Well… a friend of mine asked me, “What have you been doing lately?”  “I have been shootin’ golf!” Lots of it in fact… this week will be Round 9 and being the first time I have shot golf for such a long stretch, it’s a learning experience as well and I am starting to feel as if I know how to play golf.

Golf as I have learnt, it is a game of patience and a practice in concentration; any slight twitch at the wrong time and you would’ve ruined the shot. For a photographer it is a practice of patience as well as players often take their time measuring up to a shot before taking it and the shot itself only takes a second at most to complete. So… becareful when you are going to take the shot! Shutter-sound and flash is frowned upon when shooting golf most of the time.

My latest shoot was in Meru Valley, Ipoh and surprisingly it is one of the least known golf courses in Ipoh. I spoke to a couple of my golfer friends and not many of them have heard of it but it is a beautiful course in the eyes of a photographer. Nestled in a valley surrounding by lush mountains, the course itself is not flat at all, undulating, zig-zagging amoung the hills and small valleys with a healthy splash of water and sand bunkers in it. I could imagine that this course would be rather challenging to play at especially when it is in a valley and valleys are normally pretty windy.

So… guys who play golf, do pay Meru Valley a visit and tell them Steven sent ya, you will get a healthy discount!

Note : Not all photos shown on this post were taken at Meru Valley.