PhotoMalaysia PhotoSafari Experience (PMPE) – Session 3 We are pleased to announce that PhotoMalaysia and PhotoSafari.com.my will be launching a unique program aimed at newbies and not-so-newbies, who want to improve their digital photography skills. The program, labeled as the PhotoMalaysia PhotoSafari Experience, or PMPE for short, will be a Two Stages, 9 days event, to be led by Maxby and Digitalartist. A PhotoMalaysia Certificate...

Chan Joo Li is one of the pioneers in e-business in Malaysia. She has made a name for herself internationally as a renowned doll couture designer. What started off as a hobby soon turned into a lifetime business pursuit. Her other interest lies with miniature clay craft which she calls “Whimsical Clay”. Joo Li has graced the pages of local newspapers like The Star, Utusan Malaysia, magazines like Her World, Women’s Weekly and lately in...

A B&W film developing course 101 was conducted on the 24th of October 2009. Ten participants and a few other photographers came for breakfast and a morning walk around the China Town route. Participants were given one roll of film each (Ilford Delta 400). There were some last minute instructions on how to load the film camera (most have forgotten how to do it) and set the ISO setting on their film cameras and how to operate the in-built...

PMPE Alumni members are going places. Two of our PMPE Alumni are holding a Photography Exhibition at Fo Guang Yuan, Dong Zen Art Gallery in Jenjarom, near Banting from 14th to 29th October 2009 June Yap (Jay-yudan} and her daughter TY Ooi, both graduates from the PMPE program, are holding a joint photography exhibition on some of their photos taken from the PMPE outings in Siem Reap, Cambodia. There were more than 50 pieces of choice...

One day I had an argument with my wife who loves to collect handbags. It happened after she fell in love with another handbag. I asked her how many handbags would be enough. She looked at me and said that I have more camera bags than her handbag. Oh! Really? So we started a counting exercise. So out came the handbags and camera bags. I took out 5 camera bags and she took out a dozen. She bluntly told me that I was cheating. There were more...