Feel-good experiences win in DMCI Homes' photo contest

MANILA, Philippines - DMCI Homes’ homeowners are not only winners when it comes to quality homes, but also winners in terms of good lifestyle because of the relaxing and enjoyable resort-type amenities and environment where they live. Such exhilarating experiences have been captured in photos taken by actual families living at different DMCI Homes communities, with the best images even winning in the recently concluded “DMCI Homes Feel Good Moments Photo Contest.” 

Last year’s photo of couple Jovel and Erika Pingol happily lifting their two-year-old daughter Ysabel up in the air on a sunny day in front of the Riverfront Residences’ water fountains won the grand prize in the “My Feel Good Moment” category, while the photo of the Rosewood Pointe Sky Lounge overlooking a panoramic skyline won for Jomar Hilario in the “It Makes Me Feel Good” category.

Following the grand prize entry of Pingol family in the “My Feel Good Moment” category were entries of Jobert Macalalad’s smiling and giggling one-year-old son Mochi of Royal Palm Residences and Lawrence Toledo’s coffee break at the balcony of his Riverfront Residences home winning the first and second place respectively.

Winning first place in the “It Makes Me Feel Good” category is the photo of Riverfront’s Ganges building amid a cloudy afternoon sky taken by Michael Cabrales. Katrina dela Cruz’s photo of the lighted children’s playground at the Mahogany Place 3 won second place.

The three winning photos from each category were chosen from 10 photos that were adjudged finalists in the contest running from Dec. 10, 2011 to March 30. The top three homeowners in each category were awarded plaques of recognition and received P30,000 cash for the grand prize-winning photo, P20,000 for the first place photo and P10,000 for the second place photo.

“We’re very glad that we had this contest to show people that DMCI Homes communities are really family-oriented,” said Cherrie Lyn Cruz, marketing manager of DMCI Homes. She added that the contest also demonstrated the family bonding of homeowners.

“The homeowners really wanted to share their feel good moments that even their children participated,” Cruz said, referring to Toledo’s photo taken by his seven-year-old daughter Lexie. “The family worked together to make that photo possible.”

The photo contest had monthly winners, who were given a free three days and two nights accommodation for two at the Alta Vista de Boracay, and a finals stage wherein the 10 best photos out of more than 200 entries uploaded to the DMCI Homes communities website and Facebook page were chosen by DMCI Homes managers and representatives of its creative unit. The selection was based on four criteria: creativity (40 percent), quality (30 percent), message (20 percent) and audience impact (10 percent). The audience impact was measured by the number of “likes” received by the photos on the DMCI Homes’ Facebook page.

For information, call 324-8888 or visit www.dmcihomes.com.