::had our racial harmony celebrations today.. actually had some small events for the week but this was the finale of somesort.. the whole class wore enthic costumes, so probably would make a clean sweep of that racial harmony dressing competition..
had the double lectures after the break, quite funny.. seeing most of the LT in brown and the right side very colourful, there were others in enthic costumes but they were spread out.. took some pics after the lectures ended..


Hek Ming with the girls..
got the working flash from the darkroom, so tried some flash techniques.. the batteries damn slow lar, need to wait like 15 secs for it to recharge.. the above pic was taken with the bounce flash technique, like you tilt the flash head to 60 degrees so that the light would bounce off the ceiling to your subject.. looks more natural doesn't it? unlike the harsh direct flash of your compact cams..
then had a "fashion show" during the common lunch break.. switched bodies to the 30D since the rest of the photog members were there.. feels more balanced now, the 350D with flash attached abit top heavy..
didn't get any spectcular pics from the fashion show.. went to the canteen to see what else I can take.. the people wearing costumes brought their own digicams to take.. so helped them out alittle bit.. find it quite akward taking the pics initially, but when I asked nicely, got some fantastic shots.. year-book quality stuff..
don't think I'll post the pics here.. just look out for IMG_7014, 7020, 7022, 7023 and 7026 when the pics are uploaded to the college website.. which would be sometime next week..
tried some portraiture while waiting for the prize presentation in the library to start..



think it reflects Jin Hao's character quite well.. he's the inquisitive, always ask questions sort.. if only the tip of his ear wasn't cropped off.. argh..
was half an hour till 3 when I realized I needed to get some batts for the flash.. rushed to the 7-11 nearby and got some batts.. left my stuff with Sarah, but when I got back, the cam wasn't on the table.. panicked for awhile, then looked around and saw it with another group of people studying there.. one thing I don't like, is that she doesn't inform me of stuff.. had a similar incident once, was doing my own practice in the band room and left my bag at the exactly same study table there.. then she just left leaving my bag there.. at least she could have called me to tell me she was leaving or something.. luckily nothing happened if not I would be in deep trouble..
the flash was recharging much faster now.. can't possibly lose some shots because of the flash not recharging fast enough.. seeing I was the photographer for that event since the rest had lessons, had to do something of course.. was quite a formal event, so changed into school uniform.. other schools were there too.. then encountered another problem, the library didn't have a nice flat ceiling.. those kinds with vents and ducts.. so bounce flash isn't gonna work here.. racked my brains for awhile on how am I gonna overcome this problem.. seen some event photographers having a bounce card attached before, so thought of doing that.. just happened to have that small white envelope that they gave to contain my memory card when I collected the class photos.. and it fits perfectly, tried to get a rubber band from the library counter, but they didn't have any.. so ended up using the strap/string that holds the lens cap.. crude but it works.. the rest was the usual prize presentation procedure, come up, take prize, shake hands, pose, snap.. then some pics of them viewing their prize winning exhibits, reception outside, then some group photos..
had to download the pics immediately to a thumb drive to submit to Lian He Zao Bao or something.. after all that hardwork, Mr Yee was kind enough to save some food from the reception for me..
anyway, sorry for this rather lengthy post.. mostly about the thought processes that go through in my mind during the day.. brought back the cam, but don't know whether it has enough batt for sat's percussion concert.. if it were the 350D I could have charged it as it uses the same batt as my S80..
one more week to the concert..::

.:JeReMyChAn blogged on 11:07 pm:.
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