Towards 2010

Today is 31 DEC 2009.

Year 2009 is ending soon.

Means 2010 is coming.

Just hope 2010 will be a good year.

DCM- SY.C.M.LK

9 DEC 2009, Wed.

That day was a perfect day for shooting, blue sky and white cloud.

Too bad I am not taking pictures outdoor.

Instead, inside photography studio.

First of all, let me introduce our model.

ShinYee, Celine, Matin, and LaiKuan.

(above) Character card, from ShinYee to LaiKuan.

(above) Taken at the very beginning, both model and photographers still warming up.

(above) The violinist.

It's Celine's turn.

(above) Colored light source.

(above) I like this kind of effect, a little flare, like a painting.

Matin.

(above) He look like an artist here.

(above) Oh, Matin....

Ah, first time post so many pics, more pictures coming, please wait patiently.

Still got a lot picture to go.

If I misspelled the models name, correct me.

Not really satisfy on this shooting... it is never easy to achieve the title of PHOTOGRAPHER.

-TO BE CONTINUE-

DCM- Malacca Mission

Shots taken during fieldtrip.

Shots proven by lecturer, total 5.

(above) Yellow chair, red wall, blue pants.

(above) Hey, stop acting.

(above) Together we visit temple.

(above) Becareful, there is still a long way to go.

(above) Splash!

Lecturer's comments, "Interesting subject, each picture contain elements of Malacca."

Nothing much to say, a picture worth a thousand words, now here I got at least 5000 words.

Mission accomplished.

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DCM- Digital Camera Mission

DCM, not Digital Camera Malaysia mag, instead, Digital Camera Mission, as I am using a digital camera for my shooting.

Just ignore the bullshit...

Assignments from photography class, required me to go around hunting for good pictures.

I had already posted my first assignment, texture.

Here comes the second and the third which is light and shadow, reflection.

Light and shadow.

I got this shot right after my photography class end.

Taken at Sunway Pyramid.

I was attracted by the casting light and shadow, I tried a few shots and suddenly a boy walked into my frame and just stood there for unknown reason.

(above) Thanks alot, little boy.

Taken at SBS Chinese Camp 2009.

The original shot wasn't like that. My lecturer looked at my picture and cropped it, he says, "This is much better."

(above) What man is this? Balloon-Man?

Next theme, reflection.

Taken at Dewan Philharmonik, KLCC.

I waited until someone suitable walked by.

(above) Luckily no security guard notice me and chase me away.

Taken at KLCC too, beside Convention Centre.

(above) Always go KLCC for photography assignments?

End story for wekly assignments.

Let's talk a little on Malacca field trip.

A day or two before the field trip, I went for sensor cleaning and most importantly I got a circular polarizer.

I wanted a CPL for a long time, but it is just too expansive.

Now, finally I got one, a 52mm HOYA.

(above) Yay! HOYA!!!

The field trip to Malaca is for photo shooting.

Once again, photography class activity.

Let's look at some pictures.

Couples doing wedding photography. I didn't compose this picture, it is non of my business...

Then I found out the outcome good, I regreted...

(above) Hey, can I join the shooting?

This picture is just for testing, wanted to shoot like a proffesional...

(above) Kind of old school shot.

Wind mill, a little bit of PS retouching... just to make it better...

(above) This is not from Holland.

For this picture, I like the color... I never got this kind of color before.

(above) Playing with WB huh?

I like the outcome and the feel of this pic.

It is just different from my prevoius shot...

(above) What were they doing there?

At the end of the day, my friend took my cam and looked at my pictures, they all asked, "why your color is so difference?" or something like that.

I had been thinking why. Maybe preset white balance, or maybe I am using CPL.

CPL cuts off unwanted reflections, revealing true color of a subject. Correct me if I am wrong.

Do note that most of my Malacca shot above are original shots, only one or two being touched for better contrast and composition.

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Of Ps Photography

Just reread DCM issue 2007, tutorial on how to do lomo effect and pinhole effect.
Following it step by step, trial and error, finally came out 2 pictures.

LOMO effect, Peeping Kent.

(above) Is there leng lui inside the cam?

Pinhole effect, Yamaha motor.

(above) Vroom......

It is not hard at all to create these effects on Ps.

80% satisfaction on these pictures...

And I just realized I added too much noise or grain on my picture.

I didnt experience a pinhole or a lomo, all my pictures were created upon my imagination and a little reference.

Finally, I want a Lomo.

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A Fine Day for Photo Shooting

Assignments was given on the first lesson of photography class, entitled texture.

We were required to shoot under natural lighting, and no post processing.

Well, it is not that hard for ND100 to shoot under sunlight, the hard part is the ideas and concept.

All shots were taken under natural lighting with 50mm prime with aperture open up to f1.8.

These two shots were the best among my submitted assignments.

(above) Egg tray, maybe I should throw an egg on it before shooting.

I was told that always make your shots interesting by adding something on it, example like insects, leaves, animals...

So I added two leaves in my picture.

(above) Metal platform, yellow and blue is always so contrast.

This shot is not about texture. I found out shots like this can be quite interesting.

Picture taken while I was doing my photography assignments.

(above) I wanted a special effects, a sphere like effect on the edge.

ND100 is good, especially on outdoor, and with a combination of 50mm.

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New Subject New Medium

First week of new semester.

Thought of new week has no homework, in fact, there is a lot of work to do...

New subject means new medium to learn, arcrylic and digital painting.

Let's talk about digital painting here.

Marker Visual.

At first, I thought there is nothing to do at the first class, a bit intro, a bit of lecturing, go home.

But, the lecturer ask us to paint, "Get your Wacom and draw."

He didn't even tell us how to do. "Just paint."

I am glad I got do a little practice on how to paint digitally.

(above) People always paint still life apple and orange at their first lesson.

Light and Mood Study.

We paint digitally again in this subject.

Study the light and mood and "Paint like Impressionist."

(above) I am Benz, Mercedes Benz.

80% satisfaction for my work, I just need a little bit more time to render.

Benefits of digital painting, fast, convenient, can undo, recycle...

If you want to learn more about digital painting, buy Imagine FX, although it is expensive.

Another ways is download tutorials from internet.

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Castlevania

Long long time ago...... in a castle far far away...... there live a dark lord...... he called......

THE DRACULA

Dracula in castle, CASTLEVANIA. (Bat flies......)

(above) Moon and castle, every Castlevania opening scene.

Currently got addicted on playing Castlevania series.

Castlevania is basically about the adventure of good guy inside Dracula's castle, stopping the Draculla wil be his/her primary goal.

My first contact with Castlevania was 5 or 6 years ago, it was Castlevania Adventure on GBC.

It was fun, a man with a whip, whacking all sorts of evil beings...

I didn't finish the game as the progress cannot be saved.

(above) Classic GBC Castlevania.

(above) Christopher Belmont in action.

Many years later, I found out that Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow was one of the best GBA game.

I downloaded the game, and the others Castlevania series.

The original Castlavania is about the fight betwen Dracula and the Belmont clan.

However, I didn't really know their story.

My first story on Castlevania is Soma's, not Belmonts.

(above) Death, eppears on every Castlevania series.

Castlevania: AOS is good, but I did not really finish this title.

(above) Here comes Soma, he did not pray in the chapel.

If you really want to know the story of Castlevania series, go play the game.

(above) Hot Succubus, becareful her deadly kiss.

A few weeks ago, I downloaded a new Castlevania title, Dawn of Sorrow, the continuous series of AOS.

The feeling of playing on NDS is diferent, however, it is fun too.

(above) Soma showdown, no, he is going down!!!

(above) Claimh Solais unleashed!!!

Dawn of Sorrow, I almost finish this game beacause the boss fight is really hard.

I am going to get the next Castlevania game, Order of ElcesXXXX.

And I am waiting for the movie too!

(above) Beautiful game over scene.

Conclusion, Castlevania is fun.

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2Year 1Sem is End

Semester break again.

Time for some rest, yet it is time to work.

Rest means sleep, play, read, watch, eat, travel......

Work means draw, research, design, think......

Always do something you want to do when you got the time.

Let's talk about what had I done so far in this sem break.

Nothing much, but it is still better than nothing.

Work.

Project Blood_Giana. This project started before this semester ends, and still not finish. It is hard for me to finish it by not watching the movie.

(above) Project Blood huh? There is not even a drip of blood there.

This project is just a practise and a little exploration for my digital painting.

(above) Everything is fine, only background left.

My brother's Sivic project cover page.

How is it?

(above) Multi-racial, it is all about Malaysia.

Prince of Persia.

One of my favourite game.

It is good to draw something you like, so I am going to do POP.

(above) Warrior Within, the only POP series I managed to finish.

Game.

Half-Life.

After gone through many games, HL is still my favourite game.

Gordon, our silent protagonist.

I should draw him. Hehe.

(above) Classic, huh? DaGei!!! Gordon!!!

Dynasty Warrior 6.

It is so fun to play DW series, and I just got LuBu unlocked.

SunShangXiang, I like the character, she run fast, and her bow kill fast too.

Perhaps I should draw her too.

(above) ShangXiang:(sob) "To hell, bro."

There is still more tasks to be done in this holiday.

I am not going to post them now, maybe later, maybe not.

Bye.

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