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Cheng — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:05:52 +0000

THE ONE COMPETITION

The ONE competition, held in conjunction with the ONE Photography Convention, a festival celebrating the best in medium and large format photography in October, kicks off on April 1, 2010.

Calling for entries worldwide from the best emerging talents, the theme for the competition is ONE – interpret it however you want to. The grand prize is a medium format digital back and camera system worth SGD $20,000, as well as opportunities to be noticed by top industry professionals.

ONE stands for Our Need To Express.

The ONE competition, held in conjunction with the ONE PhotographyConvention, a festival celebrating the best in medium and large formatphotography in October, kicks off on April 1, 2010.Calling for entries worldwide from the best emerging talents, the theme for thecompetition is ONE – interpret it however you want to. The grand prize is amedium format digital back and camera system worth SGD $20,000, as well asopportunities to be noticed by top industry professionals.ONE stands for Our Need To Express.

Submissions can be made online at the One Photography Convention website

www.01photoconvention.com

Submitted images will be featured in an online gallery. Updates of the finalists? progress and experiences from the mentorship program can be viewed online alongside with their profiles. The announcement of the winners for the competition will be held during the Grand Opening of the ONE Photography Convention.

Deadline for open call submission is 31 July 2010.

5th Ngee Ann Photography Exhibition 2010

Cheng — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:48:12 +0000

NAPE

The 5^thNgee Ann Photography Exhibition 2010 will be here this week with the official opening happening on 8 April 2010 at 7pm.

Venue:
Ngee Ann Exhibition Hall
Teochew Building
97 Tank Road

Exhibition Date:
9th April 2010 – 19th April 2010

Personal comments:

Well this exhibition has been held for the past 4 yrs. Except for last year where it was held as an competition with selected themes, it has always been an open theme exhibition. I suppose this is to encourage mass participation. However it lacks a focus for visitors . You could be viewing photographs of different genres placed altogether. You could jump from one landscape photos to a portrait photo suddenly.

Nevertheless it is still a good exhibition to visit and learn from other photographers.

Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 and VideoStudio Pro X3

Cheng — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:40:17 +0000

VideoStudio Pro X3 and PaintShop Photo Pro X3.

Corel has recently announced 2 new products PaintShop Photo Pro X3 and VideoStudio Pro X3. I also been looking for “lighter” photo editing software and will check out both products soon once I get whole of them.

They have setup a minisite here with some interesting videos. The light painting one is pretty cool. I teach light painting and writing in my Foundation Photography Course but this vido shows how I can create an animated video of the light painting photos. Hope to create one of such video soon

Harper’s BAZAAR & ION Photography Awards

Cheng — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:30:36 +0000

Love photography, fashion and shopping ? Then this competition might interest you?

Harper’s BAZAAR will be hosting their first photography awards. Themed along fashion, art or architecture, this project creates an opportunity for new and emerging photographers to showcase their works on an international platform.

You may submit 3-5 digital images and you must shoot on location at ION Orchard (inside or outside). Closing date is 5 April 2010. So start working on your images.

For more information, click on the banner below

Harper's BAZAAR & Ion Photo Award

Olympus PEN EP1

Cheng — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:01:16 +0000

I owned a few vintage Olympus rangefinder like the 35 EC and was pleasantly surprised when I read that Olympus is launching a rangefinder style digital camera – the Olympus PEN EP1.

: Olympus PEN EP1

What makes the EP1 different from the other digital cameras is that is interchangeable. From the photos from the Internet, it seems to have a stylish metal finish just like the good old film rangefinders. It weighs only about 335 grams and has a 12 MB pixels sensor.

Hey but it doesn’t come with a optical viewfinder, you will have to shoot through the LCD. Fortunately, you can add on an electronic viewfinder but will means you have to pay for it. The 17mm pancake looks cool with the whole setup but it is only 34mm in focal length as there is a 2x magnification factor.

Estimated street price is S$1488 including the body and 17mm lens and $1298 for the body and 14-42mm lens. But if I intend to get this cam for its vintage feel,I would definitely get it with the 17mm pancake lens.

Great Singapore Sale 2009

Cheng — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:48:21 +0000

I blogged about the Great Singapore Sale (GSS) last year focusing on D300 prices. Now the GSS is back! How much has the price change? Well for the D300 body , the price is now S$2,688 compared to last year S$2,999 but last year offer came with a 50mm f1.8 lens. So the price for D300 really have not drop a lot.

Great Singapore Sale 2009

So what about the D700 body ? It is S$3,888 with a 8GB Compact Flash (CF) card and a Nikon branded Lowepro bag. It is really a good offer? You might want to check out the shops listed here to see if they could give you a better offer.

Ngee Ann Photography Competition & Exhibition 2009

Cheng — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:58:26 +0000

Well the annual Ngee Ann Photography Exhibition has come back with a twist. It is now a photography competition cum exhibition. From 2005-2008, it was Photography Exhibition where anyone who took the effort to send in entries will get at least one photo exhibited.

This year they have make it into a competition where one has to submit a set of 4 prints consisting of

Participants can submit up to maximum of two (2) sets consisting of 4 pictures per set. The rules is not very clear on this but I believe the 4 pictures has to be made of up any 4 of the following themes:

a) Architecture
b) Nature/Underwater
c) Marco and Close-up
d) People
e) Sports
f) Night Scenes

You also need to mount each of them (8R or S8R size) on a mounting board with a 2.5cm (1in) border. Mounting boards can be bought from ArtFriend or Popular bookstore.

To know more, read the entry form which can be downloaded from here.

Foundation Photography Course

Cheng — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:54:29 +0000

Are you still lost after reading all my tips and techniques guides?

If you have spent time and money on a DSLR, why not spend abit more on a photography course? I am happy to be your mentor by guiding you. Join my Foundation Photography Course and start to create amazing photos.

What do you get? 5 lessons including 2 field trips.

Lesson 1 The basic of photography

Knowing your camera equipment
Understanding Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO
Understanding Focal length
Understanding Composition Rules
Homework Assignment

Lesson 2 Photography Techniques

Review of Homework assignment
Techniques in daylight photography
Techniques in low light photography
Techniques in travel photography

Lesson 3 Morning Field Trip

To practise some of the techniques learnt on lesson 2 at one of the parks in Singapore

Lesson 4 Review and Image Editing

Review photos taken in lesson 3
Basic Image management and editing demostration

Lesson 5 Night Field Trip
To practise some of the low light techniques learnt

What will it cost you : S$200 and your time
Pls send any inquiries to contact@photoblogtalk.com

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Temple Celebration

Cheng — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:30:01 +0000

Depsite recent media reports that the number of Taoists has declined, folk Taoism events can still be seen often in the heartlands.

Often, the event is to celebrate one of the Taoist deity birthday. One of the key highlights is know as ‘Yew kheng’ or a street procession. The procession is like a mini street parade. Mediums in trance, lion dance, lion dance, devotees carrying sedan chairs are all part of it.

Here are a few photos to share :

The tanki is particitating in the 'yew kheng'

Sedan Chair (koi) bearers jumped over a stove of burning charcoal

Holy Whip to drive away all evil forces