Photograph JieYi the Pinkabell Part Three

It have been more than a year since i photoshoot human as my subject. Been reli busy wif my assignment and become one of the lifeless dude :( However, last few weeks i am given opportunity to photoshoot together wif Mike & Ken. Our subject of coz is Jieyi :) Well, this is my second time photoshoot Jieyi ;D

Wake up in the early morning and rush all d way from Damansara to Sekinchan. Why Sekinchan? coz all of us never been there b4 and their paddy field view was awesome! But i guess we are too excited until forgot to check the harvesting time. Yes u r rite, all the field just had a nice "trim" for their hair :(

Despite of that, nothing gonna stop us from shooting. Thanks the sky was kinda blue but in the same time the sun is killing us. Can feel the madness torture on the model as well. The sun cause most of my pics burn kao kao :(

From paddy field, we moving to sea side. The sea side view is not as awesome as i imagine. It was full wif rocks around. And again, sad, no blue sky towards the sea side :(

Gotta admit this time i din do much composition like i alwiz did (especially rule of third tat i love it so much ;P). In the same time din use any strobist equipment except my own attached SB600 + natural light. Oh in addition, those sky seem so blue thanks to CPL filter borrowed from my friend ;)

As usual, C&C is welcome :) i know my skill gone rusty..sigh

Testing Still Live + Strobist

i have been loving to shoot still live image alot especially foods! But i believe it wasn't easy because to make something common into interesting and uncommon. I have been spending my 2nd weeks of semester break and sad to say i only touched my camera once.

Tried to shoot still live using my tripod and my SB-600 as spot light. My SB 600 wasn't act as a spot light, but 3 spot light..how? oh well..ask me personally XP..but i guess it wasn't as successful as having 3 real flash light to trigger in the same time.

First test, having my flash act as Key light, fill light and back light. Subject, my Kamen Rider figures.

Second test, same thing, using my flash act as Key light, fill light and back light. Trying to use a subject that have some reflectivity and this is what i get.

Thirdly, i din get any satisfactory result. Thus i simply use my SB600 act as a spot light from top.

Oh, i desperately need money to gear up myself ;(..but i believe skill come first, gear are extra. Gotta train more. My hols gonna end next week. Means, gonna put aside my passion on photography a while again.

I need ANTIDOTE for this POISON!

I have been poison! POISON! Roarr! A scary POISON that sucks my soul and my money..a POISON that know as, CAMERA! sigh..Never expect i m being so obsessed wif camera..or mayb photography? Since i have start blogging (i think when i was 14 or 15), i been wanted to capture all my moment.

My first history wif camera is a digi cam own by me when i was err..14 or 15 years old i think. Back to that time the highest megapixel was 5 only and i am proud to own a camera called Olympus Camedia C-170, 4.0mp.

Later when the year goes on, technology is improving. Out of sudden during year 2007, my dad suddenly offer himself get me a new digi cam (i guess is bcoz i keep starring on camera when shopping..LOL). Thus he get me an ultra slim digi cam, Olympus FE-230, 7.1 megapixel.

Eventhough i been exposed to camera for few years, i actually doesnt have any knowledge on it. All this while i just tod just "click and snap", as long as pic taken. When pic sucks, v blame camera sucks. Oh well, all this goes until i own myself a..

Nikon D60, my baby konkon, my 1 and only DSLR! not to mention is my very first DSLR after using compact for 7~8 years. So can u tell me, how could a person just "click and snap" could handle a DSLR? The answer is only 1, bcoz of POISON! The photography/camera poison spread rapidly in my body for more than a year since i owned a DSLR.

However, it was also thanks to my Basic Photography subject! No i dun mean thanks to the lecturer, but the subject itself. If the subject doesnt existed in my course, i dun think i'll get a DSLR (*the sub compulsory to use DSLR to submit assignment). From there started, i obsessed myself into photography, or rather again i'll call it poison. Thanks to every1 around me who taught me alot, who practice shooting with me and so on especially when i alwiz went shooting together wif Mike and Ken back to last year. They made me learn more about photography important element.

However it seem like a DSLR is a trend now. Every1 owned it regardless kid (some kid even own a pro level dslr, fml!), teenager or even oldie. It is undeniable that the DSLR price at current market is cheap (for entry lvl)! But, those ppl got DSLR for themself is bcoz they tod DSLR can take better pic? Are they reli gonna start learn photography? or they juz got it bcoz is a TREND or i call it POISON again? well who know? but i still do believe the pic nice onot is depend the photographer itself. Other stuff just limitation.

I have been shooting wif my Nikon D60 + Kit Lens + SB600 for more than 8 months. I just got myself a Tamron 1750 to replace my kit lens early this year and continue shoot wif basic gear. I dun mean my pic nice anyway, coz i still got alot room of improvement :P..but at least i tried to resist myself from this poison, not to get any expensive body (i still love my D60 pic quality) and any fancy lens (i dowan buy liao juz leave there to collect dust n fungus). Well, most of the reason is bcoz i m not rich kid. Oh did i mention tat all my DSLR gear i bought wif my own money? All the hard save from blogging, eat curry puff as lunch and kiamsiaping..LOL

Oh well, sorry for the long complain and bullshit, now back to main topic! Eventhough i got a DSLR and 2 compact, i feel like getting myself another compact to use. My Olympus C-170 seem not functioning well adi but still can use actually and my Olympus FE-230 already belong to my sis. Reason why i need another compact is for casual shooting. Yes i sometime reli lz to carry my dslr around coz it was big, heavy, bulky and burden my shoulder whenever i carry it to wherever i wanna go. It would b perfect for a compact to be carry around especially when hang kai, pak tor, tai hei, sek fan or yum ha cha, sek ko pao coz it was pocketable :P.

Thanks to Kristine, i am eye-ing my eyes on Sony WX1. Reason being is bcoz of the CMOS sensor and Aperture 2.4 been applied on this gorgeous. f2.4, i can shoot nice lowlight pic plus wif d perfect CMOS sensor, the pic would b nice i bet :). But still, the camera so near yet so far. I dun have money to buy T_T

Resolution: 10.10 Megapixels
Lens: 5.00x zoom (24-120mm eq.)
Viewfinder: LCD
LCD Size: 2.7 inch
ISO: 80-3200
Shutter: 2-1/1600
Max Aperture: 2.4
Mem Type: MS Duo / MS PRO Duo
Battery: Custom LiIon
Dimensions: 3.6 x 2.0 x 0.8 in. (91 x 52 x 20 mm)
Weight: 5.2 oz (148 g) includes batteries

Beside, Thanks to Vic who spread another poison to me! She show me a very cute digital lomo known as Kuro Digi wif quite reasonable price. Not to mention it actually as small as USB drive size.

Pixels : 2.0 mega pixels
Recorded Pixels : Still image: 1600 × 1200,1200 × 1024,640 × 480
Video: 320 × 240
Exposure : Auto
White Balance : Auto
Main memory : 8MB
Batteries : AAA battery
Supported OS : vista Windows98SE / ME / 2000 / XP / vista
SD Card : Recommended 512MB, supports up to 2GB (not included)

I never try Lomo b4, but this might perfect choice for me though it wasn't for lowlight photography.

I still thinking after i get this lomo, m i gonna get another compact? i dunno..sigh..if i m rich kid, i might could make decision easily..but too bad, i believe tats what make me appreciate money and my gadget more than those rich bastard.

Conclusion, any1 got antidote to cure my poison? XD

Nikon Centre at Time Square

Warning : This is random and lifeless blog post. PLs press alt + f4 if u wanna exit. Bye!

Tmrw will b official 1 years since i owned my Baby KonKon. Since it was still under warranty today, i went to Tiem Square Nikon Centre for cleaning. It cost RM20 eventhough still under warranty..sigh..but the felor told me without warranty it cost RM60..oh well..is time for me to get a cleaning set and learn how to clean -_-

* Nikon Centre was located on 1st floor of BTS *

They told me only need 1 hour for cleaning which i think is quite fast compare to nikon centre at damansara tat took few days. However they called me and ask me collect my camera after 30 min. Which reli surprise me with their efficiency :D

In addition, got myself Kamen Rider W DG (Digital Grade) Figure. It was Fang Metal form :D

* W Fang Joker form *

* Close up *

Wee love W series so much! One of my favourite rider design n concept after Faiz :D

Photograph JieYi the Pinkabell Part Two

Part two photoshooting was conduct at difference location. Tats y i separate it to 2 parts :)

If you looking for part one, click here.

As usual, comment are welcome :)

Photograph JieYi the Pinkabell Part One

Went to model shooting with Mike & Ken again last Sunday. It have been almost half year since i press shutter together with them. The model was JieYi, a friend of mine that knew from innit? nuffnang? or mayb twitter..haha..i dun remember

I know she is cute but as usual, comment are welcome :)

Tamron SP AF 17-50MM F/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical [IF] A16NII

This beginning of the year reli a big impact for me. My wallet is like big pipe that got 1 hole..cause all the water flow out none stop and in large quantities...i'll bertaubat now and will fix the hole and let it flow necessaries T____T

* Unboxing...my new lens!! *

Bought this yesterday immediately after i got enough money from my hard earn and save...or probably by luck as well XP. I really appreciated what i have now. So, may i intro to u, my new lens that gonna replace my current kit lens, Tamron SP AF 17-50MM F/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical [IF] A16NII!! *phewww...*..yes is not VC version ;)

* Da Lens *

* Front view *

* 3/4 view *

Play this lens few time b4 from my friends and all recommend me this lens. It was also one of the best and hit lens ;). What i like on this lens was the constant f. When zoom in zoom out the f is constant, unlike my kit lens. Unfortunately i tod after zoom in, the f is constant, the exposure will constant as well so i no need adjust the shutter speed..but this lens already prove me wrong =(

* Zoom to 50mm. Not so long. Tats d reason dun reli need VC for me. Hand stable can adi =P *

* The lens size so damn big... *

Since i just bought yesterday, dun reli have chance to try it. But fear not, CNY is coming! gonna grab my baby konkon to my grandma house in seremban for shooting. Most probably landscape..wanna try do some old kampung style shooting..hopefully :)

My next target, upgrade camera body. What model? depend my financial status..if i rich i might go D3? if i poor i'll stick back to d60..hahahaha

Photograph Kaviarasu, Reiko, Peiyue & Pohling

It have been a time since i photograph model. Thus i want to challenge myself on doing it again and this time was alone, together with 4 models. The location was Titiwangsa since it is near and i lz go far far XP

* Kavia *

* Pohling *

* Four in a kind *

* Trying to make cool couple feeling..but i guess i failed.. *

It seem i still need polish my skill more. In addition i felt that i am still have low confidence on myself and the ability to arrange my model. Not to mention about the pics composition...=(

* Reiko *

* Peiyue *

* When girl dreaming *

* and when girl chatting *

anyway comment are still welcome :)

HDR Photography

Seen Mike & Ken did HDR (High Dynamic Range) Photography before in their blog. Out of curiosity, i would love to try too however Nikon D60 doesnt have auto exposure bracketing (AEB) function, thus the exposure need to be done manually..with tripod assistance of coz ;)

I bought a new tripod yesterday, Velbon CX-888 that cost me RM120. My old tripod was broken due to some accident last few months. Thus i tried to shoot 2 places today, PV10 and my house area on difference time, day & night. Thus this are the result :

* PV10 *

* My housing area *

Night seem more noise eh..too bad..=(..anyway will try to play more..seem interesting..hehe :)

Phottix Battery Grip for Nikon D60

* Battery Grip & EN-EL9A battery *

Alot of you must be wondering why am i getting a battery grip? yea i wondering myself too...too long until i make my heart and decision to keep my Nikon D60 for a longer period of time more. I dont feel like upgrading it when i thinking about that i'll b busy soon in future (probably right after this year) regardless my uni or mayb when i coming out to work. When that happen, mayb i dun even got time to take a glance on my cam.

* The battery grip *

Anyway i bought this Phottix brand after seeing alot review on web. Since Nikon doesnt release battery grip for entry level cam, thus i bought third party 1.

* Come with vertical shutter *

The battery work very well wif my cam except 1 thing..the vertical shutter need activate remote mode in order to use it. Though the vertical shutter got auto-focus, but it doesnt allowed to hold the shutter. As soon as u press it, it auto focus it and SNAPPPP!! the pic was taken..LOL

* Attached on the Nikon D60 *

* And with lens *

Well, i promise myself and everyone, after getting a new camera bag & a new tripod, i m not gonna spend money on camera gear for a long period of time. This hobby is reli money consuming..i shall save money after that for my future emergency..~~~

I Just Need A Small Slot for My Emoness....

Today i abit emo. Yes this gonna be emo post. So skip this if u dun bother to read or know it. I just need some personal space for my personal feeling in this blog =(

My baby Vivi officially send to shop to repair today. No car for me to use this 3 days as she gonna come back fully restore on this coming saturday. Due to tat, i have to took public transport to my uni. It have been 8 months since d last time i took public transport to my uni. Imagine i have to spend 2 hour travel from home to uni through public transport. From Wangsa Maju Putra LRT change to Star LRT Masjid Jamek. Then all d way to Tasik Selatan station and finally wait the freaking never appear shutter bus to arrive.

However, the reason i went to uni today was because my head of department want to meet me. Great! i wanted to see him as well due to some problem in my course selection for next sem. I join up wif Gabriel & Wei Hong. Our appointment with Mr Teh (my HOD) supposely 10am. Upon our arrival, he wasn't there. Thus we went to meet his secretary, Ms Ice for confirmation and she told us he on d way to uni and requested us to come back on 11.30am.

Fine, Me Teh keep asking us be punctual during his lesson and what kind of attitude he showing us now? Well, we dun mind waiting him for 1 and a half hour. Thus we went to Old Town Cafe just for drink and some light breakfast session, joined up by Alan. After 11.30am, we went back to meet him and yet, he wasn't there again. Again, we approach to Ms Ice and i din reli heard what she said but if i m not mistaken she stated that he having some emergency things or meeting and unable to make it come back. Great!

What i wanted to whining here is, i dont care u come late, u got emergency meeting or what-so-ever. But pls be responsible and lemme know whether u r coming onot. Dont waste my time waiting for u as if i very free. Plus is wasn't so convenience for me to come to uni wif public transport. Not to mention it gonna waste my petrol money also if i m driving to there. Honestly i m serious pissed off and dulaness to the max..

As conclusion, we make another appointment wif him next tues, 2pm. Lets hope he is there or else..i gonna show some unhealthy face..

Anyway, my feeling is abit better when i on d way back to my home wif public transport again. I guess is because i am bringing my camera along. It have been 7 months since i bought my Nikon D60. Yea, i never expect from buying this cam for d sake of photography class has become my most expensive hobby now...I seriously get addicted to taking a nice pic. I still dunno whether my pic is nice onot but no one is perfect and i keep seeking my own style in photography now...

* Long exposure effect...though hardly get long exposure on day *

* When the LRT moving... *

* Reflection from the mirror *

As i mention, it have been 7 months since i own my Baby KonKon. All my moment in this 7 months was capture by it. And now i am reli tempted to change the body to D90..but in other point of view telling me not to so rush changing it. I am seriously in dilemma now. Assuming i got the budget to change D90 this end of the year..should i? or i just keep using D60 until i find my own style...?