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Still hot from the recent announcement in Photokina 2018, Profoto had just organized a product launch for the new Profoto B10, their smallest and lightest light in Kuala Lumpur on 31 October 2018. The launch event was held at Ilford Galerie in Oasis Square, Ara Damansara. I was there at the launch event together with many familiar faces from the local imaging industry contacts as well as photography friends. I went with my Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II and several prime lenses and decided to ease the itch of my fingers by clicking the shutter away throughout the whole launch event. Here are some shots from the event! Wesley Wong, the man behind Ilford Galerie Malaysia, the first Ilford Galerie in the world, as well as a certified print master in Malaysia, gave the opening remarks as well as some introduction to history of Profoto in Malaysia.  I am not a studio photographer, and I rarely use studio environment for my shoots. Therefore, I am not experienced enough to write about Profoto...

OBSCURA is the largest photography festival in South East Asia and they run photography Masterclass by experienced industry experts. I personally know the organizing team of Obscura and also some of my photographer friends have participated in their Masterclass before. This allows me to interview these photographers and I shall be featuring them in this and following few articles, sharing their experience being in Obscura Masterclass. To find out more about Obscura Festival of Photography, kindly go to their official site here.  How did you get into the photography world? I picked up an old, used FED5D Russian camera to try out the film look. Also because it was the cheapest one I could find as a student in secondary school then. I found a group of KL street photographers on my very first shoot sat down with them, asked if I could join the next thing I knew, I started shooting with them. Robin's note: I was in that group of street photographer's and I remembered being amazed by...

OBSCURA is the largest photography festival in South East Asia and they run photography Masterclass by experienced industry experts. I personally know the organizing team of Obscura and also some of my photographer friends have participated in their Masterclass before. This allows me to interview these photographers and I shall be featuring them in this and following few articles, sharing their experience being in Obscura Masterclass. To find out more about  Obscura Festival of Photography, kindly go to their official site here.  How did you get into the photography world? My interest in photography started when I was a kid from my fascination with beautiful images published in magazines lying around the house. Unfortunately, my family did not own a camera but I did have a cool uncle who was always keen on taking our family pictures. My spark in photography grew when I met Tang Chun Cheuh (a common friend, also an Obscura Masterclass alumni) who was very kind to loan me a Can...

OBSCURA is the largest photography festival in South East Asia and they run photography Masterclass by experienced industry experts. I personally know the organizing team of Obscura and also some of my photographer friends have participated in their Masterclass before. This allows me to interview these photographers and I shall be featuring them in this and following few articles, sharing their experience being in Obscura Masterclass. To find out more about Obscura Festival of Photography, kindly go to their official site here.  Tang Chun Cheuh How did you get into the photography world? I’ve always had an interest in photography since I was a kid. There was a film compact camera that my dad only rarely let me use, so I’ve wanted my own camera throughout my childhood. I got myself a compact camera when I graduated from college, and was taking a lot of snaps then. But I would say my real entry into photography came when a very close friend from college handed me down his Canon 350D ...