Top 3 Winners of Aver Awards Available Light Photo Contest

Winners for the Available Light Photo Contest

Aver Awards Sdn Bhd. And Digital SLR Photography Malaysia co-organised an Available Light Model Shoot photo contest that was held at LG Floor of e@Curve shopping mall on August 29, 2010.

More than 60 local photo enthusiasts comprising of Aver Awards’ customers as well as readers of Digital SLR Photography Malaysia’s took part in that photo session. 5 models were provided for that shooting session. The organizers received more than 200 entries for the photo contest. 20 images were shortlisted for the final judging. The judges were CH Loh of NST, Lee Hon Leng of Applied Imaging Sdn Bhd and Alex Chia, Professional portrait and wedding photographer.

The Top 3 winners as selected by the judges are Musa Jaffar, Leon Lee and Chua Soo Lee. They won cash vouchers from Aver Awards worth RM2, 000, RM1, 000 and RM500 respectively.

Lepak Corner September 2010 – DIY Still-life and Close-ups with the Experts

Digital SLR Photography readers had an exciting time honing their skill at our second DIY session.

Aver Awards through its subsidiary outlet, aperture N shutter, had successfully co-organised another 2-day DIY shooting Tips session with Digital SLR Photography Malaysia. This time, the informal event, also known as “Lepak Corner” session was held in Aver Awards’ Ground Floor outlet at e@Curve (formally known as Cineleisure Mall). Participation in the DIY sessions was open to any interested readers of our magazine as well as customers of the outlet. Various Nissin Speedlites for Canon, Nikon and Sony DSLR Cameras were sponsored by Schmidt Marketing during the 2-day event. Table-top softboxes, Lastolite reflectors and Lens Baby were provided by Shriro Malaysia SDN BHD. Also available were Carl Zeiss Makro Planar T* lenses in 50mm and 100mm focal lengths. Among the local experts that provided the DIY tips were Schmidt Marketing’s Ng Chi Loon and Digital SLR photography Malaysia’s Geoffery Loh and Aver Awards’ Gavin Lim. As a bonus to the participants they were also shown how to use Nissin Speedlites for wireless flash photography during a live model shoot at the later part of the session.


Fun with Photography 2010 Carnival

Available Light Model Shoot Contest

Camera dealer Aver Awards and Digital SLR Photography magazine have just completed their first major event together last August with the available Light Model Shoot photo contest. The contest was organized by the former in conjunction with its 3-day “Fun with Photography” Carnival that was held at the North Point Lower Ground Floor Concourse at e@Curve. There were 2 rounds of the shooting sessions, and in between were two live demos demonstrating how lighting, make-up and hairstyling could make the models looks better for photo shoots. On hand to provide tips and narrating the demonstration was guest speaker and professional portrait photographer Alex Chia. Among the participating brands in the Carnival were Album Nine, Canon, DigiEye, Gitzo, Kenko, Lastolite, Lensbaby, Lenspen, Lowepro, Nikon, Nissin, Noritsu, SanDisk, Sony, Tamrac, Tamron and Tokina.