Willy Foo - Action, Fashion, Event, Travel, Wedding Photographer

Biography

Self portrait, 8 secs single exposure, double flash
Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey

An award winning action, portrait, travel, event & wedding photographer, Willy Foo has photography works published in magazines and held exhibitions in Singapore and overseas.

Several of his articles have also been published in 'Digital Life' of the local papers. Occasionally, he conducts workshops on digital imaging & photography, imparting his experience to other photographers.

Willy has won the top prize in the highest profiled photography competition, "Life is Great", organised by Great Eastern Life in 2005. He has also produced a calendar "Tropicana 2006" selling in all 7-11 stores island-wide.

•	Action Fashion Photographer, PhotoVideoi Oct 2005
•	Winner, Great Eastern Life, Life is Great Photo Competition 2005
•	Featured Photographer, Nikon Focus Oct-Dec 2004
•	Action Photographer, PHOTOi Aug 2004
•	Speaker, Practical Photoshop for Photographers
•	Exhibitor, Crossing Bridges 2004, Photo Exhibition
•	Exhibitor, A European Odyssey Photo Exhibition
•	Travel Writer & Photographer, Silkwinds
•	Freelance Writer (Digital Life), Straits Times
•	Photography Judge for HP, Konica Minolta, Lilly-NUS
•	Founder, LiveStudios

19 Feb 2006

Profotos Pro Site Award

Another Site Award

"Congratulations! You won the Pro Site Award at Profotos.com. Our staff has reviewed your site, and determined it to be among the best in the world for professional photography."

8 Feb 2006

PhotoGalaxy Web Awards

PhotoGalaxy

Web Awards Official Winner

Got an email this morning..

"We are delighted to inform you that your website has won the Highly Commended web award. Only websites that exhibit the highest standard in both photographic content and website design receive this award. The Highly Commended award is second only to the Site of the Month award which is presented at the end of each month. Your website is now in contention for this award so we could be contacting you again sooner than you might have thought!"

Feb 2006

Featured in Macro Photography in PhotoVideoi Feb 2006

16 Jan 2006

Featured Photographer on "A Flair to Remember" on Arts Central

Interviewed in a TV programme in Arts Central featuring an artiste in each episode. Episode 2 on Visual Arts features myself as a professional photographer and Teck as an ice scupltor aired on 16th Jan 2006 at 9pm.

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13 Jan 2006

Radio interview on News Radio 93.8FM

Interviewed in a morning show by Eugene Loh & Michelle Martin

Listen to Interview (15 mins, MP3 - 3.5MB)

Jan 2006

Great Eastern Life 2006 Calendar

Photo of "Sibling Love" appeared on Cover and Dec
of the Great Eastern Life calendar.

Jan 2006

Shenzhen photos & articles on SilkWinds

Cover for SilkWinds Vol 1. 2006 - Jan/Feb

Travel assignment for SilkAir's in-flight magazine, SilkWinds
Photo used on the cover and the article on Shenzhen.
Wrote hotel reviews for Landmark Hotel & Hilton Panglin as well.

2005

Judging for Photo Competitions

HP Asia Pacific

Sole judge for public online photo competitions for Hewlett Packard
China, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong & Korea

Konica Minolta

Judged public photo competition together with John Cosgrove & Albert Lim

Lilly NUS

Joined as external judge to form a panel of 3 judges for their internal organisation's photo competition

Dec 2005

Launched "Tropicana 2006" Calendar

DXO hosted launch of Tropicana 2006 Calendar to be sold in all 7-11 stores in Singapore. Calendar showcases different beautiful places in Singapore with the models in a Tropicana theme.

(Update 1st Jan 2006:
calendars are fast selling out / out of stock)

Oct 2005

Featured on Action Fashion Photography in PhotoVideoi

Sep 2005

Judge for Miss Tropicana Photogenic 2005

Judged for Miss Tropicana Pageant held in Club Momo and selected titleholder for Miss Tropicana Photogenic 2005.

Portfolio photoshoot was also sponsored for top 3 winners for Miss Tropicana

From Left:
    Miss Tropicana 2005 - Jasmine
    Miss Tropicana 2005 2nd Runner Up - Jean
    Miss Tropicana 2005 1st Runner Up / Miss Tropicana Photogenic - Danielle

Aug 2005

Won "Life is Great" Photo Competition 2005

Photo taken in tea plantation in Bogor, Jakarta

"Sibling Bond" a.k.a. "Sibling Love"

Great Eastern Life awarded 1st prize for photo of 2 siblings playing in the grass in a tea plantation in Bogor, Jakarta.

News articles covered in Straits Times, Zaobao & Digital Life Images removed due to SPH Copyright

July 2005

"A European Odyssey" Travel Photography Exhibition

Exhibition held at Singapore History Museum

5 photographers including myself took a 20 day trip across Europe from the North-west to the South East lasting 20 days in total. We came back with an exhibition held at the Singapore History Museum.