Thursday, July 17, 2008
To You He is Just A Dog, To Him You Are Everything
To You He is Just A Dog, To Him You Are Everything
WEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *slide down spiral slide made up of stars in the sky*
This morning we showed our SPCA video and I believe it was v v impactful... the music... wa so poignant... the pics spoke more than a thousand words...
After the video presentation, Ms Lai took over the mic and wanted to publicly acknowledge the kids who did this but they were in class.... Nevertheless, this is a gist of what she said (ah ya, should have whipped out my phone and recorded it!):
"Of all the REACH projects, this is one of the most meaningful ones... the MJC photography club... they have absolutely NOTHING to do with REACH but they have used their talents for a good cause. This project started off... they started off expecting it to be a short term project but it stretched 6 months because they felt so touched. The people who did this are the J2s, they are having lessons now. (i forgot what else she said in between cos i was too excited... hm...) all of you have talents... do use it to help others (something like that i think)"
WAAAAA!!!!!! in front of whole J1 in the hall nei!
PPC and i are so happy for you guys ^^ ^^
o vicky, heng ah, you didn't say "to him you are just a pet..." LOL (although i think sometimes west my bunny treats us as his pets -.-)
WEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *slide down spiral slide made up of stars in the sky*
This morning we showed our SPCA video and I believe it was v v impactful... the music... wa so poignant... the pics spoke more than a thousand words...
After the video presentation, Ms Lai took over the mic and wanted to publicly acknowledge the kids who did this but they were in class.... Nevertheless, this is a gist of what she said (ah ya, should have whipped out my phone and recorded it!):
"Of all the REACH projects, this is one of the most meaningful ones... the MJC photography club... they have absolutely NOTHING to do with REACH but they have used their talents for a good cause. This project started off... they started off expecting it to be a short term project but it stretched 6 months because they felt so touched. The people who did this are the J2s, they are having lessons now. (i forgot what else she said in between cos i was too excited... hm...) all of you have talents... do use it to help others (something like that i think)"
WAAAAA!!!!!! in front of whole J1 in the hall nei!
PPC and i are so happy for you guys ^^ ^^
o vicky, heng ah, you didn't say "to him you are just a pet..." LOL (although i think sometimes west my bunny treats us as his pets -.-)
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Re-reminder
Re-Reminder
Hello my fellow photographers!~
It's so rare for me to be out of camp at this time, so I'm going to use my precious time to issue another re-reminder of the 19th July Alumni Photoshoot.
It's Saturday, 0900hrs at the Clubroom.
I repeat, its this Saturday, 0900hrs at the Clubroom.
People required to be present:
Eunice, Junsen, Xing Quan, Chee Howe, Kingston, Quentin, Cherish, Xiuqi, Yong En, Shan Shan, Suerya, Melissa and Chin Chye
Attire:
Black jacket and er... something else to cover up the rest of your body.
Oh and here's an old photo of MRT:
MR T!
Hello my fellow photographers!~
It's so rare for me to be out of camp at this time, so I'm going to use my precious time to issue another re-reminder of the 19th July Alumni Photoshoot.
It's Saturday, 0900hrs at the Clubroom.
I repeat, its this Saturday, 0900hrs at the Clubroom.
People required to be present:
Eunice, Junsen, Xing Quan, Chee Howe, Kingston, Quentin, Cherish, Xiuqi, Yong En, Shan Shan, Suerya, Melissa and Chin Chye
Attire:
Black jacket and er... something else to cover up the rest of your body.
Oh and here's an old photo of MRT:
MR T!
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Slippin' Away
Yo peeps.. its me and I'm back again for more photo updates!! Whee... Rejoice people, rejoice and praise the UltraCoolYandao :P... Fwahahahahahaha....
Lame talk aside, lets get on to the pics...
Ultra Long Outing Reccee Day 1 Cont.
Old Skool in BW
Street photography in its literal form
Fwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha - Revenge!!
Groupies!!
Posers? haha
After the whole reccee, we went for dinner at the above mentioned
3 hungry ghosts waiting for their food to arrive
The 2 lao jiaos trying to look cool once again!
Ooo XQ diggin' in!!!
Before and After
We continued on to Marina South to reccee the view, which ended up in failure, hence Clark Quay... Anyway, if you wanted to know what the night skyline looks like in BW, here you go... Enjoy!
Lame talk aside, lets get on to the pics...
Ultra Long Outing Reccee Day 1 Cont.
Old Skool in BW
Street photography in its literal form
Fwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha - Revenge!!
Groupies!!
Posers? haha
After the whole reccee, we went for dinner at the above mentioned
3 hungry ghosts waiting for their food to arrive
The 2 lao jiaos trying to look cool once again!
Ooo XQ diggin' in!!!
Before and After
We continued on to Marina South to reccee the view, which ended up in failure, hence Clark Quay... Anyway, if you wanted to know what the night skyline looks like in BW, here you go... Enjoy!PHOTOG!
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Monday, July 14, 2008
Brief Recap
WOO~! Long time no blog! My computer is fixed. Again. No doubt only temporarily...
So nice to see got so many people updating the blog!!
Okay I just felt like spamming.
Always ah, I'll want to post something up, but then I think of all the things I want to post about, then get lazy + think of schoolwork, then will go away.
For now then, given the time constraint I will just list out the stuff I want to talk about, then if you know me enough you imagine what I'll say about it and add a lot of exclamation marks and emoticons at the end of each sentence can already.
1) The Damn Long Outing: Greatest takeaway >>> it's always best to take pictures around people who know better. Learnt a lot! Thanks to the patient alumni (Jun Sen, XingQuan, Kingston, Chee Howe, and, albeit briefly, Eunice). Was quite tired. Discovered my partiality towards female company (don't ask).
Experienced film = A very interesting situation whereby I had both a Canon and a Nikon camera around my neck. Used the 20D to MAKE SURE the settings were okay and the exposure was right before I used my F65 to take the shot.
V. tiring, but I hope it's worth it. Chin Chye was right man! He told me that one of the factors that detered him from using film for photography was that he couldn't stand the suspense, the way one can't preview the image one just took.
Speaking of film, Eunice gave me a roll of Velvia!!! (For the uninitiated, Velvia is film that costs about $11.50. The one she gave me was ISO 50 I think. [haha I feel so pro, but actually I just learned that last friday]) ZOMG SO SCARY!!! EVERYTIME I DEPRESSED THE BLACK BUTTON IT WAS WITH TREPIDATION AND AWE. An experience that... I think I can only describe with: U~U (thank you Eunice!!)
2) Last week's club meeting: fun!! Got to know many people. Eg. Karishma doesn't like movies (collective gasp there) and Ms Koh shared some interesting experiences taking photos (like, never wear a heeled Ferragamo when trying to get that shot).
The meeting ended with everyone punching the air and saying PHOTOG! *smiles*
3) Last last friday, tried to take photos for the unofficial theme of 'Parody'. Stacked up some chairs and tables, subjected a few stuffed toys to... awkward positions, but otherwise it was a fairly uneventful shoot.
Thanks to Zhenghui and Hilma for accompanying me for a while!!! Then just as I was taking my 'last shot' and wanted to give up, hohoho! Phoebe joined in~! We had a lot of fun, and I really really want to upload the photos but don't have card reader. :(
By the way, '"Abandoned pets, irresponsible pet owners, abused animals, we're all heard stories, seen photos and have empathised with them. But what about those closest to our childhood selves? Those who indulged our imaginations and many a times absorbed our tears.
Here's a tribute to those we left behind, together with our innocence, in our inescapable journey to maturity..."
This is the introduction paragraph for the photo essay parody. Need nice photos of 'abandoned' soft toys... 3 will be selected and published in the next issue of Musings, another 3 hopefully in the issue after that.'
4) Last Friday, me, Zheng Hui, Eunice and Shirleen went to IKEA and learned how to pronounce 'IKEA'. Other than that, we didn't really do much.
Except...
CHRIS@!@@$#^!!!!!
That's the name of the corkboard we got for the clubroom!!! He's very nice. He's Chris because the designer named the design Chris and it was quite becoming of him so we retained it. And I ate a DAIM cake!!! Daim is toffee centred chocolate that is to die for. Needless to say, I LOVE DAIM!!
5) Have enlisted the help of Chin Chye for the set up of my Singapore and Naked shot. In construction, to be continued, and top secret... Wait till you see it. *drums fingertips together*
Apologies for the digression.
Vicky fail! Was not supposed to type so much. Was supposed to work on homework. Have a geography assignment not done that was due... in May.
x_x
Cheers,
Vicky!
PHOTOG!
So nice to see got so many people updating the blog!!
Okay I just felt like spamming.
Always ah, I'll want to post something up, but then I think of all the things I want to post about, then get lazy + think of schoolwork, then will go away.
For now then, given the time constraint I will just list out the stuff I want to talk about, then if you know me enough you imagine what I'll say about it and add a lot of exclamation marks and emoticons at the end of each sentence can already.
1) The Damn Long Outing: Greatest takeaway >>> it's always best to take pictures around people who know better. Learnt a lot! Thanks to the patient alumni (Jun Sen, XingQuan, Kingston, Chee Howe, and, albeit briefly, Eunice). Was quite tired. Discovered my partiality towards female company (don't ask).
Experienced film = A very interesting situation whereby I had both a Canon and a Nikon camera around my neck. Used the 20D to MAKE SURE the settings were okay and the exposure was right before I used my F65 to take the shot.
V. tiring, but I hope it's worth it. Chin Chye was right man! He told me that one of the factors that detered him from using film for photography was that he couldn't stand the suspense, the way one can't preview the image one just took.
Speaking of film, Eunice gave me a roll of Velvia!!! (For the uninitiated, Velvia is film that costs about $11.50. The one she gave me was ISO 50 I think. [haha I feel so pro, but actually I just learned that last friday]) ZOMG SO SCARY!!! EVERYTIME I DEPRESSED THE BLACK BUTTON IT WAS WITH TREPIDATION AND AWE. An experience that... I think I can only describe with: U~U (thank you Eunice!!)
2) Last week's club meeting: fun!! Got to know many people. Eg. Karishma doesn't like movies (collective gasp there) and Ms Koh shared some interesting experiences taking photos (like, never wear a heeled Ferragamo when trying to get that shot).
The meeting ended with everyone punching the air and saying PHOTOG! *smiles*
3) Last last friday, tried to take photos for the unofficial theme of 'Parody'. Stacked up some chairs and tables, subjected a few stuffed toys to... awkward positions, but otherwise it was a fairly uneventful shoot.
Thanks to Zhenghui and Hilma for accompanying me for a while!!! Then just as I was taking my 'last shot' and wanted to give up, hohoho! Phoebe joined in~! We had a lot of fun, and I really really want to upload the photos but don't have card reader. :(
By the way, '"Abandoned pets, irresponsible pet owners, abused animals, we're all heard stories, seen photos and have empathised with them. But what about those closest to our childhood selves? Those who indulged our imaginations and many a times absorbed our tears.
Here's a tribute to those we left behind, together with our innocence, in our inescapable journey to maturity..."
This is the introduction paragraph for the photo essay parody. Need nice photos of 'abandoned' soft toys... 3 will be selected and published in the next issue of Musings, another 3 hopefully in the issue after that.'
4) Last Friday, me, Zheng Hui, Eunice and Shirleen went to IKEA and learned how to pronounce 'IKEA'. Other than that, we didn't really do much.
Except...
CHRIS@!@@$#^!!!!!
That's the name of the corkboard we got for the clubroom!!! He's very nice. He's Chris because the designer named the design Chris and it was quite becoming of him so we retained it. And I ate a DAIM cake!!! Daim is toffee centred chocolate that is to die for. Needless to say, I LOVE DAIM!!
5) Have enlisted the help of Chin Chye for the set up of my Singapore and Naked shot. In construction, to be continued, and top secret... Wait till you see it. *drums fingertips together*
Apologies for the digression.
Vicky fail! Was not supposed to type so much. Was supposed to work on homework. Have a geography assignment not done that was due... in May.
x_x
Cheers,
Vicky!
PHOTOG!
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Animal Welfare: A Photo Essay
16-17th July, Outside photocopying shop
SPCA will be setting up their merchandise sales on both days
For the past 6 months, 6 brave 07/08 EXCO took up the challenge to complete the first ever Photo Essay done by Photography > MJC. It is also the first time ever someone has done a Photo Essay for SPCA Singapore and HRSS
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This is a reminder that the deadline for submission of photos for the SINGAPORE exhibition is THIS FRIDAY, 18th July 2008. Please send your entries in to macingrouch@gmail.com.
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Another reminder that there will be an Alumni meeting this Saturday, 19 July 2008 at 9am, Clubroom. All are welcome.
This is an invitation for an exclusive photoshoot to these people, so your presence will be kindly required-
Junsen, Xing Quan, Kingston, Quentin, Cherish, Xiuqi, Yong En, Shan Shan, Suerya and Melissa. (We'll photoshop Chee into the pic, later on.)
Attire for photoshoot: Jeans with black jacket. (best if it's a blazer or anything thats pro looking; beg, borrow or steal one.)
Agenda:
1. Selection for SINGAPORE photos
2. Settle Alumni logo
3. Settle publicity poster for SINGAPORE (by King)
4. SFF Outing
5. Update on external affairs (by JS)
6. Biz cards (by JS)
7. Application for members into Alumni
8. Photoshoot for execs. (Chin Chye has offered his services to photograph us.)
Another reminder that there will be an Alumni meeting this Saturday, 19 July 2008 at 9am, Clubroom. All are welcome.
This is an invitation for an exclusive photoshoot to these people, so your presence will be kindly required-
Junsen, Xing Quan, Kingston, Quentin, Cherish, Xiuqi, Yong En, Shan Shan, Suerya and Melissa. (We'll photoshop Chee into the pic, later on.)
Attire for photoshoot: Jeans with black jacket. (best if it's a blazer or anything thats pro looking; beg, borrow or steal one.)
Agenda:
1. Selection for SINGAPORE photos
2. Settle Alumni logo
3. Settle publicity poster for SINGAPORE (by King)
4. SFF Outing
5. Update on external affairs (by JS)
6. Biz cards (by JS)
7. Application for members into Alumni
8. Photoshoot for execs. (Chin Chye has offered his services to photograph us.)
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
F-Stop Blues
I love music. I mean, I'm the sort who believes that music improves your photography when you listen to it while clicking the shutter away. Imagine it as the soundtrack to your visions.
I know this may not be the most relevant post I've done so far, but I have come to fall in love with a few tunes that have inspired me to take better photos, or encouraged me to push on through heat and rain, or simply lifted my spirits when all the factors work against me to achieve that elusive but spectacular shot.
I'd like to share some of these music; I know not everyone have the same taste as me, so I welcome people to give suggestions! Especially in our severely underused forum!
Tracks:
- Just Another Day / Brian Eno (4:22)
- Here Comes The Sun / The Beatles (3:06)
- F-Stop Blues / Jack Johnson (3:10)
- Leaves That Are Green / Simon & Garfunkel (2:25)
- La Vie En Rose / Madeleine Peyroux (3:21)
- Photograph / Jamie Cullum (5:46)
- All At Once / Jack Johnson (3:38)
- Follow The Light / Travis (3:09)
- Inaudible Melodies / Jack Johnson (3:35)
- Catch The Sun / Jamie Cullum (3:46)
- Traffic In The Sky / Jack Johnson (2:51)
- Beautiful World / Colin Hay (4:04)
- What A Wonderful World / Keane (2:38)
- City Of Angels / Corrinne May (3:56)
- Where The Streets Have No Name / U2 (5:38)
- The Heart Of Life / John Mayer (3:19)
- Better Together / Jack Johnson (3:28)
- A Great Day For Freedom / Pink Floyd (4:19)
I will be putting a copy of this compilation in the clubroom. I hope these songs inspire you as they did for me!
Saturday, July 12, 2008
damn long outing: day 1 review
REVIEW | 12TH JULY
It started out with us meeting at outram park mrt at afternoon. 11 people came for the outing
Route: Chinatown to Clarke Quay
Chee Howe in action
Shan2 in action! Notice there are two shan shans! cause mountain mountain... haha
Shooting on the 21st level of a HDB bulding
chee howe taking "damn long" (the irony...) to take a group shot
Taking photographs is a good way of exercising
Victora in a wrong white balance setting photo
The I-am-very-serious-about-looking-serious look
of course like every outing, it ends with night shots!
Too bad we didn't get to take the fireworks from the ndp rehearsal but at least we get to see fireworks.
Okay so for those who didnt come, too bad! Alright time for me to go sleep.
The Damn Long Outing continues tomorrow (but im not going =p)
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Time Slip
Wooo....yay... now i can update the blog too... hehe^^
Ahh..I finally managed to go develop my that old roll of slide..damn.. it was sure hard to use finish one roll... anyways, lame spasitc talk aside...(damn... i sound like i'm talking to myself) pictures!! haha...
Trip to OCH
Ahh..I finally managed to go develop my that old roll of slide..damn.. it was sure hard to use finish one roll... anyways, lame spasitc talk aside...(damn... i sound like i'm talking to myself) pictures!! haha...
Trip to OCH
2 lao jiaos trying to look cool..heh..
Jun Sen having tons of fun..heh..
More people trying to have a ton of fun..heh..
Group shot!! - on a 14mm and the passer by said,"so near can meh??"..heh..
Yay!! Finally got a decent shot of the illusive Xiuqi..heh..
(Bet she'll prepare the broom for me next time..)
NUS MONTAGE
Mel trying to take a bite on my wallet..heh..chew on it!
The Damn Long Outing Day 1 Reccee
No parking? Heh...
Mafia-ish..heh..
Old Skool..heh..
Ohh well, I hope everyone had fun today, during the damn long outing...though quite a number of people refused to entertain me, I can entertain myself^^ (ablit quite poorly) hehe. Wheeeeeeee...
PHOTOG!
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last year's bbq
Okey, I should be doing my work now but somehow, I got distracted and decided to look through my old files. Guess what I found? Pictures from last year's barbecue! They aren't that fantastic since I took 'em with my camera phone but I think it's worth to share with you guys...
A bored Yong En with the a lot a lot a lot of food that we bought
This is a happy Yong En with Mr Cheng's Buttons! ((:
Xiuqi and Jin Kai, waiting for everyone else to arrive...
Okey, I admit, we weren't so prepared for the barbecue so many things were done on the day itself and haha, here, you can see us marinating the chickens on the spot:
Haha, Shan Shan, Cherish and Chay Teng did most of the 'massaging'
*massage massage*
*massage massage massage massage*
We, the then juniors, were clueless on how to bbq and so Eunice helped!
The marinated chickens...
When the fire had started, we started to cook the food.
Chef Quentin was doing the hotdogs...
And Chay Teng was making sure the chickens don't get burnt. We took turns on ensuring that the food will be cooked perfectly but somehow, I think we burnt most of the chickens although Chee Howe had taught us the technique to see if the chicken is already cooked. Haha!
The fatty ingredients used for bbq...
It's hard to see but yeah, those are the seniors, sitting around a table, waiting for food to be served... I hope you guys did enjoy the farewell last year! ((:
A bored Yong En with the a lot a lot a lot of food that we bought
This is a happy Yong En with Mr Cheng's Buttons! ((:
Xiuqi and Jin Kai, waiting for everyone else to arrive...Okey, I admit, we weren't so prepared for the barbecue so many things were done on the day itself and haha, here, you can see us marinating the chickens on the spot:
Haha, Shan Shan, Cherish and Chay Teng did most of the 'massaging'
*massage massage*
*massage massage massage massage*
We, the then juniors, were clueless on how to bbq and so Eunice helped!
The marinated chickens...
When the fire had started, we started to cook the food.Chef Quentin was doing the hotdogs...
And Chay Teng was making sure the chickens don't get burnt. We took turns on ensuring that the food will be cooked perfectly but somehow, I think we burnt most of the chickens although Chee Howe had taught us the technique to see if the chicken is already cooked. Haha!
The fatty ingredients used for bbq...
It's hard to see but yeah, those are the seniors, sitting around a table, waiting for food to be served... I hope you guys did enjoy the farewell last year! ((:Gosh, I miss Photog especially the meetings with the simply rocking EXCO. Boo.
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Friday, July 11, 2008
Dos and Donts for The Damn Long Outing
DOs
Bring Water and drink on the way.
Wear a Comfortable Shoe.
Be Prepared to Walk.
Have 7 Hours of Sleep.
Respect other ppl's privacy.
Sound off if you have a problem.
Have Fun and Shoot Away.
Don'ts
Bring Excessive Equipment.
Go Away Without Telling Anyone.
Travel Alone.
Let anyone feel left out.
Put Yourself & Others in Danger Just to get a picture.
Be afraid to Ask & Learn.
Did I mention not hydrating yourself?
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
When Vicky showed pictures of abandoned toys for "Parody" yesterday, I was reminded of a scene in Toy Story 2... when I first watched it, I cried... it's a very nice song by Sarah McLachlan... *sobs*
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Damn Long Outing Trailer #1
Proudly Presents
The Trailer #1
The Trailer #1
Some pictures from Melissa and me during the recce on 5 July (XQ, Chee, King please send me your shots too!):
More to come!
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