Evelyn's humble abode – Page 39 – Under renovation. Pardon the clutter.

2014-09-22

A Sweet Tweet

Shawie (Philippines) just tweeted to say… @EvelynYap Hello! Been reading your blog and everything was very helpful. Thanks so much for sharing. I got it. 🙂 You’re welcome, Shawie 🙂 Although I would like to point out that I’m not a blogger. I just have this personal website where I’ve some stuff that some people find helpful. That’s all. 🙂

About Evelyn Yap and this website

2014-09-16

The Cruising Shutterbug, 2007-2014 Pinoy Edition (Image and Magsaysay)

July 2014 UPDATE: Image is hiring from Manila again! Visit Magsaysay at TM Kalaw. Image is scheduled to conduct their hiring/interviews on 23 July 2014. September 2013 UPDATE: According to my source at the agency, the waiting list for photographers wanting to join Image is quite long. The good news is that there are other companies that you can work...

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2014-09-16

Turtle Shell Living by The Cruising Shutterbug

As with most words and stuff that I toss out into the world wide web, this is another one of my habitual #NoteToSelf thingies to help me remember, to save me time and Googling or Yahoo-ing or Bing-ing minutes, to help me keep my simple nomadic life simple, to share information that may be useful to someone else, and whatever...

Whatever

2014-09-16

Which camera brand do you prefer/recommend?

*sigh* 🙂 Which camera brand do you prefer? What brand do you recommend? Which one is better? Which do you think is the best? I get asked these questions (and variations of them) a lot. I actually anticipate these questions to come at the end of my lectures on Digital Cameras & Digital Photography. So I’ve started giving the answer...

Which came first: the chicken or the egg?

2014-07-30

Makulit over Twitter Tweets

Rio (Philippines) tweeted a lot of questions. Seriously, some people don’t know when to stop. I drew the line when he again asked for my email address. These are tweets, many of which were via SMS, so I was cramming my answers into a 140-character space and some of these don’t seem to be in the right order because I...

Working as a Cruise Ship Photographer

2014-07-29

Conveniences for The Cruising Shutterbug

The life of The Cruising Shutterbug has no weekday/weekend structure. Days of the week don’t mean much and are mostly a blur. It’s also not unusual to lose track of day and night. I could be needing to do errands, making plans, then realizing my free time doesn’t jive with mainstream business hours. So here is another #NoteToSelf post… BANKS...

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2014-07-08

How To Become A Cruise Ship Photographer – News Update

July 2016 UPDATE: Image is in need of more photographers for managerial positions. I think we can conclude that if they will be promoting their experienced photographers then they’ll need to hire more more junior photographers. July 2014 UPDATE: Image is hiring from Manila again! Visit Magsaysay at TM Kalaw. Image is scheduled to conduct their hiring/interviews on 23 July...

Working as a Cruise Ship Photographer

2014-07-08

Work as a Cruise Ship Photographer – News Update 2019

November 2019 Unsolicited Advice from The Cruising Shutterbug: If you’re aspiring to nab a job as a Cruise Ship Photographer, I recommend you go for the cruise lines first, rather than going for a photo concessionaire. It’s not looking so good for what was the largest cruise ship photo company. Cruise lines are smartening up and deciding to go in-house...

Working as a Cruise Ship Photographer

2014-07-06

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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2014-01-12

How To Become A Cruise Ship Photographer – The 3rd Step

The Third Step: Becoming A Seafarer Basic Training (BT) a.k.a. Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS) In the Philippines, to leave the country and go work as a seafarer, it is required to undergo basic training. All over the world, seafarers are familiar with SOLAS or Safety Of Life At Sea. Later on, SOLAS became known as BSC (Basic Safety...

Working as a Cruise Ship Photographer