Winning 1st Place WPPI Print Competition

26th November 2009   *Behind The Lens, Cool Places*

WPPI Award Winning Picture

It was on the morning of my 37th birthday when I received the great news that we’ve won our 7th Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) award. This time first place with “Peace” in the Individual category. This is the sixth time we took part in this prestigious competition and we are happy to come away with a first place award.

“Peace” was taken in Hanoi while Jasmine and I had a short break and decided to do a shoot for our own portfolio. I entered two pictures that I titled “Peace”…so I am not 100% sure if this is the winning picture until I see WPPI publish all the winners on their website. But I have a strong feeling this is the one…maybe because I personally feel that it is a stronger picture.

Congrats also goes to my good friends CM Leung who bagged five awards this round, Kenneth Tan three, Edmund Tham & Shen Yeo both with 2nd place award. A big chunk of the winners are coming from Asia. Bravo!

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Do You Know What We Did This Summer?

5th September 2009   *Behind The Lens, Cool Places*

This has been a crazy summer. From July to September, I am only in the office for about two weeks. Well, it wasn’t holiday at all…just a lot of traveling, filming, shooting, taking & teaching workshops…hence the irregular blog updates.

I’ve been taught that it is better to give than to receive. What better way to kick start WedShooter.TV than volunteering our time and talents for Santa Fe Photographic Workshop? The people behind the Workshop are truly remarkable, warm and giving. Each time I go to the Workshop it recharges my creative soul. So I want to do something to give back. The WedShooter.TV team spent 11 days filming in Santa Fe to produce a couple of videos for the Workshop to show the world how amazing this place is for photographers.

Choon Ean led the filming while Jasmine assisted. I joined the production team after I completed a one-week workshop with Joe McNally. Boy, we had FUN. We worked in all sorts of location: idyllic, rugged, breathtaking…you name it, we have it. Just some pictures to relive this amazing journey.

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The workshop put us up at this beautiful adobe. We love it!

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Water. Drink lots of water and regularly. Must do this to survive at 7000 feet above sea level.

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Jasmine mans the our little Sony HD camera.

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The WedShooter.TV crew with Joe McNally!

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We made use of every available body…here we roped in Deb the marketing director of the Workshop for the reflector

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I would love to see a tornado but this ain’t it. Just a big storm gathering.

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One of the many amazing ranches in this area…it was used as a film set. We had the time of our lives filming here

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Choon Ean loved the cards in her hand.

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Isn’t this an amazing location!

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Doing a timelapse

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Little house on the prairie?

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The crew once again

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The Marlboro man…a great talent that was hired by the workshop for a portrait class

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Time Lapse movie of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque, Brunei

29th June 2009   *Cool Places*

Here is the time lapse movie we created of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque in Brunei. It is one the most beautiful mosques in this region.

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