A Tribute to STB’s Ken Low

The folks at TILT read with deep surprise at the news that Singapore Tourism Board’s Assistant Chief Executive (Marketing), Mr. Ken Low, had passed away suddenly at the age of 49. The composer of the hit musical, Chang & Eng, passed away on Wednesday night due to pneumonia.

Mr. Low had also made the Uniquely Singapore campaign for the Tourism Board of Singapore and had made attempts to make the international marketing of Singapore an international destination. We came face-to-face once during one of our projects for Prime Minister’s Office – PS21 division where we were doing a photoshoot to showcase the various projects that have done well and Singapore Tourism Board was one of the agencies that have done well.

The travelpod was what we were supposed to showcase and when Mr Low appeared at the photoshoot, he gave us a shocker. Our original plan of how the photoshoot should be was totally thrown off and Mr. Low insisted that we should have the photoshoot conducted in the travelpod. In his very own way, he demanded the highest excellence while providing imagination and creativity instantaneously. When his fellow colleagues were tired from the photoshoot, he urged and motivated them to put on the best expression to ensure that the best result was achieved.

Below is the final result of the photograph taken.

We salute the efforts of Mr. Low in all that he did and how he had brought Uniquely Singapore to Your Singapore. We hope all of you can join us as we pay a final tribute to the modest man who gave his all.

Let’s Play iPhone!

With the release of Apple’s Q4 financial figures, market dominance of iPhone is made clear. The report produced shows record setting quarter for iPhone sales. Apple has increased Iphone sales by 7% to 7.4 million in Q4 surpassing analysts’ estimates which was much below the achieved figures.

In fact, at TILT, at last count, there are 75% users in TILT who uses iPhone. With such an increasing popularity and market dominance of the iPhone, it is no wonder that Singapore Sports Council has now developed an application for anyone to be up to date on Singapore Sports. Interested in the app? All you need to do is to go to App Store and search under Singapore Sports or Let’s Play! Happy reading!

Be Inspired by Sports Photography

The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) has launched the Inspiring Sporting Singapore Photography Exhibition in support of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). Declared open at the Sengkang Sports and Recreation Centre, one of the venues of the exhibition this morning by Mr Charles Chong, Chairman, Government Parliamentary Committee for National Development and Environment and Member of Parliament for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, the exhibition aims to reach out to members of the public who visit the SSC’s Sports and Recreation Centres (SRCs) and the Public Libraries, and will culminate in a showcase of Singapore’s young athletes who will be participating in the YOG.

For more information, please click here.

Float to the 8th Anniversary Special

We are excited!

In a mere 32 days time, the 8th Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2009 will be here again. This will be the third time where TILT will be the Official Photographers for Singapore’s marquee running event.

In 2007, we saw a team of 3 photographers covering the entire route to capture the essence of the event.
In 2008, we saw a team of 6 photographers and 2 assistants working non-stop for 12 hours on race day for the 50,000 runners who were present.
In 2009, plans are in place for a team of 7 photographers and 3 assistants to be on-site to ensure the smooth delivery of photographs for the 50,000 runners! This again sets the record for TILT.

Similarly, in this 8th anniversary, the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon have experienced a sign-up of 50,000 runners in a record time. To further commemorate this special event, they will also be organising a special Race Entry Pack Collection for 8,000 runners to be among the first to collect their race packs.

This special REPC will be held at the Floating Platform at the Marina Bay on the 28 – 29 November 2009, between 10am – 7pm.

Interested runners will need to ballot online to stand a chance to collect their packs earlier. Each runner can only submit their name and five others.

Details of the e-ballot exercise are as follow:
Start Date: Monday, 2 November 2009 at 10 am
End Date : Monday, 9 November 2009 at 11.59 pm

Successful runners will be notified via email and SMS between 18 to 22 November 2009.

We will be there on the floating platform and we hope to see you there!

Canon Sports Photography Seminar

With the reduction in price in DSLRs and the buzz about the upcoming Singapore Youth Olympic Games (SYOG) 2010, it is without a doubt that sports photography is on the rise.

In fact, over at TILT where Sports Photography is our specialisation, we have organised 3 runs of Sports Photography workshops to youth. As part of our belief in educating the general public, we will like to introduce to our readers the ‘Canon Sports Photography Seminar‘.

Sports Photography offers the full range of emotions which no other genre of photography is able to offer. Everyone loves a great sporting moment – be it tough fought victory or the triumph of an underdog. But for those who have tried our hands at taking sports photographs some time or other, you do realised that the challenges and difficulties are just as diverse.

If you are interested in the Canon Sports Photography Seminar, why not troop on down to listen to Albert Sim – veteran sports photographer from the Straits Times, who has been capturing the finest moments in sports photography.

He will share on how to anticipate the best moment to fire the shutter. The lens or camera setting you should choose to capture the moment. The best angles to capture the action for the various sports.

Happening on 1st August 2009 at Raffles Hotel (The Ballroom) from 1.30pm – 5pm, we will be there to hear Albert Sim. How about you?

The S$10 Million Deal

It is a big deal, in fact, it is the S$10 million deal when Standard Chartered Bank renewed its naming rights sponsorship of the Singapore Marathon for another four years. This year also marked a change in the event’s apparel sponsor from Adidas to New Balance.

During the Press Conference held at Battery Road, which TILT was covering as the Official Photographers for this year’s Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon, it was revealed that Standard Chartered bank will invest another S$10 million in promotion and sponsorship fees for the marathon until 2012. This ensures the marathon will continue to grow and flourish in Singapore.

Incidentally, New Balance was the first apparel sponsor for the Singapore Marathon.

It is with great hope that this event can continue to be one of the premier Asia’s running event.

The event launch will be held on 16 July. For those ready to put on their running gear, they can run down to Raffles Place Park to sign up for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) 2009 and be prepared for 6th December 2009.

Capture the Moment PhotoMarathon 2009

Geylang Serai CC Youth Executive Committee (YEC) in partnership with Young SISEU (Youth Wing of Singapore Industrial & Services Employees Union) will be organising “Capture the Moment” photo marathon contest on 5 July 09 in conjunction with the YEC’s Biennial General Meeting (BGM).

Wait no more and bring your digital camera (any type!) for a fun filled day of “shooting” and submit your best photos to stand a chance to win attractive prizes!

The Guest-of-Honour Dr Fatimah Lateef, MP for Marine Parade GRC and Adviser to Marine Parade GRC GROs. Listen to the Natas Singapore Women’s Everest Team share on their expedition success in reaching the summit of Mount Everest!

Details of the event as follows:
Guest of Honour: Dr Fatimah Lateef
Special Guest: Singapore Women’s Everest Team
Venue: NTUC Centre @ One Marina Boulevard, Level 7 Room 701
Date: 5 July 09 (Sunday)
Time: 900am to 300pm
Age Group: 15 to 35 years
Registration: $6/pax (PA members) / $10/pax (Non PA members)
Activity code no is : A14020771

For more information, visit Capture The Moment Official Website

EXCITE!

Life’s a roller coaster.
Ups and downs, twists and turns.
Surprises and excitement, the spice of life.

What’s your passion? What excites you?
In the humdrum of life, what’s keeping you perky?
If passion is the fuel, excitement is the engine.

Life is exciting, and so is photography. “EXCITE” is the theme for Montage 2009, a photography competition organised by The Photography Society of NUS (NUSPS). TILT had submitted our magical moments of excitement with the sports photographs that were taken and we are glad that our entry had been shortlisted for the exhibition.

It had always been one of our goals to share, to inspire and to delight followers of our blog on the updates of design matters and we are thrilled to know that our entry was handpicked from over 1400 entries and will now be exhibited at Suntec Singapore.

Below are the details of the exhibition.
Suntec Singapore (Level 2)
Date: 6 – 20 June 2009
Admission is free

If you are free, why not drop by the exhibition and have a look at all the pictures that had help spread the cheer in this gloomy climate.

Snap the Dancers Competition

Happening on 20th June 2009, budding and professional photographers can experience an afternoon of fun and fast shutter action as they move from one historic room to another historic room capturing dancers in motion in the Snap the Dancers Exhibition.

Details are as follows:
Date: 20 June 2009, Saturday
Time: 1pm – 3pm
Venue: Various spaces at The Art House

The best pictures stand to win attractive prizes and will be exhibited at The Arts House Gallery from 27 June to 5 July 2009.

Click here to download the application form for the competition.

Recruiting Asian Youth Games Volunteers!

 

The 1st Asian Youth Games Singapore 2009 (AYG) is happening real soon and here at TILT, we are every bit as excited as the rest of Singapore.

The 1st Asian Youth Games Singapore 2009 (AYG), which will be held from 29 June to 7 July 09. More than 1300 young Asian athletes from 45 countries will be coming to Singapore to compete and prepare themselves well before the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games. They will compete in 9 sports namely

Athletics

Aquatics

3-on-3 Basketball

Beach Volleyball

Bowling

Football

Sailing

Shooting

Table-Tennis

The games will be played across various Sports Venues in Singapore.

The Singapore AYG Organising Committee is currently recruiting individuals passionate in sports to join them for this inaugural nation-wide event. Your enthusiasm to volunteer plays an important part in the hosting the games.

Brief Information for Volunteers

Volunteers are needed from the period 15 Jun to 7 Jul 2009

They will perform shift work depending on their job function requirements

Volunteers will be matched to Job Functions according to their availability and preferred schedule where possible

Volunteers will contribute to various roles such as Information Service Officer, Access Control Officer, Radio Officer, IT Support Officer, Communications Relations Officer, Catering Officer, Transport Coordinators and Baggage Control Officers

As part of AYG Volunteer Training, all volunteers will be required to undergo online training course (4 modules) and attend a 1-day face-to-face service excellence training over a Saturday. Specialised functional training will take place from late April to May to gear up for the Games.To volunteer, please email to ayg@sportsvolunteer.sg with the details below.
Full Name (as in NRIC):
NRIC:
Date of Birth:
Email Address:

If not, you can do your part just like us, simply publicise it to all others. Any little bit of help will count to make this a success!

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