COMPETITIONS!!!

 

 

CLIMATE CHANGE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

 

Submission Details

 

All photos must be saved onto a CD and submitted together with a Entry Form.

Completed documents should be sent to:

Climate Change Photography Competition

            Attn: Ng Say Kuan, Gerald

National Environment Agency

            40 Scotts Road #19-00

            Singapore 228231

Closing Date: 13^th September 2010, 5.00pm.

Competition Details

 

The Climate Change Photography Competition aims to have our students understand the link of human action to the global phenomenon of climate change. Students will be required to express their perspective of climate change through capturing moments of their everyday life and (if required) writing a short commentary of the underlying story they wish to convey.

 

1. This competition is open only to students of primary and secondary schools in Singapore. Primary School and Secondary Schools are classified as Junior and Senior categories respectively.
2. Each student is entitled to submit only one photo. Each entry must be accompanied by a short title.
3. The short narration (non compulsory) to the photos should not be more than 150 words and should relate how the picture is related to the theme – Climate Change.
4. Entries must not be graphically manipulated but minimal digital enhancements are allowed. (Please see Submission Guidelines)
5. NEA retains all rights of use to submitted images to this competition.
6. Closing date for submission: Tuesday, 13^th September 2010, 5pm. Late Submission will not be accepted (absolute).
7. Photos which do not meet the required submission guidelines and date will be rejected from competition. NEA reserves the rights to refuse submissions which do not meet the requirement without prior notice.

Photo Submission Guidelines

1.  The photo is taken by your student (name of photographer and respective photo submitted to competition) and your student had agreed to and allowed NEA with the use of the image.
2. The photo submitted must in JPEG, JPG format and mostly unmodified. By “mostly unmodified” we mean you have not deleted or composited elements in the photo. (Enhancements to colour and sharpness are fine)
3. Photos that are 1,000 px (minimum) wide or tall, in JPG format and under 10 MB each. 2,200 px or larger is required for print consideration.
4. You do not submit anything that is not a photo, such as graphic art, paintings, illustrations, screenshots, etc.
5. Photo with deleted or composited elements are not allowed (full-frame composites like double-exposures and HDR images are fine).
6. Refrain from:

• Text overlays – Photos that contain visible watermarks or overlaid text are not allowed.
• Frames or borders
• Things that aren’t photos
• Pornography – not even artful nudes.

 

Workshop

 

1. A workshop will be held on 27^th August 2010, from 3.00pm – 5.00pm, to facilitate better understanding on requirements from the competition theme, photo submission and deadlines.
2. Student representative will share on the topic of Climate Change, follow by introduction from a photographer to share on his interpretation on the theme. There is also a light introduction to some photography techniques.
3. Venue to the workshop:

Catholic High School
9 Bishan Street 22, Lecture Theatre 4
Singapore 579767

1. For students that wish to take part in the workshop, please submit this Entry Form (properly filled) and send it to the following office before 20^th August 2010.

Climate Change Photography Competition

            Attn: Ng Say Kuan, Gerald

National Environment Agency

            40 Scotts Road #19-00

            Singapore 228231

 

1. Participation in the workshop is not a requisite to take part  in this competition, however, all participants are greatly encourage to attend the session for better understanding to the theme and requirements.

 

Cash Prizes

 

First Prize        : $500

Second Prize  : $400

Third Prize       : $300

Consolation Prize (x7): $50 each 

 

  PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED PLEASE TELL DIONNE  @ dionneteo@hotmail.com or during cca. a entry form will be given to you

SECOND COMPETITION-

NATIONAL INFOCOMM CLUB AWARDS 2010

THEME – “GREEN ICT”

more details @ http://www.ida.gov.sg/insg/post/National-Infocomm-Club-Awards.aspx

                                   http://www.infocommtalent.sg/infocomm_club.aspx

specific details will be told during cca.

thanks 🙂 ur funcfare ic 🙂

Emag Grouping

Groupings for E-magazine

Events

Leader: Rong Chang

Photographer: Vivian

Video: Celine

Editor: Xu Cheng and Ian

Layout: Shawn

Interview with teacher

Leader: Dionne

Photographer: Shareen and Xin Ni

Video: Jia Min

Editor: Paul and Chu Yan

Layout: Wen Xin and Lionel

Students Life

Leader: Joo Hwee

Photographer: Freda and Ying Jia

Video: Joo Hwee

Editor: Chun Han and Chu Yan

Layout: Gary and Joel

Eagle’s story

Leader: Jiing Wei

Photographer: Jiing Wei and Priscilla

Video: Perlyn and Hazel

Editor: Trevor and Xin Ni

Layout: Wesley and Audrey

Layout (Chief): Jolene

Photo360 Competition

Hi, Rong Chang here. These are the details for those participating in Photo360 Competition.

http://www.4shared.com/document/dY0Rt0Fa/Photo360_Competition_Launch_an.html

The link up there provides you with the slides with all pertinent information that you will need to know in order to proceed with the submission of your synths on 21st and 22nd June 2010. Credit goes to Joo Hwee for providing me with the link.

Some VERY IMPORTANT points to note are the following :

Submission Deadlines

Category	Deadline
Celebrating YOG!	21st June 2010, 12 noon
My Heartland, My Home!	21st June 2010, 6 pm
My School. Cool!	22nd June 2010, 12 noon
Your Choice? My Choice	22nd June 2010, 6 pm

Remember to do the following before submitting your entries :

1. Tag the Synth as School360
2. Set the Visibility as Public
3. Geotag the Synth (you can do this by going to the Edit this Photosynth hyperlink, followed by Geotag tab)
        3a. You need to Geotag your synth so that it will appear in Microsoft’s Bing Maps

For complete submission instructions, you can refer to Page 6 of the attached .PDF file.

Lastly, do keep your afternoon free on 28th June at 3 PM as we will be announcing the winners for each category then. The awards ceremony will be held at Microsoft’s Auditorium at One Marina Boulevard, Level 21. Cool prizes such as the XBox gaming console, HTC phones and trophies will be given away, so mark your calendars for the 28th of June !

Do feel free to drop Mr Vincent Phua (vincent_phua@nyp.gov.sg) or myself if you have any queries.

Thank you for your participation !

Committee Plan

Hi, Dionne here.

For those who have forgotten their groupings or needs a refreshment of the committee plan that we have discussed in CCA today, please view this post. (:

Committee Grouping List

Welfare:

Joohwee

Lionel

Chun Han

Wesley

Shawn

Wen Xin

Jia Min

Audrey

Publicity

Paul

Xinni

Priscilla

Chu Yan

Xu Cheng

Joel

Ying Jia

Jolene

Functions

Celine

Shareen

Jiing Wei

Vivian

Gary

Freda

Perlyn

Hazel

Brief outline of tasks of each Committee

Welfare: Things that are related to CCA members’ welfare: Shooting sessions (getting feedback/opinions/suggestions from CCA members on new implementations/CCA sessions.), Celebrating of CCA members’ birthday, planning of study groups for CCA members

Publicity: Things done to publicize for CCA -CCA noticeboard, banners, flyers for CCA showcase

Functions: Plan CCA outings, bonding sessions, games, etc. To work with welfare on giving CCA members gifts for days like Children’s’ Day, Valentines Day, birthdays, etc. Can work with Publicity on decorating of stuff, etc.

Okay, we will start working this committee plan very soon. Welfare will start with their above stated tasks; Publicity will work on the CCA noticeboard (the one at the lower sec block walkway which is currently empty and black fyi); Functions will plan on the CCA barbeque which we are planning to hold on the June Holidays.

Thanks. 😀

Welfare	Publicity	Functions
Joo Hwee Lionel Chun Han Wesley Shawn Wen Xin Jia Min Audrey	Paul Xinni Priscilla Chu Yan Xu Cheng Joel Ying Jia Jolene	Celine Shareen Jiingwei Vivian Gary Freda Perlyn Hazel

Perspective, Focal Lengths

I know I am not supposed to be here but oh well :P… I came across this Nikon catalogue which i kinda took in secret from a photo shop in Japan so kinda tempted to show this to you guys.(i think its FOC). Half of it is in Japanese (of course..^^) but thats not the main point here… you dont have to read the Japanese parts anyway..

Look at the different photos shown. These photos really do show the difference in perspective and focal length and they make rather good comparisons. Well, for those in photog ive taught you guys these already but do look through to refresh some of your memory…(IF YOU STILL DONT KNOW…T_T)

(CLICK TO ENLGARGE)
Oh and the most interesting part is the censor size shown below the  ‘focal length’section. Shows the difference in the censor size and what you see in the viewfinder.
1.FX Format 35mm (FULL 100%- for cams like D3s and SLR cams like F3/FM2)
2.Size of what you usually see in the viewfinder (of course what you see in your viewfinder is not 100%…thats why when u take pics… your picture produced may be slightly bigger than the picture u see in your viewfinder..)
3.DX Format (for those holding onto DX cams… or using any DX lens…this is the size of your censor.. of course, its ‘cropped’. )

For the Perspective section right… the wider your focal length, the more ‘dynamic’ your picture gets. :D. Do observe/take a look at the photos shown.

(its rather amazing to find these in a catalogue actually. well of course, it included the lenses Nikon is currently selling but to show the difference between perspective and focal lengths in a catalogue is rare! I dont know about local catalogues though. :\)

check out the sony NEX and panasonic GF 1. both very chio!
I didnt know about the sony nex till a few ppl mentioned it in facebook. For the above page, look at the difference in DOF (depth of field) on the left hand corner :D.

sheen. thanks to nikon.

Wacom Kids and Animal Photo Contest

Hi Infocomm, for all those who are interested in Photography, you may want to join this Photography Competition. The prizes are drawing tablets (not the medicine tablets)! There are two categories: Digital Photo Competition and Photo Collage Competition, so it’s up to you to join which one.

For more information, go to this link:

http://www.wacom-asia.com/community/contests/photo_kids_animals/

You will have to submit your photos online at this link too.

Credits to Paul for sharing the link. 😀

For those who have joined the competition, please inform me thanks. (:

Dionne^^

DSLR Tutorial

Came across this interesting site. pretty concise and theyve included basic points regarding the DSLR so when you guys have the time, grab the chance to read :D!

http://web.canon.jp/imaging/enjoydslr/

it is .jp but its not in Japanese so dont worry haha.

sheen.

CCA BBQ!

Hello people!

Tomorrow (18 March) is our CCA BBQ, YAY! Details are as follows:

2pm- CCA in school starts. Training as usual, till 4pm. The security guards won’t let you in unless you’re wearing school tshirt/bottoms so you guys could come in CCA tee and your school shorts/pants/skirts.

4pm- CCA finishes and the whole CCA heads down to Pasir Ris Park 😀 You can change into home clothes if you don’t want to wear your school uniform.

5pm- One hour of games! 😀 The CCA will be split into four groups to play two games which will last about an hour.

6pm- BBQ STARTS. PIT NUMBER 21. It’s near to ehub. (Refer to map below)

You guys can leave anytime you want after 6pm but please try to stay as long as possible to bond with each other 🙂 And there’ll be great food to eat too! So see you guys 😀

-Kelly

“Celebration of Youth” – a Youth Photo Competition and Exhibition

A new competition for our “pro”ness-filled photographers. This is in collaboration with National Geographic and submissions are due by 20th April 2010 (send to them, not to me!).

The competition website is http://www.celebrationofyouth.yolo.sg

Will provide more information to you guys as we get it along the way.

Your Noticeboard Under Construction 🙂

sheen.