About the Fotogelafer

Welcome to Fotogelafer.com. I am Wan Cheng Huat AKA the Fotogelafer. Here is a short write up about how photography came into my life.

All my life, I can say that I have always been attuned with art. When I was much younger, I loved to draw. How did I know that? Well, I never could stop picking up a pen or a pencil to start imprinting what I saw. Drawing became a part of my life. As years pass me by, I soon realized that my ‘addiction’ actually soothes me, my feelings, my emotions and most of all my soul.

When I turned 16, I decided to join my school’s photography club and loved it almost instantly. Photography, in many ways, was and still is similar with drawing; instead of capturing images with my pen or pencil, I am now able to capture them with my camera.

I was overwhelmed with enthusiasm and learnt all I could from wherever I could. I remember reading through all the Reader's Digest I could get to obtain photography tips which were usually the advertisements of Kodak or Canon or Fujifilm. At that time, it was my only source where I could learn about shutter speed, aperture settings and how to play around to get my intended effects. Even now, after over 10 years, I still keep those files which still have those Reader's Digest pages.

I could remember the moment when I first picked up a camera; I knew that there was no turning back. Cameras and films were my new tools to express my new found identity.

But as time pass, technology became more advance and soon enough photography became digital. Only after 10 years, I finally abandon film photography; as it became more and more expensive and obsolete. However, I will cherish all those negatives which are now lying in my dry box. Nothing can replace them.

Enjoy my photographs.
Showing posts with label Competition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Competition. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

St. Mary's Cathedral, Kuala Lumpur

Photographs of St. Mary's Cathedral, Kuala Lumpur. Photographs were shot during Heritage Trail Photography Competition held on October 18, 2009.

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Canon Photomarathon 2009


Canon Photomarathon 2009.

More to come in a short while.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

05.07.2009 - "Capture the Heart of the Experience" Outing

I just got back from Putrajaya. I participated in a local photography competition. It's called "Capture the Heart of the Experience", A Photography Contest by Motor Image Sdn. Bhd. The competition is divided to 3 categories.

  • Action & Motion (Capture the incredible visuals of movement and actions);
  • World in Perspective (Literally or figuratively, capture your world in any perspective you want andlet others see through your eyes);
  • Essence of Subaru (Eternalise anything in photo that you deem possess the essence and quality of Subaru).
Today's session was for the "Essence of Subaru". Motor Image arranged for model Jezamine Lim to model with the Subarus. I did not take much pictures of the model as I have no idea what to take :p I just stood back and watch and learn what the others are doing. On top of that I managed to make some new friends, cheers to that.

Beauty of Canon 50mm f1.8 at f1.8
Beauty of Canon 50mm f1.8 at f1.8

For the competition, I have not decided which photograph to choose yet. 10 days to go.

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Photographer: Wan Cheng Huat
Camera: Canon 50D + Canon 18-200mm
Location: Putrajaya, Malaysia
Taken On: July 04, 2009
Edits: Color Balance

Thursday, July 2, 2009

"Take a Picture for Conservation" Photo Competition Results

I just got to know today that I got prizes for both my photographs which I submitted to enter the "Take a Picture for Conservation" photo competition. You guys can visit Wild Asia too.

Nature Category (1st Runner Up). Yik Hoe's wife, Lee Ping, got the Grand Prize :D which truly deserves it, no doubt about her shot. Wish I can share her photograph here but unfortunately I don't have it.
Caption: Nature's Heart
1st Runner Up Prize :D Cheers

Candid Moment Category (Grand Prize)
Caption: The best investment a father can give to his son. Planting a tree of life.
The Grand Prize :D Double Cheers

Actually this morning, I had a meeting with Deborah Chan, the Communication & Business Strategy Manager of Wild Asia Sdn Bhd, to discuss on some collaboration on the CIMB MyCause Competition.

On top of that, I conveniently made myself available to collect my prizes from Wild Asia premises. I was not entirely surprise I won but to win 2 prizes, that was totally unexpected. I thought the other contestants captured better photographs than I did.

Overall, happy happy :D

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Me in BreadTalk: Japan Travel Blog Contest

I just submitted an application to the BreadTalk: Japan Travel Blog Contest. I came across this contest a few weeks ago but did not have any inspiration to capture myself eating the bread; until today.

At 5.30pm, I made my way to BreadTalk in Sunway Pyramid (situated at LG2 near the ice rink. Just look for McDonald and head towards Marrakesh). Half way walking to Pyramid the whole sky started turning very dark. Oops rain is about to visit Sunway. I paced up my speed.

Upon reaching BreadTalk, I started searching for the buns which had the Japan Travel Blog tag. Unfortunately, I only found one. It was the Harajuku.

The Harajuku was surprisingly nice :D I am not saying this for the sake of saying, its really nice :D Anyway, last night I had the Teriyaki Chicken (which is also one of the special bread); which was even more awesome. I wish I could have another bite of the Teriyaki Chicken. Too bad I did not capture any shot of the latter. Anyway, this is my submission for the contest

Sunday, June 21, 2009

21.06.2009 - "Take a Picture for Conservation" Photo Competition

Today, Yik Hoe, his wife (Lee Ping) and me took some time off from the busy city life and made our way to Kota Damansara Community Forest to show our support to the Tree Party 2009 event organised by Wild Asia.Net. Our main reason there was actually to enter the "Take a Picture for Conservation" photo competition :) There were 2 themes for the competition; Nature and Candid Moments. Well we entered both.

We left Bandar Sunway slightly over 8.20am but unfortunately got held back by a police road block. Apparently at this very morning, there was cycling race in front of us and the police were stopping the traffic on the highway to make way for the cyclists. Well, there goes our breakfast time.
Lucky of us to get a 'police escort' all the way to Damansara. Now I really know how it feels like to have a police escort :D So cool.
Finally, we reach Kota Damansara Community slightly past 9.00am. The place was quite hard to find as the map on the Wild Asia.Net website was not really accurate. Anyway, we were there on time.
We registered and paid our entrance fees. RM30 for a good cause. A small price to pay to help create awareness on the environment.
After registration, I had a little chat with Adrian, of Malaysian Youth Climate Justice Network (MyCJN). Good to hear that more and more youth are getting more aware with the impending situation which we will have to endure in the future if we do not do anything now. Change has to happen and it has to start now. Adrian mentioned about Climate Refugee Camps. Quite an interesting perspective to ponder on. Imagine hundreds of millions of refugees flocking to our country not because of war but because of the menacing environmental changes caused by uncontrolled and unmonitored human activities.
As much as I like to continue the conversation, I had to make my way to start snapping away.

So enjoy the shots I took.
Tree Party 2009 activities. Planting plants and partying? No idea how it will mix, even though I am a conservationist by degree, I have never come across this approach.To some, a hole in a ground is association with death or remorse, in this case, its about giving life and hope.Look our hands are dirty :D Proves that we were working HARD.Pink Doing Green.Shots of kids trekking in the jungle. The trek was not really a tough one, just nice for the kids to have a good dose of environmental education while sweating it out and enjoying the fresh air. It was nice to be with nature again. I miss those days in Danum Valley, Lahad Datu, Sabah. Brings back good memories.Ray of sunlight gleaming through holes in a leave.These are the 2 photographs I have submitted to enter the competition.

Nature Category
Caption: Nature's Heart

Candid Moment Category
Caption: The best investment a father can give to his son. Planting a tree of life.