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NPX: Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Well, just like everyone else, enjoying this hobby of mine. heeheee~~ I like to explore and take bird photos as they are, i dont like studio photos. NPX: How long have you been interested nature photography? And also how you started. Well, it wasn't that long like many of you here. A camera was given to me as a present from my husband who is now my sponsor. wakaka! I think i am probably a latecomer, ... Read More
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NPX: Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I work as a veterinary surgeon with a special interest in Dermatology & Surgery. I'm married with 2 boys, 7 and 4 years old. Besides bird photography, I'm an F1 fan and enjoy taking my car to the Sepang International Circuit for a few laps around the track. NPX: How long have you been interested nature photography? And also how you started. I've been into photography every since I was in the army. However at that ... Read More
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NPX: Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I'm pretty bad at describing myself. That about covers the 'a bit' part. Next question! NPX: How long have you been interested nature photography? And also how you started. When my daughter was a baby, I bought a DSLR to capture interesting moments in her life. So I became more interested in photography in general. Browsing through the local photographic forums, I saw many breathtaking pictures of birds taken by enthusiasts with accompanying interesting stories about ... Read More
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NPX: How long have you been interested nature photography? And also how you started. I have been interested in nature photography, particularly bird photography since the early 1980s. I started birdwatching from a very young age and I wanted to document the birds that I saw so that I could show them to my friends. It wasn't until I was almost 20 that I could afford a budget slr and embark on this endeavour. Due to the substantial expenditure involved and the less ... Read More
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NPX: Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I started photography when I was in secondary school after my elder sister bought me a Rollei twin reflex camera. I then joined the Photographic Society of Singapore and learned photography techniques from all the senior photographers there. At that time only concentrate on landscapes and portrait photography. I have my own darkroom to develop all the black and white photographs and wanted to join Strait’s Time then after completed school to be a ... Read More
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NPX: Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Haha, after more than a year’s worth of delaying, I’ve finally agreed to YY’s request to be interviewed. I am just like everyone here – ordinary, run-of-the-mill... but I do have lots of passion in nature as well as in photography. NPX: How long have you been interested nature photography? And also how you got started. Wah, long story man. I have been interested in photography since I was a kid – shooting everything under the sun, ... Read More
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NPX: Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Jeff: I always have an image in my mind on what I want to create even if it takes to construct that image from ground up. It applies to everything that I do. NPX: How long have you been interested nature photography? And also how you started. Jeff: I knew nuts about taking photos until I was introduced to a baby P&S; (Fuji film) more than 10 years ago while in college. It was streets then mammals then birds. NPX: What do ... Read More
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NPX: Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Paul: My interest in photography started in the early 70’s, nothing really glorious then. I was the only Kampong photographer armed with Seagull (Hai-O) slr shooting for free most of the times. Rewards given in those days were barely enough for the cost of film, printing and tit-bits. In the late 70s, with the Nikon FEs and FMs, I was able to make some money shooting wedding, school activities and some kampong events for ... Read More
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NPX: What got you interested in animal watching? JL: "The World of Survival" sticker book from Panini! NPX: How long have you been into this hobby? JL: More than 20 years. NPX: We all know your bird ID skill is superb. How did you get to your current knowledge of birds? JL: Not as superb as I want it to be! I still make mistakes and continue to learn from that. I get my current knowledge by reading, observing in the field, studying guide books, searching the ... Read More
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NPX: How long have you been interested nature photography? Reno: Been into nature photography since 2006, only started to be active in 2008. NPX: What do you like about it in particular? Reno: Birds, especially colourful and cute ones. NPX: How did you learn photography techniques? Reno: Learned from trial and error, from people around me, especially from the birders who willing to share while meeting them in the field. NPX: Were there any photographer(s) that you like and influences your style? Reno: The first person that influences ... Read More
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NPX: How long have you been interested nature photography? Luenny: I've been interested in photography since my sec school days but never did have a genre where I really like. I only really interested in nature photography when I restarted my hobby 2 years ago. NPX: What do you like about it in particular? Luenny: Nature fascinates me now more than ever - particularly because of the impending crisis that our natural world is facing. I want to capture the beauty of it - particularly ... Read More
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NPX: How long have you been interested nature photography? Kok Tiong: Started in early 2009 when i was using 70-200mm lens + 2x TC to shoot wild birds at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve NPX: What do you like about it in particular? Kok Tiong: I like wild birds especially those colourful one. NPX: How did you learn photography techniques? Kok Tiong: Books, website, forums and friends NPX: How come all your images are so sharp and well exposed? Dare to share your secret? Kok Tiong: I use Nikon 600mm ... Read More
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NPX: How long have you been interested in nature photography? Myron: I guess it all started in Nov 07 when I visited Adelaide and Tasmania with my wife and son. I was fascinated by the wildlife I saw in the wilderness there, especially the male Superb Fairy Wren. It was all downhill after that... NPX: What do you like about it in particular? Myron: The beauty of wildlife and the fascinating lives they lead. Guess observing them kinda makes up for my boring one...kidding! NPX: How ... Read More
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NPX: How long have you been interested nature photography? Walad: 2 years NPX: What do you like about it in particular? Walad: Wild birds NPX: How did you learn photography techniques? Walad:Books and friends. NPX: Were there any photographer(s) that you like and influences your style? Walad: There are too many of them to mention in this interview. NPX: What are the stuff in your dry cabinet? What are the items in your bag during birding? Walad: Dry cabinet: EOS 50D body with battery grip, EOS 5D body with battery grip, EF ... Read More
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Strobby's photo NPX: How long have you been interested nature photography? Strobby: I started nature photography very recently, Dec 2008. Pick up my first DSLR around June 2008. I start shooting event and fashion show. Got quite boring after a while as it is always model coming out on the runway then shoot, shoot, shoot. Then, start to learn and love strobe (that how my nick, strobby come about) and start shooting abstract /still life. Wanted to use strobe on people and went into ... Read More
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NPX: How long you've been involved in photography. As a casual photographer, I've touched camera since my university days in Australia. My brother owned a photo processing shop there and sell cameras on the side. He gave me one of the trade-in camera, it was a Minolta SLR with standard lens. I cant exactly remember which model it was now.. It was my first camera, and I used it to take snapshots of myself and friends throughout my university time. It was kind ... Read More
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NPX: How long have you been interested in bird photography? Jason: I have my first DSLR in 2005, mainly shooting RC Planes. Got hook to birds photography when I got my Sigma 150-500mm (thought birding this way is cheap, I was wrong!) in Feb 2009. Guess the Pitta in SBG and BBKF in Lower Peirce did make an impact. My hunger for sharp detail image came. NPX: What do you like about it in particular? Jason: Shooting birds allowed me relax, especially in a stressful ... Read More
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NPX: How long have you been interested in nature photography? Calvin: I 1st pick up photography about 20 years ago but was a short lived one because my house was emptied due to a burglary. I only start back about 4 years ago with a Canon 350D. That time my interest was on Macro. During one of the outings, I was poisoned by a friend who bought along a 500mm f4IS. Since then I began my slow journey into bird photography starting off ... Read More
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How long have you been interested in nature photography? I have had an interest in nature photography - specifically birds - since 2006. What got you hoooked into it in the first place? It all started when my partner and I went camping over a series of weeks: we saw this amazing bright blue bird tweetering around the camp site one morning. I tried to take pictures of it with an instamatic and the poor photographic result started the camera arms race I'm sure we're ... Read More
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[caption id="attachment_761" align="aligncenter" width="639" caption="Sunny"][/caption] How long have you been interested in photographing butterflies? I am relatively new to Photography , by chance ,in the later part of 2005 I shot a Butterfly with a PS camera, While seeking to identify the species I was directed to Butterfly from ClubSnap, I stay too long admiring their beautiful butterfly shots , and they infected me with a serious case "Butterfly Flu". :) What do you like particularly about it? Initially it was the beauty of the various ... Read More
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How long have you been dabbling in nature photography? couldn't remember, i think i started somewhere 2004 What do you like particularly about it? its a healthy hobby and at the same time i enjoy God's creation How did you learn photography techniques? reading, trial and error Were there any photographer(s) that you like and influences your style? I don’t have a favorite photographer and i believe i am still far from creating a style that is unique to me only but I got motivated when any of my ... Read More
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How long have you been dabbling in nature photography? I started nature photography about 3 years ago. It was during the Chinese New Year in 2006 when I met up with Adrian (wmw998). During our casual chat, he told me that he was looking for ‘a camera with big long lens’ to take bird photos. I bought an Olympus DSLR with the 50-200mm f/2.8 lense for him. While testing the DSLR, I was severely ‘poisoned’ by the clicking sound of the 3.5 fps I ... Read More
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How long have you been interested in photographing butterflies? I have been interested in photographing butterflies for quite a while, ever since I saw the “sharing a few butterflies” thread in Clubsnap around 2006-2007, but I never had the equipment back then as my first slr was only bought in April 2007 and didn’t have a macro lens and had no idea how to use it in the first place. I guess the passion grew stronger as I started macro after I bought my ... Read More
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How long have you been dabbling in nature photography? I am a relative newbie to nature photography. Started taking my first nature images in April 2007…in our great Jurong Bird Park! What do you like particularly about it? I have always loved nature and animals since young. Nature photography gives me a good excuse to be out with nature and capture the beauty I see on my camera. The process of anticipating the special moments in nature photography especially in action images also gives me ... Read More
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NPX: How long have you been dabbling in nature photography? I started taking photos of sunbirds and kingfishers around Jurong lake in mid 2007 with a very used 500mm f4P and afterwards I started to get a bit more serious in March 08, after one inspiring Terns outing. NPX: What do you like about it in particular? I like the thrill of seeing new birds/animals that you do not expect. And I prefer nature to overly-crowded places. Being in a park or reserve allows me to clear my ... Read More