CAM(P)ERA 2011!

HELLOOOO first time updating. :D

So, CAM(P)ERA was da bomb and i really wanna update about it!!

(zomg the photos are uploading at the speed of 10^negative infinity)

Okay so here goes:

Dinner.

Farhan and I were the food i/c for the camp and we had chicken rice from MJSpicy stall.

Btw we got cheated because 2 of the packets were w/o chicken ):

Scam much?

Atikah spilled this while preparing drinks for others.

(and she spilled Milo during breakfast the next day. Hahaha clumsyyyy girl!)

I presume Junxian was bored because he decided to mess up my OCD 5 x 5 arrangement and came up with this! :)

Sam showing Mr Cheng and Chin Chye her tattoo B)

Kingston teaching the J1s our famous photog cheer and making the J2s demo.

I remember I heard someone saying we look like we're a communist party.

HAHAHA. :D :/ :P

Meanwhile Farhan's hiding somewhere, mesmerized by his new love.

After dinner we taught them Studio, Flash Photography, Light Painting & Lightroom Basics.

Jiayi, Farhan and I were i/c of Light Painting.

It was FUN FUN FUN FUN. :D

Group C!! :D

♥PHOTOGGG!!♥

Group B!! :D

End up we were blasting music and they were 'clubbing' with their torchlights.

Hahaha. It's good to see them have fun! :D

Group A!! :D

That's us getting all ready and eggcited for the midnight outing @ Marina Bay!!!

That has got to be the most funky thing everr.

I mean which other photography club goes for midnight outings togetherrrr?!

Honestly midnight outings are shiok ttm because you get to lie in the middle of the nowhere as though the road belongs to your grandfather and nobodyy will look at you like you're weird or blame you for being public nuisances (or so i assume).

Hahaha.

Reached school at around 3am in the morning.

Caught a short nap and got ourselves ready for outing AGAIN in the morning.

Not sure about others but I was walking around like a zombie the next day T_T

Group shot w my group @ Boat Quay!! :D

This is one of the photo i captured @ Little India.

It was a really random shot, one of those where you just snap w/o even looking through the viewfinder.

BUT LOOK AT THE MAN AND THE FACE ON THE MAGAZINE!!

Okay I only saw that when I was filtering my photos, almost deleted it.

So here's a piece of advice:

Don't be too quick to delete your photos (even though i always do) because you could have taken an interesting shot w/o realizing..you'll never know ;)

Last but not least, PHOTOG!

Group shot taken at Marina Barrage.

More photos here

Though weather was terrible that day, but it shows that we've had been through the storm together.

Am I making sense?

Like you know..storm, literally.

Okay ANYWAY that's 6 generations of #MJPhotog in one photo.

Awww happy family :)

Slice of Life (II)

_DSC1620fb, a photo by macingrouch on Flickr.

You know I kid you not when I tell you goats DO ride on the top of buses here.

Something to shout about

I found this while surfing the web, its going on auction with an opening bid of 6000 Eur, with an est price of 12,000 - 16,000 Eur.

Carl Zeiss Super-G-Gigantar 40mm f/0.33

Camp Aperture 2009

2 years ago during the first ever MJC Photography Camp (Camp Aperture) at Marina Barrage!

Enjoy! :)

-ZH

lens hoot, anyone?

lens hoot for eunice =P
hahahaha, to distract toddlers who wouldn't look straight into cameraaaa.
(not so useful to capture star streaks =S)
=D

The Simple Guide to Photography in one page

HI, especially to those who just join us, you might be wondering who the heck we are.
We are your (seniors’)ⁿ * senior (where n depends on how old we are).
Or you can call us your Alumni !

Welcome to the MJC Photog Family !
Can't wait to meet all of you this weekend at CAM(P)ERA.

Here's something for those who are entirely new to photography:





See ya this weekend ! Some of us will try to make it down to join you all, so if you see us, don't be shy and run away okay ?

Regards,
Xing Quan

DIY Flash Bounce

Since we're on the topic of DIY stuff for your camera gear... Here's what I recently did to my speedlight. Desperate times call for desperate measures!

In Nepal very hard to find diffuser domes hor. Even if can find will be damn ex ok. Actually I also did this during YOG. I used my huge press accreditation card which was white and reflective on the back as a flash bouncer LOL.



And.... Tada!

flash bounce!

hello y'all
kingston asked me to post sth!
eunice just say to blog sth!

i actually blog alot but very rarely here, so I SHALL!

here's introducing ideas to bounce flash if you don't own an external flash and there's no more flash to borrow from school and find the in built flash not nice!

An extremely simple, cheap and diy Party Bouncer. All you need is a white business card and a pair of scissors.

product from photojojo! $30 U.S. bucks

This smart simple hood contains a mirror that directs the flash on your camera up, bouncing it off the ceiling to create even, natural light.

P.S. click on image to link back to original website!
P.P.S. CHECK OUT PHOTOJOJO I LOVE IT! =D
P.P.P.S. if you don't know who am I? I'm Yong En from the 07/08 batch of exco! (that sounds super long ago... lol)

Slice of Life

Come on people, posts on this blog doesn't have to be a hell of a revelation of photography skills. Just post something, lah!


Here's a slice of life in Nepal. You wash your car, get on with the day's work and a cow walks past. Just like that.

As originally posted in Eunice Chan's photo-blog My Weekend Getaway to Pokhara.

CAM(P)ERA Consent Forms

*ROAR!!!*

The following JC2s *kok your heads*, please drop the consent forms into Mr Cheng's pigeonhole by 9am tomorrow:

Atiqah
Anisah
Farhan
Rebecca
Jia Yi
Joel
Lia
Jun Xian
Shaun
Chester
Ronald

JC1s, WELL DONE! ALL SUBMITTED =) *pat heads lovingly*

Your friendly CCA Teacher,
Ms Koh

Lomo Wall! :D

HELLO CHEWRENS! :D This photo reminds me of the Lo Fi exhibition we had last year. Hehe. Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/willcheyney/5348980170/ SIGNING OFF, TEH SQUIRREL.

Tell a Story with Our Pictures

Reminds me of our SPCA project, especially the video by Quentin and our exhibitions. So, what can we do next?



Accepting his 2007 TED Prize, war photographer James Nachtwey shows his lifes work and asks TED to help him continue telling the story with innovative, exciting uses of news photography in the digital era.

Referral Letters

Dear Chewrens,

If you need a referral letter from us, kindly send me an email at least one week before the deadline and drop me an SMS.

Kindly include:
- Full name (and batch, I'm getting old)
- IC number
- student application no. (if any)
- course (and scholarship) applying for
- personal essay, it will be helpful.

All the best! FIGHTING! *(^-^)*

Ms Koh

=)

Never look at camera and smile! and Justin, you moved!

Wa... Supermodels neh...

So nice =)

Truly Nepal

I downed a cup of local "juice".



A sudden wave of calmness overcame me. Everything seemed to happen in slow HD cinematic motion – a few thousand feet of pine trees rustling in the wind below, the colourful prayer flags flapping against the blamelessly blue sky, the wind chimes tinkling by the window…









It's just pine trees from the top of the hill right to the bottom.








Sunlight seeping through the pine trees.




Houses far below.




So close we were.
































The view the village overlooks. The mass of houses in the far background is Kathmandu.


As originally posted on Eunice Chan's photo blog Oh Hai!

Compliments...

Well done Photog 10/11

PPC

'Love' Game

MJ has been quite 'lacking' in points for Canon EOS Academy School Challenge! Hmm...

If you thought last month's theme Wonder was not a very tangible theme to work with, fret not, for the new theme for the month as revealed on 14 February should be easier for you to find inspiration! (I suppose.)

Yes, the theme for the month is... Love!

AMAZING GRA(Y)CE

HEY GUYS :D

There is an ongoing competition that ends 25FEB2011!

Take this chance to capture precious moments of your grandparents (:

The entries of finalists will be displayed at Republic Plaza in the CBD and have the chance to be selected to be featured on Zocards, postcards that are distributed all around Singapore!

-- 1st Prize $400, 2nd Prize $200 and 3rd Prize $100

Do visit the facebook page for more details
--> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amazing-GraYce/152568884798532?sk=wall

HAPPY V DAY TOO :D

<3 kym + atikah

JC Students and Lightbulbs

My Physics lecturer showed this to my LT during lecture today.

Q: How many RJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 4 whole faculties. One to design the new bulb, one to manufacture and test it out, one to write a proposal on it and one to market it.

Q: How many HCI students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: The whole school. To compete with RJC.

College Displays

- Jx

JC1 photog recruitment interview timing

Hi JC1's please take note of the time and venues that you have to report for the interviews.
A list of the venues for the different days will be put up on the photog notice board outside the canteen by tomorrow.

Venue: C1-2


Venue: C1-1


Venue: C1-2


thankss and cyaa all :D

- Kym and Atikah

Harper's BAZAAR and ION Photography Awards 2011

Hi photog peeps!!! There's a new photography competition organised by ION Orchard and y'all should join it!!

Competition details as follows:

This competition runs from now until 1st April 2011. Harper’s BAZAAR will publish the winning entries in the June issue. In addition, the first and second prize winners will be awarded the following:

First Prize (Worth over $14,800)
Opportunity to have a commissioned shoot published in a future issue of Harper’s BAZAAR.
A 3D/2N Singapore-Bangkok Classic Luxury Train Journey for two in the Orient Express State Cabin (worth $9,940)
A 3D/2N stay for two in boutique hotel The Scarlet Suite inclusive of breakfast at Desire & Dinner at Breeze (worth $1,726)
A RRP PVD Lip Watch (worth $1175)
$2000 worth of ION shopping vouchers from selected boutiques

Second Prize (Worth over $9,900)
A 3D/2N Singapore-Bangkok Classic Luxury Train Journey for two in the Orient Express Pullman Cabin (worth $7,000)
A 3D/2N stay for two in boutique hotel The Scarlet Executive Room inclusive of breakfast at Desire & Dinner at Breeze (worth $926)
A SS Lip Watch (worth $1051)
$1000 worth of ION shopping vouchers from selected boutiques

The main competition site is located: HERE

WOKAY, CYA!
Anisah.

The little realisation of a city rat

Anybody who came from a metropolis living in Nepal would definitely agree with me- that we had too many distractions back home. We’re constantly online, either updating our status on Facebook or Twitter, checking out new videos and MVs on Youtube, chatting with friends on MSN or Gtalk, downloading the latest albums, reading tech/sports news online, doing research for a new computer/laptop/MP3 player/mobile phone, and watching American TV (seriously guys, stop watching Glee already) on our computers.

We always complain we’re short of time; we don’t have enough time to read a good book, spend time with family and friends, engage in sports, go for short strolls at the park and sometimes we even complain of not having enough time to have proper meals.

Coming to Nepal did make me appreciate many things in life. I don’t mean I’m starting to like it here, but at least I’m taking time out of my annoying office life to enjoy a life here. Like for example. I finally found time to READ. The newspapers here are ridiculously thin, but at least I have time to read them, attempt the daily crossword puzzle, reading a copy of Newsweek, and read through back copies of Archies. I also recently bought a copy of 1984.

I also realise I can see the stars here every night. I could see every constellation clearly (though my astronomy class has failed me) but at least I could tell my mom the thing that looks like a pot is the Big Dipper. We were pointing at the skies so intently at the open air restaurant (New Orleans, excellent steak there) that it got the waiter interested too, in what we were looking at.

The nights are so silent here. The lack of street lights also meant that my bedroom is in complete darkness, even with the curtains drawn open at night when I sleep. I don’t get midnight buses screeching down the street as it was back at home. I could hear my thoughts bounce off walls here.

And I’m spending more time with my mother. Obviously I still don’t enjoy telling her everything that happened in the workday and I get annoyed when she starts cooking dinner the moment I reach home from work (dinner at 5.30pm, CRAZINESS!) but at least now when I get home I’m not facing a blasting TV and her back to me playing solitaire. Sharing a room with her also meant that I no longer can hide behind a door, shut up in my own world, listening to my music and ignoring everybody else.

The availability and variety of food here is ridiculous. There’s no such thing as Gardenia bread here, their version is an incredibly hard and flaky version that makes any Singaporean angry when trying to spread peanut butter on top, because the bread crumbs flake off before the butter actually sticks on top of the bread.

There are no coffee shops or food centres or hawker centres here. Their version of Chinese food here is ridiculous- and that’s also because of the lack of food ingredients. (And obviously, not having had real Chinese cuisine before.) My mother took a few days to find a place that sold garlic, and the vegetables here are all stunted. Pop corn at any level here are plain (not even butter, salty or sweet, they are JUST pop corn) and the cakes at pastry shops are ridiculously unfluffy and not even close to the real thing. My colleague told me a certain shop near office sold decent cheesecake, so one lunch hour we went there, ordered a slice of cheesecake and a slice of chocolate cake, both proven to be extremely disappointing. (It felt more like yoghurt on top than real whipped cheese, and you can forget about the oreos… No such thing… The pastry at the bottom… I rather eat my handphone.)

Then it suddenly struck me how good I had it in Singapore. I could stand next to Singapore river and not smell it. (Try standing next to Bagmati river for 5 minutes, you'd faint.) Hanging out with a few Brits over the weekend did remind me that I was the one who wanted to get out of my safety bubble, I was the one who wanted to see the world. And of course I’m the one suffering now, but I finally know how much we take things for granted in our comfortable lives.

I never finish my food if it’s unpalatable (I remember how my friends used to gauge whether the food was good by how much food I actually put in my mouth in Singapore) and just leave it to order something else, but over here, I’ve learnt not to waste food. Even if you can’t finish it, pack it back for the office dog so that he gets a lunch too. If I can’t finish something because there’s too much, I should pack it and save it as a snack later. Never, never waste food. Because there is always someone or some creature out there who wished that they had a full tummy.

It may be true that a country like Nepal will never be a comfortable stay for city rats like us, but how would one know how far your limits are until you’ve pushed it?


As originally posted in Oh Hai!, Eunice Chan's photography blog.