Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category
Tuesday, March 17th, 2020
Canon will accept entries for its “New Cosmos of Photography 2020” (43rd edition) photo competition from 18 March to 20 May.
Last year’s winners. This year’s Excellence Award and Honorable Mention Award winners will receive prize money and display their works at this year’s exhibition of winning entries.
The Excellence Award Selection Committee will meet in June to choose seven Excellence Award winners and fourteen Honorable Mention Award winners.
Later, in October, the Grand Prize selection committee will meet to select one Grand Prize winner from among the seven Excellence Award-winning entries.
Judges for the 2019 competition. To promote the competition as a global photo contest, experts from outside Japan have once again been invited to judge the 2020 competition this year. This year’s seven judges include British Photographer Paul Graham, Japanese art critic Noi Sawaragi and Japanese photographer Mikiya Takimoto.
The Grand Prize winner of this year’s competition will receive JPY 1 million in prize money and a Canon product, as well as the opportunity to hold a solo exhibit the following year.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:Canon, competitions, event forecast, events, photography
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2019
Happy New Year to all the people from cultures that celebrate this traditional festival! And to all Chinese around the world, Happy Chinese New Year!
祝大家：新年快乐，万事如意。身体健康，心想事成！
明けましておめでとうございます。
It’s the first day of the Lunar New Year. This year, it’s the year of the Pig, according to the Chinese zodiac.
May you and your family enjoy a healthy and prosperous Lunar New Year, and a blessed 2019!
Tags:Chinese New Year, flowers, greetings, holidays, Lunar New Year, photography, photos, potd
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2019
It’s 2019. Happy New Year!
Sunrise over the Ella Gap in Sri Lanka. Photo taken with Google Pixel 3 XL Android phone, with auto-added saturation in Google Photos.
A new day… A new year … A new beginning.
Best Wishes for the New Year.
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Tags:Ella, Google, holidays, New Year, photography, photos, Pixel, Pixel 3 XL Travel, potd, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka 2018, vacation
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Saturday, July 21st, 2018
Here are some handy food photography tips from Jonathan Berriman.
We’ve all had that millennial moment where we are served a delicious looking dish and immediately stand up to take a photo. Sometimes it just looks too good not to. Food photographers are some of the most followed influencers on Instagram and for good reason: people love food. We love eating food, we love making food, and we love looking at food.
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Tags:Food, hi-lite, howtos, photography, tips
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Friday, June 15th, 2018
Here’s wishing all Muslim friends: “Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri”!
Masjid Sultan, or Sultan Mosque, in the Kampong Glam district of Singapore. Completed after 2 years in 1826, the mosque can accommodate up to 5000 people in mass prayer.
It’s Hari Raya Puasa today.
After a whole month of fasting during Ramadan, today is the day that our Muslim friends have been looking forward to.
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!
Tags:festival, G4, Geylang Serai, Hari Raya, Islam, Motorola, Muslims, photography, photos, potd, Puasa, Ramadan, Singapore, smartphones
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Monday, April 2nd, 2018
Pre-orders online for the two new flagship smartphones begin today. The phones will hit the shelves in Singapore from 7 April (Huawei P20 Pro in Twilight will be in stores end-April, 2018). Prices and specifications below.
In Singapore, three colours (Black, Midnight Blue & Pink Gold) will be available for the Huawei P20. There’ll also be three colours (Black, Midnight Blue & Twilight) available for the Huawei P20 Pro.
The two flagship Android smartphones from Huawei was first unveiled in Paris, France last Tuesday.
Singapore is one of the first few countries to launch the new phones.
Below are the prices, colours and availability of the new Huawei P20 series smartphones.
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Tags:Android, availability, flagship, Huawei, Leica, P20, P20 Pro, preorders, prices Singapore, smartphones
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2018
Canon launched globally two new entry interchangeable lens cameras (EOS M50 & EOS 1500D) and an Auto Intelligent flash 470EX-AI. Prices & availability TBA.
The Canon EOS M50 mirrorless camera will be available in three kit options: EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM kit, EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM + EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM kit and body only.
The new 24.1-megapixel EOS M50 is the entry-level camera for Canon’s line-up of mirrorless cameras.
The first Canon camera to be equipped with the new DIGIC 8 image processor the EOS M50 ships with 4K movie shooting ability and an improved Dual Pixel CMOS AF.
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Tags:1500D, 470EX-AI, cameras, Canon, DSLR, EOS, Flash, launch, M50, MIL, mirrorless, Singapore
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Saturday, September 23rd, 2017
The 15th installment of the annual photography competition in Singapore took place today at the Suntec City Convention & Exhibition Centre. The winners are listed below.
View the complete portfolio of winning photos for Canon PhotoMarathon XV 2017 in this Instagram album here.
As in previous years, there were three themes announced at 9am, 12pm and 3pm respectively. The three themes this year were: Tilt, Celebration, and Mysterious.
There are two main categories for the competition – Open and Student.
I completed a marathon – a PhotoMarathon. This was the first time I participated in Canon’s annual photomarathon.
The winners are listed below. Click on the links to view specific winning photos.
Alternatively, simply follow this link to see the entire portfolio of winning photos on Instagram.
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Tags:Canon, competition, contest, CPMsgXV2017, Japan, photography, PhotoMarathon, PIXMA, Singapore
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Sunday, September 17th, 2017
The annual photography competition will take place on Saturday, 23 September, 2017 at the Suntec City Convention & Exhibition Centre 401-402. Registration fee: S$15.
Registration is open for Canon PhotoMarathon XV 2017 in Singapore.
Registration is now open for the biggest photography event in Singapore. This is the 15th installment of the competition.
Participants have to submit photos for three themes in nine hours. Last year’s winning photos can be viewed here.
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Tags:Canon, competition, contest, CPMsgXV2017, Japan, photography, PhotoMarathon, PIXMA, Singapore
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Saturday, September 16th, 2017
Photo of the Day: Spectacular shot of a male olive-backed sunbird feeding on nectar of a flower. Taken by Li JiaXuan, winner of Canon Challenge Winner.
JiaXuan’s submission for Theme 2: “Kyosei” – the second of three themes in Canon PhotoMarathon 2016. The photo won the Canon Challenge for the competition. Photo credit: Li JiaXuan.
Since Canon PhotoMarathon XV 2017 is happening this Saturday, I looked through the winning photos of last year’s PhotoMarathon 2016.
This photo is my favourite for last year’s Canon PhotoMarathon.
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Tags:Canon, competition, contest, CPMSG2016, photography, PhotoMarathon, photos, potd, Singapore
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