Winners Group Shot - From left: Andrew Koh Senior Director and General Manager Consumer Imaging and Information Products Division Canon Singapore, Beaunice Toh, Alexus Goh, Lim Seo Ling, Darren Koay, Douglas Tham, Ang Cheng Hoe, Adelyne Ho, Adrian Ong, Koh Sze Kiat, Chester Chen, Muhammad Yusof Bin Sujonoh, Arik Chan, Deborah Lim, Tommy Low, Samuel Kwok, Edwin Teoh, Canon and Ong Khiaw Seng, Canon (photos by Procon/Take Studio)
11 September 2011, Singapore – The first Canon PhotoMarathon was held in Singapore in 2003, with about 200 participants competing that year. This year, the 9th Canon PhotoMarathon attracted a record breaking 2,078 participants. Apart from Singapore, PhotoMarathons are also organized in India, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. The Canon PhotoMarathon Asia, the region’s largest photo competition, aims to bring together photographic talent to raise the overall standard of photography in Asia and more importantly to have fun. Winners from each country-specific Marathon are then brought together for a photo clinic trip. This year, winners will go on an 8-day all-expenses paid trip to Tasmania, from 28 November to 6 December.
I have participated five times out of nine PhotoMarathon. Even though, I have not won anything yet, I still look forward to this event year after year. It’s not just about taking good pictures. It’s a challenge on one’s creativity to compose a picture that can deliver the Theme’s message in that three hour time frame. And every year, I meet old friends and make many like-minded new friends through this event. I am proud that two of my friends, Yvonne Lim Seo Ling (Instagram ID: el3) and Chester Chen (Twitter ID: JamCanSing), won 3rd prize (Theme: EAT) and 2nd prize ( Theme: IMAGINE) respectively. Ehhem …. I was also featured on Chester’s winning entry too (for your info I DON’T DRAG!). I love to share with you my work as well which are at the bottom of this post.
Here are the winning entries for this year’s Canon PhotoMarathon Singapore 2011:
OPEN CATEGORY - THEME 1 (EAT) - FIRST : Chan Jin Kiat ArikOPEN CATEGORY - THEME 1 (EAT) - SECOND : Koh Sze KiatOPEN CATEGORY - THEME 1 (EAT) - THIRD : Lim Seo Ling
Student Category
STUDENT CATEGORY - THEME 1 (EAT) - FIRST : DOUGLAS THAM KONG YING (Pei Hwa Secondary School)STUDENT CATEGORY - THEME 1 (EAT) - SECOND : ONG YONG HAO ADRIAN (Chung Cheng High School Main)STUDENT CATEGORY - THEME 1 (EAT) - THIRD : MUHAMMAD YUSOF BIN SUJONOH (Nanyang Polytechnic
Theme 2: CIRCLE
Open Category
OPEN CATEGORY - THEME 2 (CIRCLE) - FIRST : Ho Lin-Lean AdelyneOPEN CATEGORY - THEME 2 (CIRCLE) - SECOND : Ang Cheng HoeOPEN CATEGORY - THEME 2 (CIRCLE) - THIRD : Martinnus Budiarto
Student Category
STUDENT CATEGORY - THEME 2 (CIRCLE) - FIRST : Alexus Goh Xue Ying (Ngee Ann PolytechnicSTUDENT CATEGORY - THEME 2 (CIRCLE) - SECOND : Lim Qian Wen Deborah (Singapore Institute of Management)STUDENT CATEGORY - THEME 2 (CIRCLE) - THIRD : Beaunice Toh Jun Ying (Victoria Junior College)
Theme 3: IMAGINE
Open Category
OPEN CATEGORY - THEME 3 (IMAGINE) - FIRST : Darren Koay Say HengOPEN CATEGORY - THEME 3 (IMAGINE) - SECOND : Chen Colston ChesterOPEN CATEGORY - THEME 3 (IMAGINE) - THIRD : Samuel Kwok Wai Mun
Student Category
STUDENT CATEGORY - THEME 3 (IMAGINE) - FIRST : Tommy Low Boon Heng (Temasek Polytechnic)STUDENT CATEGORY - THEME 3 (IMAGINE) - SECOND : Dion Lim Wei Qiang (Pei Hwa Secondary School)STUDENT CATEGORY - THEME 3 (IMAGINE) - THIRD : Shawn Chia Chung Siang (Anglo-Chinese School Independent)
Best of Show Winners’ Entries:
Open Category
BEST OF SHOW (OPEN) - THEME 1 (EAT) : KOH SZE KIATBEST OF SHOW (OPEN) - THEME 2 (CIRCLE) : KOH SZE KIATBEST OF SHOW (OPEN) - THEME 3 (IMAGINE) : KOH SZE KIAT
Student Category
BEST OF SHOW (STUDENT) - THEME 1 (EAT) : DOUGLAS THAM KONG YING (Pei Hwa Secondary School)BEST OF SHOW (STUDENT) - THEME 2 (CIRCLE) : DOUGLAS THAM KONG YING (Pei Hwa Secondary School)BEST OF SHOW (STUDENT) - THEME 3 (IMAGINE) : DOUGLAS THAM KONG YING (Pei Hwa Secondary School)
your submissions are colorful and cheeky – sad that the hospital shot of EAT is chosen; not sensitive for canon – socially it is a stupid thing to focus on some ailments and other people’s difficulties and gain from it – that too in a competition…if it were a news item I can understand but to show somebody being fed in a hospital and making that the winner of the all the entries is very callous and insensitive I think.
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your submissions are colorful and cheeky – sad that the hospital shot of EAT is chosen; not sensitive for canon – socially it is a stupid thing to focus on some ailments and other people’s difficulties and gain from it – that too in a competition…if it were a news item I can understand but to show somebody being fed in a hospital and making that the winner of the all the entries is very callous and insensitive I think.
I had no idea that was your entry for Circle! I remembered looking at it on the board and like getting glued to it. Very nice! 🙂