Far from Selamba Saturday

Usually Saturdays are selamba days. After a late Friday night out, Saturday mornings are usually non-existent as you wake up in time for lunch. Last Saturday was far from selamba as I participated in my 1^st Canon Photo Marathon. What’s a photo marathon? Well, in 3 words: “ run, take photo”.

You literally run around the place, taking photos according to the theme that they have given you. The venue was Sunway Lagoon Theme Park this year. 3 cons:

1. Food & drinks were atrociously priced. RM5 for a can of drink and RM10 for a pack of chicken rice.
2. Limited area resulting in similar shots from participants
3. Being a theme park, it was hard to avoid the harsh sun throughout the day.

3 pros on the other hand:
1. Bikini Girls
2. Bikini Girls
3. Bikini Girls

As this was my virgin attempt at a photo marathon, I didn’t really know what to expect. Organisers did a below average job in terms of the event. There were delays (inevitable as we live in a country called Foreverlatesia), technical faults (they should have made sure servers were able to take the load) and they didn’t have a proper mode of communication when we were all out there taking photos.

The themes for the day were: (1) SPLASH! (2) Red (or like how Ms. Booms will say it, RAD) (3) Shooting in progress

Here are my rather disappointing shots that I submitted. Wasn’t thinking out of the box enough.

Theme 1 - Splash: I think about a hundred other photos submitted were like this! :(

Theme 2 - Red: Realized that the girl actually looked kinda scary after submitting the pic. :(

Theme 3 - Shooting in progress: Was hoping to be out of the norm with this.

And here are the rest of the images that I would have submitted if we were allowed to do minor minor edits.

Rest of the images here.

Due to the technical difficulties, the organisers couldn’t announce the winners on the day itself, and sent the participants packing at 10pm. They have recently announced the winners on their Facebook group. Nothing really fantastic in my personal opinion. But judging is really subjective. So it’s hard to argue on whether the image deserved to win or not. 1st prize winner was a Canon 400D user, who apparently has been in photography for 2 weeks! O_O

All in all, for a 7am – 7pm affair, I had loads of fun, met new friends, saw lots of bikini girls and turned 3 shades darker. Will try to take part in next year’s and this time, will definitely try to think out of the box more!