Tyler Stableford - Adventure Photographer

Tyler Stableford was in Malaysia today to present a seminar as part of the Canon's EOS Master Craftsmen Southeast Asia Tour 2012. His presentation was very inspiring and showed Tyler's skills in both photography and cinema-photography in a number of adventurous situations. Much of this recent work was shot with the new Canon EOS 1D X and 5D Mk III cameras and used the latest wireless Speedlight 600 EX-RT flash units with the ST-E3-RT transmitter. These situations also displayed the durability and ruggedness of the Canon equipment which was used in some severe weather situations and arduous environments. As well as displaying his work he presented a live shooting demo with one of Malaysia's national cycle team highlighting his approach to making a shoot and using an array of Canon Speedlight 600 EX-RT flash units to enhance the lighting of the shot.

About Tyler Stableford

Aspen photographer and director Tyler Stableford has earned an international clientele for his commercial and editorial work. His clients include Disney, Patagonia, Stetson and The New York Times, among others.

Men's Journal named Tyler one of the seven "World's Greatest Adventure Photographers". He is one of Canon's distinguished Explorers of Light, as well an ambassador for the SanDisk Extreme Team and Adobe's digital imaging software.

Tyler's work has won numerous awards from Communication Arts, Photo District News, American Photography, the International Photography Awards, National Geographic Traveler, and more. His short film "The Fall Line" won the Official Best of Fest competition for "Award-Winning Films To Inspire."

Tyler is a graduate of Dartmouth College. His passion for photography extends beyond commercial work: He volunteers to shoot at least one week per year for nonprofits, and is an active member of the environmental-business organization "1% For The Planet".


You can check out his work at www.tylerstableford.com

Afternoon Nap

This trishaw rider in Penang is taking the opportunity for a quick snooze.

There are about 200 trishaw in Penang which are mostly scattered around Georgetown area. Penang trishaw comes in many names, Rickshaw, trishaw, taxicab or locally referred to as beca.

The modern beca in Penang is a pedal-powered trishaw rather than one that’s pulled by runners. It ferries tourists through narrow lanes, offering them a closer view of the neighbourhood in an unhurried manner. The nostalgic feeling sitting on top of the three wheeled beca does indeed an unforgettable experience. Besides the novelty of traveling in this open-fronted three wheeled vehicle, trishaw allows visitor the opportunity of visit the sights at a more leisurely pace and stopping at any point to 

snap picture or to buy souvenir.

Beca riders are equipped with information about the interesting sights along the tourism route that they took, thanks to the state government initiative in providing training and the re-branding effort which includes beatification on the current old beca. This will makes a visitor's ride more interesting and at the same time raise the image of Penang trishaw riders which are one of the frontlines in making foreign tourist stay in Penang enjoyable.

The price of using a beca in Penang varies from about RM 15 to about RM 30 per hour. Try to negotiate for the best price before using this service. Some tour agent or hotels provide a package tour which includes sightseeing on trishaw with lunch or dinner included. The package tour cost about USD 35 to USD 45 and lasts about 2 to 3 hours.