Competitions: Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2008

Dear members,

There is an international photography competition held by the Digital Camera Magazine. Last year the competition attracted more than 81,000 entries. There are ten categories to choose from which you can either join one or all ten. Details are as follows:

• Register using a valid email address
• Images should not exceed 2MB
• Image format should be in jpeg
• A maximum of five entries per category
• A picture which has won in a major competition is not eligible
• Deadline for all catergories ends 30th September 2008

Overall winner of the competitions walks away with 15,000 pounds. Prizes for each categories are:

First Prize: 1,000 pounds + 1 year free subscription to DCM + 1 year membership to the Royal Photography Society

Second Prize: 350 pounds + free subscription to DCM

Third Prize: 150 pounds + free subscription to DCM

For more details visit http://poty2008.dcmag.co.uk/

[Special thanks to Siao Hui for the information]

Amanda's Photoshoot

YaY~!!

at last i post something up..

Photoshoot with Amanda Ang in college

needed to practice on my portraits and i decided to choose her

cuz i love her eyes...

Next photoshoot might be next week see how free i am

it will also be a portraits

and i'm going to use back Amanda with addition of Aina..

it'll be a semi naked photoshoot

well i say semi cuz they will be covered with a silk cloth

red n maybe green or Turquoise

Amanda will be in red

Aina still deciding whether shud use green or turquoise

hope everything will work out

Competitions: USM Photography Competition

Dear members,

The USM has organizing a photography competition. The theme of the competition is 'Transition of Identity/ Anjakan Perubahan'. An example of the theme would be for instance:

• Chair- a place to rest for a moment after walking
• Mailbox- medium between sender and receiver

Generally it is about the changes from one to another. The theme is a little abstract so use your own creativity to impress. Subject is universal and can be anything under the sun. Requirement are as follows:

• Include full name, student ID, course and phone number
• Two photographs per entry (1 monochrome, 1 colour)
• Registration fee of RM10 (covered by Taylor's College)
• Hardcopy in 8R size (with a receipt claimable by Taylor's College)
• Originality (minimal post-processing/ software editing)
• Simple explanations on a photograph
• Judges decision is final
• Interested participants may send in their photos to taylorsphotographyclub@gmail.com before 11th April, Friday. TPC will handle the proceeding actions on your behalf.

A.SAP Event

Event coverage of the A:SAP Event (Abuduction: Social Alert Project for Children)

PS: Credits to Wai Sie and her gang of merry friends for the task

PSS: I like the expression of the three children from the last picture; bored, happy and mischievous

Photo Colouring... through Adobe Photoshop

Hello! This is my first post. Let me introduce myself first. The name is Hannah. You can call me Hana or Anna ;D. I'm from TCHT and currently I'm doing my Diploma in Tourism Management. I still haven't join any of the club's activities but I hope I can contribute something through this blog. My "expertise" mostly are designing posters and stuffs; instead of photography skills. (haha.. shame on me ;P) So perhaps most of my post will be related to photoshop tips and tricks. And.. umm.. lets move on, shall we? ;D

(I assume that u have some basic photoshop knowledge but I'll add a guideline in a picture format later, when I have the time because I know photoshop can be really confusing for beginners)

So, you want to know how to change the photo from the left to the right?

STEP 1:
Find an image. Crop it and resize it according to your preference. Don't use an image that is too dark. Try to adjust it if possible (such as brighten it etc). This is mine. I grabbed it from deviantart photo stock. Here's the link (the unknown girl). The original photo, which I'll rename it as a "base" looks like this..

STEP 2:
Duplicate your base and set it to Screen at 25%. So now we have two layers.

STEP 3:
Duplicate your base and set it to Overlay at 100%. Arrange it on top of the Screen layer.


STEP 4:
Add a new layer, and insert a colour. I suggest soften the photo and the all the whites by adding a Color Fill layer with #01001a (a dark blue colour). Then set it to Exclusion. Put this layer on top of the previous layer. Depends on your photo, you can use a different colour. Just experiment several colours until you found a suitable colour ;D


STEP 5:
Add a Hue/Saturation layer with an amount of +15 for hue and saturation. You can access this one by going to Layer-->New Adjustment Layer-->Hue/Saturation (or u can use the Selective Colors option. can be found at the same place)

STEP 6:
So basically, it is done! Can you see the colour difference? You can add some lightning effects or other designs to make the photo look beautiful. This depends on your creativity though... ;D

Not all photo are compatible with this colouring technique though. Goodluck!

"Pasar Pagi"

Same festival, different way of celebrating.

To the rainbow



That year, you were holding my hand.



It was an accident.



"Heehee, it's 1.45kg~"



Out of Box

R E D

M a r c h 27, 2008

R e d a t C h i l i e s / b y K a i