APIIC SEMINAR FOR FREE

Hey Everyone, 

For the first time , Taylors Photography Club (TPC) is collaborating with APIIC to held a seminar in Taylors, 

The speaker (Grant Corban, Matt Marzuki and Sree Sonic) is very experienced in their respective genre, some of them (Grant , Sonic ) are Malaysian leading wedding photographers, and some of them (Matt) are experts in portrait studio photography 

Grant Corban Website : http://www.grantcorban.com/
Matt Marzuki photostream : http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattmarzuki/
Sree Sonic FB : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=30532109634

Asking for them to spend 2 hours of their time may cost more than RM 2, 000.
And now there is 3 of them.......

Fortunately for us, APIIC is considering a long term collaboration with TPC , hence they are willing to sponsor the speaker to held a seminar here.
Therefore the ENTRY FEE IS FREE for all Taylorians ( Non taylorian can come as well ).

The details of the seminar is as follows 


Venue : Lakeside Campus Lecture Theatre 2 , 
Time : 4: 15 to 6 pm 
Topic : Will be updated 
Date : August 24th

TPC President
Boon

Welcome to TPC!

To all of our new members,  

Thank you for showing an interest in photography and joining our club :) 

To begin with, we would like to introduce our online resources:  

Here is our Facebook account . Please add us in order to get notifications from us.

We will post our events there and invite everyone in our FB friend list.
And whenever we update a post in blog, we will also share it in FB.
PLEASE "share" TPC link whenever you see it.

Here is our Facebook fanpage. If you want to share your pictures and learn how to improve it , feel free to post it here, or if you found out any secrets of photography that you wish to share, please do it here as well. If you feel your pictures are perfect , you also can show it here too. All monthly photography challenges will be posted here.

Here is our Flickr group page. Join this group so that TPC's Flickr admin can add your latest uploaded photos into our photo pool. You can then see your pictures being display in our blog picture slides.  

And a brief recap of our upcoming activities:

1) APIIC Workshop

We have collaborated with APIIC Academy to give us discounts for their workshops. If the response on our side is good, we will get more choices. Though the price may be expensive even with the discount, it is worth it. Have a look at their pics before you decide. FYI , All of the facilitators have at least 20 years of experience.

Just remember to bring your student card,

Digital Photography Fundamentals : 25th July 2010 , 10am - 5pm, RM 180 (normal price) , RM120 (with Taylors Student Card)
Basics of Portrait Photography by Matt Marzuki : 21st August 2010 , 10 am - 5 pm, RM 280 (normal price) , RM 200 (with Taylors Student Card)
Photojournalism - Good and Bad by Zainal Halim : 7 & 8th August 2010, 10am - 3pm , RM 350 (normal price) , RM 260 (with Taylors Student Card)

Matt Marzuki's Photostream : http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattmarzuki/
Zainal Halim's Photos : http://www.zainalhalim.com/

How to pay:

1) Contact Boon ( 017-554 7576 ) to book a place , you can only get your discount by this method
2)Boon will let you know how to make the payment
3)Transfer payment into APIIC bank account
4) you get your place and attend the workshop

Workshop venue: APIIC Academy, 56 Jalan 52/4 ( PJ state,) 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
(across the road from PJ state Pizza Hut)

2) APIIC SEMINAR

There will be a APIIC seminar held in Lakeside as well.

The details is as follows :
Date : August 24th
Time: 4pm to 6:30pm
Location : LT 2

The topic for this seminar is slightly different from the seminar above.

The content is more about how you can earn a living through photography, the job prospects.

It is more towards learning how the photographers think rather than the techniques.
3) PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB MONTHLY CHALLENGE

We also have our monthly photography challenge as well.

For the month of AUGUST , it is BLACK & WHITE.

You can post your pictures to TPC FB account or TPC mail,

Our team of Techies (photography experts) will select the best 5 pictures and the winner will be decided by voting in FB.


4) EXHIBITION

We are also gathering pictures for exhibition purpose coming soon, so if you have good pictures that you want to exhibit ,

please kindly send your pictures with NO watermarking , along with your contact details in the mail.

Your copyright of the pictures will be retained.

APIIC Photography Workshops

Dear members,


TPC was kinda inactive this month due to the semester break, however, in the meantime we (credits to Boon) have collaborated with APIIC Academy, which provides short courses on photography.
Now, the best part is, APIIC is willing to give us discounts for their workshop. If the response on our side is good, we will get more choices. Though the price may be expensive even with the discount, it is worth it. Have a look at their pics before you decide. All of the facilitators have at least 20 years of experience. (!)

Just remember to bring your student card, as for non-Taylorian member, please contact Boon (0175547576 sms) if you wanna go.
Digital Photography Fundamentals : 25th July 2010 , 10am - 5pm, RM 180 (normal price) , RM120 (with Taylors Student Card)
Basics of Portrait Photography by Matt Marzuki : 21st August 2010 , 10 am - 5 pm, RM 280 (normal price) , RM 200 (with Taylors Student Card)
Photojournalism - Good and Bad by Zainal Halim : 7 & 8th August 2010, 10am - 3pm , RM 350 (normal price) , RM 260 (with Taylors Student Card)

Matt Marzuki's Photostream : http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattmarzuki/
Zainal Halim's Photos : http://www.zainalhalim.com/

Workshop venue: APIIC Academy, 56 Jalan 52/4 ( PJ state,) 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Ps : There will be a seminar from them on 24 August as well. TPC is also having Recruitment Drive/Exhibition on Aug 5, if you want your photos to be exhibited, kindly put your photos on our FB wall, we will ask you to print a hardcopy if your pictures are selected.

TPC's 1st Monthly Contest: Black & White

Dear members,

It's time for TPC's 1st monthly challenge! This challenge will be held from the 16th July until 31st of August, 2010. This activity is open exclusively to ALL TPC members, each person can enter only ONE photograph according to the Rules and Terms & Conditions stated below.*


CONTEST DETAILS:

Theme/Title : Black&White
Contest Date : 16th July - 31th August 2010 (must be posted latest by 23:59:59, August 31th, 2010, GMT+8 time zone )
PP Limitations: Basic (Colour/Curves/Brightness/Sharpen - no selective editing)
Submission: Send the photograph along with your name, title/name and short description to taylorsphotographyclub@gmail.com.

PLEASE READ THE RULES BELOW:

1. All images submitted for this challenge must be shot/taken within the specified challenge date (see date above).
2. EXIF information for the image must be intact to prove the date taken. *Photograph that are found to be taken before 16th July will be disqualified*
3. Submit images with a short description of your photo, as well as a title/name for it.
4. Images must be submitted with no borders and also no watermarks. All submitted images must be exactly 1024 pixels on the long side.
5. Re-submission is not allowed, so choose properly.
6. Copyrights of submitted images will be retained by the photographer.
7. We have the right to accept or to reject any submission without prior notice or explanation.

HOW DOES THIS CHALLENGE WORK?

Simple. By the end of the challenge date, 5 photos will be picked by Clayton, Saiful and Boon. These photos will be posted up in public for public voting for a duration of 14 days.

The top photo will be awarded and the picture will be entered in our Flickr page and also our TPC Blog.

Join, improve your photographic skills and win some bragging rights. So start to get busy fellas, good luck and happy shooting!

And don't forget to come back and vote for the top 5 in early September 2010! 

*PS: Saiful, Clayton and Boon is excluded from the contest as they will be the judge for this contest.

*Objective of this contest is to improve competitiveness between members as well as their skills and creativity according to the theme. Contest will be organised once every month and the best photo will be awarded.

Dear EXCOs,

Tomorrow's meeting will be on as usual at Student Life Center. However, please take note that this meeting will be from 12 noon until 1.30.  It is compulsory for all EXCOs to come for this meeting, as several important events slated for next month will be discussed. 

Please contact Boon asap if you cant make it. Thanks.

Macro photography tips

Class tomorrow is on (Portraits)

Dear members, 

There will be class tomorrow from 2pm-4pm. Please gather outside Student Life Center by 2, Boon will be there to conduct the class (he'll be wearing the red Taylor's shirt). The topic for this class is Portraits. Those who have 50mm prime lenses, please bring them. We hope to see you tomorrow :)

Meeting tomorrow is on

Dear EXCOs, 

We'll be having meeting tomorrow (Thursday), 12-1pm Student Leader Room 1, same place same time. This time Catherine will be hosting the meeting, the agenda will be mainly on our fundraising project. See you all there :)

No class on Friday

Dear members,

Please take note that there is no class tomorrow. We wish you a happy weekend :)

No meeting tomorrow

Dear EXCOs,

Please take note that there will be no meeting at 12 tomorrow. However, those who are involved in the trip's post mortem (ie: those of you who got yu kee's message) are required to gather tomorrow, 10.30am at Student Life Center.