SARAH ENCABO

email:  petite_sah@yahoo.com

Education
Sep 2003-04 Hammersmith and West London College (UK)
Higher National Certificate in Multimedia

2002-03 Hammersmith and West London College (UK)
GNVQ in Media Communication and Production
Award: Academic Excellence

Seminars/ Workshops/ Exhibits
November 2008 Angkor Photography Festival
Selected as one of the young Asian photographers in the free workshop about photojournalism and documentary based photography held in Siem Reap, Cambodia

March 2007 Street Photography Talk
Forum by Mr. Gil Nartea and Luis Liwanag
(Organized by 3Di Photography Club)

Feb 2007 Sex, Death and the Viewfinder
Phototalk by Mr. Conrado Velasco
One Workshop Gallery

Sept 2006 LomoLove (participant)
Exhibit of Lomomanila at the Black Soup Gallery,
Cubao X, Quezon City

April 2006 Batanes Photo Safari (Travel Photography)
Participant with Mandy Navasero as mentor

March 2006 Featured Photographer, PhotoClick Section
Pixelbureau.com Online Magazine

Feb 2006 Food Photography with Mark Floro
Philippine Center for Creative Imaging

November 2005 Digital Photography with Jay Alonzo
The Alcove Photo Gallery

June 2005 Lomographic Society Fisheye Exhibit (participant)
Burro, Covent Garden
London, England

Work Experience
September 2009 – present Cruise Photographer
Worked for Costa, an Italian cruise line company as one of their photographers

May 2009 Photographer/ Videographer/ Blogger
Documented through photo, video and blog the design and built of the 5th Pacific Rim Friendship Park in Puerto Prinsesa, Palawan together with 28 International architecture students and United States based architects Jim Hubell and Kyle Bergman

June 2008 – July 2009 Freelance Photographer
Worked freelance covering weddings, parties and corporate events

September 2008 Speaker, Polytechnic University of the Philippines
A talk about the challenges faced by a woman photographer to the students of the College of Communication during their seminar about photojournalism.

March 2007 – June 2008 The Manila Times, Photojournalist

Nov 02-Sept 2005 Waitress, The Rubens at the Palace Hotel (London, England)

Nov 02 -03 Camera Operator, Kensington Temple (London, England)
Volunteer work, Recorded services and concert productions of the church

Jun01 -Aug 02 Apprentice, Gantimpala Theatre Foundation
Assisted in production works
Performed with the main cast in one of their major productions
Attended workshops in acting and production design

Hobbies/ Interest
Music, Arts and Crafts, Web, Italian and Spanish language

Clubs/ Organizations
Member of Third Eye Photo Club and Lomomanila Lomography Group.