MULTI-AWARDED PHOTOGRAPHER
Orly Mercado got interested in photography in the year 1980 and became a serious hobbyist when he joined Saudia Airlines company based in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudia Arabia in 1984. During his twelve-year long stint as an OFW, he was able to tour Asia, Europe, and the United States where he was able to photograph different places, people, and various interesting subjects. Year 1996 he went home for good in the Philippines to take up formal studies in photography and eventually became a dealer of Fujifilm mini-lab machine (one-hour photo developing business).
He graduated in FPPF Basic and Advanced Photography workshop in the year 2000 with outstanding performance, bagging the top awards in the three categories of the workshop's final photo contest: 1) PRODUCT SHOT - 1st Place, 2) PORTRAITURE - 2nd Place, 3) BLACK and WHITE photography - 2nd Place.
Since then he actively tried to explore and shoot different genre in photography and continuously studied and attended seminars and workshops in photography related topics. He has won numerous photo contest and awards from his two photo club affiliations and was able to earn the respect of his friends and colleagues when he had won the Photo of the Year award in SPPP (Society of Portrait Photographers of the Philippines) in the year 2001 and at the same time has been awarded the Photographer of the Month for four consecutive months in Nayon Photographers Club.
Eventually, he has been elected as President of these two camera clubs he has simultaneously joined. Former President, NPC - Nayon Photographers Club (2004). Former President, SPPP - Society of Portrait Photographers of the Philippines (2010-2011). He won the SPPP "Photographer of the Year" award and 2nd Place in "Photo of the Year" for the year 2010. Former member of CCD - Club Camera de Digital, the very first registered digital camera club in the Philippines wherein the famous George Tapan and other prominent photographers like Mark Floro and Ibarra Deri (Canon Ambassadors) were among the founding members. He is also a founding member and currently the re-elected President of WPPC - Wedding and Portrait Photographers of Calabarzon (2014 to present). He won the "Photographer of the Year " award in WPPC twice, 2012 and 2014. In 2014 he also won the "Photo of the Year" award where his two photos was 1st Place and 2nd Place that almost hit the evasive "Grand Slam" award (winning the 1st 2nd and 3rd).
In addition to his club achievements, Orly Mercado was featured in Picture Perfect section of Manila Bulletin broadsheet on July 27, 2005 issue as a "Fast-rising Portraitist" highlighting some of his works in one-and-a-half pages. His talent in photography caught the attention by some of his previous big corporate clients like Manila Water (Ayala Group), CATS Motors, Inc. (Mercedes Benz), Cathay Pacific Airlines, Chrysler Motors, Inc., Logitech Computers, Ateneo Graduate School, Paref International School, AFP Medical Center, and Duty Free Philippines. He was also commissioned to cover the photo and video documentation of the very first Guraman Festival in Buguey, Cagayan Valley in the year 2008.
His love in "Wedding Photography" started when he realized that covering a significant "once-in-a-lifetime" event is something that you can be proud of to impart your talent and skill as a photographer that a couple will gladly and gratefully entrust. Every time he shoots weddings, "perfect exposure" is his constant challenge and he believes "precious moments" must be captured with "style" and "emotion". To date, he is actively shooting weddings, debuts, special occasions, portraitures, and corporate events. He also accepts product shots, food photography, and industrial photography. From time to time, he also conducts seminars in Basic and Advanced Photography, Wedding Photography, Portraiture, Fashion and Glamour Photography, and Basic Lighting Techniques in photography.
Presently, he is the re-elected President of WPPC – Wedding and Portrait Photographers of Calabarzon (since 2014 to present), and also an active member of WPPP - Wedding and Portrait Photographers of the Philippines. He is also one of the associates of Fiera de Manila, Inc. representing WPPC as one of the camera club partners for the yearly Graphic Expo event at SMX MOA Pasay City. Orly Mercado as a leader is undoubtedly a team player who appreciates other's inputs and ideas in order to achieve the common goal - "customer's satisfaction" and to deliver more than the desired results.
Orly Mercado got interested in photography in the year 1980 and became a serious hobbyist when he joined Saudia Airlines company based in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudia Arabia in 1984. During his twelve-year long stint as an OFW, he was able to tour Asia, Europe, and the United States where he was able to photograph different places, people, and various interesting subjects. Year 1996 he went home for good in the Philippines to take up formal studies in photography and eventually became a dealer of Fujifilm mini-lab machine (one-hour photo developing business).
He graduated in FPPF Basic and Advanced Photography workshop in the year 2000 with outstanding performance, bagging the top awards in the three categories of the workshop's final photo contest: 1) PRODUCT SHOT - 1st Place, 2) PORTRAITURE - 2nd Place, 3) BLACK and WHITE photography - 2nd Place.
Since then he actively tried to explore and shoot different genre in photography and continuously studied and attended seminars and workshops in photography related topics. He has won numerous photo contest and awards from his two photo club affiliations and was able to earn the respect of his friends and colleagues when he had won the Photo of the Year award in SPPP (Society of Portrait Photographers of the Philippines) in the year 2001 and at the same time has been awarded the Photographer of the Month for four consecutive months in Nayon Photographers Club.
Eventually, he has been elected as President of these two camera clubs he has simultaneously joined. Former President, NPC - Nayon Photographers Club (2004). Former President, SPPP - Society of Portrait Photographers of the Philippines (2010-2011). He won the SPPP "Photographer of the Year" award and 2nd Place in "Photo of the Year" for the year 2010. Former member of CCD - Club Camera de Digital, the very first registered digital camera club in the Philippines wherein the famous George Tapan and other prominent photographers like Mark Floro and Ibarra Deri (Canon Ambassadors) were among the founding members. He is also a founding member and currently the re-elected President of WPPC - Wedding and Portrait Photographers of Calabarzon (2014 to present). He won the "Photographer of the Year " award in WPPC twice, 2012 and 2014. In 2014 he also won the "Photo of the Year" award where his two photos was 1st Place and 2nd Place that almost hit the evasive "Grand Slam" award (winning the 1st 2nd and 3rd).
In addition to his club achievements, Orly Mercado was featured in Picture Perfect section of Manila Bulletin broadsheet on July 27, 2005 issue as a "Fast-rising Portraitist" highlighting some of his works in one-and-a-half pages. His talent in photography caught the attention by some of his previous big corporate clients like Manila Water (Ayala Group), CATS Motors, Inc. (Mercedes Benz), Cathay Pacific Airlines, Chrysler Motors, Inc., Logitech Computers, Ateneo Graduate School, Paref International School, AFP Medical Center, and Duty Free Philippines. He was also commissioned to cover the photo and video documentation of the very first Guraman Festival in Buguey, Cagayan Valley in the year 2008.
His love in "Wedding Photography" started when he realized that covering a significant "once-in-a-lifetime" event is something that you can be proud of to impart your talent and skill as a photographer that a couple will gladly and gratefully entrust. Every time he shoots weddings, "perfect exposure" is his constant challenge and he believes "precious moments" must be captured with "style" and "emotion". To date, he is actively shooting weddings, debuts, special occasions, portraitures, and corporate events. He also accepts product shots, food photography, and industrial photography. From time to time, he also conducts seminars in Basic and Advanced Photography, Wedding Photography, Portraiture, Fashion and Glamour Photography, and Basic Lighting Techniques in photography.
Presently, he is the re-elected President of WPPC – Wedding and Portrait Photographers of Calabarzon (since 2014 to present), and also an active member of WPPP - Wedding and Portrait Photographers of the Philippines. He is also one of the associates of Fiera de Manila, Inc. representing WPPC as one of the camera club partners for the yearly Graphic Expo event at SMX MOA Pasay City. Orly Mercado as a leader is undoubtedly a team player who appreciates other's inputs and ideas in order to achieve the common goal - "customer's satisfaction" and to deliver more than the desired results.