4th Jun 2007 Second Day Part 1

Wake up early in the morning and all have the official first shooting. Where we went?

Shooting at Pasar Ikan, Fishing Jetty, Chester Street and Pasar Besar, Tawau. There are lots of interesting subjects. (Click on photo to zoom in)

When I almost reach the jetty, I smell a very refreshing fragrance. Quickly, I dashed there, seeing crowds gathered around.
It was totally choas for me. However, I start to notice there are bags of packed mango, which smell wonderful (suddenly, felt very hungry!).

Later, it stuck me, this is a market. People is selling immediately after stocks are unloaded from the boats.

Customers selecting packed mango. Lots of choices!!!!

There are lots of other stuffs traded here.








Boat fully loaded with bananas. Workers unloading after a deal is agreed upon.





















Fishing Jetty.

Lighting was very good, ray of light fall onto these 3 fishermen that just woke up and relaxing in front of their boat.

First Day


On arrival, after checking out from Tawau Airport. There is already a welcome party, other peoples though this group of people might be VIP. Yusuf, Steven and Bani started taking photos of us.

This is also the first opportunity that I got to know who is who, as usually I know them my nickname only. Beside Malaysian group from Photomalaysia, Indonesia's group also arrived leaded by Kristupa.

After check-in to Kingston Hotel, have lunch in Sri Keningau, buffet style. Everyone start to get to know each other, very nice environment, as all are chatting about photography.

Later, we all decide to rent to 4WD landcuirser to a fishing village for our first photo shoot session.

Here are 2 photos from that session.


First, Drying salted fish near jetty. Local make salted fish from their catch. I found this interesting because they are dry hanging up. I composed it with fishing boat as background and showing the beautiful blue sky in Sabah.













Child Play

Saw group of local boys playing around their village. Compose when they were nearby cloths where hang dry under the sun.

Joining Crossing Bridges IV

Joined a trip organized by PhotoMalaysia.com (the best Photography related forum in Malaysia) recently. Below are some info about it and will post photo very soon, stay tune.

CROSSING BRIDGES INFOSHEET

Crossing Bridges is a project by four (4) online photography communities in South-east Asia : Clubsnap.com (a Singapore based online photographer community), Fotografer.net (Indonesia), Photo.vn (Vietnam) and PhotoMalaysia.com (Malaysia).

Crossing Bridges is aimed at fostering friendship among online photography communities through their passion in photography. Initiated by Eddy Ng from Clubsnap.com (Singapore), Crossing Bridges 1 (CB1) took place in Central Java, Indonesia in 2004 when Fotografer.net (Indonesia) hosted 20 members from Clubsnap.com in Central Java for 4 days (May 20 – May 23, 2004). The activity did not just end there; members of both communities took one step further by holding exhibitions of magnificent photographs taken during the outing. Two exhibitions were held, one in Jakarta and another in Singapore.

Following the success of CB1 in 2004, Clubsnap.com took the opportunity to host CB2 in 2005 by taking members of Crossing Bridges 2 on a 5 days trip to Hong Kong and Macau. Learning about CB1, sponsorships started to come in to Clubsnap.com supporting the cause for CB2. PhotoMalaysia.com was invited to join the Crossing Bridges Project in 2005 which was thus widened to forge friendships between Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia’s photographers.

Crossing Bridges got to be more exciting when Photo.vn (Vietnam) came into the picture in 2006 offering to be the host for CB3 in Sapa and Hanoi. The event took place on August 27 - September 1, 2006. With the same aim of fostering friendships across international boundaries amongst photographers outside the virtual realm, the Crossing Bridges project in 2006 moved closer towards becoming an annual event extending across the boundaries of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam. Hope and aspiration builds up for “Crossing Bridges” to be more than just photography by bridging differences, beliefs, skin colours, language, race and geographic boundaries. It is building understanding through the medium of photography.

CROSSING BRIDGES IV 2007 In Semporna and Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia

Malaysia with two distinct parts, separated from each other by the South China Sea, is the home of Mount Kinabalu, the highest peak of South East Asia at 4,095 meters on the island of Borneo. Malaysia has a rich geography between green highlands and blue oceans. It has one of the tallest sky scrapers in the world. And it has natural wonders as diverse as its cultural heritage, derived from an exciting and eclectic mix of the many different cultures in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. This year it is PhotoMalaysia.com’s turn to take the challenge and become the host for Crossing Bridges 4.

We’ve timed our hosting duties to coincide with “Visit Malaysia Year 2007”. Crossing Bridges this year will be between June 3 – June 8, 2007 Forty photographers from Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia will savour the delights of Sabah. With their cameras and lenses they will capture and showcase the enchanting beauty of Sabah, and share it with the people in their home countries, through photography exhibitions, photographic essays focusing mainly on Tawau, Semporna, and the pristine beauty of East Sabah.

As the saying goes “a picture speaks a thousand words”. Each international member of Crossing Bridges 4 will speak thousands of words for Sabah as they translate what they see, and describe their feelings, through their lenses in this coming outing. The final Farewell dinner and slide show as in the past years has been the finale of the outings where members get to view first hand the photos taken during the visit. Most of the time, no matter how experienced and seasoned a photographer is, they will always be intrigued by moments and frames captured by another. And this is what members of CB4 wish to share with other photographers in each home countries and further.

The CB4 Group will be carrying out community service work on Maiga Island within the Sabah’s Tun Sakaran Dandai Marine Park. They will be conducting a “Kid’s Klick” project to introduce the joy of photography to children on the island, as well as running the recently launched “Little Artists Workshop”.

I shot Penang's Bridge (not bomb) #2

I shot Penang's Bridge (not bomb) #1

Am I a sharp shooter??