Looking back at my Canon PhotoMarathon participation, I have participated in eight Canon PhotoMarathons over the years starting from 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018! Personally for me, I had seen Canon PhotoMarathon Singapore transformed and grew over the years from being a local Canon Singapore event to regional Canon countries in Southeast Asia and beyond! My photography also grew along with my years of Canon PhotoMarathon participation since my maiden participation in year 2008. Over the years, this had been a networking and catch up event day with fellow photographers as well, besides concentrating and participating in the Canon PhotoMarathon Singapore competition proper.

Some might ask about Canon PhotoMarathon, what is it all about? I hope that through my stories, photographs and competition themes over the years that I participated and shared my stories, you would also sign up with your fellow photographer friends to join in Canon PhotoMarathon XVII 2019 Singapore, have fun yet you can have the opportunity to win exciting photography prizes!

As I reflect back on my Canon PhotoMarathon adventures from 2018 to 2008, there were so many memories! From crappy and lousy photographs in my early days (Remember this quote “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst – Henri Cartier-Bresson”), the fun adventures and journeys in Canon PhotoMarathon Singapore had been a good learning experience for me and still would be today.

Year 2018

Year 2017

Year 2016

Year 2015

Year 2013

Year 2012

Year 2011

Year 2008

For this year, Canon PhotoMarathon XVII 2019 Singapore is heading into the heartlands, something different over the years as it was usually held in the downtown area of Singapore. This year 2019 is Singapore Bicentennial year, celebrating Singapore’s national heritage in the heartlands with Canon PhotoMarathon 2019, where the heart and art of photography meets in the HE(ART)LANDS of Our Tampines Hub, Singapore’s first and largest integrated community and lifestyle hub. Photography in the heartlands is something that I can relate to, something close to me, because I am a heartlander!

Do share with your family, relatives, photographer friends on the upcoming Canon PhotoMarathon XVII 2019 Singapore taking place on 12th October! Sign up and come on down for a full day of fun and exciting photography themes challenge with your fellow photographer friends, or with your family and friends!

Sign up here -> http://bit.ly/CanonSGCPM2019

This would be the 9th year that I would be participating in Canon PhotoMarathon XVII Singapore 2019, however, first and foremost, I still need to head over to the website and sign up!

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There were 3 themes at the recently completed Canon PhotoMarathon Singapore 2008, I had to confess that, the 3 themes were very challenging and I am not creative enough. Before proceeding further, let me share with all my readers on my themes submission

Theme 1 – Change

Theme 2 – Dreams

Theme 3 – Freedom (Not Submitted)

Reflecting on my maiden adventure, my first photography competition, it was a great eye-opener for me. Having taken up paid assignments in weddings and events, the feeling, thoughts and emotions were very different. There was a sharing by Tristan, a professional photographer, who would be bringing the overall winner to New Zealand for photography trip, he got me thinking,

“Am I looking and trying to capture a perfect photograph?”

Well, the truth is there is no PERFECT PHOTO ……………..

Seems like in my quest in my maiden photography competition, I put aside my 2 extreme importance factors that makes a photograph good or world class

– Passion for anything Photography

– Eye for Photography

If you are a photographer, you would definitely understand what I am writing here……

It’s time to relieve the passion and eye for photography, enjoying what photography can do, for leisure, recreation and how it can impact a person’s life.

Moving foward, what and how can my photography make an impact to a person’s life ?

This is what that will get me taking my photography to another level that I always wanted to, and I would do it with my photojournalistic blog.

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