Time in Frames: Capturing Every Moment in Pictures

Magic @ 7aste, Penang.

2010-06-06T21:07:00.005+08:00

I was invited to attend 7aste, the Penang chapter. Brought along a few friends of mine and we had an awesome time at the event. The event was held at Mansion 32, one of Penang's most excuisite and well known restaurant. They turned the whole restaurant into such a beautiful place for the night.

The event started off with people coming in and chilling out at the bar and other areas of the restaurant. There were free flow of choiced African wine, white wine and beer. The finger food that were served were very delicious. I like particularly the beef on satay stick. I don't know whether it was beef or not but it tasted like beef and it was very very good.

The ambience there was beautiful. Blue lights all over and people are just there to give you a smile and welcome you to the event. Felt like being at home in KL. Everything was good except for the lack of air conditioners haha. It was so so hot and I was sweating a lot in my coat and those without coats were sweating too. Maybe it was because of the heat coming out from the beautiful ladies all around haha.

I actually bumped into a lot of my KL friends and I was happy to know that they were willing to travel a 5 hour journey (depending how fast you drive) to come to Penang for this event. Yes, this event is THAT good! =)

I had the privilege to meet up with a lot of interesting people that night including the big people behind this event. We were chatting and they found out that I work as an entertainer, a magician/mentalist to be exact. Of course they asked me to show them some magic. So I did.

And they were blown away.

After that, it was one wild ride of Magic with one group after another.

It is interesting how you could get to know people through magic. There was this lady who was really impressed by me. Her name's Angie Ng. She shared with me about how she liked the way I entertained and performed. She is a well known emcee and has done a lot of events before and seen many magicians. She commended me on the way I brought myself and the way I respected my audience when I performed. We had a good chat over many laughters. She even tried to disect my magic part by part in the hope of knowing how it was done :) I also had a very good time with a huge bunch of youths from Penang. One of them recognized me and he approached me and asked whether I could show him and his friends magic. I was more than glad to do so. After that, we felt as though we knew each other for years! :)

Let the pictures do the talking.

7aste was a beautiful event. Two thumbs up to the men and women behind this very successful event! Cheers!!!

Pictures were all taken by a very close friend of mine, Simon Kong (http://pbmagician.blogspot.com)

Yum Seng!!!

2010-02-04T14:00:00.005+08:00

A good old friend of mine, Boon Kai See, weds his beloved wife Ng Yen Yen. It was a night of celebration as these two exchange vows and as friends and family gathers to wish them well. The traditional "yum seng" session is one not too be missed.

It was a good time catching up with some friends of mine that I have not met for many years.

These guys drink like they are going into war =)

An Honest Mistake Rock(ed) The World (Part 1)

2009-12-27T16:39:00.004+08:00

An Honest Mistake turned the stage and weather upside down at Rock The World 9 yesterday.

They played 4 songs and through their 3rd song, it started to rain. It did not deter the crowd. They stayed and rocked on! When the 4th song started, WOO HOO!!! It poured like crazy!!! The band was playing under the rain and they we...re all soaked!

The crowd was awesome! They stayed through the rain. When it died down, there was an encore and An Honest Mistake played one last song!

Awesome!

First gig ever under the rain!

Thank goodness my camera survived =)

More pictures HERE on FACEBOOK!

An Honest Mistake @ Artista

2009-11-20T15:49:00.005+08:00

An Honest Mistake band performed at Artista, Tropicana City Mall, Damansara recently. Here are some shots I took of them. Had to leave early as I wasn't feeling well that time.

Check out their Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/An-Honest-Mistake/19691485509

Hannah Tan's Show @ Putrajaya

2009-11-11T13:02:00.003+08:00

My good friend Leonard Chua brought me to Putrajaya last week for Hannah Tan's show. It was held at Pullman Hotel, a very beautiful place and very classy with a lot of good places to take pictures. Had the privilege to take pictures for Hannah.

http://hannahtan.com to know about who Hannah is =)

The lights play an important role here. I do not like using the flash in this kind of situation so I allow available lights to help me make my pictures nice.

She has a very pretty smile =)

We had some fun before the show started haha. Sukvinder took this shot of me taking off =D fly fly fly!

I just love jump shots =D

Sukvinder! He is a good jump shot model haha!

My boss Leonard Chua on the right and my boss' boss Hannah Tan on the left hehe =D

Brand New Guns

2009-10-29T20:49:00.000+08:00

Hey Friends!

I am back with my new guns! Wee hee!!!

Nikon D90
18-105 VR Lens
SB900 Flashlite

I am gonna start shooting again! So excited!

Watch this space! =D

They Can Take My Gears But Not My Passion!

2009-10-10T13:02:00.002+08:00

My rented house at Damansara (where I currently stay during the weekdays as it is near my university) was broken into two days ago.

They stole:

My Laptop.

My DSLR Camera and its full equipments.

This sucks terribly.

But I will come back! Even stronger!

They can take my gears away but they can never touch my passion for photography!

Keep watching this space, I will be back sooner than you think =)

An Honest Mistake

2009-10-06T22:03:00.006+08:00

An Honest Mistake!

It was a great experience shooting them at their recent gig at Laundry Bar, The Curve. They were rawking hot. Their band played really tight and it was just beautiful. I love their headbang routine haha!

Darren Teh - Lead Vocals/Acoustic Guitar

Eve Oh - Vocals

Leonard Chua - Electric Guitar

Joel Dass - Bass

Kevin Theng - Drums

Enjoy the pictures!

To view more, click HERE!

www.anhonestmistakeband.com

Lead Vocalist Darren Teh!

Pretty lass Eve Oh!

Drummer Kevin Theng! Love his hair!

Joel Dass on the Bass! =D

The one and only Leonard Chua with his Fender Strat!

An Honest Mistake is a SEXY band! Haha!

At The Beginning

2009-09-23T10:21:00.009+08:00

A lovely couple Hadrian Loh and Canna Tan started a new journey together on the 9th of September 2009 (090909) and I had the honor to be there to not only witness their Registration of Marriage but be their official photographer.

I had a great time interacting with them and shooting them bang bang! =D

The day got even better when I got the privilege to arrange NINE couples to have a shoot! You can see the picture below later on. I directed them to make a love shape and then I shot from the first floor above. It was fun =D the other photographers with bigger guns were just standing beside me and not saying a word haha.

Wedding is the coming together of two imperfect souls to love, care for and cherish one another for the rest of their lives together.

I wish you both blessings in your life!

Capturing natural expressions is my passion and I particularly love this shot. Sometimes photographers have to just be really ready to shoot when they see their subject laughing =D or smiling =)

The NINE couples which I directed wahaha =) so hard to make them stand in the right position and all. But it was fun.

I cheekily asked them to KISS and they were so sporting to do so! Woo hoo! I love people who are comfortable in front of the camera.

And no one dared to carry their beloved wife EXCEPT Hadrian! Way to go bro!

Stairway to heaven? =)

This man has strong arms haha.

Here they are inside the room signing some documents. I wasn't allowed to enter so I shot them from outside.

So kewl haha. Look at Canna! Like a small girl.

At the Putrajaya bridge. Smooch Smooch!

This is the end of one of their journey and the beginning of another!

The Comeback

2009-09-22T20:35:00.002+08:00

It has been a long absence! And one that I am not proud of haha. Sorry for the lack of updates. I have been busy with my Magical life (www.zlwinmagic.com) and I hardly had the time to even hold my camera. However my passion for photography have not left me yet!

I am still in love with shooting! Bang Bang!

This is Zlwin Photography Comeback! And I am here to stay!

Continue to follow up on my blog. There will be a lot of updates soon!

Currently, I have tons of magic performances lining up for the month of October. Am still available to do photography, just give me a call anytime and we will plan something out.

Enjoy the following shots!

Fashion shots at Victim A La Mode @ Mist Club, Bangsar.
Couple shots at Klang (Jeffrey Leong and Grace Gan)

When Two Becomes One

2009-07-30T13:42:00.028+08:00

Here's the full post I have for the last Wedding Photography I had. Taken at Malacca. Enjoy =)

Camporama 2009 (Part 4)

2009-07-27T20:52:00.010+08:00

Hi there people. Here's Part 4 of the Camporama post =) enjoy!

For the past posts: Click on the links below.

For Part 1 - HERE
For Part 2 - HERE
For Part 3 - HERE
For Part 4 - HERE

Camporama 2009 (Part 3)

2009-07-15T14:29:00.018+08:00

Hello people! Hope that this is not a wait too long =) I have been pretty busy with my magic shows recently and also many other stuff. However, I still have time for my passion - photography. Not to forget God! Still lovin' Him! =D

Here's the third part of the Camporama 2009 pictures taken by me.

For more, please visit www.camporama09.com the compilation of photographs from all the photographers including me is up there. Go check it out and bring back fresh memories! =)

For Part 1 - HERE
For Part 2 - HERE
For Part 3 - HERE

Camporama 2009 (Part 2)

2009-06-20T23:33:00.008+08:00

Hey people! Here's the second part to the Camporama 2009 picture post by Zlwin Chew =)

Most of the pictures here were taken with my Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens. A real beauty.

Enjoy the pictures and wait for more. More coming up.

As before, the pictures are not watermarked or anything, so feel free to take it and use it but if you are good enough, do place a link back to my blog or website and I would appreciate it alot =)

Enjoy!

Click HERE for Part 1.

Camporama 2009 (Part 1)

2009-06-17T23:22:00.007+08:00

Hey people! Here are some teaser pictures from Camporama 2009! The following pictures were taken with my beautiful Sigma APO DG Macro 70-300mm lens. She's a beauty I tell you. Except for the first three pictures including the one on top, they were taken with my Sigma EX DC Macro 18-50mm lens. Another beauty.

There will be more pictures coming up soon here and also on my Facebook. Do come back on and off to check.

Permission has been granted by the author of this blog to copy the pictures that you want. However as a token of appreciation, please do place a link-back in your blogs or online space to my website or blogs =) Your kindness is much appreciated!

You can click on the pictures to view the larger file. However if you want the original file with the original size and pixels, sorry but you have to wait until the Camporama 2009 picture compilation is out on DVD. Don't forget to grab your copy! =)

God bless all!

My Camporama 2009 devotional message - Click here.

Michael and Pamela's Wedding (May-June 2009)

2009-06-17T21:40:00.011+08:00

I was the official photographer for my cousin's wedding recently. Pamela Tay was happily and joyfully wed to her beloved Michael Cheng! So happy for both of them! I followed them to Malacca for their wedding dinner there and caught some amazing shots. Here are a few snapshots of the beautiful couple. More coming up soon.

Was taking picture at their church wedding, tea ceremony and wedding dinner at Subang as well. So expect more pictures coming up.

Zlwin Chew is Back!

2009-04-17T14:18:00.002+08:00

Hey people! I know I have been missing for almost a year now! I am sorry. I have been busy with MAGIC last year. I had a lot of fun learning this new art of Magic and Illusions. It has definitely brought me to many places. And because of that I finally have the money to buy myself a DSLR camera which I have always yearned.

My new arsenal includes:
1. Canon Rebel XT (from the United States)
2. Canon EF 50mm F/1.8 II
3. Canon EF-S 17-55mm F/2.8 IS USM
4. Sigma 18-50mm F/2.8 EX DC Macro
5. Sigma 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 APO DG Macro
6. Canon Flashlite 430EX
7. Canon Battery Grip BG-E3
8. Canon Remote Controller RC-1
9. Bagman Camera Bag
10. Canon PowerShot S3IS

With this new army of Time Stoppers that I own, I hope to improve in my photography skills and be taking more and more beautiful pictures. So keep tuning in to Time in Franmes and check out my upcoming pictures!

My other website and blog:
1. http://www.zlwin.com/
2. http://www.zlwinmagic.blogspot.com/

Look out for a new design soon =)

Introduction

2009-01-01T13:00:00.001+08:00

We live in a world where time becomes history at every tick of the clock. Time moves in such a fast pace and it is irreversible, making it impossible to have the same moment twice in life. Only one thing has the power to capture time and freeze it. No, it is not magic.

The clock ticks time away but pictures stop time.

Pictures can capture the smile on one’s face and has the ability to keep that smile for ages and ages. Pictures can capture that laugh, the tears, the pain and the joy. Time waits for no man, it passes every second and we do not get the chance to relive a precious moment for a second time. But when the camera captures the moment, we can relive it when we look at the pictures – that is the magic.

Before you see the pictures,
PLEASE READ THIS:

1. ALL the pictures in this blog have already been reduced in its size. The pictures I take are about 2MB to 3MB each but I have reduced them to a small teeny weenie 30KB to 80KB each. So you will find some of the pictures blur if you zoom in or make it bigger. I do this because it makes it easier for me to upload my pictures.

2. ALL the pictures in this blog were taken by ME unless noted otherwise. For the pictures where you see me in it, I used a tripod and adjust my camera to capture in self-timer mode. The Picture of me jumping was taken by Jolene Tan Mei Peng. One of the best picture I have.

3. NO humans or animals were harmed (so far) in taking all those pictures.

4. PLEASE keep in mind that I am not a professional photographer in case you find some pictures that are worth throwing into the trash bin.

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GOD is the One that gave me my talent. Therefore, I hope I could bless others as well as I capture God’s creations such as the sun, clouds and trees and one of the greatest gifts of God – time.

Visit my website at www.zlwin.com for more pictures and feed yourself with God’s word.

God bless all.

Psalm 24:1-2
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
for he founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the waters.

Let me help you to capture time in frames.

The following pictures are only 500+ pictures out of my 23,000+.

My Pictures

2009-01-01T12:59:00.003+08:00

Here are all the posts I have posted in this blog.
Click on the following links to view:

1. Just A Glimpse
2. View Through the Lens
3. Wildlife (Check This Out)
4. LIFE Rally
5. Jusco Outing
6. Jubilee Celebration 31st Audust 07
7. Paradise Live
8. The Clique 5ive
9. YE's Summer Bash 2007
10. Royal Rangers
11. Metamorphosis Camp 2007
12. LIFE Day
13. 30th August
14. YE's Sunway Lagoon Trip
15. Camera in the Sky
16. Youth Energy
17. Sri Lethia's Sports Day
18: Valley Mayhem 2007
19: Yvonne's House
20. Musicians
21. Fun Under the Moonlight
22. Outing With Adrian
23. LIFE Church
24. Random Shots
25. Lethian Reminiscence
26. Grace Youth Camp 2007 (Barre, Cameron Highlands)
27. Pictures From Phuket
28. YAF Anniversary 2008
29. Felicty's Piano Graduation Recital

Just A Glimpse

2009-01-01T12:58:00.000+08:00

The Clique 5ive.
From left: Me, Jolene, Suba, Sheng Giap and Shannon. This picture was taken during sunset in the field. At the back of us are shoplots. This is one of the few pictures I edit (I normally do not edit my pictures, I want to leave it as it is) and I only use Powerpoint to edit. I am Adobe Photoshop-illiterate.

This is the original unedited picture of me jumping down from a pole. This picture was taken by Jolene using my Canon Power Shot S5 IS.

This is Suba. Man, she can really fly. Literally...

Matthew slam-dunking.

The edited picture of me jumping.

Playing around with my camera I found this cool function where I could bring out only one chosen color. I chose red for this picture.

This picture was taken at the beach in Port Dickson during the La Salle’s Metamorphosis camp earlier this year. I was using Fiona’s Sony camera then.

This is one of my best pictures I have taken. I was on an airplane. I used a Canon EOS 350D and was at the window taking pictures until my face got dark because of the sunlight, really. I adjusted the ISO and the apertures as well as the shutter speed so that I could take the picture. It was too bright for a normal camera to shoot. Isn’t it wonderful to see how magnificently God created the clouds and the sun?

Just one of the 200+ pictures I took from the airplane’s windowpane.

I really like this shot, I was above the clouds =)

After about 30 minutes the sun was setting and I adjusted the ISO and apertures to get this dark shot. We could see the light shining through the darkness.

Suba took this shot. I and four more friends went to Jusco to spend a day together. After watching a movie we decided to take pictures. Spiderman should be jealous!

Sri Lethia had their annual Sports Day on the 12th of May earlier this year. I took this shot of this guy running a race. Perfect timing.

Suba and Jolene. Picture taken at a playground. The camera stopped time and had them paused in motion. Nice.

Shot at a church rally in PJ (LIFE Rally). This is the guitarist of the Christian band Army of Three.

No his hair wasn’t spiked up. I adjusted my camera to multiple shots and one of it captured this picture. I love this picture a lot. This is Army of Three’s bassist.

Transit’s bassist Justin (not Timberlake, but he sure has the looks!)

A picture of a sweet girl. Captured it during my school’s Merdeka Celebration on 30th August.

View Through the Lens

2009-01-01T12:57:00.000+08:00

Adrian and I. Picture taken on the Corkscrew Roller-coaster at Genting Theme Park last year.

This was on the Space Shot at Genting. Can you see Adrian’s hair? Yes, I did bring my camera up the Space Shot and was taking pictures when it went down, NO JOKE. And nope, I wasn’t afraid the camera might fall. Photographers have to take risk to get dangerous pictures haha. Adrian was screaming like a baby when the Space Shot went down and I was smiling at the camera.

Adrian on the um umbrella ride (I forgot what it is called)

On the Corkscrew Roller-coaster.

Mickey and Minnie Mouse. I was at the Hong Kong Disneyland.

Picture of Jason. He looks like a Dragonball character doesn’t he? I love to take pictures and work with the sunlight. It always turn out nice and picture-licious.

I took this self-portrait with a tripod and with my camera adjusted to self-timer mode.

Are the flowers more beautiful or the girl behind it? This is Jolene, the girl that took the picture of me jumping. Oh wait, the flowers are plastic...

This is Fiona. I do not know whether I captured a genuine smile of a fake one. But it’s all right, I like the face.

Now this is one of a kind shot. What are your emotions when you see it? Pause and look at this picture for a while...
This is Joanne Lee, she’s a student from Raja Zarina school. I was at MGS the other day for an English Speaking Competition. Joanne has just finished her speech and ran down and was greeted by her loving mother. Joanne ran and gave mother a big hug and tears rolled out of her eyes. Mother was so proud of her daughter. I could almost cry that time. This kind of pictures are the ones you would want to keep forever. Joanne could look back at it 20 years later and remember the love of a mother. Priceless love.

Break dancers getting ready to break some bones.

No it’s not the hand of Adam and God. It’s Zlwin and Andy.

Muah!

This is one of my 14 hampsters. He was just a youngster hampsteen. Squeezed that poor little animal into that Ferrari car.

Sri Lethia’s IU Day. Could have a better shot but my memory ran out that time and I didn’t know.

Ooh la la...

Move it.

Had nothing to do that time and went out and took this picture of my dad’s car.

This cross has been with me for like 3 years... But Jesus will be with me forever.

Fish taken at a underwater world exhibit in Labuan.

2008-04-28T18:54:00.003+08:00

Sean J's Farewell Dinner at ShivZ's, Bangsar. (19th April 2009)

2008-04-22T00:20:00.001+08:00

Was at Bangsar's ShivZ Cafe last Sunday night for Sean Jesudasen's farewell dinner. We had a fun night taking pictures and chatting with those old buddies. At first we were quite reserved and taking time to open up hehe. Then after the meal, we were all ready and we went about chatting with different individuals.

They were an exciting bunch of people. I remembered this friend Derrick who approached me and talked to me about camera. And this friend Ah Seng, we talked magic haha. So fun. And another friend Eugene Fong, we chatted about travels. Man, I am so inspired to go travelling backpack now haha. One day one day! Anyhoos, it was a delightful party. Sean is sure a blessing to those around him. It was shown at the dinner. People were just giving testimonies after testimonies about Sean. So sweet.

Pictures were taken by me except those you see me in it la. The first few shots I was trying this twirling effect on my camera. One turned out well but the rest not so. Enjoy =D

YAF Cell Easter Partay! (17th April 2009)

2008-04-22T00:14:00.001+08:00

On Friday night (17th April 2009) we had an Easter Harvest Party at Hwai Tah's house. It was a really fun night. We had games, laughters, sharing, a great testimony from Sherene and also lots of cam-whoring! Woo hoo! Good thing I brought along my camera that night. We had lots of fun taking pictures and posing. Please check the pictures out and see what we did haha. We tried posing like the actors on Heroes too =)

All the group shots were taken using my faithful Remote Control for my camera. So please don't criticize the bad angles, bad focus, bad everything haha. I just want to have fun taking pictures =) good thing I had my remote control with me. If not I have to run back and forth and set timer and all. Gosh so troublesome.

Anyway, bottomline is we had lots of fun together. Laughing, sharing, poking fun at each other. It was a good Christian gathering. Too bad our host Hwai Tah couldn't be with us because he was held up at his office till late night. However praise the Lord because he managed to lead one of his friends to Christ that day! Woo hoo!

Okay you can stop reading now. Check out the pictures.

Oh one more thing. All the pictures were unedited except for a few. =)

www.zlwinchew.blogspot.com for more pictures.
www.zlwinmagic.blogspot.com to hire me.
www.zlwin.com to feed yourself.

Attendance for the night: Sherene Cheong, Anne, Jasen, Zlwin, Yamuna, Jacky, Stef, Nataly, Wuan Chin, Grace Gan.

It spells "YAF CELL 1" =) hehe.

Felicity's Piano Graduation Recital

2008-04-17T15:07:00.000+08:00

I was at Felicity Thong's Piano Graduation Recital two nights ago(Wednesday night). It was held at UCSI University. What a long journey there. Jeffrey and I was stuck in the jam for almost an hour, with Sherrene Teh in front of us in another car. Halfway through we wanted to turn back or go to Mid Valley haha. The jam was killing. However we managed to endure it for our dear friend Felicity. Thank goodness we arrived early!

Her piano recital was great. Some of the songs I do not understand and can't apprecite well because I do not know classical pieces. But some I like =) however from the piano experts, Felicity did awesome! It was hard for me to take pictures while she was playing. This is because the hall was so silent except for the piano. When I take a picture, my camera shutter makes a very loud noise and it can be heard throughout the hall. So I only managed to get some shots while she was playing. And that happened when Felicity went loud, so enough to cover my camera noise. This is one disadvantage of having a DSLR Camera haha.

After the peformance we went to Jaya One to have our dinner+supper. Had a good time experimenting my camera with Su Ling. She was sitting right in front of me, so I ma take pictures of her lo. Watch out for the wild hog+elf picture of Su Ling haha.

Enjoy the pictures!

Stopping Phuket in Time

2008-03-14T15:09:00.004+08:00

Click on any of the 11 links below to view my pictures. There are around 300+ pictures altogether. For those who don't know, I went to Phuket for a diving trip on the 24th to 28th February 2008. Those who were on the trip were Pastor John, Jeffrey Leong, Justin, Sean, Sidney, Shannon Choong, Wenshu, Justin's parents and my daddy =)

Enjoy the pictures.

1. Best of the Best
2. Beach
3. Sunset
4. Dive
5. Macro Shots
6. Patong Nightlife
7. People of Phuket
8. FantaSea
9. The Gang
10. ETC
11. Strictly for those above 18... =)

Wilflife

2007-12-01T12:56:00.000+08:00

Went to Sunway Lagoon's Wildlife Park the other to take pictures of the wildlife and also to play in the pool =)

Did he just yawned? haha.

Meow Meow... Hey Kitty Kitty...

The Flight of the Pelican.

Nice?

I love this shot.

My best.

He's posing for the camera! haha.

Shy or what?!

Kiss me baby!

Haha you know what she did? She was putting her hand into my mouth and then she smell her hand. Haha she was "smelling" me =D

GRACE YOUTH CAMP 2007

2007-12-01T12:55:00.000+08:00

GRACE YOUTH CAMP 2007 comes to an end. This marks a new beginning for a few at camp. The rest of the crowd will still live life as before. But I pray that all will come to realize their higher call in life. To die to self and to live in Christ is not an option to anyone. Just do it!

Here are just a GLIMPSE of the work of God in camp. More pictures will be posted up soon. The three photographers ; Justin Jianz, Sarah Lim and Me (Zlwin Chew) will get together and compile all our pictures. There is currently 6461 pictures with me (combination of the three photographers' pictures). So keep visiting our blogs and look out for your picture! =)

I will be posting MOST of the camp pictures in my picture blog at www.zlwinchew.blogspot.com so be on the lookout. God bless all!

GY CAMP 2007

2007-12-01T10:00:00.000+08:00

Yvonne's House

2007-11-30T14:36:00.000+08:00