Tino himself is a walking example of his own premise: He got hooked on photography at the age of nine, and today runs a portrait and video studio servicing De La Salle (Manila and Lipa), Letran, PWU, U.P., International School, to name a few. A longtime member of the Camera Club of the Philippines, he himself has attended many of PCCI's classes on photography and Photoshop and is also one of the Center's success stories.