my first wedding job: Saiful Nizam & Siti Rohaida

hoh, i think this is the biggest post of photos i've ever posted. hehe

weehoo, after quite some time, waited for my flickr quota to reset, post processing of these photos and also the purchase of flickr pro account (yes! i'm a pro user now :D), i can finally upload my, uh, so-called, portfolio for my first wedding job. heee...

uhh. a lot has happened up to this point:

• i bought myself a speedlite (an investment for the wedding). a third party, Nissin Di622. and this marks the completion of my photography equipments. not entirely, but enough to make myself a photographer ;)
• bought myself a proper camera bag to store my equipments, bla3
  
• had my 1st wedding job done, wayyyy at Safira Country Club, Penang. hehe. paid ok! :D
  
• purchased a flickr pro account, to serve as my online safebox for my artsy2 photos
• passed my pre-employment medical checkup!
• andddd, i'll be working anytime soon which may range from few days from now till end of the month

hmm. doesnt seem much la plak. but anyway, that's considered A LOT to me. coz i'm jobLESS. haha

these are the best photos that i've picked for display out of the best photos which will be printed for the couple. if you saw the rest of the photos, they dont look as uh, as good as these kot :P but hey, its my 1st job, gimme a break k? hehe. anyway, critics and comments are very welcomed. i would like to know if you think i'm capable of continuing this job :)

huhu, and i'm gonna start working already, hopefully i'm still able to spend some time doing this as a part time job, as i've started to enjoy this :D

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anddddd...please gimme some support wokey, dont say that i'm gonna forget bout you guys (or girls) out there once i've started working. i know i suck at keeping in touch, or even maintaining contacts. but trust me, i'm not gonna be that cruel :P hehe. dont worry la, i'll be around in Shah Alam till i dunno when pun.

its been quite some time that i've not been this happy. i know this will be temporary, but i'm enjoying them while they still last :) there has been series of "jiwa kacau" moments in my life previously, and i'm in dire need of getting rid of them quickly. hence, i am really really really looking forward to start working. so that i can deviate my attention towards other things.

sometimes i wonder, should i give up? or should i just keep chasing pavements.

High Dynamic Range (HDR) post processed photos

i already ran out of flickr upload quota and i thought of waiting for the quota to be reset before i post a new entry, but seeing my blog not updated for too long made me anxious. hehe. so here are my latest obsession/specialization/craze collection of the infamous post-processing technique: HDR. head to the link for further explanation :D

it has been quite some time that i didnt post pictures of landscapes and i hope to continue taking landscape photos :) i'm not motivated enuf to go to places alone to take picturessss. haha

i dont know what else to write here. been admitted to the hospital last week, sucks. but getting the news of being called upon for a pre-employment medical checkup during discharge day was sumthing good, really good to hear. so basically life's in balance. :) and i'm grateful for that.

life seems brighter ahead. i hope it will be.

oh oh, and i got myself a job as a wedding photographer! who would've imagined that i'll venture into this arena of photography...huhu. its gonna be a very good experience :D and if all goes well, i hope to continue this as a part time job ;P

till then~

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i'm still lost and blind.

botanic gardens - various

Thorns - thorns of a plant in the Botanic Gardens (again, i dont know the name of the plant). an attempt to do a selective focusing of a repetitive pattern.

EXIF:

• Camera: Canon EOS 30D
• Shutter: 1/3000
  
• Aperture: f2.0
  
• ISO: 100
  
• Focal length: 50 mm
  
• Mode: Aperture Priority
  
• Post-processing: B&W, contrast boost, cropped, lens vignette - Adobe Lightroom 2
  

Paklan antiquetted - newly experimented preset in Adobe Lightroom 2, just to get the jizz of creating a vintage/antique look.

EXIF:

• Camera: Canon EOS 30D
• Shutter: 1/1000
  
• Aperture: f2.5
  
• ISO: 100
  
• Focal length: 50 mm
  
• Mode: Aperture Priority
  
• Post-processing: Aged Photo Preset, lens vignette, cropped - Adobe Lightroom 2
  

Arch of loneliness - one of the two large archways in the Botanic Gardens. as i took this picture during spring, you can see that it's full of leaves and during autumn/winter, it's left with just the vines - which i think made it look even prettier with the barren look.

EXIF:

• Camera: Canon EOS 30D
• Shutter: 1/45
  
• Aperture: f5.6
  
• ISO: 100
  
• Focal length: 50 mm
  
• Mode: Aperture Priority
  
• Post-processing: B&W, contrast boost, saturation and exposure enhancement - Adobe Lightroom 2
  

Tiny flowers - ok, ignore the naming part. these tiny little flowers look so cute i cant resist to take a picture of them (damn, that sounds pansy, hahahahaha). anyway, Lightroom did a very good job with it's built in creative preset to produce this picture (with high green contrast).

EXIF:

• Camera: Canon EOS 30D
• Shutter: 1/2000
  
• Aperture: f1.8
  
• ISO: 100
  
• Focal length: 50 mm
  
• Mode: Aperture Priority
  
• Post-processing: Direct Positive Preset, lens vignette, saturation and exposure enhancement - Adobe Lightroom 2
  

it's time again. i felt so awkward and out of place - i dont feel right. too many questions left unanswered in my life recently - this has not happened before. prior to (insert the reality here). i've been too sensitive, grumpy and fragile. i'm mad at everyone, mad at the world as edwan may say to me. so, here's a general apology to everyone affected: i'm truly sorry from the bottom of my heart. i dont intend to bring any harm and cause any damage to any of you.

i'm glad that i finally ended university for good. not to mention, with considerable achievements. congratulations to me then...haha just pray that nothing will be further changed. i'm content with what i've accomplished :) Alhamdulillah...so next: aerospace engineer. uhh, this happened so quick i freaked out :|

no rush, i'm not gonna be working until after january 2009 maybe...

haha, i guess i'll be blogging as much as photography then :)

p/s: visit my flickr page for more accurate colours of the photos i uploaded here. it seems that the colours reproduced by picasa are not accurate enough...

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I've been roaming around
Always looking down at all I see
Painted faces, fill the places I cant reach

You know that I could use somebody
You know that I could use somebody

Someone like you, And all you know, And how you speak
Countless lovers under cover of the street

You know that I could use somebody
You know that I could use somebody
Someone like you...

Kings of Leon - Use Somebody