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Vol 10 No 3 VIP Guests Community Involvement Programme by Jurong West Secondary School Photographing Nature Workshop forCommonwealth Secondary School Experiencing Life in the Mangroves with the Canadian International School (Singapore) Doing what they do best for a good cause: Hillgrove Secondary School Volunteers Conduct Heron Counts at Sungei Buloh 13th International Coastal Cleanup Wild Boar Sightings An ASEAN Experience: Conference on ASEAN Heritage Parks Volunteer Outing to Pulau Kukup and Yong Peng Heronry Young Hearts for Nature: Young Naturalist Passport Camp		Photographing Nature Workshop sponsored by the Press Foundation of Singapore Limited Jeremy Ang conservation officer On 2nd November 2004, more than 20 students from Commonwealth Secondary School, Chestnut Drive Secondary School and Hillgrove Secondary School attended a one-day Nature Photographing Workshop in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (SBWR) sponsored by the Press Foundation of Singapore Ltd (PFS). Professional nature photographer, Mr David Tan conducted the workshop jointly with SBWR staffs, Ms Halilah Ahmad, Mr Tay Soon Lian and Jeremy Ang. The students were taught the basics of digital photography such as getting the desired exposure, photograph composition and digital photography editing techniques. In addition, they were given a 2-hour hands-on photography session in the reserve to practice what they had learnt from the workshop. After the photography session the students used the laptops in Nature Cove to download, choose and submit their best photograph for a calendar competition. Moreover, individual schools were also tasked to design a Poster Calendar using the digital photographs they had taken. To round up the session, the trainers commented on each photograph submitted and gave tips to the students on how to improve their skills. The results of the photo and poster design competition were announced at the launch of the nature cove at SBWR on 4 Dec 2004. At the end of the workshop the feedback collected from the students were that... “Very useful and interesting.” Kevin Hanurata, 17, Hillgrove Secondary School. “Very enriching!” Gabriel Wong, 15, Commonwealth Secondary School “It taught us many things most people wouldn’t know about nature, and it lets us get up close and personal with nature.” Donovan Leow, 14 Chestnut Drive Secondary School.
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