droplets

wow

the response were great :)

though there's so much more things missing in the shoot from what i've had in my head

lighting wise : /

my remote trigger went off of batt during the shoot which kinda limits my lighting capabilities

anyway

off to another shoot was of this

back to the basics

droplets

used to shoot lots and lots of these

decided to shoot again

at the same time try to see if my timing has gone off or what

turned out to be :)

my timings are still there

got what i wanted mostly

and best of it all

i learnt something new !

lighting wise

which was then applied in my self shots you've seen in the previous 3 posts =x

last day of the year 2009 in Medan today

decided to fly back earlier

to spend christmas and new year there

something i've never done in the past 9 years i've lived there

so yeah

am quite looking forward to it

so

more soon !

roses are red ?

roses are red

violets are blue

two colours i can't see

red is green

blue is purple

green is white

purple is pink

these eyes of mine

and so i google "red"

and they link me to orange

and then i google "orange"

and i see yellow

to me

red is ff0000

and orange means fe6400

codes to me

and colours to you

stripped off these confusion

i capture what i feel

i see with the heart

and i hope you feel it too

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so is a rose red to me ?

yes at times

and no at times

escaping reality 3

i've been meaning to update the blog for a while now but every single time i think about updating, the thought of processing the pics come into my mind and then the time matters later on. so most often, i'll just hush the thought outta my mind and get back to the notes as much as i could just to find myself watching friends all over again.

i've been hating staying home more and more, most of the time because of the blue blue sky out there that i have to face every single time i lift my head up from the notes. then i'll just move to reading the endless journals on the bed just to find myself sleeping with the notes, highlighters and pens soon after and then yeah with my face highlighted and scribbled with black and blue inks here and there. i kinda wonder did i like tasted them when i'm sleeping coz that'll be....gross ?

regardless, the other day, i took a while off shooting some water stuff from my dehumidifier thing and yeah...here it is






























































































































dad has come and left and we had a good son and father talk about me and the family and some business matters as well.
i think i found myself tearing a bit to sleep the morning he left, no i'm not ashamed to say this coz i kinda haven't been tearing for a while now and that tearing is healthy too
his visit this time left quite a huge impact in my journey to life
i felt much closer once again and i know how much he cares

i had just called the other morning prior to his visit to say that i'm totally unmotivated at all from all these notes and at my life
after years and years of having this "i-can-only-study-when-the-moon-is-up" this time round it got so worst that i literally switched over morning to night and vice versa and for once, i'm worried about my health and obviously when dad was over, he mentioned about it too, about how he kinda blamed himself a bit for giving me this kinda lifestyle and how he hated it. the best thing a son could ever get over his education will be when his parents simply say "don't force yourself too hard. don't be too hard on yourself, if u can't continue, then don't". it aches me every time he says that coz deep down, i know it's just not the matter of him giving me some form of "assurance" for my future but also it's gonna be his pride as well.

it's gonna be just less than a week before everything is over, the exams, and the self-prisoning at home. i haven't have been exercising, heck, i haven't even been walking expect the walk downstairs to buy my meals and to the toilet. the only time i stretch this leg out is either when i'm walking down / to the toilet or when i'm asleep and the rest of the time i'll be sitting here staring at the notes or watching some youtube stuff or browsing deviantart away. my spine kinda hurts a bit now and i'm terribly worried.

it's already the 4th.....just 4 more days
4 more days till the 8th
and everything will be over
and i'll be out shooting the shutters away

i miss home....

Love +ve

firstly, i wanna thank you,
from the very bottom of me heart
i wanna thank those of you who've supported and voted for me right from the start, from the very beginning
my model who wish to remain anonymous, dad, mum and f who believed in me and the rest of you there who took your time to vote, tru the net or sms
really thanks man

but












nope nope nope
i didn't win :(
went to the event, reaching about 10 mins late, just in time for the announcement of the first prize winner, and there then they mentioned it

Koh Sze Kiat

my very own friend :D

congrats man

and then what follows were the voters' choice which again i didn't win d

Winning picture is



big congratz man bro !
glad that it's one of us that won :)


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on a much brighter happier note,
IT'S ON ITS WAY :D




woHOO !!!!
24" 2.8 ghz and will definitely upgrade it to 4gb of RAM
one of the fastest iMac d












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sharing two pics,
both snapped with homesick's 40d















i kinda need to find a nearby place to do my sunrises,
currently, i've got plenty, and i really mean LOTS of pictures of the same place, only different sunrise conditions
i want a change man
may be will explore more during one of these sleepless nights

drop on leaf

not done processing this series
nevertheless,
here's 4 of them d

























































only light source = torch light
lens = 100mm f/2.8 macro
camera = 400d

on tripod with remote release

more to come

meanwhile,
immediately after my first presentation in class just now
head off to plaza sing to shoot her



who ?
can figure out ?

it's wax again

since it's sunday
i've decided to just post the experimental shots first
coz i also haven't finish editing the trip's pic
so far,
it's already 32 to upload here
and still counting on
anyway, so here's the wax !
i tried different lightings
and some different post-processing













.THE RISE.



look a bit like a person to me
can see ?












.SPLASH.














.ERUPTION.














.DROP.














.DOUBLE.LINES.














.BLST.















.CRWN.














and wanna share my very first panning pic too today !!

escaping reality II

this is another part where i try to escape from reality
after nerding like mad last night
i felt i deserve a short break
really
a really short break from the notes

i was really good to hang out with the guys again
talking cock
as if we're not in the mids of the exams period
forgetting everything

just enjoying the moment


having had slept for barely 2 hours last night
trying to memorize as much glossaries as this brain could take
in which was later deceived
seriously,
i saw the exams format

SECTION A

definition
5 x 4 marks = 20%

SECTION B

compulsory 4 questions
5 x 4 marks = 20%

SECTION C

short answer questions
5 x 2 marks = 10%



what appeared this morning was different

SECTION A

definition and concept
choose 5 out of 10 questions
5 x 4 marks = 20 marks


SECTION B

case study
compulsory 3 questions
total = 20 marks


SECTION C

short answered questions
total = 10 marks


like wtf ?

who the hell said definition and concept ?
there was only like 2 definition questiosn
wah
totally screwed

AND WHO THE HELL EVER SAID ABOUT CASE STUDIES MAN

luckily i can do sia

or else sure burn the paper on the spot


ok i lied
ok


imagine
mugging till ur head hurts
cannot even sleep when u want to
coz still wanna mug
but knows u haf to rest
then skali questions come out like that

SUPERB DULAN

lucky i can do here and there
grandma stories here grandpa stories there

wah lan








ok ok

at escaping reality I
i shot water



now escaping reality II
i shot water again !


okay
of coz different

check this out :)


























what da ya think ?

i got the idea like dunno from where
shotting it with direct flash will blow out lots of details
the ceilings were way too high to bounce back to provide the light i want
so i had to hold a white paper
direct the flash aiming there
so it'd bounce back to the container

i set up the tripod
plug in the tak wireless remote control

and apparently
each time the flash fires off
i was blinded
well, that is if i were to look at the water

thus, using only my hearing and feeling
i began firing off the flash

and yeah
i got that

:D

lighting was not exactly the way i wanted
but compositional wise is a bit there already la
will try again once i hit back home


3 more nights of continuous mugging !
WOHOO !







share 1 pic i took quite a while ago
that almost has the same concept as the one above













off to the notes again

ps. i know this blog is becoming more and more lengthy than the usual

just 3 more nights

i need some place to rant off

it's stressful down here =P
lots of pics coming its way once i get my stuff ready in medan !
promise !