Yearly Archives: 2011

Gardens By The Bay – Visit 3

June 2010 – Visit number 3 proved to be a very long and hot day of shooting.  The Cool-Dry Conservatory construction is continuing to move along at a considerable rate and is proving to be a challenge to capture.  Critical locations for shooting are either inaccessible or have large machinery parked in the way.  The […]

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Gardens By The Bay – Visit 2

May 2010 – As you will see from the images below the Cool-Dry Conservatory construction is progressing extremely fast.  More arches are being erected every week.  The gridshell, which is a self supporting structure, can be seen behind the white, unpainted arches.  The red structure is called a ‘crash deck’ and is a temporary structure […]

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Gardens By The Bay – Wilkinson Eyre Architects – Singapore

April 2010 – I have started documenting the construction of two large conservatories designed by UK Architects, Wilkinson Eyre Architects.  They form part of the new Gardens By The Bay development in Singapore.  Each conservatory has it’s own role to play in the scheme of the entire 54 hectare garden at Marina South.  The cool-dry […]

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Winifred Ella Hope

Our close friends Victoria and James Hope welcomed wee Winnie into their little family on 1st September 2011. I was asked to shoot Winnie when she was only 3 weeks old, before James’ fears are realised and she turns into a ‘giant baby’, so that Victoria and James could share their little bundle of joy […]

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Cyclone Race Series 2011 ~ Changi Series 2 ITT and Road Race

The Changi Series 2 consisted of an Individual Time Trial (ITT) early on a hot Sunday morning followed by a mass start Road Race a couple of hours later.  Held on the infamous Changi Straight, a piece of road that runs the length of Changi Airport runway, it is about 5-6km of straight, boring tarmac.  […]

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Sabah – East Malaysia

After planning this trip more than 3 times Gabi and I finally made it to Sabah, East Malaysia.  Kota Kinabalu was our first stop and from there it was over to climb Mt Kinabalu and then onto the Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary before returning for a rest at a nice beach resort just north of Kota […]

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Singapore Road Cycling Nationals 2011

The Singapore Road Cycling Championships were held over the weekend of 25-26 June 2011. Due to illness during the lead up to the race I couldn’t compete. I was a little disappointed but it did mean I could shoot instead.  Once again Team Cannasia-Cannondale had entered a well prepared team of various strengths and were […]

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12 hr Mountain Bike Marathon

Tampines Mountain Bike Park hosted the Dirt Traction 12 hour Night MTB Marathon.  The race started at 5pm and ended 12hrs later at 5am.  Having at least 2hrs of daylight provided all riders with a last minute look at the course before it got dark and although the course was not technical it was good […]

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