Date - January 9th 2011 (12pm - 6pm)  Location - Aver Awards, Ground Floor e@Curve Aver Awards had our monthly Lepak Corner again and this time around, the topic was Creative Still-Life. Working together with professional photographer, Sanjitpaal Singh, participants had an opportunity to learn and shoot still-life. Sanjit planned three activities on that day. First; creating heart-shaped shadows with a ring, Second; capturing liquid splashes and third; shooting commercial still-life. Sanjit taught the participants on how to manipulate lightings to create stunning images and also how to properly place different products to bring out the beauty in them. Everyone had a hands-on ... [Readmore]

Digital SLR Photography readers had an exciting time honing their skill at our second DIY session. Aver Awards through its subsidiary outlet, aperture N shutter, had successfully co-organised another 2-day DIY shooting Tips session with Digital SLR Photography Malaysia. This time, the informal event, also known as “Lepak Corner” session was held in Aver Awards’ Ground Floor outlet at e@Curve (formally known as Cineleisure Mall). Participation in the DIY sessions was open to any interested readers of our magazine as well as customers of the outlet. Various Nissin Speedlites for Canon, Nikon and Sony DSLR Cameras were sponsored by Schmidt Marketing ... [Readmore]

DIY Outdoor Portrait Session Aver Awards and Digital SLR Photography have co-organised another successful DIY session last month, with the latest centred on Outdoor Portraits for photo enthusiasts. The informal event, also known as “Lepak Corner” session was held within the compound and surrounding area of Aver Awards’ upcoming Bazaar outlet located at Cova Square in Kota Damansara. The photo enthusiasts ranged from customers of Aver Awards as well as readers of this magazine. 3 models were provided for the 2-day shooting session. The participants were shown how to use reflectors, how to pose the models, setting the right white balance ... [Readmore]

Available Light Model Shoot Contest Camera dealer Aver Awards and Digital SLR Photography magazine have just completed their first major event together last August with the available Light Model Shoot photo contest. The contest was organized by the former in conjunction with its 3-day “Fun with Photography” Carnival that was held at the North Point Lower Ground Floor Concourse at e@Curve. There were 2 rounds of the shooting sessions, and in between were two live demos demonstrating how lighting, make-up and hairstyling could make the models looks better for photo shoots. On hand to provide tips and narrating the demonstration was ... [Readmore]

Winners for the Available Light Photo Contest Aver Awards Sdn Bhd. And Digital SLR Photography Malaysia co-organised an Available Light Model Shoot photo contest that was held at LG Floor of e@Curve shopping mall on August 29, 2010. More than 60 local photo enthusiasts comprising of Aver Awards’ customers as well as readers of Digital SLR Photography Malaysia’s took part in that photo session. 5 models were provided for that shooting session. The organizers received more than 200 entries for the photo contest. 20 images were shortlisted for the final judging. The judges were CH Loh of NST, Lee Hon Leng of ... [Readmore]

Nearly 2 dozens photo enthusiasts turned up for the fourth Lepak Corner session that is presented by Aperture N Shutter dealership, a subsidiary of Aver Awards Group of Companies. The latest event was held at its outlet located inside level 1 of the newly-opened IT Centre in Berjaya Times Square. The topic on discussion was about using and setting Manual Exposure with your DSLR, lenses and flash. The event was coordinated by me and assistance from 3 coordinators – Andy Gohm Fazari Madehi and Andrew Khoo. As a bonus to these customers as well as readers of Digital SLR Photography ... [Readmore]

Our participants were taught about the creative use of light and flashes. Aver Awards had their monthly Lepak Corner again and this time around, the topic was Creative Flash. Teng Wei, Professional travel photographer was invited as the guest speaker to cover three subtopics under Creative Flash; second curtain sync and backlighting. The participants were taught how to operate flashes using transmitters and the Pocket Wizard. It was a really interesting experience for all as slow-sync and second-curtain sync applications are not commonly used. Incorporating in the day’s lesson, Teng Wei also taught the participants about light painting and how to ... [Readmore]

Lepak Corner conducted a great learning experience on high-speed flash using fun and interesting props. The monthly Aver Awards Lepak Corner was held again and this time, the topic was on high-speed flash. Professional photographer Teng Wei was the appointed speaker for that day and participants who attended definitely not only had a great learning experience but a lot of fun with the props too. Using a fish tank filled with water and other props such as oranges, tomatoes and apples, Teng Wei thought the participants how to manipulate the flashes to capture and splash when the props are dropped into ... [Readmore]

  As an annual promotion, we have actually delegate this annual activity into 3 different categories. There are Customers Lucky Draw (99 Swipe & Win) Discounted Items to Customers (99 x'mas Galore) Charity Drives       1. 99 Swipe & Win When customers pay purchases of a minimum of RM99 with a credit/debit card. There will be a reference number for credit card or approval code for debit card. If the particular number match and ending with “9” or “999” or “9999”, prizes will be given to customers. 2. 99 x'mas Galore 9 different items for each category were selling at RM 9.90, RM 99 and RM  999. 3. Charity Drive All ... [Readmore]

April's lepak corner was held again for the topic of timing and accuracy in Aver Awards e@Curve outlet. Professional photographer, Teng Wei was appointed to be speaker and participants had a great learning experience and fun. Teng Wei taught participants how to manipulate the flashes to capture the water droplets. Using a plastic bag filled with water drop and some colored paper to create different coloured background  when capturing the splash. Teng Wei encouraged participants to use a tripod to capture clearer image. Through explanation had been carried out about the set-up and how to control the flash. Participants then took ... [Readmore]