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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Now in its 15^th year, the Canon PhotoMarathon has spread her presence to other parts of Asia, with parallel competitions taking place in countries such as Brunei, Cambodia, China Mainland, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam!

On a personal note, Canon PhotoMarathon 2017 Singapore is my 7^th year (out of 15 years) participating (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017) in this photography competition. It had always been interesting, challenging and tiring for me participating in it, pushing myself and my photography skills, knowledge and experiences, under pressure and time limits over all those years. Even though, I haven’t won any of the competitions, I always had fun and enjoyment, chatting with photographer friends, in some ways, it was a gathering and catch up with some of my photographer friends!

What were the three themes for Canon PhotoMarathon 2017? Here are the themes-

Theme 1 : Tilt

Theme 2 : Celebration

Theme 3 : Mysterious

From my personal experiences over the years participating in Canon PhotoMarathon, when the themes look/seem “easy”, that only means it can be pretty wide open to each photographer’s interpretation and ideas, or it can also mean that the theme might be a bit narrow and somehow a bit tricky. This is something unique, that makes Canon PhotoMarathon special, fun and challenging for an intense one day of photography competition under time limits and pressure.

Here are my submissions for the Canon PhotoMarathon 2017 Singapore. Reflecting back on my submissions:

Theme 1 : Tilt

Theme 2 : Celebration

Theme 3 : Mysterious

I was a bit stuck for theme 2, thus that photograph was a bit more of an abstract style. Nevertheless, I am glad to push myself in a relaxed manner during the competition. The beauty of photography is that of each one of us have our own personal interpretation, conceptualisation and composition. This is also a time for me to reflect on the photographs that I took during the competition, how I can improve on them and learn from my experiences. Learning in photography never stops, no matter what level of photography you are in, whether amateur, serious enthusiast, freelance or professional.

In the 15^th edition of Canon PhotoMarathon 2017 Singapore, the organisers gave out a finisher medal and certificate of participation for participants that completed all three themes! Kudos to the Canon PhotoMarathon 2017 Singapore organising committee for making the 15^th edition special and fun!

Although I haven’t won anything prizes from the years that I had participated in Canon PhotoMarathon, I hope that my through my sharing of my stories and experiences over the years would help future Canon PhotoMarathon participants from Singapore, other parts of Southeast Asia and Asia in one small way or another!

Do take a look at the winning photographs of Canon PhotoMarathon 2017 Singapore below!

BEST OF SHOW – STUDENT

Luong Ngoc Thanh Thao, LASALLE COLLEGE OF ARTS

BEST OF SHOW – OPEN

Jirawat Saiwuttinon

TEAM CATEGORY WINNER

GYMN

SCHOOL CHALLENGE WINNER

Singapore Polytechnic

THEME 1 : TILT

STUDENT CATEGORY

1ST Dex Ngiam Chao Yi, EDGEFIELD SECONDARY SCHOOL

2ND Luong Ngoc Thanh Thao, LASALLE COLLEGE OF ARTS

3RD Oliver Koh Qi Yang, ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (BARKER ROAD)

OPEN CATEGORY

1ST Jirawat Saiwuttinon

2ND Prashanth Motilal Naik

3RD Goh Si Hui

THEME 2: CELEBRATION

STUDENT CATEGORY

1ST Heng Xian Jing, SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN

2ND Tran Nguyen, SP JAIN SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT

3RD Shannon Lee Xin Ying, ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (INDEPENDENT)

OPEN CATEGORY

1ST Chew Kay Ching Edmund

2ND Wong Chek Poh

3RD Ang Cheng Hoe

CANON CHALLENGE WINNER

Koh Zhi Kai

THEME 3: MYSTERIOUS

STUDENT CATEGORY

1ST Miko Pang Yun Xuan, SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC

2ND Goh Bei Jun, SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC

3RD Yasmin Bte Selamat, RIVERSIDE SECONDARY SCHOOL

OPEN CATEGORY

1ST Lersom Loungpon

2ND Ong Kun Fong

3RD Chiang Yeou Chyi

* Canon PhotoMarathon 2017 winning photographs courtesy of Canon Singapore and Ogilvy Public Relations *

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