We might as well be strangers.

Right before Prom 2009

HAHAHA I KNOW HE IS GONNA KILL ME FOR THIS PHOTO

Hi Everyone, My name is Shruthi.

Good times. Yesterday I met Soonhao at the library. We did our usual "greet shake" and it reminded me how we met. It was during the camp last year when he was like HEY HIGH 5, and I gave a low 5 and then he switched and so did I and one of us were like nah just a knuckle punch and now thats how we greet each other now. AWW.

Where is everyone? I haven't been seeing people from photog in school. BUT today I saw Justin! He was being his young ol'self.

Hope to see you in school.
P.S listen to we might as well be strangers from keane <3

-SA-

Shutterbird

So who can tell which camera model's shutter the bird is mimicking?

Addiction

Photography meets addiction

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300 words' never enough...

"In my journey as the Vice-President of MJC Photography, I have developed myself as a better leader. While being engulfed in the crossfire between academic expectations and photography demands, I have managed to acquire better time-management skills and know my priorities. There was once when I was the overall-in-charge for several projects and assigned the chief-photographer for various major events, the overwhelming stress from my teachers, peers, family and even myself led to me being on the verge of breaking down and giving up. However, my burning passion for photography and my fundamental reasons of joining the executive committee are often the agents that drive me through these tough times, together with the support from the teachers and eight lovely excos. Doubling the role as a project manager, I have to constantly look for opportunities to enrich the lives of my fellow photographers. Although Mr Royston Cheng regards the welfare of his photographers as his priority, he often pressurizes the excos to challenge the process and pushes me beyond my limits. It is through all these exhibitions, competitions and explorations that I have come to realize the importance of teamwork and understand the meaning of “the process of learning matters more than the results” and “practice makes perfect”. I fervently believe that in order to inspire my members to take better photos, I have to undoubtedly refine my skills as a photographer to show the others what they can do as well. I am confident that I have successfully achieved this as I see my juniors replicating my photos after each photo-sharing session. Although my experience as a meridian leader wasn’t a smooth-riding one, I feel that it is these little imperfections that constitute my perfect leadership journey in Meridian.

I have never regretted joining Meridian Junior College Photography Club. "

This is my meridian photography experience, what's yours? (:

Hi everbody!!!(in shruthi's voice)... yes, this is my first post ever since i joined photog. ;DD oh and Mr Cheng ask me to post a self-reflection of my Meridian Leader's Portfolio, so here it is...

posted by kenny, ex-vice-president.

Singapore My Home – "Live our Dreams, Fly our Flag" Photo Competition

The theme for Singapore, My Home for 2010 is “Live Our Dreams, Fly Our Flag”. The theme captures our collective hope of a better future for ourselves and our families. The theme also calls on Singaporeans to fly the national flag, as a declaration of our pride for the nation.

Prizes

1st: D300s body plus vouchers
2nd: D90 Kit plus vouchers
3rd: D5000 Kit plus vouchers
10 Merit: COOLPIX S220 plus vouchers
50 Consolations: COOLPIX L21 plus vouchers

This competition is organised by PhotoVivo in conjunction with NDP 2010 Celebrations, Supported by NEXUS, Sponsored by Nikon Singapore Pte Ltd, City Developments Limited, Sandven group, Visual Hub.

It is time to take out your camera and start photographing and also look through your old archives to search for images to submit. CLOSING DATE is 13th June 2010. Hurry Hurry and you may win one of these attractve prizes.

The details and entry form can be downloaded from
www.singaporemyhome.sg

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The Lo-Fi something something

as someone who hates writing essays and has a poor command of English, you would probably spot some grammatical errors, poor sentence structure by now. but on the internet, where pirate talk and l33t speak are recognized languages on facebook, i am therefore the most qualified person to introduce this event to yer all.


let me start by introducing my friend bold
he will be asking the questions
and i will answer them


so lets start
... what on the name of the milky way is this event?
The lo-fi photography project (le lo-fi projet photographique) is the name of the 2010 alumni exhibition


... whats lo-fi photography
 style of photography generally using poor equipment, such as toy cameras or pinhole cameras, for stylistic effect (examples)


... i own a big bulky camera that only takes hi-fi photographs. so i cant participate :(
hence people at Adobe™ came out with PhotoShop™ which allows you to colour tone your photos to achieve the same effects. 


... ah i see 
of course you can!


... how many submissions will be printed?
about hundred


... but i am not alumni leh.. can i take part?
no you cant. a hefty participation fee of €1,532,789.26 (after taxes) will be imposed on all non-alumni members who want to take part


... 
why do you always start a question with three dots? 


i thought i was the one asking the questions?
times have changed. you have been overthrown






and of course every alumni centered post ends with an alumni logo
... in 3D!!! ( 3D glasses required ) 

Stepping Down

*Ivan's baby photo is in Indonesia.

It only seemed yesterday that I was appointed QM in Exco 09/10 but in reality, slightly more than one year has zoomed by.

My very first heart attack ......

"Sam, when I look through the viewfinder, it's really dark...." Someone complained to me. I tried to adjust the settings but nothing changed. My panic mode was switched on. I asked Chin Chye (Auxiliary Member 08/09) for help. After checking, he said that the aperture was locked.

I went "THEN HOW. OMG OMG."

"Tell Mr Cheng."

"HUHHHHHHH" I could visualise Mr Cheng's raised eyebrows, frowns on his forehead and that loud booming voice going........... "SAM!!!!!!!!"

Of course, being a QM was not that smooth especially during peak periods, when I receive loads of requests - apologies for not being able to fulfill some of them. I also suffered many "mild heart attacks."

BUT

I survived.

I have no regrets.

I take this this opportunity to thank my predecessor, Angeline for her advice and guidance. I now pass the baton on to the new Quarter Mistress 10/11 - Jia Yi. "Enjoy it, the time will fly by quickly."

My experience in PHOTOG has also been a special and memorable one because of EXCO 09/10 and I really want to thank all of them for making my life even more awesome. (:

Shruthi! "SAM SIM SI YING" Whenever I hear this, I know it's you! And then you will squint your eyes and glare at me. And I will do the same thing back at you. We will then both smile. It's really quite embarrassing especially in the lecture hall. But it is fun. My friends say we are CRAZY. LOL. Thank you for leading us through 09/10.

Kenny! 7 UP.! (You really look like Fido Dido) TOOT TOOT! I love making fun of you because you don't get pissed. haha.. You have always been helpful....thank you. And you have totally changed from the serious Kenny to one who jokes more.

Soon Hao & Justin! You two are always "gaying" around! LOL. Thank you both for always offering to help me and lifting my spirit by being your high selves. You two are always doing things that make people laugh real hard. Oh! I have already eaten half that gigantic tube of sweets. Totally diabetic now!

Chin Yee! My best bus khaki! Going home became much less boring along that long stretch of walkway. (We live in the same area...along the same road.) At your gate, we will say "See you tomorrow at the clubroom...AGAIN!" Then both of us would roll our eyes, laughing. You have always been so accommodating. I remember when you, Gil and I went shopping ........we saw socks which came in a set of 3. Gil and I looked at you and you went "fineeee." LOL.

Errfeeee! I will miss your laughter..... you laugh - with our eyes closed, we will know it's you. Thank you for being tolerant of my requests and helping to fulfill them. Remember the flower poster?? HA HA.

Gillian! I will miss the times when we sit at the QM corner, gossiping while we clean the lenses. I recall the many times we would have missed alighting from the bus because we talked non-stop during the journeys. Without Chin Yee, we would have travelled to the other end of the island. Thank you for always being there when I need a listening ear.

Ivan! Thank you for being patient with me when I am unable to fulfill all your requests for equipment. ~ if only we had more lenses~ * hint hint* to Mr Cheng.

Cheng Boon! Thank you for sharing your knowlege on photography.... for assisting.... for being with the EXCO till late at night when we need your help. We greatly appreciate it.

EXCO 09/10 was blessed with Cheng Boon as an Auxiliary Member. EXCO 08/09 had Chin Chye. I hope and believe that the J1s will strive and EXCO 10/11 will also be blessed with at least one Auxiliary Member.

Mr Cheng & Miss Koh! Many, Many "thank yous" for being there. I have learnt a great deal from both of you.

In short, I will miss all of you....*sob sob*.....the past year has been a fulfilling and memorable one.

~God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears and light for the way.~

All the best Exco 10/11.

Cheers,

SamSim

ex-QM (Exco 09/10)

Something lo-fi this way comes

Another project by the Alumni-
Stay tuned for more information.

"Hi hi I'm bored. I'm waiting in the photog room waiting for Kenny to come up and collect his wide-angle lens."

"I don't wanna say anything. Tsk."

"HELLO PHOTOG PEEPS. PLEASE PLEASE SEND ME ANY PHOTOS YOU GUYS TOOK FOR ANY SCHOOL EVENTS/ SPORTS EVENTS SOON. ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO COVERED THE CHINESE ORCHESTRA EVENT. THE TEACHER IS ASKING FOR THEM. SEND ME OR ELSE... YOU. WILL. BE. HAUNTED. BY. ME."

Love,
JY, F, AS.

Montage 2010

Hey all, as a member of the MJC Photog Alumni and NUS Photography Society at the same time, I have been asked to promote NUS Photography Society events. As you people would have known, we are winners for NUS Montage School Challenge for 2 years straight ! And its here again !

Link: http://www.montage.sg/2010/


This year's theme is Connect and the deadline have been extended to 16th May. I hope you all have been shooting and submit your photos soon to do the school proud again ! Let them know we are a force to reckon with and we are the best Photography Society in all schools of SG.( For your info, we are !) Hope to see you all lift the price of the school challenge again ! Feel free to approach any of the Alumni if you need any help or simply someone to go out and shoot with.

This is How Xing Quan(Reach for the Sky) signing off.

Photography Club Farewell/BBQ/Omg we are so awesome party

Anisah's Mum made this awesome cake, omg the camera is edible

The photog babes!

Us being the usual

Okay this isn't the photo with EVERYONE in it, kenny tay zhan lun has it, you better upload it kenny!

We don't have a photo of Mr Cheng, but we do have one of his dog who stole the limelight, its cute but I am scared of dogs.

Chubby Rabbit! Or Was it chubby cat?

Fans of Kenny Tay Zhan Lun

OMG ERFI, we are standing next to Chin Yee, we are like POPULAR.

Bee Hoon FTW.

FOOD

What's up my homies, The one and only Miz Ava here, Shruthi. Just got home from the BEST, AWESOME, party ever (sorry if you weren't there). And being a photographer, I have to come home, transfer the photos and look at them, okay its just us Cam-Whore-ing (Boo, you whore. haha from mean girls) Anyways, as you can see from the photos, that what we pretty much did.

I am so happy, cos I heard the J1s saying that they love photography club, and I also saw Elliot, who is like the most awesome-est guy ever, he is like seriously the best. Nobody, I SAID NOBODY, can be compared to Elliot cos he is just so awesome. Who thinks Elliot is awesome raise up your hands!

Okay, I understand people were complaining(including me) about the place, cos there were many mosquitos(with the Chins accent) and there were no seats or whatever. However that place was chosen by our new exco as ECP was full. But you know what, I know you would all agree with me that the place doesn't matter as at the end of the day, WE ALL HAD FUN BABEH.

And also, My camera kinda died, goodbye nikon D40, the shutter is like gone and yeah :(

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMAMTHA SIM SI YING.

Please let this post be the first for some time it would mean a lot. :)

Let me end it off with my heart saying :

Thank you EXCO 10/11 for planning everything. Take this year ahead as a challenge, its going to be tough. Very tough. But DO NOT let anything bring you down, and if you need support, you know who to call.

Thank you J1s for coming down, and hopefully you will keep the MJC Photography Club spirit burning bright, brighter than any year.

Thank you J3s for coming down as well, omg Elliot is the bomb, and also for leading us to the right path.

Thank you Mr Cheng and Ms Koh for being amazing teachers and tolerating our nonsense.

Thank you J2s, for being there throughout the year, and together we are an awesome club and we will continue to be one, with the new batch of members. Lets not forget those around us and without a doubt, we did form friendships which will never be extinguished.

Thank you EXCO 09/10. You guys have really been there for me throughout the year, taken all the S--T and seriously I really don't know how much more to thank you guys. I love you all.

Finally,

Thank you.

Till death to us apart,

Love,

Shruthi Avadhani, Your Ex-President of MJC Photography Club.

In the clubroom with ANISAH AND FARHAN!!

HELLO.

600th post

Hi everyone, shruthi awesome avadhani here. HAHA, okay i am just in a good mood! I am like bored cos I don't feel like doing my physics homework, and I was watching youtube videos, okay I want ya'll to watch this

Okay, I know most of you will be like what is that? Its my favourite band

KEANE.

They are an amazing band and this song just gets me so like tingly! Its a really great song its called, Bedshaped and they performed this at the O2 Arena the HUGE place at london. They are amazing <3

Anyways tomorrow is the photog BBQ! WOO, everyone YOU MUST GO! PLEASE, COMPULSORY, Well, not everyone, only the J1s, J2s, J3s, sorry the rest.

ANYWAYS, I am like bored now. I really miss photog days!! Now wednesday are gonna be lectures and its like -.-

So yeah, no more photog wednesdays, today I went to the photog room and i was like woah. Honestly, I don't miss the place A LOT, but I miss the club as a whole, cos nowreality is coming closer, A LEVELS, I was at the library today and Joel (J1 Photographer)

told me ''OH SHRUTHI, ITS JUST As, WHAT CAN IT DO TO YOU?'' Oh my dear friend,it ruins your life for that few months. Oh well, I guess I better get back to finding the tension of a wire in a pulley system - physics.

BYE

-SA-

On a happy occassion like this ^-^

Happy Birthday to my new QM & I :D

(Sorry I've yet to find out your name, but I will this coming Saturday, which is dear Sam Sim's birthday :D ).

 

As the date approaches to my birthday & eventually stops at this very day, I keep thinking of one thing again and again.

Last year this day was a Wednesday & all the JC2s had their Chemistry SPA (Skill A I think).

I received many, many well wishes, both for my birthday and the SPA.

Didn't feel that birthday is a significant event in life, didn't feel that way most of the times.

The day went on as per normal with "Happy Birthday!" here and there.

I still remember the last lecture was Physics lecture, so it was just Vanessa (you all will know her this Saturday too ^-^) and I heading towards the clubroom together.

You feel happy when people remember you birthday, but when they did more than just that, it really melts your heart.

While heading from LT4 (or rather, the toilet beside the LTs) to the class room, and at the walkway/bridge/whatever you call that, I heard this..

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you.."

At the study benches outside the hall, the people who meant a lot to me...

The Alumni, current members, Mr Cheng & Ms Koh.

The present, the cards, the cake & everything.

The truth is, I was embarrassed for a nanosecond because I don't really like elaborate affairs like this & the photographers were pressing the shutter buttons non-stop as I walked towards them.

But it disappeared almost as instantly as it appeared because I was really, really very touched.

This is, the Photography Club for me.

We remember each other, we appreciate one another.

Of course, this is just one of the beauty among all the shit that we have to go through together.

But what we see, is the rose and not its thorns.

We accept one another in every way that we can, and we give one another the support that they need no matter what it is about.

We fought, but we reconciled, and it brings us even closer.

 

I guess all the 09/10 EXCO understands this already, while the 10/11 EXCO is just about to start their journey.

Whenever there's a need, you can always seek help from the Alumni (EXCO members go there post-retirement haha!).

We will all help you guys/girls to have the best memories in your life, something you'll never forget.

So much so that, after your JC days end, you'll just look back and say "I miss school".

But I miss them even more, including those not in the above photograph.

See you all on Saturday then :)

 

Till then we meet :)

What is photography to you?

Photography is photography. It is the play of light to create images. The medium we use for this self-expression, however, is interesting. Sometimes we choose to put our photos online into a video, sometimes we print them and stick them into our scrap book, sometimes we collate the photos and print them into a photo book, some write a poem for it, some write an essay regarding their photos, some put up exhibitions, and some use photography to do good.

Well, although time consuming, some use stop motion photography to express a series of thoughts, and I find this medium the most interesting. Anyway, I found this on youtube while searching for some new ideas, enjoy-

For Grouch...

Grouch... you just picked up guitar right??? 4 chords are all you need...

PPC

Photo Journal of Dog Mill Volunteers

Hi guys,

There was an article about a week back. Its about a group of volunteers who put up a 5 digit figure to buy over a dog mill so that they can give proper care to the 75 dogs found inside.

I don't about you guys, but being a pet owner myself, I do find it rather upsetting to see lives being treated in such a manner. Furthermore dogs are seriously loyal animals.

Here's the link to the blog... Do pass these on to any of your dog lover friends.

http://dogmilllrehomers.blogspot.com/2010/05/photo-journal-dogs-and-volunteers.html

PPC

Sighzzz... Post missing...

I just realised that a post written about the 09/10 exco is missing. So to all contributors, please be very very careful and make sure that we do not accidentally delete any of the posts. Sighzzz.... a piece of the club's history is gone... unless I blog again but it's rather hard to do when the feeling is not there. :(

PPC

Perfection

Today, I went to the Camera Hospital to fixed an old Seagull TLR which belongs to my mum. It was recently dug out from my storeroom to the delight of my mother.

When I first step into the workshop, I was greeted by this man sitting behind this table full of camera parts. He totally look like he is creating a Frankenstein monster. Taking out my TLR, I explain that I need to get it fixed.

The first question after listening what needs to be done to my poor TLR, he asked a very simple question: How much does the camera meant to you ?

Such a simple question, but it really set me thinking really hard on that spot. The TLR to me was just a TLR to allow me to try out medium format cameras, however I believe it meant a lot to my mum. It was the first and only camera she owned then and it was the camera she enjoyed photography on. To me, that meant a lot.

I went on to talk to Steven, the 'Doctor' of the hospital, he told me the reason he like to work with cameras is that they are never perfect and everyday is a discovery. To him, perfection was the tip of the iceberg where there is nothing else to achieve, nothing left for him to discover. He loved his cameras they are, even though I think he has like thousands of them.

His words led me to reflect what Photography is about for me. Is it the thrill of using a kick-ass camera ? Is it the attention I got from chicks when I was shooting ? Or maybe its the satisfaction I got from raining down on Juniors with the uber-geeky-ness (I don't know if this word even exist, JS help me double check) of Photography?

I realized not, although I got to admit its a little bit of all those. Photography is a form of expression for me, sad to say the only way that I could really express myself. I wasn't born an artist, neither am I now. I could not draw for shit(although I am trying to learn now) and have to practice for art lessons. I am not good with words both in written and in verbal.( Well it is evident from this post which my friends have to proof read for me for grammar mistakes). Photography was left the only few options that I had of to express myself. A perception of what I see & feel. It is that moment in time which I can freeze it in that medium in my hands which I can go back to. That is what Photography was about for me.

Often what we see and feel is never perfect, it is this imperfections in our little life that led us to constant self-discovery. Not a perfect weather to shoot, you never what you would have missed out. Have something unexpected that came into your scene when you took your shot and you decide to delete it, look closer ;)

All this little imperfection in life are the ones that people will remember. If everything was perfect, life will be as boring as PANTONE 7543M.(Go check photoshop if you do not know what it is). This post will then tie in well with the theme of our up coming Alumni Exhibition- "Editing Required". You do not need to aim for perfection cos editing is required :) Shoot as you feel like it, show like you meant it. Express yourself :) 

I leave you now to think what are the little things in life that matters to you. Meanwhile, I will carry on to enjoy my cup of coffee while listening to great music while surfing the web while editing photos while drawing T-shirt designs for my camp while writing this post. Arhh Abba is up next !

Royston Tan @ MJC... some videos =D

The convenience of using 7D ^^ but sorry, my hands are not v steady cos i was trying to feel my way around (otherwise if i trip over wire or something it will be really malu...)



in the following snippet, i wasn't sure which door liu ling ling would use hahaha... and then when i stood on stage, i kena PSSSSS!! by the smoke from the smoke machine >.< machiam like those guest stars in Jackie Wu's (Wu Zhong Xian) show who answer wrongly hahaha... the hazards of event coverage LOL but the smoke only PPPSSSSS on my ankles and i jerked a little hehehe and when the smoke comes out, it's really difficult to shoot anything so shooting video is a good alternative hahaha...

Royston Tan @ MJC

=))) what a happening afternoon we had... ok, the photos aren't great here cos of the unpredictable and psychedelic lighting but for those who missed it, the JC1 H1 Chinese students had a very happening afternoon @ LT4 today!! ^^

ROYSTON TAN CAME TO MJC!!! WOO HOO!!!!

it's an event organised by Intrique – Mother Tongue Enrichment Programme - entitled: "Of Getais, Memories and Chinese Language"

yeah... so soon hao, joel, tiffany and I waited outside the LT armed with our cams, ready to paparazzi him when he arrives... we waited... waited... and waited... and i thought... wa, what's taking him so long???... then i asked a chinese teacher who happened to come out of the LT...

me: hi hi, is he arriving soon? ^^
CT: (in her very spiak chinese) he is already inside! he went in by the back door!

soon hao, tiffany, joel and me: ha???? -_________-||| diao....

we were gong gong-ly waiting outside!!! *slap forehead* so we quickly went in by the back door...

royston tan started off by sharing his thoughts about movies, in particular, his inspirations etc.




i cried when i watched the last short film (ssshhh... it has not been released yet! MJC students got a special preview!!) *SOBS*

then before he announced the arrival of his special guest, the chinese teachers started giving out fluorescent light sticks and suddenly LIU LING LING appeared in all her getai splendour amidst cheering and cat calls!!! so exciting!


so the entire LT was transformed into a getai stage and liu ling ling wow-ed the crowd with her stellar performance (i can understand hokkien) of getai hits, her warm personality and ease with which she connected with the audience.



she is hilarious... she introduced herself...

LLL: Hello everybody, my name is Lau Ling Ling, my father is Lau Kok Kok, my mother is Lau Char Bor!

ROFL

then she said she is Lady Mama... LOL




she changed into her sailor-moon outfit ON STAGE!!! seriously... she demonstrated how getai performers change backstage by slipping out of her gown and stepping into her sailor-moon dress ON STAGE! bravo....!


and gave out posters to two lucky MJCians, both of whom got a hug from her... so sweet ^^




and of cos, our Ms Lai presented Royston Tan with a token of appreciation and LLL with a bouquet...

LLL: wa! your principal's figure is much nicer than mine!



hahaha... MJCians cheonging for photos and one final group shot!




Ms Lai, Mrs Pang and director Tan having a post-event chat...


Thanks to the Mother Tongue dept, we had a happening afternoon! ^^

Minor updates from the Alumni

Hihi^^

First and foremost, congratulations to the new photog exco on making it so far..you might think it has been a rough ride.. but you have only gotten to the start line. Many trials and tribulations await you and I, on behalf of the Alumni wish you all the best in fulfilling your goals and make all of us proud.^^

Also! Congratulation to the outgoing exco on making it to the finishing line.. I know it has been a tough year for you guys.. many things have happened but I'm sure you all have emerged stronger as a result of your experiences. I hope you all have found your exco experience fulfilling. I think being in exco isn't so much about what you have achieved, but more of how you have discovered yourself as a person. How you work and how others work; your own weaknesses and other's weaknesses and how to cover up for each other and improving synergy. These lessons you have learnt will come in useful in the future when you start climbing the ranks of the corporate ladder and will give you an advantage when compared to others who are still stumbling over the mistakes you have made in the past. As for your photography, I hope you all will continue to shoot and improve your skills. There is a whole world out there waiting to be shot.^^ To Shruthi: You seem to be rather unhappy with me and I don't know why. Do let me know because there is no point in letting things hang midair :)

To all 09/10 members, you are all invited to join the Alumni, however no one is forcing you to join though^^. However, if you felt that through your seniors, photography has made a difference in your life, then perhaps you should join the Alumni and make the same change in your junior's life^^. In case you all didn't already know, all official correspondence from the Alumni exco will be via the blog. So we hope you will continue visiting the blog daily and keep the page counts high and make dear Quentin one happy webmaster^^.

Talking about Alumni, in case you still don't know, the alumni will be holding an exhibition during College day and the theme this year will be "Editing Required". Entry submission will open in June and is open to ALL members and Alumni and editing is required...:P E-lesson will be up as soon as our dear VP is done with his exams and we look forward to your outstanding entries^^.

I know some of you believe Lomography's method is in itself an sacred art and should not be fouled by the vile fingerprints known as digital editing and want to prove your point. I would sincerely like support you in your honorable quest to expound your ideals and extend my resources to you by giving out free expired 35mm a.k.a 135 format slide film and offering free 120/135 format film scanning. Contact me if you are interested and expired slide film is on a while stock last basis. 1 roll per person so no need for cat fights in front of my front door:P..^^. Ohh, in any case, free film scanning will be available all year round to all members and Alumni for non-commercial purposes. Lomo camera not included.

To those of you looking to borrow a lomo camera, you can try asking Mr T via PPC. Though I wonder if he will loan out his precious action sampler..hehe.. or you can try asking Ms Koh to lend you her Seagull.. it has a foggy communistic lens; a prerequsite for lomography:P.

Some of you might be curious as to why am I offering this service for free... I believe that if you seriously want to improve your photography skills, film photography is an option that can further improve your skills as it will ground, grind and mince you in your photography fundamentals and literally force you to think before you shoot. All the better photographers in our club are testaments to my theory; Eunice, Junsen, Xing Quan, Chin Chye and perhaps a few more that I have missed out... However, I must admit that film photography is becoming more and more expensive as the years goes by.. With popularity of digital photography, film has scaled down, and with the lack of economies of scales, prices have been rising steadily. However, this still doesn't change the fact that film photography can improve your skills greatly. I'll do a simple breakdown of the costs for you: Negative film costs $3-$6 depending on the brand and type, slide film costs anywhere from $8-$15. Developement will set you back another $6 and no point just looking at that tiny frame of yours. To get your image from film to screen, you need to scan the film and that costs easily $15 if you go to a lab to do it. All together, it will cost you anywhere between $24-$36 per roll and each roll has only 36 frames. That's almost $1 per shot! So by eliminating the scanning cost, you can save up to 62.5% of the costs!! So with this, I hope more of you will be more adventurous and dare to enter the realm of film photography.

Anyways, that is all I have to say for now..^^

Few more days

With just 1 week till we step down, whatever we have done have been running through my mind. I am gonna miss everything. I mean yeah I'm still gonna meet everyone from the CCA around school, but the feeling is different. No more late nights at the clubroom, no more singing wrong lyrics while being made fun of by Erfi, no more complaining of hunger and filled bladders, no more going on about how Chin Yee is cute, no more ''WHO THINKS CHIN YEE IS CUTE RAISE UP YOURS HANDS'', no more eh order macs? SET AH, no more being chased out by the security guard, in other words the end of Exco 09/10 is nearing. I never, I say NEVER, would have thought I would actually be sad that we are done/leaving the club. Just 1 month ago, I had enough of everything and was waiting for this time to arrive, now its the opposite. I guess what Elliot said is right, I am gonna miss this.

All of it.

-SA-

Time passes by fast, and it has been 2 weeks since i last posted my photo here (excluding those camp photos). Anyway, here's the second picture i have to share with all of you..

Muggerlicious

To the J1's: Have fun with your PI.

xD

P.S. Since Kingston mentioned it during the rally this wednesday, the A Photo A Week forum is located right here.

Bored @ the photography club room

Wednesday morning, they are printing canteen photos. I'm bored.

Today is the rally speeches, its gonna be exciting, lets see what happens!

WOO.

Interview Dates

Hello J1s applying to be part of the new exco, aka EXCO 10/11

Here are the timings for your interviews.

Each interview lasts 10 mins, and yes, knowing every human being's 10 mins = around 15 mins or so, but hopefully we will try to finish 10 mins each. Please be on time, please come in early like around 5.05 as we also need help in some stuff. Thanks and good luck.

Any questions? ASK ME.

Monday

5.10 Wan Jing

5.20 Sharon

5.30 Ronald

5.40 Jia Yi

5.50 Vanessa

6.00 Jinni

6.10 Shawn

6.20 Natalie

6.30 Dalia

6.40 Wendy

Tuesday

5.10 Anisah

5.20 Chester

5.30 Jun Xian

5.40 Farhan

5.50 Kymberly

6.00 Rebecca

6.10 Jana

6.20 Atikah

6.30 Tiffany

6.40 Chao Yang

-Shruthi, your soon to be ex-president :D