Stand and awe

On one of my trips down to Singapore, I caught the Design Film Festival Singapore with my girlfriend and some architecture friends, which was held at the School of The Arts. It is one of those buildings that just makes you stand and admire it for a bit, both from its scale, spatial quality, up to the detail of the facades and designs (call it architecture nerdism). It makes me want to just spend hours there, capturing moments of how the building is being used, and the beauty it creates as an environment.

  

School of The Arts

Drop off area with funnel shaped bollards

Not forgetting the Design Film Festival Singapore, we caught three amazing films - Tema Hima, Gregory Crewdson, and Comic-Con Festival IV (for the inner nerd that is me). Beautiful beautiful films. Please try and catch them if you can. 

Till next time
David Yeow 

Perfect Timing

By now, most of you would be aware of the haze that's shrouding Malaysia and Singapore. Though its not an uncommon yearly event, this year has seen some very high levels of air pollution indexes. Buildings disappear, people walking around everywhere with masks, panic ensues. This also has an affect on my photography, as architectural and travel photography rely on me having to be outdoors for some shots, especially buildings. If you can't see it, how do you photograph it! 

Thankfully, I've encountered amazing breaks of weather in between to be able to shoot my projects on blue skies, even if its not fully clear. A project I photographed last week in Cyberjaya for AKPL.US had amazing flat blue skies on the day, which quickly turned to grey the next day. 

I've had to rely on reading weather forecasts 2 weeks in advance to try and see whether the days will turn out good or bad, and I've been blessed so far. 

To perfect days, be it rain or shine, to capture the best of photos. 

Band of clouds lit with the evening glow

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Travel

Along this new journey of mine, I have been quite blessed to have the opportunity to venture into travel photography. After my first job with Imajin, I was introduced to the editor of Conde Nast Traveler China and landed my first travel job shooting a feature on Singapore. Great photos lead me to being offered to shoot other places, being able to explore Macau, Bintan Island, and also closer to home recently, Penang. I can't wait to see where else I'll be able to explore, and see what other great images I'll start to create. Stay tuned for more from the future.

David Yeow

Worlds collide

It used to be that I would spend hours designing and then rendering to bring concepts to life. I still remember the hours spent in studios or the office modelling projects, going through countless iterations to optimize them, and then going thru the paces of rendering, and working on the final image to present them in the best light. 

 

Masters of Architecture Thesis Design

 

Fast forward to the year 2013 and I have now embarked on a journey of architectural photography full time, combining both worlds of architecture and photography together. Taking full days out photographing a building inside out, looking at weather and time to optimize the best shooting time. Response has been good so far, and I have been very encouraged by responses by clients. I can't wait to see what the rest of the year has in store. Many more places to visit, many more exciting architecture to photograph. 

  

 Platinum Sentral - Cox Architecture

Stay tuned
David Yeow 

Crossing Fingers

Being back in Malaysia and going freelance has opened up more time for me to join competitions. I've found time to join the NGC & Capitaland Photo Competition and The Photo Society competitions. Still have not won any but its early game. All fingers and toes crossed. 

Will update with the submissions when the competition entries closes. 

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A New Start

It has been a roller-coaster ride these past few months. After 10 years in Melbourne, Australia, I plucked up the courage to take a massive leap of faith to go from architecture into photography full time. 

Follow me as I embark on this journey back home in Malaysia and neighbouring Singapore. Where it goes, I don't know yet, but adventures await. 


David Yeow