Your Spirit, Our Inspiration

For the 3rd year running, TILT has been covering the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) as the Official Photographers. With our largest team to date (comprising of 8 photographers and 4 photographer assistants), we had a combined 73 hours of photography coverage on 6 December 2009.

After taking a total of 25.6GB of photographs which amounts to 9379 photos, we sat back and reflected on why we had always enjoyed taking SCSM. The tagline of “Your Spirit, Our Inspiration” definitely is definitely apt in explaining the reason.

In all 3 years of coverage, we witnessed the grit of tens of thousands of people enduring a punishing 42.195km route running their own race. There are the elite runners who come in at a breath-taking 2hr 10mins timing and there are the everyday people who push their way through and come in at also a breath-taking 9hrs. Their spirit and endurance is what we should applaud.

Your spirit was shown through friendships formed on the road.
You cheered each other on!
You helped each other as you struggled on!
You continued on the even though you were in a cast!
Your hands raised in unison as you crossed the finishing gantry!
Spiderman, the Witch, a Bride, Santa Claus, Super Woman! These were how some of you had assisted in making the marquee event of the year a more colourful event!

This year, we witnessed how one man raced to the finishing line armed with a bouquet of flowers, a ring and a banner professing his love to his girlfriend.

Your spirit is our source of inspiration. Your marathon makes our race for you worthwhile. We thank the 50,000 people who took part in this year’s Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon for being a part of TILT’s memories.

We look forward to SCSM 2010 and may your spirit be our inspiration again!

To view some of the photographs taken, you may visit our Facebook page.

Follow the Rhythm, Be Part of the Action!

In less than 48 hours, there will be 50,000 runners lining up at the Padang for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) 2009. For the very first time, SCSM has released a viral video. Aptly titled, “Follow the Rhythm, Be Part of the Action!”, it comprises of a catchy tune (music is produced by Koko & Syaheed from Bedsty Music) with vocals from Kevin Lester (Sixx) and very simple moves by Bill Calhoun, the entire video was produced by m:idea from Ngee Ann Polytechnic!

SCSM 2009 is attempting to do this at the starting line. Will you join in? We certainly hope you do. With our largest team to date (comprising of 5 photography assistants and 8 photographers), we certainly will be present to follow the rhythm and capture YOU being part of the action!

Remember, if you see us that day, wave to us! Pose for us! We will not disappoint! See you there on 6 December 2009 in Singapore’s largest scale running event and we hope you enjoy the run!

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!

3 is a crowd

For the 3rd year in the row, TILT will be the Official Photographers for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM)! With a record breaking of 50,000 participants running the SCSM 2008, we are sure we will be able to witness even more runners taking part in this international event held annually on the first Sunday of December in the city of Singapore.

Come 6 December 2009, we will be ready with our shutters as early as 5.30am and capture the runners who will go through the central business district, turning into the Marina South Park before heading back to the beautiful city landscape. The route continues to the cool morning breeze at East Coast area before returning to the scenic central business district.

For the past few years, the winners had always been from Kenya. Will we see more runners from Tanzania, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, China and other European and Asian countries? Will there be some of you who will come dressed in fancy costumes?

What we are sure is that there will be people who will always be urging you on in your journey to the finishing line. The euphoric feeling experienced when you complete the race is an experience of your lifetime.

And we will be there, snapping these photos away which will unfold the story of the greatest race of earth.

Creating a Marathon of History!

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008 (SCSM 2008) registered numerous first on 7th December 2008. They are as follows:

50,000 runners took part in the marathon

Adidas Pacers joined in the race to assist other runners achieve their personal aims

SCSM 2008 Collectables are available. Purchase them here

Reigning world champion, Luke Kibet, made his first appearance in Singapore

World Champion, Luke Kibet, Smashes Standard Chartered Singapore Course Record by More than a Minute

The last runner came in at 9hours 5mins (A new record)

As SCSM 2008 breaks many records, over here at TILT, as the official photographer for the event, we registered numerous firsts as well.

$60,000 worth of camera equipment was used by TILT on event day

7159 shots was fired

2238 photos were post-processed

19GB of photos was downloaded

6 photographers from TILT covered on event day

2 photography assistants was on site to manage the downloading of photographs

This is our biggest photography event to-date. The management of manpower, allocation of duties and time-management was a great challenge over the 14hour period of the event. Planning took about 2 weeks with several detailed briefs and site recce made.

We applaud Singapore Sports Council in making a huge leap in Singapore’s sporting history and we definitely look forward and hope to be part of the team in 2009 again!

View the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008 photos below and see for yourself the biggest picture story of the Singapore Marathon you’ll find anywhere online.

2 in a row!

This has been a very meaningful year for TILT. The number 2 has a huge impact and has significant meaning to us.

In May 2008, we were awarded the Official Photographers for Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) 2008. Together with Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2007, that made it 2 in a row!

In August 2008, we were awarded the Official Photographers for WaterFest 2008. This included covering the events such as Aviva 70.3 Ironman, FINA World Cup, World Wakeboard Singapore and many other events. That’s 2 in a row again.

Today, in October 2008, we were awarded the Term Contractor for Photography for Republic Polytechnic again. The 2 events above were more of sporting events while the term contract for photography for Republic Polytechnic will be more of the following:

Media Events Photography

Events Photography

Stock Photography

Editorial Photography

Architecture Photography

Again, coupled with the term contract for photography which TILT was awarded in October 2007, this makes it 2 in a row.

Well, there is the saying that 2 is a company, 3 is a crowd. We certainly hope that next year, it will be a very crowded year!

Here at TILT, we thank our clients in putting their faith in us once again and we certainly hope that this relationship can continue on for a long time.

Every Step Counts

At the official launch of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008, Singapore Sports Council announced its official charity partner- Community Chest.

Through the Run for a Cause programme and donations from the public, the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon and Community Chest hope to raise $500,000 in support of 7 charities. Every step counts in making a difference to the lives of the less fortunate.

As the official photographer for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008, we are glad that we are involved in this event. Here at TILT, we had always believed in giving back to the society. Through the years, we have done our bit in giving back to the society. We have volunteered for events such as Singapore Streets Festival, MILK Run as well as for organisations such as Kampung Senang. Presently, we are doing volunteer work for Singapore Disability Sports Council. Knowing that our work is aligned to our belief give us great satisfaction.

For all who intends to join the SCSM 2008, we urge you to take that first step now!

View the rest of the photos here.