Badminton
2009 Holiday Special Sports Part 3
Next off, we look at Squash and Tennis' distannnttt cousin: Badminton! (Here we have another girl with fluff up hair again=P) So why the distant? Well, a badminton player told me before that if you observe carefully, the serving style and playing style is totally opposite compared to Tennis~ Dun wish to bore non-sporty readers here so I shall skip the details~ (Can ask me personally if you want tho=))
After shooting quite a bit of sports, I have to say that Sports can get quite Unglam sometimes! Many a times, I see shirts flying off especially when they return with a hard smack. But who cares? As long as you win the point, getting a bit unglam is worth it, I guess~
Talking about glam or unglam actually leads to a very important thing in sports: Style! Most seasoned players, in fact all, play with a certain style, patterns that you can observe over time if you are sharp enough.. Players often move in a similar manner as they execute their moves. For example, our lady above loves to do taiji swordplay when she returns a drop shot~ Knowing these patterns can prove to be useful~ More to be said in later parts!
To end it off, I have another "fun" shot here~ Sometimes, you get a bit excited over getting the ball back and you trip and fall and sometimes the falling pose can get quite awkard. These are rare moments so snap it when you have the chance!
1 Aug 2009
31 Jul 2009
Squash
2009 Holiday Special Sports Part 2
In this next part of the sport special, we look at Tennis' cousin: Squash! To some people, Squash sounds like a game that 孤独 (lonely) people play (But I am not one of the some people, k!;)) To me, Squash is a rather unique game, no other game allows you to play alone i guess.
Due to the unique playing style of Squash, wide angle shots are much more favoured over conventional tele shots. It's really rare that a sports allows one to shoot up close as getting close usually means danger. I was practically sticking myself to the glass when I was shooting.. Until the official tell me to back off a little... Haha..
Well, I have to stress again that Squash is unique, seldom does a sport allow you to have a chance to return a ball between your legs~ Looks a bit funny tho~ That's all folks.. Since I dun think everyone wants to see me blabber endlessly everyday, I shall try to keep my posts short~
30 Jul 2009
Tennis
2009 Holiday Special Sports Part 1
Let's start off this section with the sports that has the fastest ball on Earth: Tennis! I remembered that when I first started photography and later got exposed to DSLR, I asked my senior when will we be shooting at 1/8000th of a sec, the fastest setting on the camera? He told me i) You shoot a rocket takeoff (probably not in sg-_-) ii) a flying tennis ball! I was quickly reminded of this as I entered the Tennis court and many ppl tell me not to stand anywhere where the ball has a high chance to hit you~ (And I dun wan to try getting hit either)
Generally, many beginning sports shooter will first try to shoot the players serving as it is highly predictable. For tennis, players tend to stretch high and serve the ball, reason simply is to get maximum reach~ And it seems that players make the most effort (strength-wise and the 'urgh' sound i always hear) during serving as compared to other times where more agility is required. 
Talking about strength, I believe that among racket sports, Tennis players have the most strength as it simply requires quite some effort to drive a ball that's not light at all. So you always see your favourite Tennis players with very toned muscles.. And these muscles simply strain up when they return a ball as we can see above~
A tennis player once told me before that a good player will control his opponent by making him/her run around. I believe that's quite the same for many other racket sports as well. But it's definitely not easy as you need excellent ball control to drive the ball in your desired direction~ I realise that in Tennis, players have a tendency to run left/right rather than front/back. Perhaps it's harder to control the strength (which determines reach) than the direction. But here is one of the few running forward shots~ (I love it when player's hair fluff up!)
Lastly, shooting doubles is always challenging as it's real hard to keep both players in the frame. And sometimes you do see funny scenes like this during doubles~(at last! Quite a long post huh~)
29 Jul 2009
Holiday Special!
The long uni holidays are finally coming to an end! Sobx~ So what have I been doing during this long uni holidays when I only post like one blog post every month?
Of cos, I was shooting! At the start of the hols, I told myself that I shall not waste these precious 3 mths away. Most ppl will naturally think of working next. But thinking that I am going to be working for a few more decades after I graduate, I decided to do the very things that I like! Photography (and some other stuff of cos=p)
During the past 3 mths, I shot quite a variety of things and it's now time to upload them onto my blog! They can be divided into a few categories and we will be starting with sports photos! I hope to update the blog daily until i ran out of "holiday photos" (Pray hard I can commit to this blog!)
SO.. Watch this space daily from today!
Soccer...29 May 2009
Back from Sibu Island!
It has been some time since I last posted on this blog! Sorry to all viewers! April was busy exam revision while May was... erm slacking away during the holidays~
Anw, I just got back from Sibu Island~! It is a small island getaway in Johor, very near to sg~ The scenery is beauitful and I took some photos there~ Here's one photo for u all~!
13 Apr 2009
Bus Rides - I am Tired.
29 Mar 2009
Life goes on~
In life, there may be times when you are in a dilemma that you cannot solve easily or peacefully. There may be times you wish that you don't exist on this world so that work and deadlines cant find you. There are times when you just feel like slamming the table to let you frustration out..
But think of the happy times when you had fun with your friends, laughing away at the silliest things. Think of the proud moment when you finished something that took you so much time (up to months), effort and sleep.
Life can be mean on us sometimes... But! Just move on and bash through this forest full of thorns and at the end of all the tiring and painful bashing, you will finally see the light and warmth~
Dedicated to all my friends there who are not in a good shape for one reason or another... Survive! Dun die!
