I noticed that the moon seems especially bright tonight and that kind of inspired me to share this shot of the moon with everyone.

The crescent, taken many weeks ago at Hendersen Bridge, with Zhanlun's 500D and 18-200mm f3.5-5.6

On the Right Side of Wrong

Heh heh~~ Since someone requested an update, allow me showcase my latest fiddlings..

My proof of concept!! Black and white slides.. Wheeee!! No where in Singapore you can find this service commercially. Now, now, isn't film photography fun?? Hahaha

Journey of the Photojournalist

I've never worked so hard in my life ever. I've haven't had a day's break ever since the Youth Olympic Flame arrived in Singapore, but the experience has been even more intense than anything that I've experienced in the past 4 years as a photographer.

Just to share, I've been physically manhandled in every way thinkable- pushed, pulled, shoved, nudged... and even grabbed! A photographer's got to do what a photographer got to do. I had to take the shot, and despite being told not to cross a certain boundary, I had to do it. I had followed the Flame on foot for two days, and had followed through most part of the rest of Journey of the Youth Olympic Flame on the media truck. I've never derived so much satisfaction from my job before, despite the fatigue I experienced, having only 4 hours of sleep every day while chasing the flame.

I had gotten to meet photographers from all over our nation, and I've formed bonds with men whom I've never met, and probably will never meet again, just because we stand shoulder to shoulder helping each other during the course of our work as media personnel. I'm the only girl standing on the media stand at an MM Lee event, being dwarfed by Xinhua's extremely tall Chinese guy with a 300mm prime lens (it's the f2.8 version, mind you, and all the rest are carrying one). I've also gotten to meet photographers from major agencies such as Reuters, AP, other foreign press- a Japanese dude, an Indian dude (from India, haha)- ST, Zaobao, TNP, even met CCTV's filming crew, and just today I chatted with a photographer from San Francisco who is working for ST just for YOG while I was getting a massage at the Main Press Centre.

Every day I will meet with failures some way or another, but new events always energize me, finding new satisfactions as a photojournalist. Not only have I gotten to know new people who volunteered their services for the YOG, I've also gotten to know a young ambassador from Trinidad and Tobago, whose warmth never fails to surprise me. (She hugged me!)

Taking pictures is easy. But being a photographer is hard. We face with new challenges everyday and some may even cripple us. We have to jostle with other people to get the winning shot. Truth was that after my third day chasing the flame, I wanted to quit so badly. It rained on the second day, and my camera and I were completely drenched. The third day, it was so scorching hot I had to douse myself in water. By the end of 7 days of JYOF (including celebrations at NUS), I was sun burnt and had slimmed down, complete with two blisters and a callus on my thumb for shooting too much. But the moment I knew my efforts did not go to waste was when the final product of the photo story was incredible.

Of course, I also got to hold the torch, after 7 days of chasing. (Though there was no fire.)

Fight on!~

hiiii there

okayy, so its now august, mid-august to be exact, and all of us are busy with life as usual - mugging for exams and stuff.. sad to know that the j1s have stepped down from now until end of promos, it feels like we've stepped up just yesterdayy =x

yes ppl (j1s), our promos are round the corner (literally in like a month and 2/3 weeks? xp ). so yeah do pick up your notes and start revising everything(means redo-ing heh). yes EVERYTHINGG (:

**jiayous to j1s taking bio/phy spa practical this week and chem in the following! 7.5% of our A grades okayy!

ohyes, YOG has officially started, hope singapore bags numerous victories :D

http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-50849120100814 <-- the flame cauldron loooks awesome =] and you can browse through the article too XD

okk imma going back to my chem tut now..

fight on!

ciao, kym (:

Who's that Boy?

Covering for events have always been part and parcel of a MJC Photographer. I could still remember my days where we "chiong" here and there to cover a event and "ponning" lessons to shoot. Those were the days where covering a event was a responsibility and a sacred task to be completed.(Even though sometimes the photos turned out rubbish) The very presence of a photographer at the event boost the ego of the participants and they know that they have to put on their very best, cos we are armed around the corners to capture the actions.

For me, covering the events is a passion. Fueled by adrenaline, I was there to soak in the atmosphere and capture the memories to prolong it in people's mind. I thought I was already a crazy Photographer who would go on and on. Then I met Chee Howe who would stop at nothing to get the photos.

Today, in the news, a young boy showed me what shooting with passion is all about. He tracked the torch relay far beyond what he have planned. Braving rain and other professional Photograhers(who might be flaming me now cos they are also going through the same shit), he shot with his small digital camera until it died on him.


Though to some, his efforts might not be a feat. But I salute him for his drive and passion at this young age to get his shots.This is what event photographers really need. To my dear Juniors, you don't have to be as crazy as Chee Howe who almost got us disqualified for Soccer finals(long story this one) but put in a little passion in your assignments and I am sure your pictures will show :)

For those who want to read about the full story, heres the link:
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_564756.html

Till the next event, See ya :)

&

Happy Shooting !


-Xing Quan

YOG Torch Relay

Hi this is KYM(the one typing is Chester);

HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY FARHAN!!!!

THIS IS A GIFT FOR YOU SINCE YOU LOVE MINI WINGS TTM! :D

10 Acknowledgements

1. @Shruts: Hi Shruthi we, the citizens of MJPS, have arrived to revive the blog! ^^
   
2. Kym: Sorry Sorry Miss Koh! I have your pretty pretty shots with me! (:
   
3. We saw Eunice outside MJC on a YOG vehicle, shooting the torch-bearing process!
4. We are HUNGRY. RAWRRRR!
5. The temp. switch in timetable this week puts Tuesday's and Thursday's timetables side by side, meaning consecutive PE and PW lessons!! OMG PE ON 2 CONSECUTIVE DAYS?! GOD BLESS US -.-
6. LYO and MERLY LOOK GOOD TODAY.
7. DPM TEO CHEE HEAN LEFT HIS FOOTPRINTS IN MJC TODAY!
8. Photographers braved the sweltering heat to capture defining moments in Singapore's history today!
9. We had school today, but every other school in Singapore didn't.
10. mjc>photography <3

PHOTOG! x3

OKAY CIAO! (Y)

JYOF Day 1 Shooting in the Rain

http://whyohgee.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/the-daily-post-82-rain-runners/

Hi guys, just wanna share an epic photo that was taken today on the first leg of the JYOF (Journey of the Olympic Flame). Just as the first torch bearer took the torch and ran around CHIJ Toa Payoh's race track, it started raining heavily. I was drenched in the process as well, but sadly I was still in the school compound when this happened.

Remember to bring your cameras when the flame passes by MJC on Tuesday! It's definitely a once in a lifetime experience.

On Her Majesty's Fan Service

People always tell me my posts are usually too long winded and that I should type less and put more photos..So here we go.. A short preview of the special behind the scenes photos from the actual day of the LO-FI Project with captions. If you are interested to view the whole roll, you can see them here

Alumni hard at work doing up the final touches..

Special thanks to Jiayi for coming so early to open the photog room for us

Something Jun Sen picked up during his stint as a construction worker

Cam whore is a prerequisite when holding a camera

This is the sixth sense girls often talk about; they know when the camera is pointed at them..

Lazy to add captions le..too troublesome..

And a lofi picture to end it off..