more 7d

thought of making a 7d wallpaper for my computer

so shoot it even more this time :)

the EOS 7d

and so

the exams are over

and so

i went out

to shop

and since

the birthday is around the corner

it's just a perfect time

for a self-present !

and so

here's the new family member of herbertism !

haven't really have time to play around with it yet

for a start

i've only shot like 24 frames with it up till now !

compared to the thousand over of frames the night i got my 400d !!!

and so

as of now

i'm officially retiring my 400d :)

it has served me well

i'm still very much in love with it

i still think it's one of canon's bestest camera !

and here's 2 shots from the all new 7d :)

one day to freedom

yes

exams

are

self-managed work

the previous days

had been interesting

fun

tiring

an unforgettable experience

but

working everyday from daylight to daylight

a max of 4 hours of sleep every night

is simply not my cup of tea

i thought i was a workaholic

but looking at all those japs

and the schedule they work at

i'm amused

i truly admire their endurance and passion for work

i'm no where like them

the past 5 days

had been

amazing

something

i'll always remember

the lessons learnt

are great

will i regret my decision later ?

i hope not

for i chose my study > work

more soon

it has started

usually this is the time
when my night turns to day

and day turn to night

but with other additional things that's piling up

i'm really lost of track of time and day

everything seems so darn long ago

canon photo marathon seems like a month ago

and bali seems so darn long ago

the schedule is really tight

this is the time when self-discipline is of utmost important

hopefully

all things will go as i've planned

hopefully

i can be a little more discipline this time round

and oh...the picture's up at canon's site

Canon Photomarathon 2009 Singapore

it's a sleepless night

after finally managed to force myself to sleep for 2 hours plus

i changed, bathed, prepared and left for the competition

10.10.09

the Canon Photomarathon 2009

as announced

over 1,400 people joined this year

though it didn't seemed that it's some 1,400

seemed like last year were more

anyway

so yeah

reached around 8 am at Suntec City

gather here and there

and before the competition began

the usual group shot

photo shamelessly stolen from Clubsnap =x

and so the first wait begun

as people came and register

we waited

and then they announced it

first theme of the day

"TOGETHERNESS"

well, after a little of brainstorming

this thing straight away hit me

i don't know why i didn't even bother to think about any other thing

but i just went off to Mc D

took a couple of sugar sachet

and started shooting these

yeap

ants

and that was all that is hot for the theme

ants and more ants

fired off some 50 over pics of them i think

finally chose the one above to be submitted

as i was queuing to submit my this photo

i was discussing with my fren on what'll the next theme will be

"speed" she said

"movement" i predicted

and not long after that

they announced the 2nd theme

pretty close eh ?

at first i thought it'd be an easy theme

coz i'd also like to think myself of a photographer who's doing really not bad at all in the technique of panning

but then after more thoughts

i knew that 50% of the participants will definitely be submitting a picture of panning as well

as i saw more and more people setting up their tripods

i decided to shoot something else

then cannot think of any other thing

so i decided to just make my panning shot somewhat more different than others

i shot this at first

then followed by this









and finally this which i submitted

well

a little confusion there

i thought the cut off point for submitting photos were 2.30

so i quickly shot

and just submit

apparently haf to wait till 4 pm -.-"

so we shoot shoot around

haha

and then i saw this

my ants photo kana shortlisted !

so was quite ok

quite happy

quite satisfied a bit

but wasn't really expecting a win

thought the other shots were much better

so had to push for the final theme lor

coz i knew my 2nd theme sure also cannot make it one

and then went down for lunch

when i got back up

saw a lot of people come out liao

means theme 3 come out liao

to my -.-" - ness i found out the theme 3 was

"ENERGY"

like....

so tired

slept 2 hours+ onli

simi Energy la

but then

not long after that

i knew

i was gonna make this shot

i went off to marina square to hunt for a torch light

got it

borrowed Desmond's tripod

and started firing off and painting with light

then this









before finally i got this
of which i submitted

very dragonballish

was too tired to think for more

helped around the guys' shot

around marina square

then got back to Suntec City

submit photo

and the waiting time begin

went to clean the sensor and lens thing while waiting

then they started putting up the shortlisted photo of theme 3

9 photos up

and mine weren't there

disappointed a bit

went to sit to finally rest and wait

then i got the call from fai ming

saying my photo's been shortlisted again

happy

and not long after that

the prize announcement began

Theme 1

open category

3rd prize

not me

2nd prize

no

1st prize

zzzz

ok..theme 3's the final chance

Theme 3

open category

3rd prize

no no no

2nd prize

also not !

"damn it, this year not winning anything. 2 pictures shortlisted and none even win"

1st prize

and the emcee announced

"MR....YOHAN HERBER"

when the yohan first rang

i look down to the floor

aiz...

so 2 years consecutively were all that is

and then when i looked up

i saw

Johan Herber

eh ?

and then the picture

and then the ic number

and i jumped off my seat !

so yeah

for the 3rd time consecutively

I won

the 3rd Theme 1st Prize of the Canon Photomarathon.

Canon Photomarthon 2007

- Playtime - 1st prize

Canon Photomarathon 2008

- Freedom - 1st prize

Canon Photomarathon 2009

- Energy - 1st prize

and so

I scored the Hat Trick !

photo of all the winners for the day

special thanks to the mates man for helping out with the flashes and modeling throughout the day :)

Felix

Desmond

Fai Ming

James

botanic.03

the canon photomarathon is tomorrow

i'm gotta study some 10 other chapters for my exams

i have some 10 over designs to make by end of next week

i have 3 other photo folders i have to finish editing by end of this week

i'm planning to work for an event from the 17th - 24th oct

all of these

haf to be done within these 18 days

it's gonna be some super stressful sleepless pms-ing 18 days.

am i suppose to be like under super a lot a lot a lot of pressure ?

botanic.02

october used to be a relatively quite free month for me

well, other than time spent studying away

shooting really random things

my random neighborhood stray cats series usually will appear somewhere around here

and wishing friends happy birthdays,

it's really quite a relatively free october

i don't think my october has ever been so busy before

the 3 weeks ahead

will be truly a self-discipline time management test to the max

but then

i'm quite really happy that all of these things are going on to my life

despite all,

i've managed sketch out two concepts for my holiday shoots when i'm back home and am seriously looking very much forward towards it

anyway

here's some more photos from the botanic garden :)

there'll be another last entry after this !

i have at least 10 different things going on in my life right now that i need to pay attention to

and i'm really happy for some reason

thou i'm extremely tired now

at least i'm not going around pms-ing

some place some where has improved

and i'm glad

at the end of each day

i feel truly appreciated

and grateful

and i truly sincerely thank all of those around me

for all the support

and understanding

botanic.01

2 years or so ago

when i had just started off with photography

i remembered

i'll go out and shoot almost daily

alone.

i'd spent the entire day, from open to close at the zoo, jurong bird park and the botanic garden

or i'll just take a walkabout around the cityhall area

and just shoot whatever i find interesting

often

i'll come back home with thousands of pictures

75% of which will end up at the trash bin

since getting to know more and more photography enthusiast friends

the chances of me shooting alone had been slim to rare

the last time i went out to shoot alone

i realized

i should do it more often

shooting alone

bring me back to myself

i find peace

i can concentrate more

and i see more things

something

somehow

i truly enjoy

a little bit emo i know

but i like the peacefulness :)

and i shall say, i've learnt quite a lot of things from shooting alone

so

i had a little free time just now

and since my exams are coming up

i decided to go off

to the botanic garden

and here's some to share for tonight

:)

more soon

busy days ahead !

behind the camera

is this person