{"id":10654,"date":"2017-11-19T06:53:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T06:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/?p=10654"},"modified":"2017-11-19T07:08:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T07:08:38","slug":"crossing-bridges-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/crossing-bridges-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossing Bridges 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crossing Bridges is an annual Event from Various Photo Communities in Asia<br>\nIts aim is to build friendships among photographers (hobbyists or professionals) in different countries<br>\nThe Host country in each year will introduce participants to lesser known photo scenes in their country.<br>\nSo usually, big cities will be avoided.<\/p>\n<p>In its 14th Year this year, we have 9 participating countries already ( with about 120 participants this year)<br>\nThe host is China this year, but its hosted by my good friend and fellow Singaporean Albert Lim ( who is based in China)<\/p>\n<p>Always a joy to make new friends and meet up with old ones whenever I go for the event<\/p>\n<p>This year, we have a group photo competition, where we were split into 6 different teams.<br>\nThis is to encourage more interaction with different photographers from different countries<\/p>\n<p>Glad to say that my team emerged the winner of the competition ( see our team slideshow below)<br>\nBUt of cos, winning is not the main priority.<br>\nThe main objective is for everyone to enjoy themselves, take more photos and make friends.<\/p>\n<p>Glad to be able to use the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Instax SP2<\/span> to print alot of photos for all the participants and locals too.<br>\nEveryone loves the prints, and many were excited and interested about the printer.<br>\nTruely a gadget I cant leave home without.. especially when travelling<\/p>\n<p>Cant wait to get my hands on the newly launched <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/fujifilms-new-instax-share-sp-3-square-format-photo-printer\/\">SP3<\/a><\/span>, and use it for my next travel soon<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">At the end of the slideshow below, you can see how we used the prints to incorporate into the slideshow, to match the theme of making friends<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Have not had time to edit the rest of my photos from the trip.. will do it soon<br>\nBut you can get snippets of it from here<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/fujifilm-gf-45mm-f2-8-r-wr-lens\/\">https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/fujifilm-gf-45mm-f2-8-r-wr-lens\/<\/a><br>\nwhere I shared my experience with the GF 45mm f2.8<\/p>\n<p>This is also the place where I conduct my workshops<br>\nSo if you are interested in this scenic place, do contact me<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xct_fZ66yIE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And yes, thats me, showing images from the GFX to the locals.. thanks to the founder of Crossing Bridges Eddie Ng for the image.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/19-10654-post\/23561875_10155936025407430_5981329958056424755_n(pp_w768_h576).jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/19-10654-post\/23561875_10155936025407430_5981329958056424755_n.jpg 960w,https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/19-10654-post\/23561875_10155936025407430_5981329958056424755_n-300x225.jpg 300w,https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/19-10654-post\/23561875_10155936025407430_5981329958056424755_n-768x576.jpg 768w,https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/19-10654-post\/23561875_10155936025407430_5981329958056424755_n-50x38.jpg 50w,https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/19-10654-post\/23561875_10155936025407430_5981329958056424755_n%28pp_w480_h360%29.jpg 480w,https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/19-10654-post\/23561875_10155936025407430_5981329958056424755_n%28pp_w768_h576%29.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crossing Bridges is an annual Event from Various Photo Communities in Asia Its aim is to build friendships among photographers (hobbyists or professionals) in different countries The Host country in each year will introduce participants to lesser known photo scenes in their country. 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