Answering Your Own Questions...
This post is less about photography unlike the previous ones but I just wanna talk about some things in life. Let me tell you a short story...
About a week back, I went to meet my student mentor for a research module I was taking this sem. At some time, he asked me if I have been reading research papers and I said yes, reading the ones the prof gave us. He suddenly said something that struck me. "Your prof got those research papers to answer his own doubts, his own questions. You have to answer your own questions."
It applies to life in general, I believe. In life, everyone has their own questions and doubts at some point in time. Asking people for advice may be useful but at the end of the day, their answers may not be your answers. And in life, we tend to be bothered about things that truly dun bother us. You dun have to answer other people's questions. Even if you want to, answer your own ones first~
So.. Seek out what are the real questions in life you have and what are the real answers you are looking for...
30 Sept 2009
29 Sept 2009
On Photography and Life... 
Well, I guess this photo came a bit too late as the Getai period is over, getting replaced by mooncakes~ Just wanna share this photo that reminded me of my childhood. Most of my frens would know that I love to eat and this habit started since young. I still remembered that I always pestered my mum to buy me something to eat when she dragged me along to watch getai. And i will always look out for icecream if not muah-chee stalls. Those were the good old carefree days...
Photography, especially photojournalism, is about potraying life, bringing out the best/worse in human life. Adding your own experiences into a photo gives it more story and meaning i guess. Create your own images, images that may mean a bit more to you and perhaps others who share the same experiences.
Sidenote: I am switching from DPP(Canon's raw file editor) to Adobe Camera Raw! Still gettiing used to it and will be doing the mayday photos using it so wait a while more:P
26 Sept 2009
Hot off the Track!
Driver: Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Team
Well... From the picture, you can most probably guess three things~
One: I am at the F1 track!
Two: I din pay for tickets!
Three: That's not my camera! (But i took the shots of course~)
We were shooting behind some bushes and this results in the black patches in the photos. However, they do provide a very nice framing backgound that we made use of~ I love this shot above~ Seldom do u see two cars so near each other on a practice day (Fri). Well, you should be able to see more of such scenes tonight or tmr~ SO grab your cameras and shoot F1 if ya free~
Actually, we initially are not very geared towards shooting F1 cuz it was simply too fenced up this year. We actually went wondering around at suntec and millinea walk. Here's the proof~! Some "i think very expensive" specs at millinea walk:)
22 Sept 2009
MayDay Concert (I)
This year's MayDay concert passed about three weeks ago but thinking back still makes me feel "high" sometimes.. It was a brilliant concert, filled with sincerity, lots of interaction and special effects~
It's both a nice experience as a photographer and as an audience~ I will give a more detailed breakdown over the next few days~ School is tiring even during recess week~
Photo notes: The green laser is reflected onto the guitar and as the guitarist moves and strum his guitar, the laser gets reflected all over the place~! It even blind himself some times=P