TAN CHEE WHUI & CHOOI CHEE YEEN

As some of you may know, I have been away for a business trip and now I just got back to the office.... loads of work to catch up on and now rolling out new projects .... (What? Crazy ar? No time leh ....). Anyway, we have invited our original 14 photographers to hold an online exhibition but I think that will be on one of our partner sites. We have asked them to do some PP and they can be as creative as they want .... That comes to the biggest question in the photographic circles (I guess) ... to PP or not to PP? PP actually means Post Processing, and in this modern age of technology and such ... it normally means Adobe Photoshop (isn't it now called creative studio???) or other programs like Lightroom, etc., etc. There are people out there that can even make your skin so smooth, (and cover up your flaws; like me and my 'strawberried' nose... Ha ha ha) you can put any facial center to shame .... that is what Post Processing is all about. Now, of course any ordinary person would love to look good in a photo and with PP-ing, as this can actually help you look good if not extremely beautiful/handsome.

But the question is, to what degree would you want to PP your pictures? To most 'old styled' photographers, PP can be, to some, a cardinal sin, but even in the old days of film, there were instruments and paint that you could use to PP your film (did you know that?). In today's terms, PP-ing provides a wonderful and convenient way for photographers to be more creative and innovative, flaws that appeared on the original shoot could be touched up at a moments notice, special effects could be added to transform the mood of the photos ... However, there is always this 'grey area' as to how much of the photo should be PP-ed? Hence our online exhibition, we will show you the before and after shots by the photographers themselves. You be the judge of that.....

'Nostalgia from a bygone era, waiting for my soul mate'

'A dreamy romance'

'Cooling off, under the fan'

'Who's there?'

'Touching - a tender moment'

Honestly, I never met Chee Whui and Chee Yeen, partly because they came on a Sunday (err... is that correct? Or I was too tied up?) so I was in constant contact with their photographer Wong Whye Kong ... in fact, he actually contacted me way way way back on 7 June 2008! I actually received their photos on 25 July 2008 (Not too shabby while waiting for him to take his picks) sent via email, and I must say, I was pleasantly surprised! Right up to now, I have not seen other types of poses or shots of this kind (with the exception of 1 shot/scene cause I saw a well known Malaysian photographer take similar shots) but I must say, really refreshing! Great! Sorry for not posting earlier, but the community project at that time just kicked into high gear. The couple looks very cheeky and I am sure they would be very bubbly too!! Anyway, to the future Mr. & Mrs. Tan, congratulations and may you have many many many years of wedded bliss! (oh errr ... or they married already?) If you would like to view more works from Wong Whye Kong, you can view his 'portfolio' here.

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