Past Issue - October 2008

   
   

In this Issue:

Pro-Profile: Aram Pan
Pro Profile: A dance with destiny
Camera Review: Canon Powershot SX110 IS
Special feature: Seeing Elvis
Feature: Jonathan Yeap enshrines Singapore port in photo exhibition
Tips & Techs: Food for thought

 
 

Pro-Profile: Aram Pan

Launched on February 20, 2008, the Singapore VR (Virtual Reality) website (www.SingaporeVR.com) was conceived and produced by Singapore photographer, Aram Pan. Pan regularly visits various places in Singapore to create VR "bubbles" of interesting places, peoples or events. Pan runs an import and distribution company (www.pluslife.com.sg) but hosts the SingaporeVR website as a pastime…

 
 

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Pro Profile: A dance with destiny

Tan Ngiap Heng is an award winning portrait photographer with a personal interest in dance photography and the man behind the book, "Dance Me Through the Dark". He has been an official photographer of the Singapore Dance Theatre and is inspired by pictures that go beyond their literal documentation of what a person looks like. He wants to show something about the condition of the person or what is inside the person and aspires to find more about what has been to be a human through his photography…

 
 

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Camera Review: Canon Powershot SX110 IS

Combine a fast image processing engine, a massive zoom lens, a large LCD, 9 mega-pixels of image data and plenty of bells and whistles and you might well get Canon's newfangled Powershot SX110is. Essentially a beefed-up version of the 8-megapixel SX100is, this potent little shooter promises to be a capable photography tool in just about anybody's hand. We take a closer look in this in-depth review…

 
 

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Special feature: Seeing Elvis

I first met the folks from the Singapore Elvis-Alt Country Meet up Group when I did a portrait of one of their members (A) for a lifestyle magazine. I may not be particularly fond of "The King of Rock n' Roll", but for some reason I found myself drawn to this group of aging retirees-cum-diehard Elvis Presley fans. Perhaps it was their passion for the man and his music that attracted me, for in many ways it mirrored my own obsessions for photography and writing. Before I knew it, I was hooked on these guys…

 
 

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Feature: Jonathan Yeap enshrines Singapore port in photo exhibition

Jonathan Yeap is an award-winning young photographer who has been lauded at local and international photography competitions, including a merit award at the inaugural Singapore Young Photographer Award in 2006 organized by City Developments Limited. He has also represented Singapore at the inaugural Asean Young Photographer Award in 2007, organized by the National Youth Achievement Award Council…

 
 

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Tips & Techs: Food for thought

We need food to survive. But most of us eat more than we need to simply because we enjoy it. Even if you are not a big food fan, I am sure you can find food to be as interesting as any other subject for great photography. The diversity of the Asian kitchen is breathtaking and the options for food photography are infinite…

 
 

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