Boy & Great Image: Striking similarities

Quite appropriately, Great Image Digital Photo Shop has chosen King of Talk Boy Abunda as its first celebrity endorser.

After all, the host of such gabfests as The Buzz, Kontrobersyal, and PCBA (Private Conversations With Boy Abunda) is a top star builder, publicity whiz, and image maker before rightfully earning his title as television royalty.

Great Image owners Bob and Toots Palomo assert that Boy is the perfect, nay the one and only choice for their booming company, which has 25 outlets all over Luzon and four company-owned Picture! Picture!

It’s because Boy is the embodiment of their catchy company slogan: "Ilabas ang Totoo!"

"It’s a great idea," Boy exclaims. "It goes straight to the heart of the matter. It’s an inspiring and empowering message. Just what we need in these troubling times."

Boy believes the Great Image motto is an "exhortation" that sends a positive message to everyone, especially to today’s youth.

"It’s a strong, powerful message," Boy affirms. "It’s bold and brave, but it also doesn’t take itself too seriously. It reminds everyone that it’s best to be true to oneself. That it’s okay to have fun. That you don’t have to take everything you do in life so earnestly."

This profound message is particularly relevant (and resonant) as far as modern young Filipinos are concerned. "Because they are so engrossed with self-image."

Great Image’s slogan, Boy believes, enjoins people to be happy with the truth, to be satisfied with themselves.

It’s a life lesson Boy himself has learned to master through the years.

"It’s a process," Boy beams. "I used to say I hate my nose, but it’s what I have. What can I do? Eventually I’ve realized you don’t have to be picture-perfect to be happy. That by accepting yourself, warts and all, you become more beautiful in the end."

It’s all about being true to yourself, he intones.

"Who you are is great," he pipes in. "Who you are is excellent."

Which is precisely the mantra of Great Image Digital Photo Shop.

Great Image is one of the pioneers in the photo and digital industry. It is known for its excellent, professional, reliably fast and creative photography services. With 25 branches in Luzon (in all SM Malls, Robinsons, Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall, Riverbanks Center, Market! Market! in Taguig and soon in SM City Batangas), and four company owned Picture! Picture! Great Image continues to give professional and excellent photo services to the public.

Among its services are Great Image family portraits, child photography, graduation photos, school/corporate photography, ID/passport, glamour shots, reproduction/restoration of old photos, enlargements, and video and photo coverage for all occasions.

Boy and Great Image have lots of new, exciting projects in the works.

Aside from a series of billboards in the metropolis (on Kamuning corner EDSA, on Quezon Avenue, and soon on EDSA Magallanes), Boy and Great Image are planning to hold a campus tour, to spread the enlightening message of "Ilabas ang Totoo!" and conduct empowering panel discussions.