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About Me
Hi, I'm Siow Feng.
I am a photojournalist. I'm Specializing in News, Travel, documentaries, portraits, product, and interior photography. Meantime, I am also a freelance graphic designer which at the same time I am doing typesetting.
My background is in news photography, I graduated from the NanHua University of Communication Management in Taiwan with a BA in Journalism.
I have previously worked as a photojournalist based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I am well versed in Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom.
I am very passionate about copywriting and typesettings work. I am able to work independently and am obliged to timeline.
Current Status
Self Employed
Language
Spoken
Chinese (Hokkian)
English
Written
English
Chinese (Mandarin)
Working Experience
7 Jul, 2013 - 6 Jun, 2017
photojournalist
Malay Mail, Selangor
Company Type
Other
Position
Senior
Specification
Journalist / Editor/ Writing
Roles
Photojournalist
News Photographer Job description:
* Gained various experiences in political news, featured photography, social documentary photography and portrait photography.
* Captured images of events, incidents or people to create a press story mainly in the political area.
* Worked independently in editing and preparing pictures taken in real life situations to obtain visual materials used to support news stories.
* Conducted research to gather useful information about a subject prior to photo shoot.
* Composed captions or other descriptive tag to interpret a photo
* Edited images via photo editing software such as Photoshop or Lightroom
* Travelled to local and international regions to cover the photo requirements
* Collaborated with reporters to ensure images correspond with news stories
* Negotiated the price of images and photography services when working as freelance press photographers
* Managed time effectively in order to achieve assigned tasks
* Conducted research to verify facts about an event or incident prior to photo shoot
* Kept record of photographs in an image database
* Conducted interviews to obtain facts which validate a news story
Reason of resign
Try to be freelance and flexi-time back hometown visit my family.
Education
Han Chiang University College of Communication
Major in Journalism
Advanced Diploma
Mass Communications
1 Jan, 2000 - 7 Jul, 2002
Skill Sets
Tools & Software
Additional Information
Owns Transportation
Yes
Owns Laptop
Yes
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