Philippine Photography A.K.A Pitik Photography

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Introduction

The Philippines is a very complicated country. Almost each and every region or province in the Philippines has their own customs and mini cultures. This is one of the reasons why it is fun in the Philippines. Just imagine going first in Manila which is the capital city of the Philippines, you stayed there for let's say a week and you think you know almost everything about the Philippines and then you decided to go to Cebu and hello world! You'll be greeted by the shock of your life coz Cebu has their own native language and it's not Filipino which is our national language.

Now let us go with photography which is my topic for today. There is a huge trend in Photography especially in the Visayas and Mindanao areas where there are a lot of "Bisaya" people, meaning people who speaks the Bisaya language. We call it "Pitik" or "Pitik Photography", in Bisaya pitik means to flick your finger to hit something or someone in a quick motion. Similar to it's meaning, "Pitik Photography" is also a type of photography where you take a photo of something that is moving either slowly or fast. While other people who do "Pitik Photography" that I know of also photographs still people but most of the time it would be a moving person example a person riding a motorcycle, or a person riding a bike or a person riding a car or in a car. "Pitik Photography" could also be the Philippine version of Street Photography since most of these Pitik Photography sessions occur in the streets, parks, roads and highways. But the keynote there is "most" since Pitik can also be done inside Malls, Restaurants and other not so public places.

I am not sure if there is also a Pitik Photography trend in the Tagalog areas, if someone can confirm this for me I would really be glad. Anyways if you see a bunch of guys holding a DSLR or a Mirrorless Camera on the streets, roads and highways then it would most likely be a group of "Mamitikay" or "Pitik Photographers". Some would pass by then slowly and look at the camera and say "Pa Pitik Master" which means "Can you take a photo of me please". Common phrases such as "Salamat sa Pitik Master" which means "Thank you for taking a picture of me sir" can be seen in the Facebook Pages of each of those "Pitik Photographers".

As an aspiring photographer such as myself doing "Pitik" is one way of practicing my photography skills while promoting myself to the public. I may not want to be a professional photographer who earns money with their photography skills. Rather I do it as a form of hobby and if I can blog it here in Hive and earn a little bit of beer money then that is good enough for me. To most mamitikay that I know is they do it to promote themselves since most of them are professional or aspiring professional photographers/videographers.

My Ticket To Be A Mamitikay Hopefully 😅

Earlier this afternoon, I was in the tennis court near our park coz I was teaching my son how to ride a bike. I brought my Panasonic Lumix FZ80 with me so I can take photos of my son riding his bike. Just a few minutes after we arrived at the tennis court a teenager boy came to me and asked if I was a mamitikay and I said "No not really" because I was not yet ready. I have already made my Facebook Page and posted some photos in it but it was not even a Pitik since there were no people in the photos that I shared. Then this kid said "Pa pitik kuya beh sige na" which means "Can you take a photo of me please". I couldn't really refuse since I was holding my camera in my hand and so I took a photo of him. And so he told me I should just go and be a mamitikay so that he and his friends could have a photo and might become famous in our town. So he called out one of his friend and so the photoshoot challenge has begone for me.


This is the friend he called out to join in the fun



They were excited to show their skills in riding the mountain bike







After we were done with the photoshoot, we talked more about my soon to be mamitikay career. They told me suggestion on how to improve my shots and how to improve my followers in Facebook especially from our town. He was the one who even suggested to me that I should take a photo of the guys practicing skateboard in our tennis court.

And lastly, a Pitik session isn't really complete, without including random people within the vicinity.

Pitik Photography Fun Facts

Never date your mistress in a public place coz you will get caught if a mamitikay is near the vicinity and has caught a photo of you together with your mistress. Now I am not saying that the couple above is a guy with his mistress but to be honest there have already been a few incidents where the wives saw the picture of her husband cheating through a mamitikay coz we mamitikay will take photos indiscriminately in public places since it is allowed by the law here in the Philippines 😅


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I am PinkHub a certified Pinkaholic. Living in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. I am an aspiring Photographer and a Noob Blogger. I love to take photos of the sun whether sun rise or sun sets. The same goes for the sea, wildlife, insects, trees, plants and nature as a whole. I would also like to do some traveling in the future as well. I'm an open-minded person so if you have any tips you can give me then just go ahead and throw it all at me in the comments. I welcome all comments good or bad with open arms and legs 😁



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Hahah I thought pitik just means “shoot photos but we just used a funny word”. I didn’t know it derived from being a fast photography specifically.

I’ve seen this on fb as well here in our area and it seems like it is also going a bit more popular. It gave it a bad meaning to me tho, as most pitik I’ve seen are intentionally shot to shame the subject. Like you know they will be viral cos people will be laughing at someone who wears a funny clothing so they post it without even thinking about whether the subject will like it or not. I get that it’s in public but most pitik I’ve seen just have this intention to “expose” cheaters or make fun of those people so I’m not a fan of that intention really. But I don’t know if Cebu is any different as I’m talking about Davao where you wear something different and people instantly look at you with judgment 😅. Maybe Cebu is a lot better with that.

I like street photography as well but I’m mot sure doing this in public yet as this bad pitik became a trend here lol

Goodluck on your Pitik! I like that people around you were so excited and want to be pitiked.🤣

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I can't really say for sure for the whole Cebu but I do see pitik that will cause shame but most of what I saw was just your regular tease session if you will. I have never seen a pitik photo so far that caused depression to someone but I'm pretty sure it can happen especially for photographers who blackmail others and don't care about other people's feelings. That is why I understand the bad image of mamitikay in your place. I personally wouldn't not take photos of other people to make fun of them coz that's not me. I do make fun of other people but only in a private settings coz that's just who we are I guess. Filipinos will always be Filipinos 😅

But I don’t know if Cebu is any different as I’m talking about Davao where you wear something different and people instantly look at you with judgment 😅

I think this can be said to everywhere in the Philippines 😅, that is why it is more fun in the Philippines lolz 😂. And for the record Cebu is not a lot better with it. I feel like here in the Philippines, if you don't look at others with judgement then you are not a Filipino 😅

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but most of what I saw was just your regular tease session

Ah nice! Yeah for sure those who got a lot of ‘haha’ likes felt bad but hopefully not depression. You know how Filipinos can be keyboard warriors and bullies online can be extreme. :/

I do make fun of other people but only in a private

This is the way lol

I think this can be said to everywhere in the Philippines

True😅 Maybe in some areas like BGC… they probably won’t care that much there but yeah in most of the country people can’t mind their own business. 🤣

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I thought pitik just means “shoot photos but we just used a funny word”. I didn’t know it derived from being a fast photography specifically.

LOL. Me too 😂

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perfect photo shoot dude, I really like liking your photo, great

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Thanks man, to be quite honest I feel like the shots are still lacking but it's good to know someone appreciates it 😍

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wow all the pictures you share are really very beautiful and amazing i am impressed with your photos

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Thank you sir and thanks for visiting my blog 😘

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Perfect pitik shots o!

I am not sure if there is also a Pitik Photography trend in the Tagalog areas

me neither! Haha

!PIZZA

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Ai grabeh si mami sa perfect pitik shots, mamblublush ako nyan mami hihi

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very beautiful picture my friend. and the place is very fun for us to play.

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Thank you sir and thank you for the reblog, I really appreciate it 😘

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Cool, you captured some really perfect pictures, I'm amused to see

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Thank you kind sir for the compliments and thank you for passing by 😍

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Pitik is also popular in my place — around Luzon, specifically Rizal. I think it's the trend haha.

You have nice shots! Sounds fun in your place as well, there are skateboards which is kind of rare in my place haha.

!LUV !PIZZA

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Nice pre, I actually wanted to know, it's good to know that everywhere in the Philippines Pitik is a trend which is great coz at least we can call something our own even though it's basically a copy of street photography.

Thank you din sa appreciation pre 😁, Skateboarding has been growing in popularity here in Cebu for quite a while now coz as far as I could remember around year 2005 there were already a lot of Skateboard groups but only in Cebu City but now even our small town have our very own Skateboard group and I'm pretty sure everywhere in Cebu 😇

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Umuuso din kasi samin 'yung pitik hahaha dati isa lang ngayon dumadami na sila na may Facebook page.

'Yung skateboarding I think ilang years na ang nakalipas bago ako huling nakakita ng gumagamit nun hahaha

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In my school have to photography and they post in Facebook then many students are have pretty faces

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In a sense that is Pitik Photography. It's good to know it's in your school as well. I just hope they won't use the photos to bully other people like what hidden blade has said in her comment 😇

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Really you are the very nicely capture all photos. And main thing you are perfect time to capture this all photos I like this are all photos

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Wow! That boy belongs to the history of yours being a mamitikay hehehe. Lakas Ng tibok Ng puso ko, there is really something about photography, Yung parang Isa talaga sa mga gusto ko hehehe..

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That is true this boy will be part of my history in the future when I become a famous photographer 😅 (dream big ika nga) 😂

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Wow Diba sa simpleng encouragement it becomes a big for you..

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