Seeing 2 sides of the same photo from the same person.
A funny thing happen to me last night, well actually it started a week ago when I downloaded my latest copy of American Photo from Zinio.
Journey to Cyprus (11th ~ 16th December 2011)
The flight to Cyprus was packed as expected. Here is after we landed at Dubai international airport. The only really I hate about is that we need to go through security checking again even though we are just transferring. What followed was another 3 hours wait until our flight to Cyprus.
1/7 Tosaka Rin “Unlimited Blade works” by Good Smile Company
I finally have time to do a proper review of this figure and I’m so glad I spent the whole day doing the photo shoot properly. For those wondering when did I get this figure, refer to here. This figure so far in my opinion is well worth the extra effort although I couldn’t find a good background to shoot with it.
A little background on how I came by this figure, when it was first announced for pre-order I gave it a pass because I knew the price would be well out of my range but then a Hobby Search offered a 20% discount for it and I leaped for it and the rest as they say is history! So how much did I really save? When compared to local price of RM400, after conversion to Ringgit from Yen, I got the figure at Rm350 inclusive of shipping! So yeah! I really am glad I did get this one!
Though I do find one thing odd, most PVC figures comes in the usual sizes of 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, and some even in 1/12 but 1/7? Whatever the reason, the important thing is GSC did the figure justice!
Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show 2010 Day 1!
The Yellow Camero! AKA BUMBLEBEE! Sadly the 1:1 scale robot there was piss poor when compared to the car. If anyone is going to see the transformer robot version, be prepare to be VERY disappointed. You're better off just admiring the car instead.
Bon odori Penang 2010
Bon Odori Penang 2010
I know its a bit late since everyone else has already upload theirs since last week but I have a legitimate excuse! I’m Lazy!
So how was this year’s bon odori? Well for the first time it wasn’t hot! That’s because it rained heavily during the 1st hour, drastically cooling down the hot air. The bad thing though it that it made all the area around the stage muddy!
Thanks to Chewing Gum for driving us in his new Honda City!!! DAMN THAT’S ONE SWEET RIDE!
Also thanks again for lending us the OP passes! I didn’t even expected them ! Honest! XD (They were limited to 5 people only so Rojak Studio sent in their best event photographers. Note, these are the same people who shoot weddings for a living!)
I have to admit this year’s event was pretty good. Lots of fun,games and thanks to a special sale of Yukatas at Queensbay mall, almost everyone was wearing one this year.
Miara Patthavorarong.
One sultry babe~~~~
No….I didn’t misspell that. That really is her name! Also known as Inkky as she wants to be called. This is the final series of the Bangkok Model shoot from March 2010.
Inkky quite an amazing model to work with while she’s not as daring as Benjie but she does know what you really need rather than what you really want~~.
For this shoot like Benjie’s it was totally shot using the Nikkor 85mm F/1.8 AF-D. Though I don’t know how the f/1.4 would have performed in this situation either……
Anyway, moving on. Enjoy the pics~~
Super GT 2010 At Sepang Malaysia Day 1
"Red Ribbon" this photos was literally asking to black and white but I left the ribbon in color for the emphasis on it.
Finally managed to upload Saturday’s photos. Although this year’s Super GT Japanese Racequeen line up were not as impressive as previous years but there were notable ones and even the local ones were pretty impressive.
So please enjoy!
The 31st Bangkok International Motorshow (BIM) 2010
Alright! I've finally managed to process 2 days worth's of BIM photos! Now I just have the others to worry about >_<..... Pop quiz: Which 80s cartoon had a car like this?
Fujifilm/Fujichrome Fortia SP
Yup. Long overdue but I’ve been rather busy lately. Today’s entry will be showcasing shots using Fortia SP
Sadly this will be the last batch I ever shoot as I don’t have any rolls left after my Japan vacation.
Yes folks, I’ve totally exhausted my remaining supply of this wonderful film. I wish Fujifilm would had continued making this film even on a limited basis.
It was fun while it lasted but then again, it had to be used sooner or later and I’m glad it went out with a bang!
The only other film that comes close to this would be Velvia 50. Although I prefer the insane saturation this one gives.
Fujifilm Trebi 100c
Fujifilm Trebi 100c. Available only in Japan.
This film can only be found in Japan though you can order through a few online stores such as Japan Exposure . I’m a sucker for unknown color positive films, pity though I couldn’t find any Fortia SP.
Brief Description:
From what I gather this film is actually considered the Fisher Price of color reversal films. If you plan on chosing color reversal film instead of color negative films as your first type then this is the film you should get first.
Its surprisingly very easy to control and incredibly very sharp even after scanning from the film directly.
Day 10: Kanazawa also known as the marsh of gold
19th October 2007:
Well yesterday had been a very enlightening day. Today I would finally achieve my final goal in Japan, to visit the city of Kanazawa as well as the last of 3 famous landscape gardens in Japan namely Kenroku-en.
I’m sucker for beautiful landscapes. Anyway had before I set out early to increase my chance of meeting as few people as possible as well as to spend as much time as I can at today’s location.
Tragic struck when I stepped of the Ryokan I was staying at,
It was raining.
Leng Yein and the encounter with 35mm film
Welcome ladies and gents ( I expect only Gents though, rarely have any ladies here). I just uploaded some new shots from a model shoot I participated last weekend thank again to Cruizer176!
Once again the model is the ever so sexy Leng Yein which some of you may rememeber from my previous model session with her.
Though this time I decide I should try and give myself a challange for this model shoot in order to improve my skill and force me to think before I take a shot. I would only shoot film and only used digital if I couldn’t get the bloody correct exposure due to limited high ISO film or if I had ran out of film (only brought 5 folls that weekend).
Some street shots from Penang.
Even though I’ve moved down to KL for more than a year now, I still find myself going back to Penang to shoot street photography of all things as I did back during the few hours before bon odori 2009.
I guess there is something alluring about Penang that I cannot find in KL. The mystery or classic feel of a town that seems to encompass both new and old on one single island.
Where as in KL it feels like everything is either new or just bloody rundown, infested with sinister elements (no wait, I think that’s Putrajaya and not KL).
Whatever the reason or explanation for my feeling this way about Penang, the fact cannot be denied that Penang is indeed a wonderful place with its secret locations for anyone looking for a photography quest.
Pity though that the Penang government doesn’t seems to know how to capitualized on this especially the fact that they have attained UNESCO status (or trying to hold onto it the last I heard).
I did remember the Penang government hosting a photography competition to showscase the best of Penang sights and beauty but from what I heard and read the terms and conditions of that contest was so photographer unfriendly that many were turned off by it. It literally gave the Penang government absolute ownership of any photos submitted to the contest even the ones that didn’t win.
Sometimes I wish I can spend a whole day on my hobby.
For the past few weeks I’ve been rather busy, whether it’s for work or family, I hardly have enough time for myself anymore. Anyway here is a shot I took when I was playing with my studio light set along with one of my figures.
I’ve been trying to improve my studio photography but for some reason I just can’t get myself out of this slump. It always happens around July til October.
I should have joined the guys at Ipoh for that swimsuit shoot >_< but curse my luck that work always had to kick into overdrive around that time every year. Even though I knew it would be the last big event until next year or at least until November, though it does allow me to finally go through the backlog of photos I have yet to process.
But still……I wish there was some major event.
Oh well, back to work………boo hoo
Bon Odori 2009 Penang
You know I only go to bon odori for one reason, to indulge myself and hopefully for a brief while, to induced my mind to temporary escape the fact that the body that it is housed in is not trapped in Malaysia; and if that fails there’s always the wonderful joy of taking photos of cute girls in Kimono regardless whether they are real Japanese or local girls.
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Super GT girls! (Local and Japanese!) Part 2!
Dang, I can’t seem to come up with any really outstanding shots so far for this second release.
Oh well, here is what I have so far
Auto-city report: Super GT Roadshow 2009.
Once again I would like to thank Andy for the invite as an OP for this event, had a blast! Sorry I couldn’t make it for the last day (Sunday) as I was too tired from Friday and Saturday. I would also like to thank CC for the taking on the job as a translator/interpreter between us.
Super GT roadshow at Sunway Pyramid 2009
Guess how I spent last weekend?
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Ilford FP4 Plus 125
Here is an odd ball roll of film, this is the first time I am trying out a film rated at 125 ISO, heck I never even tried this ISO on digital body but surprisingly it performs rather well as you can see.
Ilford Pan F plus 50
Here are some shots from the roll of Ilford Pan F 50 I tried out a month ago.
Some fun with figurines and wrapping paper.
What happens when you have the whole Saturday evening to yourself, a macro lens, some wrapping paper and a rin nendoroid?
An experiment in nendoroid photography.
Fujifilm Acros 100
I really should start cataloging all my film work…..I found another developed roll of film today between the pages of my many big books on the shelf.
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Some new Ilford Delta 100
Thought I had lost these photos but luckily I managed to find them!
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