Sea Games Photo

Here's some of the photos from the Games. Spent most of the time shooting indoor events. Wished that I had more time to photograph the track and field events.

Laos Trip

Returned from the Sea Games trip in Laos a couple of days ago. It was a short trip but the coverage of the games was very intense. There's hardly any free time to do any travel photography. It was a rare trip whereby I did not get to visit any of the tourist attraction in a country I had visited.

Nonetheless I managed to take some pictures around my hotel on the first and last day morning:

New Toys!!!

There are many negative feedbacks with regard to the new EOS 7D. They are all about focusing issues and the camera producing soft images. But I finally took the plunge and bought the EOS 7D yesterday as I was not too satisfied with the noise from the 50D. Used the 7D together with the new 200mm f2 (bought several weeks ago but have not been using it) for a test drive this morning to shoot the marathon. Put the cam on 8fps, AI servo with AF point expansion and shooting wide open. Focus was fast and accurate. Of course there are many cases of mis-focus but I wouldn't blame it on the camera. The blazing speed of 8fps nearly filled my 8GB card within 30 mins. But as the shooting rate increases, so does the trashing rate.


My initial impression of the 7D is very positive. Together with the 200 f2, it will probably be my workhorse for the coming SEA games in Laos. And I've to seriously consider getting a few pieces of 32GB for the action.

BornFire

Bornfire is a street fire performance. The performing artists danced and performed tricks with fire. Upon arrival, I was shocked that the mini outdoor theater was exclusively filled with photographers rather than genuine audience! It was as if it was a photo shot organised by a camera club.

I used a 135mm L lens to shoot throughout the event:

Shortlisted for SEA Games Photo Shoot

Received a call from Straits Times / Canon that I was shortlisted to join the Straits Times team to shoot the SEA Games in Laos during December. This was a happy and sad news. I was happy that my 2 shots had won the favour of the judging team to win myself a Canon EOS 50D with 18-200mm lens, as well as a free trip to Laos to shoot the SEA games. I was sad as this will disrupt my vacation plan with my family.

Should I forgo my prize and once in a life opportunity to shoot with the press or to spend time with my family? Or arrange to have a family vacation in Laos?







I shot both pics during the Great Eastern Women 10k run last Sunday with the Olympus E-P1 with Lumix 7-14mm and 14-45mm lenses.


Another sad news was that my entries in the Vivocity Photo Contest didn't win me any prize.

Not 1 But 2

Received a call from VivoCity again and was told that one of my other photo was also short listed under the professional category of the photo contest. So it was not one but two! The 2nd photo was one of my favourite:




The short listed photos will be on display at Vivocity from next Monday onwards before they announce the winners. I'm keen to see the work of the other short listed entries.

Vivocity Photo Contest

Received a call from Vivocity this evening informing me that one of my photo submission has been short listed in their photo contest. Considering that the closing date of the contest was just 2 days ago, they are really efficient in the short listing process!


20 photos will be short listed and only 3 will get to win prizes. And I'm not too optimistic with my selected entry as it is not my favourite.

My favourites are these 2: