Pushing Photography to it’s Limits - Rugby after Midnight
I had the pleasure of covering Blacks Midnight 7s for Guinness last weekend. The inaugural ‘Blacks Midnight 7s’ celebrated the 50th anniversary of Blacks Rugby Football Club’s (BRFC’s) men’s wing and the 10th anniversary of the women’s wing. There were 58 games by 22 teams spread over 2 days (17 hours). On Saturday, games [...]
How to Photograph Basketball - The Philips Cup
The Philips Singapore Cup was held at the Indoor Stadium (Kallang) in Singapore Aug. 11-13, 2006. I was there courtside on Sunday with a press pass taking photos of the finals for a client. Yikes! No flash allowed, sodium and fluorescent lighting overhead, and blazing fast basketball action*. What to do? Here are some [...]
OSIM Singapore Triathlon 2006 Finals
The elite races of the OSIM Singapore Triathlon 2006 Championship were held Sunday July 2nd at East Coast Park. Australian Bryce Quirk bagged top spot in the elite men’s race - clocking in at 1:49:35, beating defending champion and countryman Chris Hill who dropped to 7th place. Behind Bryce by only 15 seconds was Daniil [...]
Photographing the AVIVA Open Finals - Gade vs Jonassen
Peter Gade won the AVIVA Open 2006 Men’s Singles title at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Sunday, June 11th. He trounced fellow shuttler Dane Kenneth Jonassen with masterful skill that resulted in a final score of 21-14, 21-10. Gade almost totally dominated the match often trapping Jonassen at the net then scoring with [...]
How to Photograph Badminton - The AVIVA Open
The Aviva Open 2006 preliminary rounds were held yesterday at the Indoor Stadium (Kallang) in Singapore. I was there taking some test shots to get ready for the finals that start today.
Yikes! No flash allowed, sodium and fluorescent lighting overhead, and blazing fast badminton action. According to Wikipedia, Badminton champion Fu Haifeng [...]
