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Event: I AM NIKON DAY

Monday, April 9th, 2012

Nikon Singapore will be organising “I AM NIKON DAY” on the weekend of 28-29 April at the Raffles City Convention Centre. The event is free and open to all photography enthusiasts.

Walk-in auditions for The Big Shot Season 3 will also take place at the same venue during the photography weekend.

I AM NIKON DAY - 28 and 29 April 2012 (Raffles City Convention Centre)

I AM NIKON DAY - 28 and 29 April 2012 (Raffles City Convention Centre)

Online registration of seats begins today (here) and is based on a First-come-first-served basis. Registration closes on 25 April.

Event I AM NIKON DAY
(Talks & Workshops)
Date 28 & 29 Apr 2012
Time 11 am to 7 pm
Venue Raffles City Convention Centre
Location Level 4, Atrium Ballroom

Nikon’s Professional Photographers (such as award winning photographer Stefen Chow) and guest photographers will be speaking at the photography weekend, sharing their experience and expertise on a range of topics for beginner photographers and seasoned amateurs.

Speakers include past winners of “The Big Shot Season 1” (Liew Tong Leng) and “The Big Shot Season 2” (Affandy Razak).

Check out the list of speakers and the detailed programme here.

The Big Shot Season 3 (Audition)

Event The Big Shot Season 3
(Audition)
Date 28 & 29 Apr 2012
Time 10 am to 8 pm
Venue Raffles City Convention Centre
Location Level 4, Orchard Ballroom

Auditions for “The Big Shot Season 3” will also be held during the weekend. This third installment of the photography reality television series will air in 2012.

The competition is open to the public for photographers aged 18 and above. Detailed requirements can be found here.

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RIM becomes Premier Sponsor for Echelon 2012

Friday, April 6th, 2012

Research In Motion (RIM) will be giving BlackBerry PlayBook tablets and BlackBerry smartphones as prizes for the startup winning team and participants.

Echelon 2012 in SingaporeWinners will also receive free membership into the BlackBerry Alliance Program, which includes technical and marketing benefits.

Sponsors for the startup entrepreneur's competition.

Echelon 2012 is a two-day, double-track event on 11 and 12 June 2012 at NUS with over 1,100 delegates, and a demo pit of up to 50 regional startups per day and various workshops.

It is organised by e27, a media organisation focused on the Asian technology startup community.

Representatives from RIM will also be speaking and judging at some of the Echelon
2012’s upcoming Satellites – shortlisting sessions for selecting the finalists for the actual event.

Other sponsors for the event includes Global Brain venture capital, Amazon Web Services, and Lenovo.

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Excuse Me, are you a Blogger?

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Samsung has started a worldwide search for Samsung Global Bloggers to cover the London 2012 Olympic Games. Win a trip to London!

Video applications can be submitted online via global digital platform MSN at www.samsungglobalblogger.com through to April 22nd.

Win a free trip to London as a Samsung Global Blogger.

Win a free trip to London as a Samsung Global Blogger.

Some 100 Samsung Global Bloggers (SGB) from around the world will get to travel to London for the Olympic Games and share their personal experiences on a specially created blog.

SGB hopefuls will have to go through a two-round audition process that will judge them on the ability to seek out exciting stories happening in London and generate buzz about the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The audition calls for the submission of a 30 second video stating why the entrant should be picked to come to London.

The video will be judged on the entrant’s creativity and enthusiasm.

“Since its inaugural launch at the Nagano 1998 Olympic Games, SGB has developed into a truly global program, encouraging participation from more countries than ever before, and expanding its reach through an integrated global digital platform,” said Sunny Hwang, Vice President & Head of Global Sports Marketing at Samsung Electronics.Those who get through to the second round will be putting together a video report, before the final lucky winners are selected by a celebrity judging panel to come on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to London.

The chosen SGBs will get first-hand experience of the Olympic Games, sharing their personal experiences through www.samsung.com, www.samsungglobalblogger.com and via their own personal social media networks.

The digital show will feature the SGB journey, providing compelling content, entertainment and relevance to its global audience.

During the games, SGBs upload blogs, videos and images throughout the Games on www.samsungglobalblogger.com.

The SGBs will capture the highlights of their London 2012 experience through their own unique perspectives.

Samsung is an Olympic sponsor and has been designated the Worldwide Olympic Partner for Wireless Communications Equipment.

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Singapore editor wins Mishmash Asia prize

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

Singapore-based freelance editor Christie Madley was awarded a local prize for submitting the best entry in South-East Asia & Hong Kong. Her video art – Lilac Chaser – is a unique mix of experimental movement that creates a hallucinatory sensation.

The Mishmash music/video/remix competition received 300 entries from more than 50 countries around the world over a two months period that started in January.

Getty Images has announced the five winners of the annual competition.

Prize Winner Video
Global Grand Prix and Americas Jason Harper (US) In This Shop
Asia Pacific Marcia Hawira (New Zealand) Natalia
EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Blake Dixon (UK) The Newton N. Minow Experience
Public vote prize Bartolome Barrero (Spain) Mother Nature
Local prize (South East Asia & Hong Kong) Christie Madley (Singapore) Lilac Chaser

“So colourful and meaningful!” was how jury member and leading Bollywood film producer Aashish Singh from Yash Raj Films described Madley’s entry.Each of the winning entries cleverly blurred the lines between imagery and video to create works which both impressed and challenged the judges with their creativity, story-telling techniques, slick editing and innovative subject matter.

The competition was judged by 29 of the world’s leading music, technology and film production professionals.

“Very unique, very original,” commented Toshiya Kono, Creative Director of Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Japan, on Madley’s remix.Mishmash entrants could choose to enter one of three categories: short story, music video or video art.

Each film, which needed to be between one and three minutes long, was created using Getty Images video, music and imagery content.

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Pit your phone against a Windows Phone for S$100

Friday, March 9th, 2012

Get ready to be smoked by a Windows Phone?!

Today and tomorrow, prove to the Microsoft Windows Phone crew that your smartphone (of any make and OS) is faster than the Windows Phone and walk away S$100 richer.

The video above is from a similar “Smoked by Windows Phone” campaign in the US, showing challengers with Android smartphones and Apple’s iPhones.

Paul Foster and his Windows Phone crew will be hitting the roads in Singapore looking for challengers to the cash prize. Catch them at the following locations and timings.

9 March (Friday)
11.30am – 1.30pm Boat Quay / Raffles Place / Chevron House
2.30pm – 5.00pm IT Show 2012, Level 6, Hall 602, Booth 6441
5.30pm – 7.30pm Raffles City / Marina Square
10 March (Saturday)
11.30am – 1.30pm Raffles City / Marina Square / Suntec City
2.30pm – 5.00pm IT Show 2012, Level 6, Hall 602, Booth 6441
5.30pm – 7.30pm Bugis Junction / National Library / Sim Lim Square

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Getty Images Creative Grants

Friday, February 10th, 2012

Getty Images announced today the rebranding of the Grants for Good as Getty Images Creative Grants. Two grants of $15,000 are up for grabs. Applications close on 1 March.

Getty Images Creative Grants - applications end on 1 March.

Getty Images Creative Grants – applications end on 1 March.

The rebranded Getty Images Creative Grants will increase emphasis on the innovative use of creative and conceptual imagery and film.

“Nonprofits need compelling creative content to effectively tell their stories and stand out from the documentary style traditionally associated with the nonprofit sector,” said Andrew Saunders, Senior Vice President of Creative Content for Getty Images. “Together with creative agencies and content creators these organizations can leverage innovative conceptual imagery to raise awareness around critical world issues.”Fostering the collaboration between photographers and filmmakers with agency creatives and nonprofits, the grants will fund the creation of a compelling visual campaign that promotes positive change.

In addition to the cash prize, the winning photographer-agency or filmmaker-agency team will have the opportunity to leverage the expertise of Getty Images’ art directors, photo editors and producers to execute the project.

Online applications can be made at the website of Getty Images Grants.

The grants will be awarded by independent judges, each selected by Getty Images based on their  industry standing and experience.

Applications will be evaluated against criteria which include the strength and concept of the portfolio imagery as well as the level of collaboration between the creative communications agency and the nonprofit, to create a compelling visual narrative.

Winners will be announced in June at the 2012 Cannes Lions Advertising Festival.

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Contest: The 2012 Leica Oskar Barnack Award

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

Entries for this photography contest is open from now until 1 March 2012. Application forms, as well as terms and conditions of participation is available online.

Entries for the 2012 Oskar Barnack Award can be submitted from now till 1 March 2012.

Entries for the 2012 Oskar Barnack Award can be submitted from now till 1 March 2012.

The Leica Oskar Barnack Award will be presented for the 33rd time this year. The winner will receive a Leica M9-P camera with lens worth approximately €10,000, in addition to a cash prize of €5,000.

“This year, I will personally love to see more works from passionate photographers in Asia,” commented Sunil Kaul, Managing Director of Leica Camera Asia Pacific.A second honour in the course of the competition will be awarded in the category ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award’, for (prospective) professional photographers aged 25 and under.

The winner of the first prize in this section will also be awarded a Leica M9-P complete with lens.

An international jury awards the Leica Oskar Barnack Award and Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award to photographers who capture and express the relationship between people and their environment in graphic form in a portfolio of up to 12 images.

Submissions must be a self-contained series of images in which the photographer perceives and documents the interaction between people and their environment with acute vision and contemporary visual style – creative, unobtrusive and groundbreaking.

The members of this year’s jury include:

  • Bruce Gilden, Magnum photographer
  • Stephan Erfurt, Director of C/O Berlin
  • Valérie Fougeirol, Creative Director of the Magnum Gallery in Paris
  • Karin Rehn-Kaufmann, Artistic Director of the Leica Galerie in Salzburg
  • Brigitte Schaller, Art Director of Leica Fotografie International magazine.

The awards will be presented in the course of the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie photography festival to be held in Arles, France from 2 to 8 July 2012.

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Dedicated K-Pop channel on MSN

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

MSN portals across Asia Pacific Region will host entertainment channels offering fans a chance to win a trip to Osaka, Japan for the January 2012 Golden Disk Awards.

MSN portals dedicated to Hallyu fans in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Phillipines and Korea.

MSN portals dedicated to Hallyu fans in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Phillipines and Korea.

Fans of K-Pop or ‘Hallyu’, will now be able to visit their local MSN websites across Asia to get the latest updates on their favourite popstars and songs, as the portals unveil dedicated channels in Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines.

In Singapore, the xinMSN’s Hallyu Channel gives fans full access to in-depth features, backstage photo galleries and even videos of the top events and happenings in the world of Hallyu.

Golden Disk Awards 2012

As the official partner of the prestigious Golden Disk Awards 2012 in the region, MSN portals will provide exclusive access to behind-the-scenes content.

2012 will be the second straight year that the “MSN International Award” will be presented to the artist with the No.1 song of the past year – the winner will be selected based on tallying judges’ assessment and fans’ votes.

This is the only award that allows the fans’ voices to be heard directly, and the nominees include ‘Mr. Simple’ by Super Junior, ‘The Boys’ by Girls Generation, ‘Fiction’ by Beast and ‘Lonely’ by 2NE1.

Fans can log onto their local MSN portals to cast their votes until December 26th, 2011.

Contest on MSN

By participating in The Search for the Golden K-Pop Fan, the lucky winners could walk away with an all expenses trip for 2 to the Golden Disk Awards 2012.

There are three ways to participate in the contest, choose from any of the following:

Photo competition – The K-Fanatic: Take a photo of your K-Pop memorabilia collection and show us what it takes to be a true fan!

Photo/Video contest – Star Style: Which K-Pop star inspires your fashion sense the most? Emulate the look and score some brownie points with your signature dance move.

Video contest – Charming Crooner: Let us hear your desire to join the stars by singing a tune or two by your favourite band. Keep things short and sweet by sending a video that’s below one minute long.

To enter the MSN Golden Disk Awards competition, fans can visit the following links in their local countries to begin voting immediately.

All prize winners will be notified by email, and the results of the Contest will be published on the Contest Site on 2nd Jan 2012.

Entries close on 29th December 2011. The competition is open to participants above 18 years of age residing in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, and Korea.

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Reminiscing Elite Model Look Singapore 2011

Monday, November 7th, 2011

In any contest, everybody focuses on the prize-winners. Here we take a look at all the finalists that made the Elite Model Look Singapore 2011 Finals such a wonderful show.

Below we see 19-year-old Brit Rachel Dean, 16-year-old Singaporean Cazmeer Leenher, and 15-year-old Swede Josephine Gardin.

19-year-old Brit Rachel Dean 16-year-old Singaporean Cazmeer Leenher 15-year-old Swede Josephine Gardin

Next we have 14-year-old Brit Leehe B, 14-year-old Australian Mikaela Bartlett, and 16-year-old Singaporean Nessa Lee.

14-year-old Brit Leehe B 14-year-old Australian Mikaela Bartlett 16-year-old Singaporean Nessa Lee

Following that we have 15-year-old Singaporean Bianca Tijuana White, 15-year-old Australian Rachel Issenberg, and 20-year-old Singaporean Amanda Neo.

15-year-old Singaporean Bianca Tijuana White 15-year-old Australian Rachel Issenberg 20-year-old Singaporean Amanda Neo

Another look at the four prize-winners of the night: 15-year-old Singapore resident Fiona Fussi, 18-year-old Singaporean Putri Diana Abdullah, 16-year-old Dane Louise Arild and 15-year-old Brit Maddie Cox.

Winner was 15-year-old Singapore resident Fiona Fussi 1st Runner-up 18-year-old Singaporean Putri Diana Abdullah 2nd Runner-up was 16-year-old Dane Louise Arild Blueprint Runway Model Award winner was 15-year-old Brit Maddie Cox

Congratulations again to all the girls who made it to the Elite Model Look Singapore 2011 Finals!

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Elite Model Look Singapore 2011 Finals

Friday, November 4th, 2011

15-year-old Fiona Fussi will represent Singapore in the Elite World finals on 6 December 2011 in Shanghai and compete with 80 others for a modelling contract with Elite Paris worth up to US$350,000.

Winners of the Elite Model Look Singapore 2011 at the Red Dot Museum.

Winners of the Elite Model Look Singapore 2011 at the Red Dot Museum.

Both first and second runners-up, 18-year-old Putri Diana Abdullah and 16-year-old Louise Arild will be flown to Paris and London respectively for an all expense paid trip to cast in the two offices.

They emerged from the 13 finalists at last night’s Elite Model Look Singapore 2011 Finals at the Red Dot Design Museum.

The winner was 175 cm tall Fiona Fussi, a 15-year-old Singapore resident of Hong Kong and Austrian descent.

Winner was 15-year-old Fiona Fussi Winner was 15-year-old Fiona Fussi Winner was 15-year-old Fiona Fussi

The first runner-up was 175 cm tall Putri Diana Abdullah, an 18-year-old Singaporean. The second runner-up was 177 cm tall Louise Arild, a 16-year-old Dane.

In addition to the three Elite Model Look Singapore winners, the Blueprint Runway Model Award 2011, representing Singapore’s fashion industry across Asia and the world, was presented to the 178 cm tall Maddie Cox, a 15-year-old British.

1st Runner-up was 18-year-old Singaporean Putri Diana Abdullah 2nd Runner-up was 16-year-old Dane Louise Arild Blueprint Runway Model Award went to 15-year-old Brit Maddie Cox

The Elite Model Look Singapore 2011 competition saw over 300 online applications and close to 1000 applicants throughout casting sessions leading up to the semi-finals which unveiled 45 contestants from various ethnicities.

13 finalists showcased the Guess 2012 Spring Collection of sportswear, swimwear, ready-to-wear and evening wear in the Finals at the Red Dot Design Museum.

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