From July onwards, in collaboration with Canon, Malaysia’s edition of Digital Camera Magazine will have a new column called “Photo Tutor” where “two appointed photographers will give their views on submitted photos from readers on how to improve their shots“.

Guess what? One of the “appointed photographers” is yours truly. I kid you not. Isn’t that crazy?!? I remember back in December 2006 when my photos got featured in the readers submission section of ‘Out There’ and ‘Hot Shots’ I was over the moon! Like fo’ real!

And now come July 2010, I’m a “photo tutor” in DCM. Like whoaaaaa! Yes, its only for a couple of issues, but still! This is way surreal for me! To top it off the other “photo tutor” is one of the photographers I used to bug endlessly for tips when I first started out – Glenn Guan of The Star. Hah! Are you kidding me??

Anyway, do check out June’s issue of DCM for more info on how to submit your photos for, I quote, “valuable nuggets of wisdom“. Do hope that some people DO send in some photos otherwise I would feel like an absolute loser if there were no photos to check out at all! OMGEE. Lets hope THAT doesn’t happen 0.o

And yes, I’ll update the blogsite very very soon with a proper photo post :) In the meantime, for lil previews of recent shoots, do swing by my Facebook photography page here.

Have an awesome week ahead friends :D

Would you believe me if I said I shot an entire pre-wedding session in Bali just using the Fujifilm Instax camera?

Yea, neither would I.

Two weekends ago Amelia, Leonard, Jinny and I were in Bali for Amelia and Leo’s pre-wedding session. Here are some ‘behind the scenes’ shots just to show how ‘interesting’ a pre-wedding session can get ;)

Barely 5 minutes into the session, Leo was already sweating buckets! The towel became his bestfriend for the next two days. And Amelia was proof that women don’t sweat, we glow ;p

That ‘Korean tourist’ you see on the left there? That’s Jinny, Amelia’s bestfriend who also became the professional sweat wiper (thanks!), dress holder, bag carrier throughout the trip. Poor girl got conned. Hahahah!

Leo & Amelia together with their instant Balinese family :p

While I was taking some test shots, Leo nearly got humped by a monkey. At least someone was getting some action :p And no monkey was hurt throughout. Seriously.

“What?!? McDonalds when we’re in Bali?!?!”. A short lunch break in the afternoon called for a quick lunch :p

Heeeheeeheeee…

The trip was planned around the fact that it was right before the peak period and I had envisioned the temples to be half empty with plenty of space to work with. Little did I know that weekend was part of the time that Balinese celebrated the Galungan festival and that weekend was the finale of it which is the Kuningan festival. Which meant that the temples were PACKED not only with tourists but also devotees 0.o

Yes, our whole session at both Uluwatu and Tanah Lot were shot with tons of people surrounding us. It was actually quite funny cos Amelia was the centre of attention, with people wanting to take shots with her. I should’ve charged them :p How often do you see a bride in a full gown at a temple during the festivals right? ;) Thanks for being such troopers you two!

A post of the actual shots will be up nearer to their wedding reception day :)