24 Jun 2009
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.
Seldom do I take the long 151 bus journey when I go home... Simply because I dun like to stay rooted to the seat for 1 hour plus... My mind will just wander off and think of random stuff that i dun realli like~
However, today i took 151 home~ Cuz of the very reason why I took 151 to school everyday.. I want to sleep on the bus ride home.. I am really tired... Haish
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!
16 Mar 2009
14 Feb 2009
25 Jan 2009
Reunion Dinner
Fried Mullet Fish Roe wrapped with Cuttlefish Paste
CNY is coming tommorrow and reunion dinner in a few hours~! Recently, it has became increasingly popular that people have their reunion dinner at restaurants rather than at home. Perhaps people are getting more affluent and want to have nicer food outside or simply because they want to take a break from their hectic lifestyle.
Braised Pork Knuckles with Taiwanese Style
Nonethless, due to increasing demand for reunion dinner at restaurants, you also see more and more ads on CNY food on the papers too and I was lucky enough to do a food review on a Taiwanese restaurant about two weeks back.
Pan-fried Fresh Oyster with Scrambled Eggs and Greens
The restaurant do have a few unique dishes such as their special almond jelly dessert which has a very "Q" texture. Their pan-fried oyster is also "taiwan-authentic" and different from the ones in Singapore~ So if you want to eat some nice food, don't hesitate to visit Shin Yeh restaurant @ Liang Court~
Sweetened Almond Jelly with Peach in Syrup
More photos here:
http://imouyang.multiply.com/photos/album/95/08_Jan_09_CNY_Food_Review_Shin_Yeh
12 Jan 2009
On-Location Fashion Shoot: Tight Walkways and Messy Backgrounds
As the title suggest, I went to shoot for a fashion article that will be published on 15th Jan on omy~ (Will post the link once it's up!) Shooting such an assignment (which I have not undertaken for a really long period of time) poses many problems to the photographer~! Firstly, since it's on location, you have to work with tight spaces... Shop rental is expensive so I guess that it is inevitable that shops owners at Far East plaza and Bugis cram their shops with all their clothes, leaving you with almost, in fact no space to shoot! Secondly, even when you want to shoot outside the shop, you will start to realise that the wide variety of clothes in the shop make the most messy and ugly background you can ever use for your photos... Lastly, lighting becomes a problem as well due to dim-litted interiors and also the fact that bounce flash is not appealing and effective (black ceilings!) as well~!
So how to go about this problem? Pray that you are lucky that day! There are still some more "classy" shops that do have some nice interiors for you to take photo, so pray hard you get to interview one~ If not, you can always look for window glasses that make nice reflections~ If not, you can always try to blur out the background as much as possible like the very first picture to make things look right;) Bottomline: Work with your constrains!
A few more photos here:
9 Jan 2009
When there is no Light... Make it yourself!
Shot as part of an assignment on budget places to date, this was shot at Sinema Old School, Mount Sophia~ By the time I went in to shoot the "couple", the show has ended and the movie projector has already been switched off... So... What happens when there is not much available light? Make it yourself! For the photo, I placed a strobe (off camera flash) at the place where screen was, simulating the condition it would be like if a movie is being screened~ Also, since you make the light, you can control the power of the flash and put less strain on your camera in terms of ISO and aperture~ However, owning an extra flash i believe is a luxury to many photographers...
Btw, I shot something else on the same day apart from budget dating places~ Will be revealed in the next post~ So do watch out this blog space regularly:P
7 Jan 2009
Lines, Curves, Shapes and Forms
Last monday, I went to help a friend shoot some of her design project items. After shooting a few items, I realised that the items revolved around shapes and forms for I start to see lines and curves "pop up" in the viewfinder. Despite seeing the lines and curves so evidently, it's hard to produce a striking image for each item as it is not easy to find a composition where all the lines and curve fit in smoothly. Perhaps I should go and look up on some design magazines for inspiration before I do such a job again~ Anyway, the image above and below is one of my favourite items shot that day (a pencil holder) which i liked due to it's complexity and how the different triangles complement each other.
Also, one thing that I realised is that still products like the 2 photos above are more "friendly" to photoshop creativity. This I feel is due to the lack of a benchmark reference such as skin colour in portraits or sky colour in landscapes. Thus, you can do more tweaking and it still looks "ok" to the eyes.
A few more photos here: http://imouyang.multiply.com/photos/album/92/29_Dec_08_SDE_Products_NUS
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