Friday, October 30, 2009

more 7d

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thought of making a 7d wallpaper for my computer
so shoot it even more this time :)




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Thursday, October 29, 2009

the EOS 7d

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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 !



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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 :)





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Monday, October 26, 2009

one day to freedom

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yes
exams
are
self-managed work

Thursday, October 22, 2009

the previous days

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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



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more soon

Friday, October 16, 2009

it has started

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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




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




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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Canon Photomarathon 2009 Singapore

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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




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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


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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




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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




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then followed by this




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and finally this which i submitted




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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




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and then i saw this




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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




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then this




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before finally i got this
of which i submitted




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very dragonballish
was too tired to think for more
helped around the guys' shot
around marina square




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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 !




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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



Friday, October 09, 2009

botanic.03

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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.




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

Thursday, October 08, 2009

botanic.02

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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 !




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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

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

botanic.01

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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




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:)
more soon
busy days ahead !

Sunday, October 04, 2009

behind the camera

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is this person




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