Magnum for Breakfast

ivanjoshualoh
Every morning during school days, Summer, my 7 years old daughter will have her breakfast at about 645am. School starts at 730am here in Singapore. During this quick ten to fifteen minutes  breakfast she will be force to revise some spelling test work, read a book or voluntary pick up an iPadto watch her favorite cartoon on YouTube.
Today is a little different. I present to her a big book with the title MAGNUM. The first thing she said was Oooooo Ice Cream?I burst out laughing. She is technically correct. Who doesn’t like Magnum ice cream.
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Summer looking at the contact sheets.
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Trying to understand the lope.
As I open the pages I explain to her the works of these famous photographers. The first on this Magnum book was Henri Cartier-Bresson. I told if I remember correctly one of his quote was along this line; Your first 10,000 photos are practice. After which the good photo will come. Summer reply; that is too much, I think 30 shots is practice. After that comes the nice shots! Sometime I wish this is true.
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Nikon FM. My first camera. A hand me down from my dad.
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Summer trying out split prism focusing for the first time.
I also brought out 2 film SLR cameras and roll of film to show her how they work together. As I explain to her these few fundamentals, so much fond memories flood my mind. Those were the good old days where life is less complicated.
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Bye Bye. Have a superday in school.
That’s all I have to share on my daughter’s photography journey. Once again thank you Ansell Tan for the loan to this amazing book. All photos taken with the new GFX50R.
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Finally gotten my X-T3. Waited 3 weeks for my order.
If you have a few minutes, here is an earlier link to an award my daughter and I share at this year’s International Photography Award.
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Ivan Loh, A Fuji X-photographer is known for his quirky and different approach through his lens. He has received numerous accolades from the International Photography Award, New York and Photography Master Cup. Most Recently a Gold, 1st Place at the 2014 PX3 Prix De La Photographie in Paris . Ivan started shooting since his teenage years with his father’s Nikon SLR and he hasn’t stopped since. He has lensed campaigns for clients such as Singapore Airlines, MTV Asia, Nike, Bossini, Nanyang Technological University(NTU) Tuas Power, Allianz Insurance, Manulife Insurance, HSBC Insurance, DHL. TNT, UOB, CAAS, Hilton Group, Intercontinental Hotel Group, Raffles Hotel, Diegeo, Embraer, Carlson, TATA Communication, HDB, Clark Quay, HOT FM 91.3, Kiss 92FM, JIA 88.3, Power 98, and CHIMJES. His editorial works have appeared in magazines such as Conde Nast, Home+Living, TopGear Singapore, Her World, Cleo, Seventeen, FHM, Parents World and Home & Decor. His works have also glossed the pages of international magazines such as Asian Photography and Digital Photography(UK).

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