Banhup Teh Photography

Making a difference in this world.

On the morning of August 25th 2010, my family went together with a local bank to embark on a mission to try to make a difference in this world. The mission was to address the concerns of global warming secondary to pollution and deforestation by planting 75 trees in a little known primary school in Dengkil, Selangor.

Do you know that each tree can absorb about 0.25 tons of CO2 emmisions over 25 yrs and that an average person emits about 7 tons of CO2? By planting trees, we have chosen to offset the environmental impact of CO2, promote plant and animal bio-diversity leading to improvement in soil fertility.

We arrived at SRJK (Tamil) Taman Permata Dengkil shortly after 8am and was received by some students of the school together with some members of the teaching staff. This school is mostly attended by children of low income workers (estate workers and daily paid labourers). Apart from primary education, the children are provided with daily lunch to sustain them, thanks to the generous sponsors of NGOs and good Samaritans. Although exhausted by the gardening work, the children were elated to be part of the event and were treated to a KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) lunch that they truly enjoyed. According to the school headmaster, for some of the children this was the first time they ate KFC.

All of us left the school very happy knowing that we had in a small way make a difference in this world and especially to someone’s life. We would never forget the laughter we shared with those children and their smiling faces.

The rest of the photos will be posted at my Facebook account.

Ebooks now available in print!

Due to some requests my ebooks are now available in print. I will be printing this on demand which unfortunately adds to the cost. To make it more affordable I have decided to subsidize the printing of these books.

The books are printed by Photobookmart. I have seen and gone through the quality of the printing and the binding, and must say that I am more than pleased with them. I am also more than satisfied with the efficiency of this company. As an indication, the book will be shipped out within one business day and depending on where you are, you should get your copy within 5 business days via DHL courier service.

I have now listed the soft cover version at My Shop for sale. The hard cover version is also available on request.

Please go to My Shop for more details of the pricing.

PS Unfortunately I do not have the time yet to take some photos as I am extremely busy these few weeks. I will have them up as soon as I can take them.

A special portraiture post-processing workshop in Kuantan

'Special' because it is a special request by a photographer friend from Kuantan.

'Special' because we won't be shooting pretty models for a change.*

And 'special' because being a first of such workshops by me, I'll make it special.

(I prefer to do photo-safaris which I have successfully done quite a few.)

*We will be shooting everyday people in a fishing village in their natural environment.

Workshop details

Organizer : Wooi Shen (wooishen@gmail.com)

Date : Saturday September 18th 2010

Time : 8.00am – 6.00pm

Format : Shoot at Tanjung Lumpur fishing village from 8.00am till noon

with lunch break followed by post-processing session from 2.00pm till 6.00pm.

Subjects : Elderly man, elderly woman and children in their environment.

Fees : Early bird offer RM660/pax till August 31st. RM760/pax thereafter.

Max of 15 participants.

Note : Fully booked! Thank you to all participants for your support.

Please also note that no refund will be entertained. You will have to find your own replacement.

Who should attend : Those into portrait and/or travel photography.

Things to bring : Beside your camera, please bring along your laptop for the post-processing session.

Software I will be using is Photoshop CS5.

As a special offer to all participants who may be keen, you may buy the first ever soft-cover book versions of my ebooks at RM100 each.

I'll autograph it if you like.

*normal price RM150 (Beginners version) and RM180 (Advanced).

Please indicate your desire to get the books during your registration. I'll send you the invoice individually.

Topics covered

1. Monitor calibration.

2. Colour management in photography.

3. Available light portraiture.

4. How to see the light.

5. How and where to pose subjects.

6. Post-processing – Banhup's style. You will learn to process the following :

…and a glimpse on adding digital make-up.

For further inquiries please contact organizer Wooi Shen at wooishen@gmail.com.

Manuel Librodo workshop in Kuala Lumpur, July 31 - Aug 01

Due to popular demand, Manny will be coming back to Kuala Lumpur on Jul 31st -Aug 1st to run another series of workshops. We will be having a morning shoot on July 31st followed by a morning post-processing session on Aug 1st (2 half-day sessions respectively).

The response is so overwhelming that the workshop is almost fully booked even before I make this official announcement. Half of the registered participants this time are repeaters from the last workshop. Thank you all for your support! Manny promised something special for you.

More details

Venue : to be announced to participants.

Model : Krystal Vee, model-cum-Hollywood actress (as in banner, more of her portfolio here).

Theme : Pre-nup theme.

This event is fully booked. Thank you all for your interest.