Basic Photography Course by Canon Imaging Academy and MJC

Hi guys,

Another new initiative by both Canon and us is the Basic Photography Course.

This is basically a 12 hour course spread over 6 lessons comprising of both theory and practical.

Canon actually offers this course over at their Habourfront training studio but the rate is $280. However as we are collaborating with them to reach out to students, the rate is $180. Equipment is even provided for those who do not have a DSLR.

I don't expect you guys to sign up for this course as you would have enough advice from your seniors, alumni, Ms Koh and me. This course would be more for your peers and your juniors from your secondary school.

The course will be held on Fridays and Saturdays over a 3 week period from 15/07 to 30/07. Refer to the posters for more details.

We will be publicising to the schools via email but nothing beats you spreading the word to your juniors in your secondary school. Remember if your juniors comes to MJC with a certain firm foundation in photography basics, this would only mean one thing for Photography>MJC, ie we will be soaring higher than ever. :-)

Please contact me or Ms Koh if you/your friend has any queries.

Spaces are limited.

PPC

Soccer Photography Seminar with Canon + Workshop + Coverage of Lion City Cup matches

Hi guys,

In case you do not know, but Lion City Cup is back after a 2 year hiatus. This time round, the tournament has some of the best youth teams like Flamengo, Juventus, Newcastle and Everton, coming to pit their skills against each other and with our Singapore Cubs.

So in conjuction with this soccer tournament, we have partnered Canon to organised a Soccer Photography Seminar. Yes and that's why your dear Papa Cheng has not been around since you guys (JC1s) have taken over from your seniors cause I was simply so busy with all these and nary a chance to sit down proper and share with you guys the details.

Here's the poster... acutally I self created this, so pardon the lack of asthetic sense. Did it in < 1 hour so that I can print out something for for distribution to the JC1 classes.

This seminar is particularly relevant to us since we will be covering next year's school sports events and also a good time to reflect what we could have done better for this year's sports coverage.

Details of the seminar
Date: 4th June 2011, Saturday
Time: 10am to 1pm, Registration starts at 930am
Venue: Joyden Hall @ Iluma, Level 7
201 Victoria Street S(188067)

Attendance is complusory for JC1s.


Though we are helping with the organising, we will still need to register so that the participants' details will be capture. So Stefanie, can you please help to register for the JC1s at the
www.canon.com.sg/clcc_soccerphotographyseminar


Lucky participants will be selected to attend soccer photography workshops which covers theory and practical. Even luckier ones will get to cover the soccer tournament. Imagine, covering the event with the pros from the media. Don't worry about the equipment. Canon will be loaning for the coverage. So don't miss this wonderful opportunity! (Refer to the posters for more details about the workshops and tournament coverage)

PPC

Speakers' Bio

Mr Suhaimi
Suhaimi specialized in sports and travel photography.
His love to document stories in their unguarded moments, have won him many accolades.
Unraveling the beauty and ugliness around him through that still image, Suhaimi constantly seeks to create an image that is fair and accurate representation of stories they depict in both content and tone.

Suhaimi has his fair share of international sporting coverage, like the 2009 Sea Games in Laos, 2010 World Cup 2010, 2010 Youth Olympic Games 2010, 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, 2011 Asian Cup to name a few.

Suhaimi is accustomed to working within tight deadlines in a rapidly changing environment. He is flexible in his approach; committed to the satisfaction of his client and feels his talent would be ideally suited to the challenges of a high pressure environment.

http://www.sportsshooter.com/suhaimi


Mr Ray Chua

Ray is an Executive Photograher with Singapore's leading Chinese newspaper, Lianhe Zaobao. He is also the photography consultant for its subsidiary paper, Comma, reaching out to students and cultivating young photojournalists.

Over the years, Ray has discovered that his interest and passion in Sports photography, particularly in capturing the decisive moment during football matches. Ray finds it a real challenge in those intense, action packed 90 minutes which keeps his adrenaline pumping and always on high alert , anticipating the crucial moments, eyes glued to the view finder, tracking the speeding footballers, armed with a " big-white " ( 300 mm/2.8 ) and fingers ready to trigger.
Nothing beats capturing a great moment in a football match, the sense of satisfaction and achievement always bring a smile to ray whenever he shares his work.

For the past 5 years, Ray has covered numerous S-league matches together with some international matches played in Singapore and he is always looking forward for the next football match he is going to shoot, to feel the ground, to hear the cheer and drum-beat of the supporters, to witness the actions, joy and sorrow and of course to capture the peak of the action and turn them into history.
The following are some other credentials:

1. RMIT, Melbourne, Bachelor of Arts in Photography ( 2003-2005 )
2. ACMP Award , Australia Commercial and Media Photographer of the year ( Graduation Class of 2005 )
3 Canon Asia Pacific , Honorable Mention / Great Eastern " Life is Great " Photo Contest , First-Runner-up.
4 Executive Photographer, LianHeZaoBao , Singapore Press Holdings. ( Current )
5. Teaching experience in Temasek Polytechnic as an adjunct lecturer (2007).
6. Speaker at photojournalism lectures in secondary schools and tertiary institutions.
7. Picture Editor for Singapore Youth Olympic Games 2010 Host News Agency (2010)
7. Adjunct lecturer, teaching photography at Singapore Polytechnic (2010 - Present)

Studio Days 3

Ever wondered how...
correctly exposed, prettaye!, kawaii~, ehhh coooool, naisee studio shots came about?
we can prevent our studio lights from collecting dust any further?
YOU can be the next studio photographer?

If you did, then...


Join us.
In the clubroom. Featuring

Studio Days 3.
1-3 June 2011
Wed-Fri

1400-1830

Yes yes it's back. Calling out to all Alumni, Seniors and members. It's time for you to show off your creativity, prepare the stage and trigger your shutters! Studio Days 3 will provide you the chance to venture into the world of studio photography and just simply...

shoot what you want to shoot (with lights).^^

Be it teddy bears/angry birds/miniature cars/flowers/IKEA swedish meatballs/hokkien mee, bring them down to our very own clubroom on Studio Days to see them turn out pretty! Our very own Alumni (for those J1 Fans of Kingston out there, yes he will be there that day) will be down on these few days,despite their busy schedules, to give you FOC tips and hints on how you can get your shot. Don't know how your shots will turn out to be? Scroll down, look right, then stop, at the labels for 'Studio Days' to have a better idea of how things will be like.

we will focus on a theme for each day:
1st June (Day 1) - Still Life
2nd June (Day 2) - Portrait
3rd June (Day 3) - Food & Beverages

with each day having 3 slots.....:
1400-1530
1530-1700
1700-1830

Bring your:
camwhoring skills
Your significant other - Cameras
and props - Dresses/sunglasses/whatnot

**So, if you're interested...
Do come as a pair (if you're lonely&single also cann no worries!) and drop us an email at meridian.ps@gmail.com with the following details:
1. Name(s)
2. Day ? & Slot (timing) preferred which will be convenient for you

NOTE: a maximum of 2 slots can be chosen for each pair.
NOTE: our white backdrop is currently...ahem not available.

Based on first come first serve basis.Only 3 pairs can shoot in each slot onlyyy!! Create, invent and shooot.Grasp this rare/once-in2-years opportunity and email us naoooo^^ and most importantly, be part of our photog family!~

(we'll tell you if youve got your slot!)
sheen.

The Joy Of Photography Experimentation

The Joy Of Photography Experimentation

by Peter West Carey

One of the great aspects of writing for DPS is the large audience it entails. One of the great challenges of writing for DPS is the large audience it entails.

This post will not be for everyone and I do apologize. Not every post can be. For those who are set in their ways and only wish to see absolute perfect exposure in every single shot, ever, then you can skip this post. I’m going to talk about messing up and getting things wrong, on purpose.

In this post I want to encourage those of you starting out in photography. I want to encourage you to try for two things; 1) Learn the basics. Understand the basics. Become well versed in the basics of how light is captured and presented in the digital realm and in print. Knowledge of the basics will allow you to create art you enjoy seeing. 2) Experiment with abandon. Don’t be afraid to mess up. Don’t bother asking others “What would happen if I forced a higher shutter speed?” Just do it and learn from it.

The joy of experimenting with digital photography is instant feedback (via a camera’s display and histogram) and hopefully instant understanding. “When I do this, this happens.” Photography, for all its glory as an art form, really isn’t all that exciting from a discovery standpoint. It follows certain laws of physics in regard to what light does. From experimentation I know just how much darker my exposure will be if I increase my shutter speed two stops. It’s not like I discovered a new species of plant in a rainforest or a new galaxy in the night sky. But it is still just as valuable from a learning standpoint.

Experimentation is what you do after you get out of the classroom (as a photography instructor, I of course believe starting with guided explanation of the fundamentals is important). You will read about what you should and shouldn’t do and most people’s intent is in the right place. They are trying to help you learn without you having to spend the time and expense of doing it yourself. In the days of film this was very helpful indeed because experimenting always had an out-of-pocket expense for film and development.

In the age of digital photography, after the initial expense of a camera, lens and memory card, that barrier is gone. Reading websites and books can still be a shortcut to learning (and an eyeopener to ideas you never even thought about) and shouldn’t be totally dismissed. Alongside that learning, though, you will gain more from doing than from reading and this is where experimentation comes in.

Want to see what a scene looks like overexposed? Go for it. Think a picture needs far more blue saturation when viewed on a PC? No problem. Think you can make a great macro lens out of two extension tubes and a reverse mounting ring? More power to you.

Chances are most of your shots will not come out to your level of satisfaction. But some might. Some might look very, very cool to you. A shot might even ’speak’ to you. And that is the heart of art. Connection with an image. Emotion stirred. If it works for you, don’t worry too much what others, including me or any other fancy writer on a website, might thing. It doesn’t have to a literal rendition of a scene nor does it need to be tack sharp in all corners.

Chances are at some point in the future you will look back at shots you took 10, 20, 40 years ago and they will either still speak to you or you will think they are horrible. “What was I thinking?” is a phrase often spoken with regard to photography, fashion and haircuts. But without experimenting, without trying new things, without learning for yourself, you will not progress towards your own vision and creating art you enjoy.

You will read over and over about what you ’should’ do in photography. There is a great amount of learning to be had from those who have taken the time to learn and offer their wisdom. Alongside that learning, experiment. See for yourself what happens when you do X or Y.

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. They are a great teacher.

And if others don’t have a strong interest in helping you learn, don’t pay much attention to what they have to say while you are experimenting. You’re not doing it for them, anyway.

Have fun and keep shooting.

Read more: http://www.digital-photography-school.com/the-joy-of-photography-experimentation#ixzz1MxriGRsu

Galactica

 

Hi photog seniors! This is Wendy.
Are you guys interested in getting our photog t-shirt? Hehe do let us know! Tellmetellmetellme.
Please help to spread the word amongst the other photog seniors ok! This is important *Drops huge hint
HAHA OK SEE YA GUYS AROUND IN SCHOOL :)

Leica

Getting lens from eBay?

MISSING!!!

HI All MJPHOTOGGERS!

How are u guys doing so far? PW still being a pain in your butt(s)? Anyway, I've got a "missing" item report! Has anyone seen or accidentally taken my Canon EOS bag by mistake? I left it in the clubroom a couple of weeks back and it mysteriously disappeared! Anyway, to identify it, I've got some belongings in it:

1) A pair of movie tickets left in there
2) A post-its pack from a bank in the side pocket
3) An MJC Elysium ll Official tag in the bag zip pocket.

Kindly post in the tagboard if you have seen it or currently have it with you! Thanks!

A photo of the bag:






KTHXBAI
Csquaredme

Just sharing...

Okay some days ago I had to cover the college's drama production - Vanity Victorious Virtue Vanquished! at Alliance Francaise de Singapour. Just sharing a small portion, others can be found on Facebook.

- Jx

Montage 2011 Photo Story !

Still thinking of how to produce that Award Wining Photo Story

for

Montage 2011:"What if?"

Here's some examples taken by the Organizing Committee themselves:

So what are you waiting for ! Grab your cameras (and your team) and tell your stories!

Submission deadline: 15th May 2011

@

http://montage.sg/2011/photo_story

Starting Photo:

Handover

CCA handover today. :'(

Last meeting for us, but it's not goodbye.

Goodluck for the 11/12 EXCO and members.

PHOTOG! ♥

Travel Series (I)

I’ve taken a little time out of my hectic schedule (5 articles due by the end of this week!) to write a little bit on travel photography, in time for all of you to sharpen your skills in the coming June holidays!

“What is the easiest form of photography for you?” I have had some people ask me that question before.

My answer?

There’s no such thing as “easy photography”. Taking photos is no easy matter. I can tell you what I love shooting best, and what I’m good at doing, but neither of them is “easy”.

I love doing portrait photography. I love doing landscape photography. I love doing nature photography. I love doing adventure photography. I love doing documentary photography.

Tell me, which one sounds “easiest” to you?

Portraiture involves knowing how to pose models, place them in the right light (or place the right light on them) and knowing how to capture their natural selves. Landscape photography involves waiting minutes, hours and sometimes even days for the right light to fall on your particular landscape. Sometimes we have to sit out in the cold just to be disappointed by bad weather, or sometimes we have to wake up at the ungodly hour just to capture a few shots before running back into bed. Nature photography, again, involves heavy equipment and tones of patience. Adventure photography? Ever tried sitting on a speed boat veering left and right and your hands are preoccupied with taking photos that you have no way of holding on for your life? Documentary photography; do you have the physical and mental strength?

Unfortunately for you, travel photography seems to be a mishmash of everything put together. Definitely you’re going to be shooting some people, some landscapes, documenting some of the local’s daily lives, shooting some of the natural landscape and animals in the area, and maybe if you’re into adventure, you’d have to do some of that too.

But no problem.

I’m here to offer some tips in this travel series part one.

1. Learning to smile and look friendly.
This sounds almost mundane and stupid. Why do photographers have to learn how to smile and look friendly?

The simple reason being your photographed subjects are actually mirrors of your personality. If you project a good positive outlook, your subjects feel natural and at ease for your shots. But if you look uncertain and scared, there is very reason for your subjects to feel tensed up and scared as well.

Also, people won’t want to let creepy and scary looking people take photos of themselves. Friendly and outgoing photographers tend to let people feel that they are not posing for some pervert. Of course, don’t be TOO outgoing. That’s gonna creep people out too.

2. Get a feel of the local scene.
In some cultures, it is really rude to touch somebody’s head. In OUR culture, we may feel that it is all right to ruffle a kid’s head of hair, but you do not want to rub the locals in the wrong way. Knowing what might upset the locals is very important, and in the event that you know you have accidentally done something wrong, offer your sincere apologies.

Nepal is a very poor country. Not many people own a camera, or have their photos taken before. More than once I take photos in a village area, the villagers will crowd around to take a look. Being a Singaporean, we hardly get that sort of response that it almost feels threatening to us. But understanding the local scene will also let you know that these people are just plain curious. Befriending them will actually help you get even more portraits of the locals.

3. Learn how to say “Hello” and “How are you?” in the local language.
How difficult is it to learn saying hello and how are you? No matter where you go, it is just sheer common courtesy to ask before taking a photo. Saying hello and how are you will show that you are not just some rude foreigner who doesn’t know any manners.

Usually, this will garner friendly responses from the locals, and they’ll be more than happy to pose for you.

That’s all from me today, I will be posting more when I have time touching on the other parts of travel photography.

Over and out-
Eunice Chan

--


A little about the writer:

Eunice Chan is a third-year undergraduate studying in NTU’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, majoring in Broadcast and Cinema Studies. Although she loves photography and film making, she also has a strange liking for suffering. Currently she is serving a five-month journalism internship in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Eunice didn’t know how to take photographs before she joined MJC Photography Club, much less know how to use a DSLR. Before long, she won her first DSLR upon graduation from Meridian in a competition, and was on her way to becoming a press photographer. She has covered stories and issues relating to NTU and also the Youth Olympics last year.

She hopes that through her blog posts in this little space, she could continue to inspire youths today to become better photographers.

Read her photography blog and musings at http://eunicechan-photo.tumblr.com/

SUPERMOON!!!

Hey All!

Haven't been posting regularly due to JC hahaha(what's new, right?). Anyway, I'm sure most, if not all of you have heard of the recent Supermoon nights where the moon looked really bright/creamy/smooth/clear and just pure brilliant. Well, fortunately, the club's 200mm f2.8 prime lens was with me so I decided to capture some shots of the moon with it! Although it's not very up close(due to me not having club's tele-converters), it's pretty reminiscent of Cheng Boon's post on the blog of his shot of the moon! :D Enjoy!

JC2 SGC CCA Verification

To all members, please click my name MS ANN KOH for CCA so that I can go in and verify.

Photojournalist Killed

Sometimes, being a photographer means risking your life...

Screen-shot of cnews
Read more here.

Singapore My Home competition 2011

Hello all you,

Here's the annual NDP photo competition. Take part and have a chance to win a D300s!

Below's the link-
http://www.singaporemyhome.sg/

Call for ideas for Alumni Exhibition 2011!

Hello all, I think this post is long overdue, but we still want to hear some of your suggestions.

The annual exhibition organised by the Alumni is round the corner once again, in July. Last year, our theme was Lofi, and we accepted all kinds of submissions that have been edited to look like photos taken with toy cameras such as Lomos and Holgas.

We'd like to hear some of your suggestions for what the theme should be this year. Everyone, including J1s and J2s are also included in this exhibition, so you guys can also chip in with your suggestions!

We also came up with some kick ass layout for the exhibition last year, so if you have any ideas how we should put up our prints this year, also please do tell us! (To see the layout of The Lo-fi Project, click here and here. Strangely not many pictures were taken of the final thing cos all energy was spent on setting up the exhibition itself...)

To share your suggestion, just click on the "comment" button below and just share your ideas with the FB app.

Thank you very much!


Your Alumni President,
Eunice Chan

Math Awareness Month Photo Competition

Hi JC1s and JC2s,

Do go to facebook and like the MJC Ignite page. Then you can submit photos that answer the question: Where is MATH? and win points for your house!

Ms Ann Koh

Some facts of Photography > MJC

J1s, did you know...?

1. We broke away from then Multimedia Club and Photography Club was formally created in 2005. Our first Chairman was Benjamin Tan and Vice-Chair Alex Zhang.

2. Photography Club's 2nd EXCO in 2006 only had 4 people.

3. Created in 2006, Photography Club's first logo was Photography >> MJC, with two arrows rather than one.

4. At the same time, we launched our motto "Your Moments, Our Calling". I believe that was the first club motto in MJC's history, to which Papa Cheng proudly emailed the entire MJC teaching faculty.

5. There was a call for MJC motto ideas shortly after.

6. Photography Club is the only club in MJC to have their own fully air conditioned room. The old clubroom was also equipped with a CISCO alarm.

7. At that time, we were only equipped with two Nikon D100, one D70 and a handful of lenses.

8. On 6th December 2006, we earned our first $278.

9. Papa Cheng was named thus in 2007, over an excited phone conversation with three of his cheekiest EXCO members to date. (We used to have a phone in our clubroom.)

10. Our first inter-college photo exhibition, Expose, was held in 2007. Hosted by MJC, the exhibition lasted four weeks in three colleges - MJC, VJC, TPJC. In 2008, Ms Lai gave praise that MJC's photos had taken a great leap in creativity, and was (to be politically correct) comparable to the prints submitted by VJC, which has a rather established Photography Club.

11. This blog was started up in late 2007, and had undergone many tweaks in design till today. The blog was started up by 07/08 EXCO Quentin and gang to better involve and inform club members.

12. In late 2007, plans for starting up MJC Photography Club Alumni began. By July 2008, Alumni Society of MJC Photography was formed, with our very first Board of Directors. Till today, the Alumni is still silently supporting the main club.

All this seem to be ancient history. There are many many other hallmark events over the years, each one the fruit of labour of different batches of EXCO and their members. But this is to remind you how much our club has grown ever since its inception. Now J1s and J2s, the history is for your to make.

I DUN WANNA BE AN OLD BIRD!!

Roughly 2 years ago, I participated in Camp Aperture as a member. Approximately 1 year ago, I helped to conduct Camp Exposure. 4 days ago, I saw the closing of CAM(P)ERA as an alumni. This made me see the long way (relative to myself) I've came in photography.

I entered the club 2 years ago knowing literally next to nothing about photography. You may as well speak Spanish to me than to tell me about things such as ISO, aperture and white balance. But slowly throughout my time in Photography > MJC, I went from a zero to, well, not so much of a hero, but at least i knew my basics as a photographer.

I just want to tell the new faces in the club (I hope you people visit this blog) that the only way to improve on your photography skills is to shoot, Shoot, and SHOOT again. Even if you are shooting the same subject over and over again, don't stop until you've got the shot you are satisfied with by playing around with the settings. Believe me when i say that good photos are rare (but I do admit that Photoshop helps A LOT!). It might be due to my picky-ness, but there has been times when only 10% of the original count are left after i finish filtering through my photos. Then again, good lenses and bodies help too! I used to use a 350D and 18-55mm f3.5-5.6! Now you people have all the L's! There's that fisheye and I even heard that there's a 24mm f1.4L! 0.0

With that said, I must still emphasise that it is the man/woman behind the camera that really counts. You could have the most expensive equipment out there, but without practice, someone with a kit lens could produce better photos than you. So grab every opportunity that the exco offers to you, such as covering of events, outings, etc. If you think that that's not enough, go for a stroll at a nice place with your camera around your neck. You will never know what to expect.

That's all I can think of right now, so all the best to you photogers out there, and for those who wanna run for exco, good luck! And to the 10/11 batch, CONGRATS and GOOD JOB for successfully carrying out CAM(P)ERA!

Photography > MJC has found a place in my heart, I hope it will find one in yours too. PHOTOG!

P.S. If you j1's who cant match my name to my face, I'm that botak NS guy in a black shirt with camera prints in the first photo of 'Random shots of CAM(P)ERA' by quent.

-Cheng Boon (09/10 batch)

Random shots of CAM(P)ERA

Hi all! 

If you don't know me... 

too bad! 

BOTAK GANG 

(spot the fake botak)

PPC Poses... 

LIKE A BOSS 

Xingquan yak yak yak dadada yak yak 

Atikah presents... 

DONUTS 

LIGHTNING! 

Golden end to a wonderful camp.

To the J2s EXCO + Facilitators, WELL DONE! 

Great job on the planning and organisation of this year's camp. I didn't had camp during my time :( 

Enjoy your time as an PHOTOG member while you can :) you'll miss it very very much, just like i did. 

Bye!

-- Quentin 

(2007/08 Batch one) 

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
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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