Class EX A _Overall Winner 2008 !

The overall winner in 2008 of Digital Photographer of The Year ！

Name: Fun Bathing

By: Tan Choon Wee (Singapore)

The winning strategies are the good dark waterfall background, the perfect contrasts between the background and the subjects, and the wonderful captures of the movement of the children and the water.

If I was one of the judges, I would also select this one as an overall winner. The reason is simply I like photos gives people feelings of nostalgia. This photo brings the happiest childhood memories back to me. Remained people how simple things can make you happy. This kind of image we barely get to see these days. Not to mention the simple way to give kids fun, most places all over the world don’t have such clean rivers or lakes any more.

I recently watched a Japanese film called Always Sunset on Third Street, published in 2005. It was so successful, so the director shot the sequel and published in 2008. I would like to recommend these two movies because of the nostalgia of these films. It takes place in a small community in postwar Tokyo, and follows the interweaving story threads of a number of the community’s residents over the course of a single year as Tokyo Tower is being built.
Movies contain millions of great photos to tell a story by catching every movement. The only difference is one good photo could tell the whole story and leaving imaginary space for audiences. The 2008 winner photo is one of the kinds of storytelling photos.