NUSPS Montage 2025 Photo Competition

When NUSPS announced the theme for NUSPS Montage 2025 photo competition, “Singapore in Focus 2025: Past, Present, and Future”. This theme caught my attention, that sounds something close to my heart. 

A fitting theme for 2025 as Singapore is celebrating her SG60 celebrations. Since I am working on my personal SG60 visual storytelling / photography project, why not I enter Montage 2025 and give a go, and see how I would fare?

With that in mind, I started digging through my photography archives, choosing 5 photographs for submission to Montage 2025 photo competition.

NUSPS Montage 2025 Seminar 

The NUSPS Montage 2025 Seminar was held on 23 August 2025 at NUS Shaw Foundation Alumni House, they have invited the following speakers that are subject matter experts in their respective fields of photography.

• Daryl Yeo – Beauty of the Untamed (Wildlife and nature photography insights from the field)
• Bob Lee – Art of Storytelling through Photography (Emotion, narrative, and the power of images)
• Chris Ambler – Gone in a Flash (Mastering lightning and night photography)
• Celestia Tan – Capturing Style: Mastering Fashion Photography (Techniques and trends in fashion shoots)

As a wildlife photographer and travel photographer myself, hearing and viewing Daryl’s wildlife photography adventures were an inspiration and information gathering, especially on destinations for wildlife photography adventures and also which camera bodies and lenses that I should be lusting for. 

Bob’s art of storytelling is a masterclass in its own right, one of the best visual storytellers using emotions, narrative and power of his photographs to tell his amazing and heartwarming stories to the world. As a visual storyteller myself, a huge inspiration and how I can improve myself in telling my visual stories.

Chris’s lightning photography is very insightful and helpful. I first met him during Canon PhotoMarathon 2025, great to catch up with him again during NUSPS Montage 2025. I finally got to learn his lightning photography tips, and I hope to produce more lightning photos whenever I get the chance.

Fashion photography is a genre that I have to admit, I don’t have the flair for fashion industry, even though I can relate to the portraiture and lighting aspects of fashion photography. Hearing Celestial’s insightful sharing on the world of fashion photography, from a mood board to plan your fashion photography shoot, doing fashion research and getting inspiration. While I am probably not going to get into fashion photography, I learnt something from Celestia’s sharing, that would be helpful should I assist fashion or lifestyle photographers in their photography shoots. 

Not a winner but I got a photograph on display

The winning entries for NUSPS Montage 2025 were on display at Montage 2025 Seminar, together with the other top entries for this photo competition. Congratulations to the winners of NUSPS Montage 2025 photo competition! 

Although I didn’t win any prizes at Montage 2025 photo competition, I did have a photograph printed on display at NUSPS Montage 2025 Seminar. 

Overall, a small consolation and recognition, this was also a good experience for me participating in Montage 2025 photo competition, a great NUSPS Montage 2025 seminar lineup of speakers, and last but not least, catching up with friends from Canon Singapore and photographer friends from various photography groups in Singapore, friends from the former Canon EOS World community, KOMMUNITY, and SG Storm Trackers.  

Alright, it’s time to continue my visual storytelling journeys. 

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Here are photographers (experts in their respective fields) that would be sharing on that day:

• Steven Sung – Street and Lifestyle Photography
• Leong Su Shan – Street Fashion Photography
• Raymond Phang – Conceptual Portrait and Creative Lighting
• Carlos Monforte – Chasing the Storm

For aspiring content creators, there will be a session on how to create captivating video content with one of Singapore’s top YouTuber and Tiktoker, Ming @mingweirocks, who has over 9.3 million subscribers on YouTube and 22.5 million followers on TikTok.

Whether you are a photography enthusiast or wanting to know more about photography, Canon Creators Fiesta 2023 is perfect for you to come on down, find out and discover more about Canon, its wide range of cameras and lenses. Don’t forget to bring your camera, join in and have fun!

You can get complimentary camera sensor cleaning from Canon’s skilled technicians, for Canon cameras only. Limited slots on a first come first serve basis.  

Plus, you stand a chance to win up to $2,000 worth of lucky draw prizes while checking out some of the latest gears from Canon Singapore and their partners. 

Canon Creators Fiesta 2023 Programme Schedule 

• 0900hrs – 0915hrs: Registration
• 0915hrs – 0930hrs: Welcome Address by Canon Singapore
• 0930hrs – 1000hrs: EOS Masters & EOS Xplorers Appointment Ceremony
• 1000hrs – 1030hrs: Street and Everyday Life with Steven Sung
• 1030hrs – 1130hrs: Practical Session for Street Photography with Steven Sung, Alex Goh & Jensen Chua
• 1130hrs – 1230hrs: Lunch Break (Light Refreshment Provided)
• 1230hrs – 1330hrs: Street Fashion with Leong Su Shan
• 1330hrs – 1400hrs: Conceptual Portrait and Creative Lighting with Raymond Phang
• 1400hrs – 1500hrs: Practical Session for Conceptual Portrait with Raymond Phang
• 1500hrs – 1600hrs: Teabreak (Light Refreshment Provided)
• 1600hrs – 1700hrs: Chasing the Storm with Carlos Monforte
• 1700hrs – 1800hrs: Creating Video Content with Ming & Team

This event is open to all camera brand users! Slots are limited so sign up now! Register now at https://sg.canon/en/campaign/imagingacademy/event/creators-fiesta/detail 

* Information and picture courtesy of Canon Singapore and Gloo *

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I am a photographer, traveler and explorer, my photography inspiration and influence started from reading National Geographic magazines 3 decades back!

I like this photo shot by Isaac, part of my photographer profile version 4.0 shoot. With my f-stop gear Loka photography backpack and Canon EOS 1DX Mark II with EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM lens, I am going back to my foundations and beginnings where I started my love for photography, travel and writing.

Follow me on my photography adventures on my photography business portfolio, Photography and Travel Portal/Blog, Facebook Page, Instagram, 500px, flickr and Twitter for more photography exploration stories and mini prints coming soon for the year 2019!

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What is the EOS World all about?

A thriving passionate photography (online and offline) community and portal in Singapore, where you can share your personal photography works, knowledge and skills, yet learn more about other photography  genres (that you might be keen to learn) through different articles, interviews and videos, contributed by the community members for the community.

My photography journeys and adventures with EOS World

I remembered joining EOS World when they first started a few years back, joining their various events, gatherings, participating in photography contests and activities over the years, contribtuing articles and getting featured. From its humble beginnings, to their website revamps, I had been there and with them in this journey, from a small photography community to a thriving photography community today.

Personal EOS World milestones

From photographing Red Bull Dark Knights in 2013, featured as Member Spotlight/Month of Photojournalism in March 2014, shooting sports photography at Sports Hub in 2015, exploring heritage with my Canon EOS 1DX article in 2016 and appointed EOS World Community Ambassador in 2016.

Sometimes, photography can be lonely or you might not have that many friends that are as enthusiastic like you in taking photographs. Join EOS World and you can make new friends who are passionate in photography and sharing. If you are just starting your newbie photography adventures, the EOS World Community can be a great and ideal place to learn and improve your photography!

Over the years, I have made new photography friends in the EOS World Community. Although starting and running my own photography business from January 2017 took quite a bit of time and energy away from many other things (not just personal photography), I hope to strike a balance and continue helping out at the EOS World Community.

EOS World Community Ambassador 2018 (27^th October 2018 to 27^th October 2019)

I was appointed EOS World Community Ambassador for the period 27^th October 2018 to 27^th October 2019. First and foremost, I would like to thank Canon Singapore for this appointment and recognition.

Moving forward for my EOS World Community Ambassador 1 year Tour of Duty, I hope to balance my time, photography knowledge, skills, articles and sharing on my own photography business website, photography blog/portal and transfer them into the EOS World Community, sharing and making an impact to the other photographers.

This is a photography community and portal by the EOS World Community members for EOS World Community members. Inspire other fellow photographers and get inspired by fellow photographers inside this EOS World Communnity.

Special thanks to Victor Mok, EOS World Community Council Member for the photos!

If you are a Canon photographer, more information can be found below, time to join the EOS World Community, it’s easy to sign up!

Website: EOS World

Facebook Page: Canon Singapore

Instagram: Canon: Canon Singapore

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