The Wants & Needs

I have many wants and needs.

Wants:

I WANT to play tennis.
I WANT a fisheye lens.
I WANT a Macbook pro.
I WANT a nice chocolate sundae from McDonalds!

Needs:

I NEED a new camera body!
I NEED to play tennis.
I NEED to exercise.
I NEED a Macro lens!

Too many needs and wants, causing scarcity.
Currently trying to save for both~
hahaha

Happy Birthday

Life is short. I'm 17 now. Wow. Time seriously flies. I bet the next time I notice, I could be 50 or 60, just like that poor leaf.
Well, I better cherish the present now! You guys should do the same!Haahaa.
(Need to get a new camera body SOON!!Before I turn old!Hahaha)

Tennis Novice Open

Once again, I've shot photos of TENNIS!=)
Braving the storm, I brought my camera out into the courts. I hope my old buddy won't die just like that. (There was a slight drizzle then it stopped.)Haha. Anyway, here are the shots.=)



Good thing I have some experience in shooting tennis now. The moment I stepped onto the courts, I up my ISO to 800. Now, at least I can see the tennis ball in the photo and the ball is ROUND!(some are still slightly deformed)


I also learnt to gauge when to press the shutter. As mentioned before, a tennis ball is the fastest ball in photography. Now when I see the player throw the ball in the air, I wait for about 2 seconds, then press the shutter!And, wah-la! I got the shot of the player serving AND the ball!


And again, I was lucky to get a shot like this, just like the time I shot the NUS tennis competition (featured in an older post).


The last time I shot doubles, I shoot them separately. This time, muahahahahaa!!I clever liao! I have two person in the photo!!! Now people will know that this is a doubles match! To be more precise, a MIXED double match!=p


Players each have their own character and habits. When you noticed that this particular player has the habit to make a certain move, you are in luck! This gives you more time/chances to take a perfect shot of that move/habit. Especially for a newbie like muah!=)
I was quite lucky to get this shot, because his eyes aren't covered by the racket!!Lucky~

Such a great day! Tennis daisuki~

Rays of hope

Have anyone asked you to look at a photo and guess if the photo was a sunrise or a sunset? If you were to choose sunset, you are said to be rather passive. But I beg to differ. To me, the sun is seen as hope. Regardless it being a sunrise or a sunset, it shows Hope.

So, what do you see? A sunrise? A sunset? Or just plainly Hope?

Japanese Cemetry

Went to the Japanes Cemetry today. Peaceful place, just like the Kranji War Memorial. Only that the tombstones are not that well taken care off.

The first thing that come to my mind when I think of a cemetry would be the tombstones. Of course, I took some shots of the tomstones, but there are many other small things there too. (Just like the flowers at Kranji War Memorial)

Every time I took a photo of a tombstone, I would bow 90 degrees. Stupid, I konw. But at least I feel like I'm being respectful to them.


I spent quite some time taking this photo. The drop of water took like forever to drip! But the wait was fruitful cause I got my shot.=)


Hmm..no idea why I shot this, but I like it=)


Spent a long time manual focusing this one.Haha.


I finally got this shot that I always "see" when I sit the cirle line.Yeah!Dream come true!=)


P.S: All photos are shot with a 50mm f 1.8!

Just a Dream?

This D700 was shot using a D300s and a 50mm f1.4 lens. Not that I own any..
Amazing things..those cameras..

One day, I might just get my hands on them =)

Super Star Vigro - Family Portrait

Walking around the cruise searching for the right location for a shoot is boring. But when you finally found the right location, BAMM! you get started with your shoot!
I was walking around the deck with my triport thinking of getting some star trail/ interior design, when I came across this stage like platform by the poolside. That was it! The perfct place for a shoot!( Even though it is off my original objective of shooting the stars.)
Anyway, I call these shots Family Portrait. Enjoy=)





This shot was taken in the cruise library. The chairs reminded me of those which you see in studios where family portraits are taken, just that this one does'nt have a backdrop of some reddish-like and royal kind of wallpaper/screen.

Superstar Virgo - Activites

Now let's get on with the activites done during the trip!=)
Activities include the games, the talks on how to manage the ship, the tours around the ship, the trip to G Hotel in Penang, the trip to Prince of Sonkla University in Phuket and the Gala night. But I don't have photos for all the activites..so, I'll just show some=)




The Games


G Hotel


The Performance at Prince of Sonkla University


My new friends from Phuket=)


They have a green screen!!!=)


Gala Night

Gala night rules!=) I enjoy the photo shoot after that even more. The photo shoots (or family portrait, as I call them) will be featuerd in the next post =)

Mid Autumn Festival - Part 2

The rain finally stopped.
I went out to get supper and saw children carrying lanterns and playing with candles!
So once again, I whiped out my handphone and started shooting.





I'm really glad that the tradition stays on!!=)

Wet Mid Autumn Festival

A wet mid autumn festival. I can totally see the image of a kid carrying his lantern in one hand and an umbrella in the other. Drama. Hahaha!



Despite my buddy still recuperating in the hospital, I was determined to shoot something with my handphone. But, the streets were empty.

After a long search, I finally found people carrying lanterns, celebrating Mid-Autumn festival.




I'm really glad that there are still people out there celebrating mid autumn festival the traditional way - drinking tea, eating mooncakes and carrying lanterns- regardless the weather. =)

Superstar Virgo - Interior

Hey all! The first post was simply a preview of what happen during the trip. So in this post, we will be looking at the interior of the ship!=)


The AWESOME slide & pool
It was the first thing tat Wow-ed us, when we saw the ship while waiting for the boarding to begin.


~The Golden Palace~ (Night view of the swimming pool)


A kids pool
Looks really cute.
Anyway. FYI: the pool closes at around 6 and 1 hour before passengers get to disembark the ship.


The route to the Lido (a theater)


The Lido
All the performances take place here.


The Grand Piazza
Its like the lobby. Or at least it feels like the lobby in a hotel to me..


The Library


The Giant Chessboard


The Kitchen (Where all the moose comes!)

There are still loads more of locations on board the ship. Too many to show every one...

Okay..maybe one LAST photo..


Its my favourite one.=) With a little help of editing done by OY.
Its the chairs available at the deck. Really windy there. Especially at night. You will feel that the wind might just blow you off the ship!

Superstar Virgo Cruise - Preview

Yeah! Back from cruise! Awesome trip! But I still feel the ground moving..
Anyway, this is just a PREVIEW of the cruise photos as I'm still in the progress of editing. Will post them when I'm done. Enjoy =)