true enough, great joys are brought about by simple things...
 yin-yang
2 Comments my messy life
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belief
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inocente
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i'm nino and i'm tired
uncertainty
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grafitti
yoko na, uwi na ko
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the wonderer
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screaming sponge bob
past attitude
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run! run! slide!
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fear
nay! dami langgam!
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pog!
crash! boom! bang!
silaw
ngiti tayo!
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hide & seek
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children of sampaloc
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 | eon oh! oist madumi yan wag mong isubo! hehe! |
 | sir..sobrang ganda po ng mga shots nyo.. very emphatic ang message. The compositions are just awesome! ang galing! |
 | love this one sir. ang lakas ng impact.. :D nice set sir! really touched my heart.. |
 | maganda halos lahat bro! iba ka talaga bumanat ng street! |
 | @ted
sir, thanks for viewing this album. glad you like the photos and the kids.
@kenneth
ken, i'm really glad these kids touched your heart! Pastor dave actually said something about photos that touch audiences hearts and souls... and i'm glad that through my photos, it touched yours too.
@erwin
dude, thanks! i still haven't seen you in action!!! hehe |
 | my favorite for this set larry,, i like the PP treatment,, and the composition :) |
| there's the green PP treatment i was telling you,, hahaha, i like this one also larry, :> |
 | this is really nice the green effect is superb :) great capture |
| @darryl
hi darryl, thanks for dropping by! yah...i think i got used to that green tone. most of my images, especially street/docu have this kind of tones. it somehow gives the image a little more dramatic effect. best for every street/docu theme. my kind of monochrome, i should say... :)
@nicole
hi nicole! thanks a lot! glad both you and darryl enjoyed the greenish monochrome. :) |
 | fantastic set once again larry..
your on a whole different league na.. tsk tsk |
 | this is really my fave, athrio! i love the mystery and the composition. :) |
| i see more and more of joel in your work. nice, mate! :) |
| man, this is cool. was he standing behind a glass panel? astig! :D |
| i like this set a lot. it's full of raw emotions -- like how children really see the world! you're my newest idol! ^_^ |
 | thanks for inviting me bro. i really appreciate it.
i hope you continue in this path. you are one of the more gifted photojournalists i've met. you photos have biting stories to tell. its not a gift everyone receives - the abilitity to see beyond what is there. so go on and make those unique compositions! im one of those waiting for the next set of images from you :-) |
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great use of a low angle and diagonal orientation. accentuates the energy of youth in these kids!
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 | keies wrote on Aug 22, '07 great photos idol. :) i really admire your works. :) |
| keies wrote on Aug 22, '07 hindi ko alam kung saang photo ako mag co-comment. lahat maganda! lahat panalo! :) |
| @master jay
master jay, thank you so much for that very encouraging message! that's everything i need to improve whatever i have and can prove at this moment... and i do hope to learn more from people like you! shoot with you again next time!
@keies
hey, kristine! magcomment ka lang ng magcomment... lam ko maraming palpak diyan sa gawa ko! hehe. anyways, i really appreciate your effort to drop by each time i have a new set... and i hope i won't disappoint you in any way! :P Thank you! Thank you! |
 | such a moment. nice capture! |
| galing neto. emotional sana e, kaso nakakatwa ung title. :) |
| now i can see the beauty of the K10. whew! galing!!! I think this is my fave for this set. |
| sir, halos lahat fave ko d2. and i love your concept dun sa mga kamay.  |
 | magaling magaling magaling :-D |
 | Ganda ng pag ka shade mo dito bro.. |
| @marklape
thanks for the comments, buddy! yung nakakatawa ung title... kahit ako natatawa eh. hehehe. i guess that makes some images worth looking at. :D
@redmark
salamat kaibigan sa iyong pagsilip sa munti kong koleksyon ng mga litrato. :D naway ika'y nasiyahan at ang puso mo'y naantig ng mga batang musmos sa kalye. :D
@pipo
dude, salamat! i changed the tone to my usual monochrome and just added vignette effect... long time no see ah??? ano n nmn niluluto mo??? hehe |
 | galing bro, nakuhaan mo to?! cool! Yah, I remember they are playing around with the projector that time. Pre, I saw your other site, ganda ng mga shots mo even using the Nikon 3200, which I also have for a long time na. |
|  galing bro, nakuhaan mo to?! cool! Yah, I remember they are playing around with the projector that time. Pre, I saw your other site, ganda ng mga shots mo even using the Nikon 3200, which I also have for a long time na.  Thanks, Sherwin! Yah, I saw the kids faces on his face and I thought it's very interesting. I only had a second or two to get the shot before he moves away, and luckily I caught it on time! :D my Nikon E3200 has been very helpful to me, especially practicing compositions and stuff like that. It's also been useful recording some tv show way back 1 and a half year ago... yun kagandahan nun, may video! hehe. |
 | this is really cool....parang picture within a picture...it really stand out pra sakin |
| grabe athritis...este athriology...when i saw the cover palang di na ko nagtataka kung gano katindi yung kabuuan ng album na to....every shot has its own moment and a very touching story to tell...iba ka ka talaga...you really have a talent how to play with every shots kahit yung PP mo you know what PP is applicable for a certain image..grabe paturo naman!...pero mas maganda bigay mo nalang cam mo sakin..hehhehe |
| @jorge
thanks! i'm overwhelmed! naiiyak ako! haha! salamat, shoot ulit next time! |
 | larry fantastic photo...galing mo talaga...hanga ako |
 | ganda nito shetnessss!!! pang ad lng eh
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| gusto ko ung ganitong concept.... |
| ung mga ganito!!!!! gusto ko mlman how u came up with this?? |
| @ivan
just shoot, and shoot, and shoot 'til you feel your fingers numb and your eyes soar! Look everywhere. Don't limit yourself to what you just see, go beyond it. Experiment. Be inspired. Be true. Put yourself into your subjects. Shoot from the heart. hmmmm... seryoso ba? nyahaha! |
 | amfufu! ngayon ko lang nakita ng buo ung set mo dito!
grabe!!!!!!!! ang galing mo talaga! i like the "inocente"..
pero like ko din silang lahat!!!! hehehehe |
| hahaha! ang kukulet ng mga caption mo! amfufu..
natawa ako dito e.. saktong sakto talaga ung caption
sa pic..! hehehe.. pero galing parin! |
 | taga SBC ka pala?kilala mo sila rhiza at nikos mga anak ni pastor?sila jovan at joanne hernandez? |
 | an lupit mo talaga idol.. |
 | galing galing ni master street! -_- |
| sure sure! nag-enjoy ako sa SP last sunday. hehe =) |
 | fantastic image!! very dramatic!! :-) great conversion too... |
 | *tulala* sobrang...nadala ko dito sa pic n toh ha. |
| ang ganda nung graffiti. and i love the kid... siya nagdala lahat. and of course yung focus nung cam. galing. |
| parang gusto ko rin ng picture na ganito. =D |
| @aya
thanks for viewing! glad to know na kahit papano may mga taong nadadala sa mga photographs na yan. at least alam ko effective din pala minsan. sana marami pang ganyan! ;) |
 | ganda naman!!
nakaka move naman itong photo na ito |
| nice one!! i can feel the emotion in this photo. galing!! |
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