I was very...


fidgety.


and restless


So I unearthed my equipment.

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Monday 19th January 2009

Street Photography - Petaling Street, Central Market, Lake Gardens

Noel Emmanuel Yung - Olympus e-510
Jonathan Ruiloong Teoh - Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ-28
Teh Hann Tsong - Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ-30
Chia Ken Gene - Nikon D90
Loh JonMing - Olympus e-510, Light Stand + Diffuser Umbrella, Olympus FL-36R, Nikon SB-900, Phottix Triple PT-04 and some home made colour filters

Hehe wtfbbq


















After a long time of going for photo outings, I already felt terribly terrible at doing street photography. You know, stuff like, frame composition la, metering, capturing moments... No skill at all la. Bah.

So here are some sneaks on what they call strobing. My kinda thing. It's a long roll, so...























Yes. Jump strobing.

And yes, his head kena rembat wahahahaha

Catch yall later!

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Finally, the first wave breaks up within its roar. In preparation for the official launch of An Old Flame by That Girl Cynthia, we endured from 9am to 7pm on a Saturday last December, setting up tripods, putting on makeup, posing, running, changing wardrobes, and the common things youths would do to photoshoot for a fashion blog.



It was a memorable and exhaustful experience, but worth the sweat and blood to the drop. We had fun laughing at each others expressions, at how us beginners always got lost in our own roles and how we shot 4 sets of clothing in the first 3 hours of 5, and managed to finish off the remaining 10 sets in that last 2 hours.

"SEVEN O' CLOCK, SEVEN O' CLOCK, SEVEN O' CLOCK, KAR MARNN!"

I know I got no face to say my photos turned out darn good, so I'll say it appeared satisfactorily terrific in the end. Well, go judge for yourself at the online store and give me your critique then.

Hehe the scariest parts were when Cynthia wrinkled up a frown every time. Then it was uh-oh time.




Girl(left): No, I want the colour to be more vibrant!
Girl(right): Then you'll have to do it all over again.


>_<"


But apart from all the stress, it was some really good basic exposure for me. Working with unfamiliar individuals, chasing time and managing it, planning out the sequence of activities to execute, and not forgetting to bring extra batteries, were all crucial lessons along the way.





After a few weeks of rest and concentrating on other projects, we returned to the HORRIFYING FACES OF BLYTHE DOLLS UNDER THE SHADOW. ok I'm kidding. We returned to the lovely cute and cuddly blythe dolls for the mini photoshoot.

This was just so much easier la. can twist her leg, can drop her on her head, dress them up, and toss them across the room, all under thirty two and a half seconds. Plus we were doing the shoot in my room, which was comfortable enough for me. Hehe. Sorry Cyn for the refridgeration, but I'd prefer to be freezing than melting. or evaporating. whichever.





Flash intensities (here come the jargons) were so much easier to control, Ambient strobes were effortlessly mobile and convenient, and setting up the backdrop using YOUR FRICKING A.E.I.O.U BRAND WRAPPING PAPER WHICH COSTS TWO FLAGGERING BUCKS PER SHEET WHICH I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AS A COVER WRAP FOR MY PERSONAL NOTEBOOK AND/OR SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO FRIGGGIROMAJISTILERRING NICE was handily removable and replaceable, sheet after sheet.

The pictures turned out nice la, that's all we want to know, right?








Reeaaaallllllyyyy niceeeee.




You can't deny it.

I'M THE KING OF BLYTHE MUAHAHAHAHAHA





Okay yea, maybe some came out a little... unexpected.




Fark that's blardy shit creepy. Okay I'm not sure if I'm allowed to do this. Now Cynthia and Francesca are gonna kill me. Okok chillz, nah here, kawaii onez to end the nightz.




Satisfied with my little photoshoot experiments, I'll be headed for some serious-er strobing photography this Saturday. yippee!

(And the saturday after that, i'm plannig an open outdoor photoshoot session, it's on my facebook, so go invite yourself)



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More and more design jobs coming up!!

While the beginning of the end initiates. hello and byebye ACCA. =]

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can charge adi. xD

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There was this photography contest poster I saw in college that said "Putrajaya the Vibrant City!" and I thought, wth? Putrajaya is a boring place with just masses of concrete, metal and glass, and yeah, nice shooting lights every 31st August. But anyway I knew I was still too n00b to enter these competitions.





But oh well I headed home and just flipped through some sites to find myself on the mentioned contest's page. It was so exciting, my palms were sweating in the air-conditioned room, My feet paced the parquet floor side to side, front and back even while sitting firmly. I imagined all my crappy photographs going through some minor tweaks and improvements, perhaps going for some experimental photo-outings, and a chance to win something.

RM2000 for student category.

KAR MARN BRING IT ON!!!!



small woman with big gear


Quickly rang Shaz up, asked him to help organize another putrajaya outing, impatiently waited for Saturday (oct 11) to come, and out of 10 or so, 4 people turned up - Yih Wen, Wai Seng, Shaz and I.

Blame the flash floods. Shaz and I almost died in the car man.



big man with small gear





After playing with my flash for awhile, I started to experiment with some strobing (remote lighting effects). Shaz, the test subject of the day.





From Alamanda, we took off to the mosque behind the Prime Minister's office, to try and catch some sunset photos.





I may not be good at sunset photos, but I'm good at fooling around with my flash!





HABISLAH AKU. Started adi all the camwhoring and flashing.














worshiping the tripod wtf?





kicking my tripod wtf.

Then someone finally decided to go take some better, more useful and more productive photos of night lights and stuff.











AND THEN WE STARTED AGAIN LAH.

G_G





ok but the rest are lame so nevermind. Headed to Putrajaya Lake Club for the last hour.

















ok that's all. AAAAHHHHH EXAMS COMING (like I've always been saying for the past 2 years and a half), so please please please encourage me to concentrate on my revision. I dowanna fail all 3 papers again. Ok see yall soon.

Oh and happy bday Maddy!




I didn't win anything, but at least I learned some lighting. looks n00by, but practice makes perfect! =]

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