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As I mentioned in my previous post, me and the RedNinja team were invited by Canon Malaysia to speak at the recent DCIM show over at Midvalley. Grace, Jon and I had different slots throughout Saturday and Sunday. Here are some of the photos that we took of each other during the talk.

Jon started his talk and shared his photos and videos, which were absolutely amazing! Jon’s topic was on “Wedding Photography” and he also covered a bit about RedNinja.tv as well.

DCIMShow 0011 DCIM 2010 and my presentation at the EOS Interactive Booth

Some familiar faces in the crowd, Paul Kong and Ben Lim.

DCIMShow 002 DCIM 2010 and my presentation at the EOS Interactive Booth

Jon gave out a number of cards as well which had his photos printed on. The participants were happy with them!

DCIMShow 0041 DCIM 2010 and my presentation at the EOS Interactive Booth

Kurt (a.k.a Orionmystery) who was speaking next also listened in on Jon’s talk.

DCIMShow 005 DCIM 2010 and my presentation at the EOS Interactive Booth

I saw Visithra there as well.

DCIMShow 006 DCIM 2010 and my presentation at the EOS Interactive Booth

As well as Nick Leong!

DCIMShow 007 DCIM 2010 and my presentation at the EOS Interactive Booth

I have to thank Jon for taking these photos as well while I was speaking. My topic was on “Experience with EOS“. Now that isn’t really an easy task to talk about especially since I have only used the system for a little over a month and covered two weddings with it and two portrait shoots.

DCIMShow 011 DCIM 2010 and my presentation at the EOS Interactive Booth

The magic mouse (my impulse buy on Friday) was very useful for me, I managed to use it to control my slides.

DCIMShow 013 DCIM 2010 and my presentation at the EOS Interactive Booth

DCIMShow 014 DCIM 2010 and my presentation at the EOS Interactive Booth

I returned back to Midvalley again on Sunday to provide support to Grace who also presented on “Wedding Photography“.

DCIMShow 021 DCIM 2010 and my presentation at the EOS Interactive Booth

Alex was there as well to help out and support her.

DCIMShow 023 DCIM 2010 and my presentation at the EOS Interactive Booth

Here is a shot of our schedule that was set up at the EOS Interactive Booth.

DCIMShow 026 DCIM 2010 and my presentation at the EOS Interactive Booth

Overall I thought DCIM was great! Plenty of bargains (I ended up buying two Sandisk 16Gb CF cards at RM209 each at the Sandisk booth) and plenty of interesting talks and information as well as meeting new people and catching up with old friends.There were some other bargains there such as the WD Live TV was only selling for RM399 instead of the usual RM499 and their WD Essential 1TB hard disk was going for RM289. What a bargain!

Also I was finally given a live demo of how Drobo actually works, it does look impressive and it is definitely something that I would love to get but the prices here are very expensive at RM1699 for the most basic Drobo storage with no hard disks! Definitely a lot to pay but I guess you are paying for the technology as well as having a safe feeling that your photos are protected!

A copy of my talk in PDF form can be downloaded here.

Free portrait Help your friend win a free portrait shoot!

Now the title of this post says it all, instead of finding ways to always treat ourselves and making ourselves feel good by buying that really nice new gadget (hides in shame as I have been lusting for the iPad), lets do something different for a change, lets make that difference in someone’s life.

So, do you know of someone who would love to have their photo taken? It could be an engaged friend who wants amazing wedding portraits but cannot afford it. Or it could be the family living next door that has been contributing so much to society but just never had their family photograph taken. Or it could be a friend living with a terminal illness.

It’s up to you.

Tell me their story.

Contest Details:

1. Nominate a friend and write an email to (grace.tan [at] stories.my) explaining why this person / family / couple deserves a free shoot. It is up to you to be as creative as possible with your entries! Please attach a photo of your friend. If you don’t have a photo, you can create any kind of graphic with images or text and send it to me. The photo can be a web resolution photo. Please include the contact information of your friend (eg. phone number or email).

2. Every week, selected images and stories will be uploaded onto the Facebook Stories page. Invite your friends to ‘like’ your story.

3. The contest will end by 31 May 2010.

4. Judges from Stories.my will select the top 2 stories with consideration of the public votes. However, the number of ‘likes’ may not necessarily influence the final decision of the judges, who will decide based on story idea. Your nominated friend will win a 1 hour photography session with Stories.my. He/she will get all the photos on CD (printable up to 4R size) and one 15″ x 10″ matte photo print. Shoots are to happen within the month of June or July 2010 within the Klang valley.

Looking forward to hearing your stories!

For more information about the contest, head over to the following links below :)

DCIM20101 Speaking at the DCIM Show, 15th May 2010

Yes thats right. I will be speaking at the Canon EOS Interactive booth this coming Saturday at the DCIM Show from 3.15pm to 4.15pm at Midvalley Exhibition Center at the Midvalley Megamall. What will I be speaking on? Well, I will be speaking on the subject, “Experience with EOS” which is quite a big twist for me, mainly because I used to be a Nikon user (you probably could have judged that from my previous postings).

It will be an interesting time for me and the rest of the RedNinja.tv squad as well. Jon Low (speaking on Saturday from 2.15pm to 3.15pm) and Grace Tan (speaking on Sunday, 2.45pm – 3.45pm) will be there as well speaking at the EOS Interactive booth and both of them will have separate topics as well.

Admission is absolutely free and there are limited seats only. Do join us for our talks and stay back after that and have a chat, catch up and have a nice cup of coffee (I hope there are free coffees there :P ).

I had been to last year’s DCIM show and it was quite interesting and the size of the event completely blew my mind away. Mainly because I didn’t expect so many booths about and the prices of some of the camera accessories there were quite cheap. I hope to be able to get some bargains there this weekend.

This time based on the floor plan, it looks to be bigger than last years event!

booth 724x1024 Speaking at the DCIM Show, 15th May 2010

Catch you all there this weekend!

 

I have been trying to get as much rest as I can most weekends but after yesterday’s shoot, I was completely worned out. Grace suggested I try using a more comfortable pair of shoes to shoot a wedding, preferably something which has a thick sole. If it were up to me, I would shoot with my pair of crocs all the time because I love how thick it is.

Anyway, after church this morning, I decided to eat lunch together with munz at Sanbanto. I got this idea after Jon went there for dinner yesterday and checked-in there via Foursquare. So being the usual curious person and when there is the word “pork” in the title of the name, I headed over there to have a go at their fare. First impressions was that the restaurant really did look more of a deli than a restaurant. About slightly more than half of the place is filled up with the kitchen, sales counter and the large freezer.

Sanbanto Premium Pork is located on the same row as KTZ in SS2, facing “Wai Sek Kai”.

Sadly there wasn’t any place available but the owner (I think she is the owner), helped us by opening up a new table closer to the door. Feeling extremely hungry we decided to take it and after a while when another group left the restaurant, we moved over to a proper table. Both of us decided to try out the Sanbanto Bacon n Cheese burger and ordered ourselves iced cappuccino.

IMG 3209 A Lazy Sunday Afternoon and lunch at Sanbanto

While waiting for our food, munz was playing her new golden half camera with a flash. Actually I think I took more photos with it and I can’t wait to develop the film to see the results.By the time I finished convincing her and after 4 frames from the camera, our food arrived.

IMG 3210 A Lazy Sunday Afternoon and lunch at Sanbanto

The burger was rather good, not great but definitely good. Maybe its because I always had this feeling that a good cheese burger should always be beef and not pork but the bacon was good. How it can be even better is that if they made it with crispy bacon instead of the softer pan fried type. The crunchiness would definitely be a good option mixed with a large helping of mushrooms.

IMG 3212 A Lazy Sunday Afternoon and lunch at Sanbanto

The burger came with a nice side salad which was well seasoned and not the usual junk that other places serves. I completely gobbled that down.

IMG 3211 A Lazy Sunday Afternoon and lunch at Sanbanto

The ice cappuccino was “so-so” and I was annoyed that it didn’t come served with a spoon to stir it especially when there is a large layer of sugar at the bottom. Anyway the price of the burger and drinks were not too bad and I would definitely return back to the restaurant to try out their other pork food such as the pork belly salad, yumz!

By the way, I took these photos using my iPhone, totally love the effect.

Have a great remaining weekend and do spend time with your mums today!

I have to personally thank Nick for asking me to tag along with him during his portrait shoot with Bobby and Rennie. Nick was one of the participants of the recently held got Mojo? Camp organized by the crazy folks over at RedNinja (me included!) and I thought I could help him out and also offer to carry the reflector for him. He was also in the group that I was leading during the individual and group challenges.

The shoot was held at Pavillion, right at the heart of KL itself but it was early in the morning. Traffic heading there was pretty smooth and I was pleasantly surprised that the guards didn’t chase us away.

Here are some of the photos I took including some of the behind the scenes shots.

PortraitShootNick 003 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

PortraitShootNick 004 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

I managed to catch this moment when they were playing whilst Nick was packing up his stuff.

PortraitShootNick 009 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

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PortraitShootNick 013 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

After staying under the hot sun and making everyone walk about from end to end, we all decided to head to Starbucks for a quick drink.

PortraitShootNick 020 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

PortraitShootNick 021 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

PortraitShootNick 023 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

PortraitShootNick 024 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

PortraitShootNick 025 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

Bobby seems a little intrigued with Nick’s flash. Nick told him that he was a flasher!

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Here are some of the behind the scenes photos.

PortraitShootNick 001 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

I find Bobby’s expression priceless when Nick was trying to explain the pose.

PortraitShootNick 002 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

Nick was really trying hard to blend in together with the taxi stand.

PortraitShootNick 007 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

PortraitShootNick 011 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

PortraitShootNick 012 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

I was literally behind the scene for this shot. Funnily, the couple in front wasn’t Bobby and Rennie, they were just coming out of the toilet! Imagine their surprise when they saw Nick and Hsien Ming right in front of them like that. LOL.

PortraitShootNick 019 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

PortraitShootNick 015 Bobby and Rennie: A quick shoot

Actually, this was the start of my labour day last Saturday. It’s Thursday everyone, have a great weekend ahead!

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