location scouting

Dear Sumire,

It had been so long since I last took out my d80 off the beg to shoot anything worth posting. But last week, my internship supervisor ask me to go out for location scouting. So, shooting is no longer an option.

Seriously, I had already forget how awful it is to stand under the burning sun looking out for something which looks interesting through the lens. If you're wondering what kind of location I'm scouting out for, it would be KL cityscape and tight back alleys of Kuala Lumpur.

Well the task is already completed. And I was awfully happy (fingers crossed, please, no more location scouting for me next time!) LOLed!

Here's some shot I'd like to share. I'm currently experimenting with HDR style. I guess some would say my pictures are not pore HDRs since I shoot in Jpeg and not Raw. And since I prefer a smoother style than the rough texture which HDR always provides, my pictures might not look very HDR to you. Anyway, I hope you all like these pictures. I'd appreciate critics!

I'm too easily distracted. Once I saw the dragonfly, I forgot all about cityscape and back alleys. :-P

Cityscape. just opposite KLCC.

KLCC. My photography lecturer Mr. Solihin commented that the tree is distracting.

Should've taken note of that.

A car at the back alley.

I kinda like this shot. But that's me.

Which one had too much flaws? Oh please spill it out to me!

I will try to come up with more pictures. I still haven't forgot I heart photography so much!

Chiaoz!

jin

just wanna blog for the moment

Dear Sumire,

I had been busy these times, so I really can't pay attention to blog. But I feel like posting some pics which I took within these few months (Yea. It had been months since I blogged regularly. T.T)

I'd start with Baby Jo Yi! My mum babysits her now. She's 2 or 3 months old when the picture was taken, can't remember. :-D

Ain't she cute?

Here's my mummy and my sis carrying Jo Yi!

And then last month or so, I went to Cameron. We're actually there for photo shooting for one of our subject. Wasn't even a great trip, if not because of the great friends around! Yeah!

Meet Tunisha, one of my close friend!

Ekin, another close friend of mine! I make her pose for this shot. Lolx

Radzlan, the guy with the big lens. He shoots good pics too. Won quite some competitions too. =D

This is 2007Mei batch! I love groupie pics.

The one on the left is my junior Wong, and on the right, urh... those are just cactus. ;-P

These rose are just pretty isn't it? I was dark at the moment, so my friend used a torch and light it.

So that's all for now. I'd more photos, but i'll leave that for next time. =D

Signing off,

jin

super random post

Dear Sumire,

I wanted to blog, but there's not enough time to into every details because I'm super freakin busy. So, here, I'll post a super duper random post!

Mummy! Happy Mother's Day! Sorry I can't be around on that very Sunday. I'm sorry for all the troubles I had given you, and I thank you for all that you'd given me. I'm sorry I'd always made you worried, and I'm glad to have a loving mum like you! *Hugs and Kisses*

Congratulations to PDRM! Your officer had successfully shot down yet another traffic offender. Traffic offenders, beware. Next time you speed, forget about that RM300 saman. Might be a bullet up your ass. *Salute*

Both the IM2 rocks! I mean Iron Man 2 and Ip Man 2 of course. Both contains high quality action and serious humor. I prefer Ip Man 2 better den Iron Man 2, but that's just me! I wanted to watch 'Losers' but where's the time? Omg. I'm such a movie freak!

Super busy with my research proposal and sketches. Damn, I really can't make any sense out of it. Methodowtfology again? I need guidance! *Grrrr*

This many color tactic of blogging is completely not original from me. I copied this from my baby sister Eunice. I think she'll probably realize this when she read through the 1st paragraph or two. Hahaha..

And lastly! I'd already launch my eugene365project! Please comments on the pictures if you like them, and follow the blog if you like all of them! Support my photos, it'll inspire me more!

Ok. That's all from me. I got a class to attend. I'll need to prepare.

Signing off,
jin

chilling before exam!

Dear Sumire,

Previously on Wednesday, i went to Mid Valley with my darling Sze Mun to watch Iron Man 2. It iss an awesome movie! I brought my camera along so I had some fun shooting around! We had our lunch at Sweet Chat since I'd some promotional vouchers at my disposal anyway. I must admit I do love that place.

Darling's spicy spaghetti. I love the taste!

My curry noodles.

She with her lemon tea and my cappuchino!

After the movie ends, we hang out outside The Garden's fountain area, where we shot some portraits. My portrait was shot by my darling, of course. =)

A spontaneous shot after I call her name, and I love this shot a lot!

The love (bokeh) is in the air!

This might be a little off topic, but I'm trying to improve my photography skill. I feel I'm kinda weak. I could say i understand the theories, but practically I lack the practice. I'm not planning to get any new gears soon, but if I do, it's gonna be a D.I.Y project! I wish I could get some freelance outdoor portraiture photography or design job, but I really have no idea where to find my very first client. (So please, if you guys are interested, please contact me!)

Other then that, I planned to begin my own 365 Project. Well, it would mean I will produce a picture a day for 365 days continuously. I'm hoping by doing this, I could improve. But even if I don't, I believe that it wouldn't be a total waste. Right? I wish I could get my readers feedback on this. Thank you.

Please drop a comment?
jin

a visit to the zoo

Dear Sumire,

I wish to write this post sooner, but it seems very difficult for me to blog in Melaka. I could never find the time! It's either I'm driving around, or eating around, take my bie bie out for a meal, or just chatting with my mum or sister, or it could be anything! Gosh!

But as busy as I am, I manage to change a template and banner for my blog! And to top it off, I even changed the favicon (the small logo at the tab and side of the link on your browser) with a Darlie of myself! I will make more changes to the blog IF I'm not too lazy.

I intended to write about my visit to Zoo Melaka last week. I brought my mum, my sister, and my darling with me. You might scratch your head asking why I went there with my family but we really enjoyed ourselves! It’d been quite some time since I’d been to zoo. The last time I was there with my cousins, we were still probably in primary school.

This time around, I’m old enough to register as a legitimate voter. And I registered in the ZOO! Not just me, my darling registered at the same spot as well. I do admit it’s a weird place to register though.

My biebie right after she got her registration slip.

The zoo had changed quite much since my last visit. Much improvement had been made. It’s clean and neat. And the best part of Zoo Melaka is that it doesn’t stink like it used to be. The second largest zoo in Malaysia is quite an animal sanctuary with more than 1200 animals of 215 different species. It’s not like I’m a professional zoologists, but even an idiot like me can tell there are a lot of animals there!

Of course, we went to the zoo to take a look at the animal. And I wanted to snap them. I wanted some good subject matter to practice on. My photography skills are getting rusty and I thought I should do something about it! But shooting under the hot sun can be very tiring! That's why I brought so many girls with me you know?

They carry my bag, my umbrella, and they take picture of me. I'm kinda like a big shot photographer at work.

Not just a big shot photographer, I'm like a big shot ugly model as well.
Just joking. I hope the girls won't kill me when they read this. ;-P

Well, I'm not gonna blab on about how big the zoo is, or how pretty the mini safari is and so on. If you want to know more about Zoo Melaka, you got to visit the place yourself. Instead, I'll show you how well the animal were kept! They all looked gorgeous!

But I gotta warn you, there ain't much picture in here either because I'm too tired to select and edit. What I'm about to post here is my personal favorite!
Let me show you the birds first:

I wonder if it's a pigeon. It looks like one, but seems too fat to be one.

I can't stand the this scenery really. I'd never thought that hornbills are yoga enthusiasts!

Did this bird went for rebonding? Her hair feather are silky straight.

This is the crested serpent eagle. Ain't it a beauty?

This bird got a weird name. It's called a Changeable hawk-eagle. Now I'm confused whether it's an hawk or an eagle or both.

This birds live in pairs. Lovely.

The flamingos.

I don't know what they call this bird My biebie told me it's a crane (silly me), but I'm super surprise it flies pretty high despite it's humongous size!

Now let's move on to the mammals alright? :-)

The Malayan Tiger@Pak Belang. This must have been my favorite edit of the day!

Guess what? when my mum saw this picture, all she said was 'hamsap'
(which means pervert!) :-D

Kinda look like a double headed giraffe to me. LOL

There's quite an amount of reptile such as snakes and crocs there in Zoo Melaka, but this is the only reptile for today's post:

Is it toothless?

My mum can be considered as my personal photographer of the day. Almost every picture with me in it was taken by her. Seriously, I would say she can frame pretty well! I don't know since when, but my most of my profile pics are shot by her. ;-P

I probably get my artistic talent from her. LOL

Shot by my mum. I even made this into my blog banner!

Also shot by my mummy! All I wanted to say is that turtle looks really kesian with Eunice stepping over her like that!

Well, that's all for this post. Enough editing and typing for today. I probably ought to get some sleep now. Tomorrow I gotta drive back to Shah Alam. Gonna be a tiring drive, and I'm gonna miss Melaka so damn much! I'd only been back for one week and I wish I don't need to go back so soon. :'-(

Good night y'all,

jin