Sony World Photography Awards Global Tour,

I got this news while reading newspaper, 
There is an ongoing exhibition happening in Suria KLCC, this exhibition will display works of finalist/winner of last year competition.


This competition is held annually since 2007, however this is the first it held an exhibition at KLCC,
It showcases photos at its best, from amatuers to professionals, including a wide range of genres like architecture, advertising, sports and many more.
The details is as follows,

Sony World Photography Award Global Tour,
Location : Gallery Petronas, Kuala Lumpur
Date : 4 Feb to 28 March, 2010,
Opening Hours : 10 am - 8pm (closed on Monday)

And to make things better, there will be a series a workshop (which probably we miss most of valueble lesson it by now) on basic techniques, architecture and heritage , street and travel, automotive photograph and so on.....

Here are some photos from 2007 winners (the exhibition display photos from 2008)

I will definitely go to that exhibition, if you are interested in going with guideS (indication of more than one person),
Please contact me (boon) 017-5547576 or sms me , or mail taylorsphotographyclub@gmail.com to inform me that you interested in going to these exhibition as a trip.


PS this is a very good opportunity to learn some basic techniques and expose yourself to more style of photography. I really looking forward to make a trip and teach as much TPC could teach.

I will make a  trip to this exhibition if I got good amount of numbers interested in going.

boon signing off.

Unofficial announcement for Unofficial meeting,

There will one unofficial meeting open to ANYONE next week, member and non member are welcomed to join in.






These are the probable time for this meeting, 


1. WED 12:30-1:30pm  
2. Fri , 12:30 to 1:30 pm , 


and most likely it will be held at LT1 or auditorium, 


Admission is free, so dont worry about paying the money.
It is optional to bring camera , so it is ok to come without any camera,
To make you feel better, 
the current President, has no camera in his possession too, due to a series of unfortunate events.
So you can confirm that President  someone in the meeting without a camera


All this clubs wants, is people who are interested / passionate in photography and willing to take risk initiatives to go to explore the hidden meaning of photography. 




However, do check up the blog at weekends for exact time and location. 


PS for SLR owners, it is recommended to bring your camera loaded with your own pictures, 
You do want to see other people's photos right? Or maybe to share your view in photography ? 


That's all for current update. Please spread the news.


Boon signing off

For those who graduated

For those who graduated in Taylor and yet still receive mail from TPC,
kindly send a mail to notify me as I would assume you are still member and "spam" mail to you.
This is prevent annoyance on your side.
But IF you do want to continue receive mail from TPC , also let me know,
This is because I need to sort out the old member from new member.


AND anyone want to hold up the secretary position, the club could not hold up any meeting without a secretary (New Taylor Policy)


Volunteers???
Just send your application to taylorsphotographyclub@gmail.com,
note that this is an important position and only apply if you are mentally prepared to be busy.


boon

KL Photo Awards 2010

Credit to Steven Lee for this information.

THIS IS A PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION.

There are two categories in this competition, Potrait individual and Portrait Story,

each with different entry fees,

• * PORTRAIT INDIVIDUAL entrants may submit up to 8 images at USD$10 per image.
• * PORTRAIT STORY entrants must submit a minimum of 5 up to a maximum of 8 images at USD$50 per series.

The entry fee may sound discouraging, but the prizes are super lucrative,

up to 2,500 (RM 8750) USD to be won (1 USD = RM 3.50),

AND your photo will be used for many marketing purposes while you retain your copyright, which means, they have to credit you for using your photos. This is an good opportunity to gain fame as I would say.

AND 1 Year FREE subscription of ArtsMagazine (that book worth 30 USD each) , please lent me the book if you won it,

AND 1 Trophy ( a very cool one, check the page to find out)

IF the entry fee is still a discouraging factor for you to join this competition, TPC will try to ask for discount, BUT I could not guarantee you this. IF there is , I will made an announcement.

Submissions will begin this Monday, 1 March 2010 and closes on Wednesday 31st March. The entry links will become live and you may begin submitting your entries by following the upload procedure.

To prepare your images for upload here are the guidelines :

Preparation of images for submission :
i. 1000 pixels on the width dimension and approximately 250kb per image file. Please verify your file size. (Please DO NOT upload files straight from your camera, they will be too large. Reduce it to a maximum of 250kb each with an image editing program.)

ii. Files to be saved as jpg format, compression High / Adobe Photoshop quality 8 or above.

iii. Files must follow the naming sequence aaa.bbbb.nn.jpg where, aaa is your surname; bbbb is your initials; nn is the number of the entry, up to 8 images per entrant.

e.g. James Wong, 3 entries
wong.j.01.jpg
wong.j.02.jpg
wong.j.03.jpg

iv. Images must NOT contain any of the following: film borders, rebates or key line of any kind, entrant’s names or initials, watermarks or copyright symbols.

For more detail, check out www.klphotoawards.com

If you have any questions, please mail info@klphotoawards.com

How to pay your entry fee : http://www.klphotoawards.com/enter.html

PS , I wont be participating in the competition as my SLR was stolen due to recent break in to my house, HOWEVER , I would gladly give guidance and advice to those people who aren't familiar with SLR in their attempt to win this competition. In the meanwhile, I also can hunt for a new SLR.

PS to the pros, I have faith in you. GOOD LUCK. If you need a profession model for your photos,

please let me know, I could find you one or two person. Just don't expect much from me.

PS to the compact camera users, I would advise you to join too, don't worry about the SLR of your competitors , It is the intrinsic emotion in the pictures that counts NOT the camera.

This is the entry of 2009 winner : http://www.klphotoawards.com/winners09.html
Hope this gives you a good idea on what the organizer from your pictures.

And to all members, please drop some comment in the comment box as this provide me motivation to do more things for you and it allows me to understand all of you more.
IF anyone of you know about any competition running in Malaysia , please mail taylorsphotographyclub@gmail.com

Dont forget to vote for the poll for those who haven't. VERY IMPORTANT.

Boon signing off

Unable to send mail ...

The following member please note:

Fang Jing Wei

Maria Magdalena Wandiba

Chu Mei Fong

Tahminah

Natalia Kwee. T.

Remon Melchizedek Dass
Goh Xian Yen
Vincent Wong Kueng Jun

There is some error in sending mail to you guys and girls. So if possible , please mail taylorsphotographyclub@gmail.com to give the correct valid existing mail and preferably your hp no . It is very crucial that I can contact all of you before or even after the TPC Facebook page is established.

I do not want anyone to feel left out. But for that to happen I also need your cooperation too.

Boon signing off.

Poll,

Dear dudes and dudettes ,
It has been a while ,

There are few announcement to make ,

As everyone is busy setting up new year resolution (probably doing it by now) ,

TPC is also setting up a direction for it's members to ensure that most of you don't feel left out this year.

Here is how you all can help,

There is a poll on the left side,

Please kindly place your votes.

Your vote is very crucial as it tells me what you want from this club, and it is vital that all of you don't feel left out.

The club needs your help in order to help you.

And

Due to severe limited of human resources, the club is sincerely invites any brain , brawn and beauty to help this club to become a better club. Anyone who is interested in becoming the Board of Directors are welcome to submit their application to taylorsphotographyclub@gmail.com.

However, please note that the club require passionate and dedicated member to be the board of directors in order for the club to run smoothly, anyone in the board of directors who lacks of it will be replaced.

The No of Positions available depends on the vote on the poll.

PS : you can select multiple answers in the poll

and if possible, please drop by at the comment box so I know who gave what answer.

Thanks you

President signing off.

Boon

NEW COMMITTEE NEEDED!

Seeking young, bright, flashy photographers-in-charge!


We, the committee of TPC would like to extend our invitation to all in becoming apart of the committee of the Taylors Photography Club.

For those interested please send us your CV at taylorsphotographyclub@gmail.com. Details should include your full name, contact details, previous co-curricular involvement, current photography status (ie. taken by a Canon 350d "insert creativity"), position interested and why.

Positions up for grabs!

President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Events
Publicity
5 committee members

So what are you waiting for! Send in your application now!

Your president,
Ng Wai Sie

Time to snap till you drop, again!

[click on image for more details]

Venue : Sunway Lagoon Theme Park (Elephant Walk Entrance)

Date : 10-10-2009

Time : 0700-2100

Last year half a dozen of us took part including myself and Ms President.

We didn't win anything (we submitted the wrong photo -.-)

but we saw the winning entries and i can tell you that it's not difficult at all.

For detailed information you can click on the image.

For personal experience and stuff you can ask wai sie or myself we'll be glad to enlighten you or give u some tips etc.

Too bad i have other priorities this year. =(

If not i'll try to bring back a 500D this time round :p

Peace out,

Your phla'Sher =)

TPC Back in Action

First and foremost, i would like to apologize on behalf of the board and myself, for the late late LATE meeting. Without going into much, the details of our first meeting are as follow:

Venue : Lecture Theatre 3 (B1)
Date: 16th September 2009 (Wednesday)
Time: 12pm - 1pm (lunch)

Additional Info:

Member's fee: RM 5
Club Tee (optional but advisable): RM25

We will be doing some ice breaking and going through some basis of how our club runs. Rumour has it that there's gonna be a trip coming up real soon.

So, see you all there and bring your friends too!

Cheers,
Wai Sie

Digital Camera "Photographer of year 2009"

Dear dudes and dudettes ,
It has been a while ,

Digital camera, an UK magazine, has launched a yearly photography competition known as Photographer of the Year.

If you were interested in joining, click on the picture to know how to enter the competition or click here . All you need is just a valid email. Admission is free of charge.

However there is a limit of 5 submission per category, so pick your photos carefully before you submit the pictures.

The categories you can take photos are as follows :
1)This is Britain, 2)World In Motion , 3) Man-Made, 4) Planet Earth ,
5)Destination Everywhere, 6) Fashion, 7) Landscapes, 8) People & Potraits,
9) Black & White, 10) Digital Vision


As for the prizes, click here to get more info.

Yours sincerely
Boonboon2k2