Explorenation wishes all our alumni and friends a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

What a year 2012 has been. In February, we took a small group of photographers to cold Venice to photograph the Carnivale. In April, I was back in KL to organise the judging sessions of KL International Photoawards 2012. It was wonderful to meet so many contestants and not forgetting the winners that flew out to KL to receive their awards at The Warehouse Gallery. Then back in Europe, Explorenation had the first of several SlideShare evenings in London. So far this has proved successful and just completed our third event at the Lightgallery in November. In September, Andy and I took a small group to Tuscany for a photo and food tour, sampling some great Italian home cooking, and yes, we took photographs as well.

The Lightgallery is now back online and we had two great shows, with Fernando Perez Fraile selling exceptionally well, finishing off with the ongoing Christmas Print Bazaar. We would like to thank all our alumni,  familiar friends and new photographers for all your support, even if you just popped by for a mince pie.

The KL International Photoawards 2013 is now launched, and calling for your entries, so get your photo-head up to speed and head out to shoot those pictures. See you in 2013!