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Cuadro Canto Champion for May
Congratulations to the Cuadro Canto Champion for May, our resident quote master, Mr. Wilbert Bautista! "The Boy Playing with Sprinkler" is his son Basti. The flare, the water spray, the bubbles, the expression on his face, It's everything a winning pic should be. Hope you like coffee, because you and your family will be treated to an special "Starbucks Celebrity Date" courtesy of last month's Cuadro Cantoter Mr Alvin Banzuela. Thank you Wilbz for giving us this photo. Summer is just around the corner, and your pic is a sure sign of things to come.

I'm Wilbert Bautista, from Carson, CA. Married to Rizza and I have a son named Sebastian. I'm a truck driver.
Wow! honestly I don't know what to say. It's my first time winning any photo challenge, so I'm really psyched. It's an honor! My first plan was to shoot something work related. But I couldn't bring my camera inside the ports because of security issues and so I thought any family picture would be a perfect fit for the "A Day in The Life" theme. It really frustrated me shooting my son because I rarely get the shot I want. So with this photo, I initially didn't like it, it wasn't my first choice. I think I looked at this photo about 20 times before deciding that this would be the one. But then I told myself to try something different, send something I'm not really comfortable with. And here it is, the winning photo. 1/125, f/11, ISO100, sharpening & minor color tweaking in photoshop.
When I bought my first point and shoot camera, put the badboy in manual mode, turned off the flash, pressed the shutter and everything's history...hahaha. I admire everybody who has the passion for the craft! My idols in photography are Ron Cruz and Carlo Cruz. Given the chance, I would like to re-shoot my first 10,000 photos. I also want to improve in photography particularly in lighting (studio/ambient). My advice to everyone who’s starting photography is to just keep shooting!
You can see more of my work at: www.wilbertbautista.com
Thanks!
Art Fusion 6/19/10

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Extraordinary Voices 6/13/10

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