Category: About life as a seafarer

2019-03-26

What school course do you take to become a photographer on ships?

Lia (Philippines) sent her question via Direct Message on Twitter…

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2019-02-28

DFA Passport Renewal 2019 — for OFWs and Seafarers

(Info as of 2019) What OFWs and Seafarers should know about the DFA’s Courtesy Lane for Passport Renewal…

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2017-08-05

Travel Visa Application via VFS Global

On Thursday morning, the Agency sends me a text message saying to pick up my documents for my Friday appointment at VFS Global’s office at Ecoplaza in Makati. The Ecoplaza building is where the VFS offices are. Good thing #1 is that it’s not hard to find. Good thing #2 is that there’s safe, indoor parking available — really pricey...

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2017-05-12

Do I need job experience to work as a photographer on ships?

Pia (Philippines) asked me via DM on Twitter… … I am really thinking about applying as a cruise ship photographer but I am having second thoughts since I don’t have any job experience related to photography, I am more of a hobbyist. May I ask if you had any prior job experience in the field of photography when you applied...

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2016-07-06

Why I wrote The Cruising Shutterbug

Why did I — a little nomad who is neither a writer nor a blogger — write the series called “Work as Cruise Ship Photographer (Pinoy Edition)” and “How To Become A Cruise Ship Photographer“? These pages on evelynyap.com/answers came about mainly out of concern for people who are considering getting a job as Cruise Ship Photographer. Some are led...

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2016-04-05

How I Get My Mail While Globetrotting

Working and living at sea, sailing from one itinerary to another, ending my day in one port and waking up the next day in another port (sometimes in a different country) — how in the world do I receive important mail? Yes, I still get snail mail. I also occasionally shop online. 😉 So how do I get them delivered...

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2016-03-23

How many hours do Cruise Ship Photographers work?

They say a picture paints a thousand words. I therefore present here a picture of an actual timesheet of mine from way back in 2012. Why a photo from 2012? Because I don’t have a more recent one. I don’t actually photograph everything. I was cleaning up the photos on my hard drive and found this snapshot of my timesheet....

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2016-02-20

Getting your COP at the MARINA

Info as of February 2016 As of this writing, “The MARINA enforces strict rules for personal appearance. All seafarers… must appear physically at the MARINA… for image capturing.” So the Agency tells me to visit the Training Center where I did my BT Refresher to get a Training Completion and Records of Assessment (TCROA) which I will later need in...

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2014-12-04

If You Want To Keep It, Keep It With You

For those who wrote to me and asked about how to pack, this is in addition to my replies to you. I just thought about it now… Have you heard the saying “If you want to keep it, keep it with you.” ?? No? Okay, maybe I just made that up. What I want to say is that when out...

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2014-11-05

Crew Shoes and Uniform

Janz Cindy had more questions… Thank you soo much for replying 🙂 You don’t know how happy I am when I saw your email. .. , … … … , … … … , … … … , … … … I’ll definitely follow your advise with travel light 🙂 and contemplating in proper clothes to bring. Just a question,...

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