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Snippets from WPN Journeys 2

Late last month, 8 of us from WPN took a trip to Penang for the food and some great company. You might think that a bunch of photographers will be shooting tons overseas. But it turned out that most of us are more interested in the massage (clean one ok!) and good food than anything else. Thanks to Dino for bringing us around. Being the 地头蛇, we were introduced to some really interesting dining and coffee joints. Here are some randoms from the trip. Shot with the Fuji X-Pro 1.

I was told it’s called Love Lane because that’s where people used to house their mistresses back in the days. Sounds like a perfect place to open a bridal boutique .

Light that falls nicely on a door. I’m guessing that this perfect symmetry only happens a few days a year since the direction of the sun does shift quite abit over the year.

This is North America.

Everywhere you go, someone will be pointing a camera at you.

Gabriel.

KC between Yu Hsin’s legs.

Somewhat familar pose.

Marked Man: Eadwine.

KC.

Yu Hsin.

Ron.

Food was good and things are relatively cheaper there.

What did I say about traveling with photographers?

At Chew’s Jetty.

Chatting up the boss of a vintage car workshop.

Y you no smile?

Extended wings.






A short walk at Gardens by the Bay

Recently I did a short site recce at Gardens by the Bay. The place was huge and I only managed to check out parts of the Super Tree gardens. From the tree top walk, I can see the rest of the ethnic gardens, which sadly I did not visit. I also missed out the timings for the conservatory (or whatever it’s called). I thought the place was beautiful and definitely worth afew more visits to fully explore it. The light show starts at 745pm followed by another light show at MBS at 8pm. If you haven’t been there, I think you should. Here are some images taken with the Fuji X-pro 1 (handheld). All of them shot with ISO 3200.






Two firsts!

… as in first time!:D

The first is a Honorable Mention for an underwater photo for the 2012 International Photography Awards. Many thanks to William Chua who have been telling me that I should submit my underwater images for the competition. It took more than afew reminders and encouragement from him for me to eventually do it. Thanks dude!! I know I’m a slackball like that. Will try to do better the next time round!

The shot was taken in Tulamben, Bali during one of my dive trips. I spent 4 days in Tulamben and mostly dived with my macro lens at the wreck. On the last day, I decided I would go with a wide angle lens to capture the jacks. I planned a dawn dive with the divemaster and told her to leave me with the jacks at 5 meters while she brought my friend down further to check out Pygmy seahorse. I spent a good 1 hour with the jacks and they put up a beautiful performance with the rising sun  that left me mesmerized. When I surfaced, I told myself, that was the most amazing dive I’ve ever had and the photos were a bonus. I have a 5 foot print of this on canvas hanging in my living room now. It’s a reminder of the beautiful things that exists in the ocean.

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2012 International Photography Awards Announces Winners of the Competition

Buan Sen Tan was awarded in the International Photography Awards Competition. International Photography Awards (IPA) has announced the winners of 2012’s competition.

Buan Sen Tan was Awarded: Honorable Mention in Nature – Underwater category for the winning entry “Schooling Jacks.”

ABOUT Winner:

ABOUT IPA:
The 2012 International Photography Awards received nearly 18,000 submissions from 104 countries across the globe. IPA is a sister-effort of the Lucie Foundation, where the top three winners are announced at the annual Lucie Awards gala ceremony. The Foundation’s mission is to honor master photographers, to discover new and emerging talent and to promote the appreciation of photography. Since 2003, IPA has had the privilege and opportunity to acknowledge and recognize contemporary photographer’s accomplishments in this specialized and highly visible competition. Visit www.photoawards.com

Contact:
Buan Sen Tan:
wansheng@feldberyl.com
http://www.feldberyl.com

IPA Contact

Jade Tran
Competition Director
International Photography Awards
jtran@iawardsinc.com

 

Honorable Mention in Nature – Underwater category for the winning entry “Schooling Jacks.”

And for the sake of it… the “winner’s seal” as they call it.

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This is my first submission for ISPWP contest. It’s a portal for wedding photographers and I’m glad to have a placing for the first time. Lucky 13th.

Oh… and if you wonder why the difference in name. Well, I belong the confused generation where they switched hanyu pinyin name to dialect names. I still face that identity crisis now.






Simplicity

Here’s a simple set of images from a shoot done recently. Sometimes all we want is the feeling of being simple.






Sheng and Stefaine

I just post to say “My Backlogs are Cleared!:D”

I’m usually not a fan of colored walls, but this one has a white wall facing her. Well done.

Stefanie’s dad holding up a Polaroid of her.

Scrapbooking in… record time. I don’t even know how a scrapbook is supposed to look like.

I offer to buy my way through.

Definitely.

The guardians.

I really love these “can see cannot see” kind of kissing shots.

When they put this on stage, I could take one from the back and nobody knows:D Learned it from the movie 七小福 back in… my days. Obviously I didn’t, I just said, I could.

Hehehe. I can’t help but link it to the picture:D

I caught you:)

You can see the slideshow here.






Light symmetry

Somewhere on the streets of Penang, a column of light falls nicely on the closed doors.

Shot with the Fuji Xpro-1.






Red it.

I used to dislike the color red. I don’t wear red. I don’t buy anything with the color red. I don’t really like collecting red packets. And I hate nose bleeds (the last being an overdose of durians). After moving into my current place, I gradually grew fond of the color red. I have a fire hose reel right in the middle of the living room which cannot be removed. So I ‘designed’ the house with a few splashes of red instead. A red couch, a red clock and a red stool. Maybe it’s 日久深情, I’m beginning to like the color red. Here’s a change in watermark as well.






Zul and Erlyani

Selamat Hari Raya!:D

Check out the slideshow here.