Sails of Steel

Little Bits of Architecture from Suvarnabhumi Airport.



Sails of steel...





School's started. 08's here. I think I'd be busy.

I'm hoping for a 30d. Hmm. I've maxed out my 300d.

Just a little...

Here's just a little bit to keep your eyes bugged here =)

Shots taken in Thailand, Chiang Rai on my recent trip...



Lovely =)

And more Food! =)





Lightroom Madness. There's this flickr issue with colours and saturation, so they aren't turning out as well as they should...

Updates, A Magazine Offer and A Photoblog Feature =)

Just back from a missions trip to Thailand,

2200 shots in 7 days, I predict my macbook and lightroom will merrily be burning away this Christmas season...

And there's a youth camp next week.

The strudel shot has been selected for a magazine publication!





Yay =)

And the kitty shot has been featured on the cutebabyfix photoblog...



http://cutebabyfix.com/2007/12/08/kitty-pillow/

Tidbits

Here are little bits of eye candy while I'm busy.

I've discovered Lightroom. Yayness! =) It allows me to mass process stuff so much faster. Thumbs up on that.

I've been busy, despite the hols, I'm hardly home. I've been shooting alot my shutter count has crossed 15k, but finding little time to sit down and process stuff, and I'll be gone again on tuesday for a week to Thailand on missions, so hopefully I'll be back with great stuff, and time to process my shots...

So, enjoy these little bits. =)

Cold Steps


F/8 1/2s Iso 400, 28-135mm IS USM, Canon 300D

Chocolate Fondue Strawberries


F/5 1/13 Iso 200, 28-135mm IS USM, Canon 300D

Made by the guys for the girls on blue/pink evening.

Dribble dreams


F/8 1/500 Iso200, 28-135mm IS USM, Canon 300D

Shoot,chip,volley


F/8 1/800 Iso200, 28-135mm IS USM, Canon 300D

Friend on the rooftop of vivo city, candid, right off the floor shots. Leading lines and depth.


Here they are... for the time being...

Refreshers

Exams are over, lots of shoots lately, and posts will be up soon...

New hardware, ditched windoze for the just refreshed Santa Rosa white macbook finally, checking out lightroom first, which I'm inclined to use for now... I'm not sure about aperture yet. And its alot more accurate to edit images up on a mac, the display is simply mindblowing, and the colours are great...

Cafe Pralet =))

Just remembered I had some photos from an FCM outing to Cafe Pralet... Here are just little bits of it =) I didn't shoot much, heh, didn't know how they'll react to this guy with a massive dslr shooting at their stuff... =)

I don't think they have a website... but here's a link that shows the location...
http://www.hungrygowhere.com/caffe_pralet

The ambience in the place is really warm and cosy (at least in my opinion, I love warm lights, a yellow glowy interior, nice plush sofas, soft music...) And it wasn't crowded, just perfect for a place to chill out... Food prices are not too bad, you can get an entire decent meal at around ten bucks, (which includes dessert and a drink...) , and the proportions are quite alright... There's a cooking/baking school next door by the same people, so some of the creations I guess, come from next door... I can't remember the spread of cakes and stuff, but its a good variety, and some stuff is really rare, like the Irish Bailey Cream cake which I had...



Love the creative menu... Its a calendar stand thingy... =) Classy, modern, simple =)

Seafood baked rice! Really really good. ALOT OF CHEESE ON TOP =P```



THE BAILEY'S IRISH CREAM CHOCOLATE CAKE =))



Okay, it wasn't as great as I would have expected it to be... (cos the Irish cream taste wasn't that strong, and I'm an Irish Cream fan... Maybe the students baking it next door snuck some from the bottle. Grrr.)

I think I sound like a girl. Heh. Usually guys don't get this excited over pastries, cakes and chocolate. But it was good...

Had this sour plum cooler thingy for the drink... didn't snap pictures of it, but it was great... and they had real sour plums in it... (I got about 6 of them... heh, compared to the rest who got 3/4...) Thinking of it makes me thirsty...

WHO WANTS TO GO =)) I'll prob. find one day to org. an outing there to chill out and grab a meal after the exams...

Snippets of September

Just 2 more Shots before the month's end, due to schoolwork commitments, things might be a little slow here, but I promise to be back with loads during the holiday season =) I've got 1 overseas trip to thailand and 1 camp, so do expect more then! In the meantime...

Urban Decay vs Urban Development



Shot it, because of the contrast between the left and right walls, where the left shows and older side of town that's decaying, despite facelifts, and the right would be the MPH building... Its a pretty stark contrast between the two... and the light cuts nicely across the road... Is modernisation just a facade of urban decay? Or does it just simply delay decay? =)

Just a simple backlane shot from near SMU, in the city hall area. Backlanes have always sparked a little curiousity in me to wander through them and see what goes on =) This lane had loads of graffiti here and there, and it was surprisingly neat and well kept despite the old buildings.

Workspace =)


here's a little peep of the wall beside my desk. Its decorated with my bright little moo cards to cheer up the day, along with letters, and various little postcards that livens up the place =)
And oh! there's still like 40-50+ moo cards if anyone needs little one-of-a-kind bookmarks =)

Shot yesterday for a combined FCM meeting, Most are people-shots, and I won't be posting them up here... Unless they give me their explicit permission of course... =) I have a certain flair of unglam photography. Or at least, few people appreciate the candid and portrait shots I shoot. It's about capturing expressions and emotions.

Perhaps because, I myself lack these two at times.

Don’t look for “depth” but instead search for subject aspects which prove the presence of depth. -Andreas Feininger