dp+ 2nd year anniversary

photo by Gina Villanueva-Uyan

17 July 2013 celebrates dp+' second year anniversary! Originally a Friendster group in 2007, it still continues to function as a group that facilitates sharing and learning and being passionate about photography . Here are our first year milestones:

1. dp+ group site members - 1,431 members
Now with members as many as the initial dp+ group on Friendster. With most additional members came from voluntary membership

2. Number of Likes on dp+ official Facebook site - 959 Likes
To all dp+ members - please support our official facebook page through likes found on this link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-Photography-PLUS/242285489128553

3. dp+ site members - 203 members - check out this link: http://dpplus.blogspot.com/2012/05/it-was-dp-9th-month-in-existence-as.html

4. Still with dp+ administrators: Ginavi, Juanito Vinluan, Benjax Rivera, Omar Jordan de Guzman, Matthgew Matchinsky, Hieronymus Rosales, Gilbert de Vera, Edmund Chan, Ivanig Dpp, Lennox Tpc and Fidel Fernandez. dp+ is truly grateful for their continuous support.

The group appreciates photo sharing and insights, appreciation of other members' works and for the simple act of lending strength to the group when and where needed.

 Happy shooting to all - happy 2nd anniversary!

dp+ first year anniversary milestones

"Captured me" photo by Gina Villanueva-Uyan of Gina Villanueva-Uyan

17 July 2012 marks dp+ first year anniversary. Originally a Friendster group in 2007, many developments occurred since Digital Photography Plus' inception as a Facebook group on July 17, 2011. Here are our first year milestones:

1. dp+ group site members - 1,069 members
It should be noted that in the latter half part of dp+ 11 months existence as an Facebook group, most of the addition to the group came from voluntary membership and addition to the group by dp+ members. Only a few became members through invites from dp+.

2. Number of Likes on dp+ official Facebook site - 737 Likes
To all dp+ members - please support our official facebook page through likes found on this link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-Photography-PLUS/242285489128553

3. dp+ site members - 176 members - check out this link: http://dpplus.blogspot.com/2012/05/it-was-dp-9th-month-in-existence-as.html

4. An HDR department headed by Edmund Chan - HDR work in progress

5. dp+ photo challenge 8 - with Photographer photo as theme - awaits dp+ Pick result, and  to be posted is the announcement of dp+ photo challenge 0 theme for the month of July. Here is the official entries album to photo challenge 7: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?id=100001557657899&tid=164854913587122&skipClustering=true&qn=1341235852&success=1&failure=0&set=oa.356113354461276

6. A Picbadge site for the group still in operation. This is dp+ official picbadge page: http://www.picbadges.com/digital-photography-plus/2345457/#

7. Continuation of presentation of Certificates of Photography Excellence to the winners of dp+ Popular Votes Pick and the dp+ Pick

photo by Lennox Tpc of Lennox Tpc

8. Continuous issuance of Certificate of Appreciation to the dp+ Pick Panel of Judges

9. New daily photo challenge in the making and to be announced later.

10. Admission to the dp+ team of  2 new co-administrators - Lennox Tpc and Fidel Fernandez.

photo by Fidel Fernandez of Fidel Fernandez

Thank you to all dp+ administrators namely Ginavi, Juanito Vinluan, Benjax Rivera, Omar Jordan de Guzman, Hieronymus Rosales, Gilbert de Vera, Edmund Chan, Ivanig Dpp and recently added Lennox Tpc and Fidel Fernandez. In behald of all of them, thanks to each and every member who continue to support the group. 

We appreciate your photo sharing and insights, appreciation of other members' works, joining the photo challenges as entrant or as voter or as a judge, and for the simple act of lending strength to the group when and where needed.

Congratulations to all those who won our photo challenges may they be the Popular Votes Pick or the dp+ Pick. Here's hoping for more challenges to overcome and many many more monthsaries and year-long anniversaries to come. Happy shooting to all - cheers!

dp+ 11th monthsary milestones

a photo challenge 7 entry by Derlin Zhang entitled "Beauty in the Mist" using Leica M9

It was the 11 month anniversary of dp+ on June 17, 2012. Originally a Friendster group in 2007, many developments occurred since Digital Photography Plus' inception as a Facebook group on July 17, 2011. Here are the milestones from May 17 - June 17, 2012, dp+' 11th monthsary:

1. dp+ group site members - 1,000 members
It should be noted that in the latter half part of dp+ 11 months existence as an Facebook group, most of the addition to the group came from voluntary membership and addition to the group by dp+ members. Only a few came from invites from dp+.

2. Number of Likes on dp+ official Facebook site - 718 Likes
To all dp+ members - please support our official facebook page through likes found on this link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-Photography-PLUS/242285489128553

3. dp+ site members - 176 members - check out this link: http://dpplus.blogspot.com/2012/05/it-was-dp-9th-month-in-existence-as.html

4. An HDR department headed by Edmund Chan - HDR work in progress

5. dp+ photo challenge 7 - with Exceptional Flower Photo as theme - awaits dp+ Pick result, and  to be posted is the announcement of dp+ photo challenge 8 theme for the month of July. Here is the official entries album to photo challenge 6:      https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.340044912734787&type=1

6. A Picbadge site for the group still in operation. This is dp+ official picbadge page: http://www.picbadges.com/digital-photography-plus/2345457/#

7. Continuation of presentation of Certificates of Photography Excellence to the winners of dp+ Popular Votes Pick and the dp+ Pick

8. Continuous issuance of Certificate of Appreciation to the dp+ Pick Panel of Judges

9. New daily photo challenge in the making and to be announced later.

photo of Hieronymus Rosales
by Hieronymus Rosales

10. Admission to the dp+ team of a new co-administrator - Hieronymus Bautista Rosales

In behalf of all dp+ administrators, we thank each and every member who continue to support the group. 

Thank you for sharing your photos and photo insights, appreciation of other members' works, joining the photo challenges as entrant or as voter or as a judge, or by just simply lending strength to the group when needed.

Congratulations to all those who won our photo challenges may they be the Popular Votes Pick or the dp+ Pick. Here's hoping for more challenges to overcome and many many more monthsaries and year-long anniversaries to come. Happy shooting to all - cheers!

dp+ 10th monthsary milestones

"the heart of the matter is a flower" - photo by Gina Villanueva-Uyan

It was dp+' 10th month in existence as a Facebook group on May 17, 2012. Originally a Friendster group in 2007, many developments occurred since Digital Photography Plus' inception as a Facebook group on July 17, 2011. Here are the milestones from February 17 - April 17, 2012, dp+' 10th monthsary:

1. dp+ group site members - 950 members

2. Number of Likes on dp+ official Facebook site - 686 Likes
To all dp+ members - please support our official facebook page found on this link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-Photography-PLUS/242285489128553

3. dp+ site members - 165 members - check out this link: http://dpplus.blogspot.com/2012/05/it-was-dp-9th-month-in-existence-as.html

4. An HDR department headed by Edmund Chan - HDR work in progress

5. dp+ photo challenge 6 - with Exceptional Flower Photo as theme - awaits dp+ Pick result, and  to be posted is the announcement of dp+ photo challenge 7 theme. Here is the official entries album to photo challenge 6: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?id=100001557657899&tid=164854913587122&frecId=false&skipClustering=true&qn=1335879010&success=1&failure=0&set=oa.321240397948572

6. A Picbadge site for the group still in operation. This is dp+ official picbadge page: http://www.picbadges.com/digital-photography-plus/2345457/#

7. Continuation of presentation of Certificates of Photography Excellence to the winners of dp+ Popular Votes Pick and the dp+ Pick

8. Continuous issuance of Certificate of Appreciation to the dp+ Pick Panel of Judges

9. New daily photo challenge in the making and to be announced later.

In behalf of all dp+ administrators, we thank each and every member who continue to support the group. 

Thank you for sharing your photos and photo insights, appreciation of other members' works, joining the photo challenges as entrant or as voter or as a judge, or by just simply lending strength to the group when needed.

Congratulations to all those who won our photo challenges may they be the Popular Votes Pick or the dp+ Pick. Here's hoping for more challenges to overcome and many many more monthsaries and year-long anniversaries to come. Happy shooting to all - cheers!

dp+ 10th month anniversary milestones

photo by Gina Villanueva-Uyan

It was dp+' 10th month anniversary as a Facebook group on May 17, 2012. Originally a Friendster group in 2007, many developments occurred since Digital Photography Plus' inception as a Facebook group on July 17, 2011. Here are the milestones from February 17 - May 17, 2012 - dp+' 10th monthsary:

1. dp+ group site members - 951 members. 


2. Number of Likes on dp+ official Facebook site - 686 Likes - to all members who haven't liked our official page, please do so.

3. dp+ site members - 165 members - hoping for more site members to come.

4. An HDR department headed by Edmund Chan - still in progress - sorry guys.


5. dp+ photo challenge 6 - with Exceptional Flower Photos as theme - awaits dp+ Pick result. To be posted is the announcement of dp+ photo challenge 7 theme.

6. A Picbadge site for the group still in operation. Members may add dp+ picbadge to show their support to the group.

7. Continuation of presentation of Certificates of Photography Excellence to the winners of dp+ Popular Votes Pick and the dp+ Pick. Winner for both Popular Votes Pick and dp+ Pick can opt to judge in the next challenge.

8. Continuous issuance of Certificate of Appreciation to the dp+ Pick Panel of Judges. To all our judges, thanks for extending your expertise to the group - it is very much appreciated.

9. A daily challenge still being developed and will be announced later.

In behalf of all dp+ administrators, we thank each and every member who continue to support the group. 

Thank you for sharing your photos and photo insights, appreciation of other members' works, joining the photo challenges as entrant or as voter or as a judge, or by just simply lending strength to the group when needed.

Congratulations to all those who won our photo challenges may they be the Popular Votes Pick or the dp+ Pick. Here's hoping for more photo challenges to to triumph over and many many more monthsaries and year-long anniversaries to come. Happy shooting to all - cheers!

dp+ 8th monthsary milestones

"Portrait of a young Filipino woman" photo by Gina Villanueva Uyan

dp+ celebrated its 8th month in existence as a Facebook group on March 17, 2012. Originally a Friendster group in 2007, many developments occur since Digital Photography Plus started as a Facebook group on July 17, 2011. Here are the milestones from February 17 - March 17, 2012, dp+' 8th monthsary:

1. dp+ group site members - 846 members

2. Number of Likes on dp+ official Facebook site - 630 Likes

3. dp+ site members - 142 members

4. An HDR department headed by Edmund Chan - HDR work in progress

5. dp+ photo challenge 4 - with Celebrating Woman/Women as theme - awaits dp+ Pick result, and the announcement of dp+ photo challenge 5 - with Photo illusions (without photo manipulation) as theme was made.

6. Additional feature posts to the dp+ site.

7. A Picbadge site for the group in operation

8. Continuation of presentation of Certificates of Photography Excellence to the winners of dp+ Popular Votes Pick and the dp+ Pick

9. Continuous issuance of Certificate of Appreciation to the dp+ Pick Panel of Judges

Gilbert de Vera

10. The addition of 2 dp+ administrators namely Gilbert de Vera and Benjax Rivera. With this additional administrators, we hope for an added flavor and unique photo insights and perspective for the group.

Benjax Rivera

To all members, we have weathered a lot of storms as a group and prevailed. The group continues steadily and grows very promisingly, where each one is unique in their own rights, not a copy-cat of another and growing well in their craft as photographers.

Thank you for your continuous support, may it be in the sharing of photos and photo experiences, appreciation of other members' works, joining the photo challenges as entrant or as voter or as a judge, or by just simply lending strength to the group when needed.

Congratulations to all those who won our photo challenges may they be the Popular Votes Pick or the dp+ Pick. Here's hoping for more challenges to face and to overcome and many many more monthsaries and year-long anniversaries to come. Happy shooting to all - cheers!

dp+ 7th monthsary milestones

February 17, 2012 is dp+ 7th month anniversary celebration as a Facebook group.
It started as a Friendster group way back in 2007 and began as a Facebook group on July 17, 2011.


Marking dp+ 7th monthsary milestones are as follows:

photo by Gina Villanueva Uyan

1. dp+ group site members -
796 members

2. Number of Likes on dp+ official Facebook site - 596 Likes

3. dp+ site members -
132 members

4. An HDR department headed by Edmund Chan - a work in progress

5. Ongoing dp+ photo challenge 3 - with sweet Valentine as theme and announcement of dp+ photo challenge 4 - with Celebrating Woman/Women as theme

6. New look and development of the dp+ site.

7. A Picbadge site for the group

8. Presentation of Certificates of Photography Excellence to the winners of dp+ Popular Votes Pick and the dp+ Pick

9. Issuance of Certificate of Appreciation to the dp+ Pick Panel of Judges

To all members, thank you for your continuous support to the group. Here's wishing for a more active participation in the photo challenges and future activities, and for the continuous sharing of photos and photography experiences.
Congratulations to all those who won our photo challenges. Hope to have more monthsaries and year-long anniversaries to come. Happy shooting, cheers to all!

6th monthsary for dp+

dp+ turns half a year old today as it celebrates its 6th month anniversary since it started as a Facebook group on July 17, 2011.


Here are our 6th month milestones as a group:

1. dp+ group site members- 752 members

2. Number of Likes on dp+ official Facebook site - 544 Likes

3. dp+ site members - 118 members

photo by Omar Jordan de Guzman of Omar Jordan de Guzman for dp+

4. Photo gallery administrator - Juanito Vinluan and Omar Jordan de Guzman

5. An HDR department headed by Edmund Chan

6. The launching of dp+ photo challenges 1 and 2 and the awarding of winners in the Popular Votes Pick and the dp+ Pick.

Thanks guys for all your support to the group. Here's wishing for a more active participation in the photo challenges. To all those who joined in the group challenges your participation is very much appreciated. To those who won the challenges, great job, congratulations! Here's to more monthsaries and full year anniversaries to come. Cheers to everyone, keep shooting!

it's dp+ 5th month anniversary

photo by Edmund Chan of Edmund Chan - HDR department head for Digital Photography Plus

It's our 5th month anniversary on December 17, 2011 and here are our milestones as a group:

1. dp+ group site members- 593 members

2. Number of Likes on dp+ official Facebook site - 487 Likes

3. dp+ blogsite members - 99 members

4. Photo gallery administrator - Juanito Vinluan

5. New photo gallery for HDR department headed by Edmund Chan

To all those who have been part of the group from its conception on July 17, 2011, thank you very much for all your support, the administrators of dp+ are so grateful. To all those who have recently become members, hope you bear with us and remain active participants of the group, you are very much welcome. Here's to more monthsaries to come, cheers everyone!

dp+ is 4 months old now!

photo by Juanito Vinluan of Juanito Vinluan for Digital Photography Plus

November 17, 2011 is Digital Photography Plus' 4th month anniversary since it started as a Facebook group on July 17, 2011.













Here are dp+ group milestones at 4 months old:

1. dp+ group site members:

2nd monthsary - 261 members
3rd monthsary - 352 members
4th monthsary - 521 members

With special thanks to Dave Laroche for adding more than a hundred members on the exact 4th anniversary date of the group!

2. Number of Likes on dp+ official Facebook site:

2nd monthsary - 257 Likes
3rd monthsary - 361 Likes
4th monthsary - 414 Likes

3. dp+ blogsite members

2nd monthsary - 53 members
3rd monthsary - 72 members
4th monthsary - 87 members

4. Photo gallery administrator:

2nd monthsary - Hieronymous Raven Rosales
3rd monthsary to 4th monthsary - Juanito Vinluan

5. the creation of new HDR department headed by Edmund Chan

To all members, thank you very much for your support. Here's to making more good pictures happen and being able to show it to the world. Thanks for bearing with the group, happy 4th monthsary to all. Cheers!

dp+ 2nd monthsary

September 17, 2011,  Digital Photography PLUS Facebook group just got 2 months old since July 17, 2011. Happy monthsary everyone!

dp+ group milestones at 2:

1. dp+ group site already has 261 members

2. 257 Likes on our official fb page

3. 53 members on dp+ blogsite.

3. the addition of a photo gallery administrator for dp+ official page - Hieronymus Rosales

photo by Hieronymus Rosales of Hieronymus Rosales
for Digital Photography Plus

To all members, thank you very much for all your support! Please also be reminded that every member can suggest people to the group. Here's to more members and unleashing creative photography genius in each one. Cheers to all!