Canon Photomarathon 2009 Singapore

it's a sleepless night

after finally managed to force myself to sleep for 2 hours plus

i changed, bathed, prepared and left for the competition

10.10.09

the Canon Photomarathon 2009

as announced

over 1,400 people joined this year

though it didn't seemed that it's some 1,400

seemed like last year were more

anyway

so yeah

reached around 8 am at Suntec City

gather here and there

and before the competition began

the usual group shot

photo shamelessly stolen from Clubsnap =x

and so the first wait begun

as people came and register

we waited

and then they announced it

first theme of the day

"TOGETHERNESS"

well, after a little of brainstorming

this thing straight away hit me

i don't know why i didn't even bother to think about any other thing

but i just went off to Mc D

took a couple of sugar sachet

and started shooting these

yeap

ants

and that was all that is hot for the theme

ants and more ants

fired off some 50 over pics of them i think

finally chose the one above to be submitted

as i was queuing to submit my this photo

i was discussing with my fren on what'll the next theme will be

"speed" she said

"movement" i predicted

and not long after that

they announced the 2nd theme

pretty close eh ?

at first i thought it'd be an easy theme

coz i'd also like to think myself of a photographer who's doing really not bad at all in the technique of panning

but then after more thoughts

i knew that 50% of the participants will definitely be submitting a picture of panning as well

as i saw more and more people setting up their tripods

i decided to shoot something else

then cannot think of any other thing

so i decided to just make my panning shot somewhat more different than others

i shot this at first

then followed by this









and finally this which i submitted

well

a little confusion there

i thought the cut off point for submitting photos were 2.30

so i quickly shot

and just submit

apparently haf to wait till 4 pm -.-"

so we shoot shoot around

haha

and then i saw this

my ants photo kana shortlisted !

so was quite ok

quite happy

quite satisfied a bit

but wasn't really expecting a win

thought the other shots were much better

so had to push for the final theme lor

coz i knew my 2nd theme sure also cannot make it one

and then went down for lunch

when i got back up

saw a lot of people come out liao

means theme 3 come out liao

to my -.-" - ness i found out the theme 3 was

"ENERGY"

like....

so tired

slept 2 hours+ onli

simi Energy la

but then

not long after that

i knew

i was gonna make this shot

i went off to marina square to hunt for a torch light

got it

borrowed Desmond's tripod

and started firing off and painting with light

then this









before finally i got this
of which i submitted

very dragonballish

was too tired to think for more

helped around the guys' shot

around marina square

then got back to Suntec City

submit photo

and the waiting time begin

went to clean the sensor and lens thing while waiting

then they started putting up the shortlisted photo of theme 3

9 photos up

and mine weren't there

disappointed a bit

went to sit to finally rest and wait

then i got the call from fai ming

saying my photo's been shortlisted again

happy

and not long after that

the prize announcement began

Theme 1

open category

3rd prize

not me

2nd prize

no

1st prize

zzzz

ok..theme 3's the final chance

Theme 3

open category

3rd prize

no no no

2nd prize

also not !

"damn it, this year not winning anything. 2 pictures shortlisted and none even win"

1st prize

and the emcee announced

"MR....YOHAN HERBER"

when the yohan first rang

i look down to the floor

aiz...

so 2 years consecutively were all that is

and then when i looked up

i saw

Johan Herber

eh ?

and then the picture

and then the ic number

and i jumped off my seat !

so yeah

for the 3rd time consecutively

I won

the 3rd Theme 1st Prize of the Canon Photomarathon.

Canon Photomarthon 2007

- Playtime - 1st prize

Canon Photomarathon 2008

- Freedom - 1st prize

Canon Photomarathon 2009

- Energy - 1st prize

and so

I scored the Hat Trick !

photo of all the winners for the day

special thanks to the mates man for helping out with the flashes and modeling throughout the day :)

Felix

Desmond

Fai Ming

James