Nikon held their first ever weekend workshop in Penang during the school holidays. A great excuse to go to Penang! We arrived 2 days before so that we could explore the city as the timetable for the 2 days seemed pretty packed. As we arrived, lugging my heavy suitcase, the head of Nikon Club appeared outside the hotel and came and chatted with us while we waited for our room to be ready.
The workshop itself was amazing. There were 4 talks (most done in English and the one that was in Malay I actually understood quite a bit). We learnt about HDR and infra-red and I am really keen to try infra red for myself. There were also various photo shoots where volunteers took us to some locations that were good for shooting. I went to Little India for one then the early morning sunrise shoot and a shoot of a new event where the streets were closed to allow pedestrians and cyclists to be safer. The whole event was a great chance to meet and talk to a lot of photographers. One of the participants asked a speaker who had studied in the UK why people study at university when there are so many online tutorials. The answer was comprehensive, describing the other aspects of photography and its effects on people, how important it is to know about the history of photography, It was great to hear and I realised how much I know about photography itself and how fascinating the development it. We also got given 2 tshirts, a Nikon magnet which we had a lot of fun with, a thumb drive in the shape of a Nikon 1 camera and a bag. The newspapers wrote about it too, one is here: http://www.nst.com.my/node/4834
The workshop itself was amazing. There were 4 talks (most done in English and the one that was in Malay I actually understood quite a bit). We learnt about HDR and infra-red and I am really keen to try infra red for myself. There were also various photo shoots where volunteers took us to some locations that were good for shooting. I went to Little India for one then the early morning sunrise shoot and a shoot of a new event where the streets were closed to allow pedestrians and cyclists to be safer. The whole event was a great chance to meet and talk to a lot of photographers. One of the participants asked a speaker who had studied in the UK why people study at university when there are so many online tutorials. The answer was comprehensive, describing the other aspects of photography and its effects on people, how important it is to know about the history of photography, It was great to hear and I realised how much I know about photography itself and how fascinating the development it. We also got given 2 tshirts, a Nikon magnet which we had a lot of fun with, a thumb drive in the shape of a Nikon 1 camera and a bag. The newspapers wrote about it too, one is here: http://www.nst.com.my/node/4834
