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Hi to everyone again!!

How's the year working out for all of you? Hope everything's going fine for you

Here's an announcement which I just received this morning and I'm exhilarated!

I am awarded as a winner at the 6th Annual Photography Masters Cup international competition!
Here's the official press release: View it on Facebook


PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP HONORS PHOTOGRAPHER WEIZHONG DENG FROM SINGAPORE

LOS ANGELES (16 FEBRUARY 2013) - Photographer Weizhong Deng of Singapore was presented with the 6th Annual Photography Masters Cup 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence together with a Nominee title at a prestigious Nomination & Winners Photoshow on Saturday, February 16, 2013 which saw the climax of the industry's most important event for color photography.

"It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 8,521 entries we received this year," said Basil O'Brien, the awards Creative Director. "Weizhong Deng's "First Light," an exceptional image entered in the Nature category, represents contemporary color photography at its finest, and we're pleased to present him with the title of 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence."

The awards international Jury included captains of the industry from Phillips de Pury & Company in New York; Kunst Licht Gallery, Shanghai; XPO Gallery, Paris; Tasveer Galleries, India; BFN, Netherlands; to BBH in London who honored Color Masters with 239 coveted title awards in 18 categories.

International Color Awards, Photography Masters Cup is the leading international award honoring excellence in color photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in color photography.

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Hi guys!

It was a great honour to be selected as a finalist in Asia Without Borders, Asia's leading photo competition organised by award-winning magazine Asian Geographic!

The competition boasts 9,000 entries from over 30 countries and this year, underwater photographer Brian Skerry and world-renowned photographer Steve McCurry was involved as first round judges with a live judging grand finale held on 07 December 2012.



This was taken at an annual festival in Bumthang, Bhutan and depicts their colorful culture through their dances and elaborate costumes. The pace of the dance was rather fast and a high shutter speed was chosen taking into account the close-up nature of the shot, otherwise some blurred areas in the dress or hands would have been desired to show some sense of movement.

This is also something quite different from what I have been shooting. It's definitely more hard work finding angles, observing split-second actions zooming by and adjusting camera exposures all at the same time, but when you get a shot you want, it's exhilarating. That's the beauty of photography, I feel.