Amateur Photography Competition 2010

Interesting stuff! We joined the Amateur Photography competition organised by the Empire Hotel and Country Club in conjunction with His Majesty 64th birthday. Yay... we are excited beyond words. Excited because? 1. We enjoy photography. 2. Make photography skills to good use, (especially for hubby, he always takes good pictures). And for me, as beginner, to see if I have the groove, haha. This is going to be interesting.

We went for the briefing yesterday at the Empire. Only 64 participants are allowed to join, you see, His Majesty is 64 years old, so 64 participants! And they must be amateur photographers, meaning, photographers who are not taking photography for money, things like that. We were told by the Empire staff they were inspired to organise such a competition after seeing so many people taking pictures of the Empire over the years, so why not making it as a competition? Good right? Win-win situation.

We were given special pass so we can take pictures in the Empire premises between now and the 27th July. After the briefing we are already doing the snap, snap, snap.

The photography competition is divided into 3 categories:
1. External
2. Internal
3. People

Must be taken within the Empire vicinity, of course. And anyone can take all 3 categories, and submit one photo for each category. Submission is on the 27th July. We already took some good photos yesterday, and more this weekend maybe.

So excited! Doesnt matter if we win or not. But it was fun and for once, we could use the camera for something worthwhile. Such a pity, all these time, the pictures we took were just saved and resided in our hard drive.

Some pictures from yesterday's briefing