Blur Cyn

Picture feeding time.



It's a blur shot, but I like the smile and the blurness of it. Well, I knew this for a long time that a good photo is not all about the perfectly-executioned shot with correct exposure and great sharpness. To me, capturing that special moment is far more important. It gives life to the pictures. That's why I still keep many blur pix in my archive just because they got that special moments.

Another reason to post this picture is to cheer up the girl. Perhaps it's hard for her to believe that some Japanese are amazed by her presence on the street. Ok the story is like this. We walked passed a junction and I saw a bunch of Japanese tourists. Then one of them saw her and shouted "Sugoiiiiii~" which roughly means "very nice". Well, you guys maybe saying he was amazed or surprised by something else. Hmm, but as a guy, you know how sparkle a male's eyes can be when he spotted something "interesting". LOL.

Yeah even Japanese are amazed by her presence. You should feel happy about it. Really. =)

Outdoor Portrait

Our company magazine DCM and Canon had jointly organised this EOS Seminar - Outdoor Portrait photography session at KL Bird Park. Well, it was supposed to be shooting inside the big bird cage, but we shifted the location to the nearby Orchid Garden. Whatever, still shooting the same 4 lovely models - Crissty, Angeline, Lo Xanne & Joanne.

Actually there are more than doing the practical shooting. I actually learned some ideas from the seminar conducted by Philip and a local pro Mr.Chua. Heck, I even saw some familiar and sexy faces on the slideshow screen. Nia. Well, there are some idea about doing outdoor shooting by using reflector, outdoor flash (Kenny's strong weapon), soft and diffused lights, etc etc. Well I shall fell grateful because I no need to pay to get in here, and yet listened to these seminar talks with great knowledge sharing.

I also joined the shooting session by using the E-1 to shoot. Haha, I wanted to borrow a 5D FF DSLR but there were no more. Nia. Even the 85mm, 135mm, 50mm F1.2 also not available, so better just stick back to my trusted E-1. Since I was free to roam around, I just joined the groups here and there to capture some portrait shots. Well thankfully, Crissty likes some of my shots. Hahaha~

I realised the benefit of having a reflector during outdoor portraits. It can gives you the well exposed and balance shots. Still it takes some experience to know how to actually reflect light from the sun. I can see Geo & Ken sweating all day long just by holding the reflector for the shooters. Hmm, must try this kinda outdoor shooting someday...

Well even though my shots are still far far away from my reference, but thankfully I can see the improvement myself. It's grateful to say that I didn't wasted all the efforts in the past to reach my current standard. No, I'm not saying I'm any pro to be, but at least I can get some pictures that even myself also feel satisfy. I think there's nothing better than that feeling. =)


Caught in action! Hahah~

MAPA & Monash

Car show time again. This time is MAPA and Monash Motorshow. Again, the only reason I wanted to go to these events is visiting my friends. It pwned the eye-catching cars and products anytime. Hahaha, I feel stoned of it because these events are overwhelming around KL. It feels the same. Sigh.

The MAPA was held in MVEC, which is famous of its poor lighting. So it's flash shooting time for me. I brought the flashgun and borrowed some stofen unit from a fella shooter and start shooting with various idea in mind. Thanks to all my beloved friends there for being my temporary models. Hahaha!

For the Monash Motorshow, it's just a college-based activity which asks you for Rm5 to enter an event with familiar cars and girls. Honestly I dislike the idea of doing carshow outdoor because of the lacking of electronic power which lead to the cars being idled all the time and keep producing poisonous gas and smoke around the area. It pissed me off to see a modified car with thousand of bucks on the decal but keep producing poisonous gas because never service the internal parts. Sucks.

Anyway I meet up with many friends in Monash. It surprised me too. That's why I mostly spent my time taking pictures with friends instead of the cars. It's also another opportunity to try out the flash shooting. Thanks Kenny and Spiel for the helps on this. Nia.


Finally meet up with Julie!

PCFair 2007 (II)

It's PCFair again. Yeah, it's one of the regular event that I go because of my obligation, both for company and for friends. But this time, I didn't get the green light to visit the fair on Friday. My colleague went before me and my boss said there's no need to have 2 people to cover the event. Hmm, there goes my plan and nothing I can do about it. Well it's not bad actually, because my friend told me the jam was terrible to endure. Phew.

So I went on the next day with some friends. Visiting some long-time-no-see friends over there, most notably are Jessica and Hseang. Good to see they are in good shape! I also took this chance to meet YanYee to pass her the belated birthday gift. Hahaha! After all these purposes were served, it's shooting time for me. I brought the flash to learn how to shoot in such dim environment. Hopefully can learn a thing or two.

After the event, I joined Bonus and Fumi for their KL tour. We went to 1U to find Jenni & Daphne and spent some time there shooting the after work series. Then we took off again and head to KL to buy ticket for Fumi. Around 12am, we reached around Kepong area for our much delayed dinner in KFC. Finally I reached home around 1am. Tired.

In the end I only went to PCFair for one day. It's the most less-visit time for me so far. Woo. I didn't buy anything, and didn't take many shots too. Guess it's just another PCFair routine for me. Anyway, it's good to meet up with the old friends and also met some new friends in person. I guess it's a worthy trip. Haha~

Type-R Spirit

Today is the launch of Civic Type-R and Hybrid. It's history in the making for Honda Malaysia because this is the first time they brought in a Honda sports model all the way from Japan, and it's brand new!! I don't know what others feel, but for me, it's really a pleasure to witness this moment as a Honda fans.

Ok it costs about Rm200k. That's even more expensive for a Subaru Impreza WRX Ver8. Yeah, that's the car they like to compare to because of the pricing. It's a turbo-charged 4 door sedan sports car which built with the rally-technology AWD system. Technically it's a better ride than the Civic Type-R. Yeah... maybe? But one thing you have to realise that the Civic Type-R is the latest model from Honda Japan, which was launched few months back then and being quoted as the fastest FF car in its class. It's NA but can boost to 220ps with the 2.0 i-VTEC engine. It has all the latest racing technology and design from Honda. It has a spirit. To me, it's a better car than a Ver8 (Ver10 is coming out) WRX, even though they share the same power output and pricing.


The new Honda Civic FD Type-R

Again, I must say Honda Malaysia are doing great with all their promotion in this region. With the addition of the Type-R launch, it really shows their ambition and the passion to deliver driving pleasure to the customers here. Kudos to Honda!

I just can't buy printer

Printer oh printer...

I never keen on buying a printer for home use. It's useless, quality not good, and never last long. Yah, I'm talking about those entry level low budget printer which always claim that they can print good quality photo. They sure can print that. What they need is the top notch glossy photo paper and a dozen of ink cartridges! Nia.

I used to own several inkjet printer, but all ended up miserably. Print head kong, ink droplet stuck, can't even print the basic documents... etc. No matter how careful I handle the printer, how frequent I replace the ink cartridge, it will still end up like that. Haiz. That's why I never invest money in printer. I bought them simply because my course need to print alot documents. Other than that, printer will never appear in my purchase list.

Nowadays I'd been taking quite alot of pictures. My photo collection is getting more and more, but I rarely print any photo at all. Firstly I don't think my pictures are worthy of a print out. Yeah, not until the day I get myself a camera and shooting my pictures. Secondly, I just can't afford to buy cartridge and photo paper frequently. It's way too costly for a poor guy like me. Nia.

So today I just printed few pictures using TeeToo pictures. (Thanks Taukeh!) I used one of the test unit to print, and the results are not bad at all... Why? Because I used the "Best" setting and also the high grade photo paper!! Yeah, that alone can make a whole lot of difference. In the end, it's still down to the money (you spent), which I can't never afford at all, not to say buy a decent printer for myself. Nia.


YanYee's photo, taken by TeeToo taukeh.