woke up early just to rush to suntec city by 7:30 am. there was already a large crowd queueing to register for the marathon. feeling rather intimidated by all the other contestants since almost all were carrying digital slrs and even tripods!
it was a rather humbling experience since even the contestants in the youth category [under 18s] were brandishing slrs. :P
reminded myself that i’m just there for the fun and experience.
the many places that i went to for the 3 assignments include kallang river, raffles city, clarke quay, vivo city and sentosa.
it’s a totally different ball game when you’ve to shoot a picture within the 3 hour time frame that captures the theme vividly. and truth be told, my mind was quite blank when the first 2 themes were announced.
anyhow i just went out to shoot whatever i can.
theme 1: passion
this was shot at kallang river. a pity that didn’t have a more powerful optical zoom that can capture the facial expressions on the dragon-boaters, ’cos that would have been more “passionate”.
theme 2: challenge
another “scratch-my-head” assignment. i decided to go and shoot the people taking the reverse bungy ride at clarke quay. unfortunately, nobody was taking it under the hot sun at 2:00 pm. wasted precious time and had to abandon the idea.went to vivo city next, hoping to catch some kids doing challenging stuff at the playground. but no such luck, and the pictures that i managed to get were kind of cluttered. so i settled for this challenging picture in which i had to wade knee-deep into the waters to take.
theme: 3 play time
was deciding between sentosa and botanic gardens for this assignment. decided on sentosa since i thought there will be more opportunities for “play” there and hopefully less contestants taking the same pictures.
took some pictures of some teenagers burying their friend in the sand, families by the beach and even a girl on the trapeze… but somehow didn’t feel that the pictures convey enough fun for play time. and so i settled on this.
i think i need a better camera if i want to compete seriously next year. :)
you can check out the winning photos here.
