The Historical, Vintage & Classic Cars Museum is organizing a parade on Wednesday, October 10th 2012. The parade will start at 4:00pm from Kuwait Towers and will head towards the museum in Shuwaikh. I’m quite doubtful about my visit this time too, cos of my long working hours.
This definetly would be fun and hope the weather plays perfect. So if you are a photographer take out your camera and gears and follow the basic steps.
- Reach the venue well ahead of time
- A wide angle or a standard short to medium telephoto lens (Prime lens would be perfect)
- Carry a polarizer to avoid bright reflection from metal car body.
- Shoot at unusal angle
- Capture specific details (Hood ornaments, wheels , engines, etc.)
Image Source: Arab Times
ShutterXpose team is pleased to announce the winners of their 1st Photography Contest under the theme “Expression of Love“.
The winners are:
- Shafimon Choolookaran (1st Prize)
- Joy Roshan (2nd Prize)
- Nabeel Sab (3rd Prize)
Congratulation’s !!!
Brief Summary of the Contest
The contest was open to all residents of Kuwait. The contestant had to upload their best image based on the theme of the contest and invite their friends and folks to vote for their image. The Photo contest had a considerable good response. We received a total of 37 entries and only 25 entries were qualified and moderated based on the theme, the contest was held for a 1 month period (19th August – 19th September, 2012). The contest received a total of 3000+ votes from more than 10 countries including Kuwait. As per the rules Top 5 entries with maximum votes were selected to qualify for the Judges technical evaluation round, the last 48 hrs of the contest was quite interesting with votes swinging in favour of few participants, finally there were Ties in 3 spots which ultimately gave 8 entrants to enter the evaluation round.
The Jury (3 judge panel) members had a daunting task ahead, each jury member had to evaluate the image based on the following technical criteria :
- Does the Image suit the Theme of the contest
- Composition and
- Overall impact (Lighting, Sharpness and creativity)
The total point system was on a scale of 10, at the end of the evaluation round the total aggregate point from all the judges against each image were calculated and the final 3 winners were selected.
The 3 panel Jury members are Professional photographer who have excelled in the field of photography with couple of awards under their name. A brief summary of their portfolio would be added in my coming post soon.
Congratulation to all the participants. Taking part in such photography contest is just a stepping stone to your long cherished dream to be recognised as a photographer.
We at ShutterXpose extend our warm wishes to all the participants, Indians in Kuwait (IIK), Blogger Mathai, The Grapevine Kuwait as well the readers here for helping us to make this contest a great success. ShutterXpose would organise many such contests in the future.
Photo Slideshow of all contest entrants
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Lee Llamas is one of the most successful and popular wedding photographer in the Philippines. In spite of his popularity, Lee Llamas is quite a modest and sincere person, an ardent listener a serious humorist. To his “Golden Boy” reputation Lee Llamas created wonders at his 1st Kuwait Leg- My Style Wedding Photography workshop, which was held at the Safir Hotel- Fintas on the 15th & 16th June 2012.
Day 1 started with the formal introduction of Lee Lamas, his photography works, his approach and workflow while shooting models and his style of creating magic with dynamic dimension when it comes to wedding photography. The day continued with photo shoots covering every aspect of wedding photography including the E Session, Lighting details and Outdoor shoots. Lee Llamas took personal attention in composing couple of bridal shoots, attendees were given first-hand information on such composition and advised to be creative. He also took personal interests to observe each attendees (photographers) shot and end up either advising or complimenting the photo. To give a real feel of the wedding, 2 expensive bridal gowns were arranged along with 4 couple models (2 couples for Pre-Nuptial ceremony & 2 couples for Wedding ceremony), make-up as well as floral artist. The models were pampered with glory by the photographers who were trying to capture them with their best camera, available lens, light and creative angles.
Mutla Ridge is the highest point in Kuwait, even though it’s almost around 500 feet in elevation. It is located just north and west of Kuwait city and is part of Al Jahra Governorate. The Ridge has an historical reference during the 1991 war, when Kuwait was invaded by Iraq. In February 1991, during operation Desert Storm, U.S. forces managed to capture Mutla Ridge in a lopsided battle and cut off Iraqi forces fleeing to Iraq. A massive convoy of Iraqi vehicle was trapped on the highway leading to Mutla Ridge and was devastated by coalition aircraft, as well as by U.S. ground forces. The scene of the destruction became known as the “Highway of Death.” (historical reference as documented by award winning editor Spencer C. Tucker in his book “The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars”)
ShutterXpose members had an early Friday morning (08th June,2012) trip to explore Mutla Ridge. The team was well in time for Sunrise (04:48 am), the weather was not good for photography as there was still a layer of dust in the air, but it wasn’t quite bad either. Generally any drastic change in wind current is good enough to blow enough sand in the desert and make the visibility bad. Mutla Ridge definitely gave us a breathtaking relief from the usual crowd and concrete jungles, the utter silence and freshness in the air, ripple sand pattern along with the mild sand blowing on to our face welcomed us in its rather unusual pleasant way.
Lee Llamas is a Professional Photographer based in Philippines. He is considered to be a Guru in Fashion photography, his creativity and elegance style of working with a disarmingly boyish good looks earned him the “Golden boy” of wedding photography within the wedding industry. Lee Llamas was chosen as the official photographer for Supermodels of the World Philippine franchise from 2001 to 2002. He also made models portfolio shots for Cal Carries International Modeling agency and helped launch careers of stellar fashion models both local and international.
Lee Llamas would be in Kuwait and will be conducting “A Wedding Photography Roadtrip Workshop – Kuwait Leg”, on the 15th & 16th of June at the Safir Hotel, Fintas. There are slots for only 40 participants at a premium cost of KD 40 each (includes 2 days workshop, coffee breaks and lunch) There will be models for the “E” Session, Wedding Gown, and Wedding couples.
Topics covered:
- A Wedding Photographers work flow from the beginning in of a wedding to the end, Including the planning, Set-up, Equipment and Package pricing.
- Engagement Session Portraits
- Outdoor Wedding Portrait
- Image Post Processing and Album Layouts
Additionally, there will be a “Roadtrippers” Photography event in the afternoon and evening of the 14th and subsequent evenings of the 15th & 16th where an open discussion will be held on the business aspect of Photography for an additional KD 10.
This event is open to all Skill level of photographers, especially who wish to take their passion into commercial business of Wedding photography. If you are interested and would like to reserve your seat and make payment, Please contact Kyle Stanley, Johnny Dao, or Mondell Salmon. For any additional information contact Kyle Stanley ( +965 9090-9501)
A couple of days back I mentioned about Kuwait 1st Annual Photowalk, this event turned out to be a roaring success with more than 80 photographers with different skill level of photography participating during the entire day to take their passion to a new height. Photowalks are common event at most places in the world, but for Kuwait this was a total new concept. A “Photowalk” is intended to be more slow paced learning with actual on the spot results as you take photos using the camera settings and composition techniques you have just learned from your peers and Professional Photographers walking along with you. It also serves as a larger networking activity for those professionals looking to meet up with other like minded people.
The idea for the event started about 2 weeks ago as a plan to bring together Photographers from the past 6 months sporting events, and the free seminars by Kyle Stanley and his team have put on at the various Photo club shoots. Photowalk started at the Kuwait Science center parking lot at 5:00 am. Photographers started gathering and receiving their badges according to their skill level. Black for Professionals, Yellow for Creative artists, and Green for enthusiast. The course started out with a meet and greet where by each member introduced themselves and their background in Photography. Basics of Photography where gone over quickly and guidance to the daily events. All the members proceeded to walk down towards the Hard Rock Cafe, stopping along the way to photograph Motorcycle model, landscape shots of the ocean, and impromptu street shots of the Fisherman along the way. Once at The Hard Rock, Johnny Dao gave an open course on Landscape Photography and the use of filters and their adapters. The next meeting point was at the Green Island for Live modeling shoots. Though there was no Ramp walk, the thrill was no less. Audrea Gregga Professional photographer and Freelance makeup artist gave the members the tips and insight on shooting live models. The bright dusty weather provided the lights and the cameras kept rolling with almost all photographers shooting the friendly models – Gabrijela Lovrich, Sandra, MUA Renzy Lim Aurelas & Hala
The event finally concluded in the evening capturing the sunset at the Kuwait Tower. This Photowalk created a lot of enthusiasm among photographers in a hope to have more such events in the future. Over the last 2 days since the event took place, 3 new Facebook pages has been added to serve the photography community here in Kuwait. Topics covered during the events where White Balance, Aperture, Shutter Speed, and Creative composition along with the landscape, detail, and model shooting.
The event was sponsored by Kuwait UPTO DATE, Al Zoba company & Al Ghunaim Photography.
If you are interested to join their Facebook group and view the photo’s taken by the members, click on the link below.
Kuwait Photowalk Photographers [link]
Drawing with Light by Kyle Stanley & Baby Dela Cruz [link]
JPeg Kuwait [link]
The 1st Annual Photowalk event will be taking place on Friday 4th May, 2012. This debutant event will begin from the Kuwait Scientific Center to the Kuwait Towers (both popular landmarks in kuwait) in which over 50 amateur and professional photographers are expected to participate. Photography lovers from all skill levels are invited to take part in this walk which will also include classes and demonstrations by experts.
Photowalks are quite common in most part of the world. I sincerely hope this new initiative here gears momentum and be an annual events over the years to come.
The Shot Lounge is organizing the biggest photography event “fototalks 2012” in Kuwait. fototalks is an annual event that sheds lights on photographers from Kuwait, Gulf Region, Middle East and the world, that worth to be noticed and recognized. In its maiden event, fototalks will include seminars, workshops and photo challenge over a 2 days program on the 16th & 17th of April,2012 at the GUST Auditorium (W6 500), West Mishref Campus.
fototalks mission is to empower photographers and expose them to be known and give them the chance to share the messages they capture through their eyes with others. The seminar and workshops will be conducted by professional photographers with their expertise in Wild Life, Sports, Children & Portrait, Commercial, Photojournalism and Food photography. The program also includes workshop on Timelapse and Post Processing.
The program is conducted in the evening from 05:00 – 10:00 pm, this makes it ideal for all intrested photographers, videographers, media persons as well others to join the event after office hours. For more information on the schedule of the program, cost of ticket and to register follow the link to their website [here]
Inspired by the first Earth Hour in Sydney, in 2008 a group of engineering students at Kuwait University aspired to spread awareness about global warming and to take action on climate change. Living in an oil-producing country is a great economic privilege, however, it raises important concerns about the amounts of carbon emissions. The Kuwaiti Team for Global Warming was established to encourage the people of Kuwait to embrace environmental change in order to balance the effects of oil production. Their aim was to organise Earth Hour in Kuwait and to motivate the people of Kuwait to engage in this global contribution of reducing carbon emissions.
In 2009, the team introduced the idea of Earth Hour to the public by organising an event in a public area overlying Kuwait Towers. The significance of reducing electricity consumption for only an hour was explained by the team members to authorised individuals of the main landmarks of Kuwait – these include Kuwait Towers, Liberation Tower, The Scientific Center as well as over twenty-six malls, embassies, hotels, companies and professional associations. Several non-profit organisations and societies participated in the event to educate people about other environmental aspects and the importance of volunteer work. The team’s work is not only exclusive to organising Earth Hour, they also believe in the concept of reducing carbon emissions beyond the hour. The team contributes towards educating the youth about global warming and climate change by giving lectures and seminars at schools and universities. Furthermore, the members of the team engage in various environmental exhibitions and conferences as well as beach clean-ups. The Kuwaiti Team for Global Warming has also inspired organisations to adopt the idea of Earth Hour and has supported its application in the State of Kuwait during Environmental Day, which took place on February 27th 2012, naming it the Environmental Hour.
Kuwait Motor Racing Club (K.M.R.C) is organizing the 4th Round of Kuwait Rally Championship 2012 on Saturday 24th March in Julaia’a, behind Bnaider Mosque. This should be a great opportunity for photographers to capture yet another sporting action after the recently held Kuwait International Motocross Challenge 2012. If you missed the earlier action, it’s time to catch some action thrills now. To know more on the program detail, click [here]
Organiser Facebook page, click [link]
Photo source: Dherar Al Rshoud, Kuwait Motorsport
