::had quite a busy weekend.. lotsa things to do in photog..

Saturday
Sat was the photog course which we had in school.. the instructor came to our college to conduct the lesson.. went though some more concepts then went out to shoot some pics around the college campus.. already had one shot in mind.. actually I shot it before, er unexpectantly with Zhi Kai.. but wanted to further refine the idea and the execution..
we have an circular area under the fountain where LT 1-3 are.. noticed that the light coming from above seemed like a spotlight of sorts.. had the idea of somebody looking up into the light, surrounded by the light, feeling all alone, wondering what lies above.. the shot called for the circular fish-eye lens to give that expansive perspective, wanted to make the person look tiny in the area.. at first Amelia wasn't really sure about being the "model", so I volunteered myself first.. got a chair to give a higher angle, so it was more of looking down.. Amelia took a few shots, but its pretty much a hit or miss.. cos you got to stand on the chair and raise the cam up even higher.. Amelia finally agreed to stand there.. got the shot below..


all alone in this strange new world..
this was one of the better ones from the trial and error.. prob how the J1s would have felt the first time..
then met up with the teachers and instructor to discuss about the staff phototaking.. planned out how the staff were going to be arranged, whether there's sufficient space, how the shoot gonna take place, tried the different possible locations etc..
then went to eat with some of the working com ppl.. then did more planning after we came back.. wanted to try out the semi-circle area at the flag pole there.. really fond of this shot instead of the one Mr Lau suggested.. it was raining while me and Zhi Kai carried a table to visualise the shot.. then went for band pract.. nothing much special.. went to eat with Chester Shi Chie, the two J1s, Liying and Clement..

Sunday
went home quite late so woke up at 11plus.. was meeting the rest of photog for our CIP.. Spectra 365.. walked to Shines centre along Boon Keng road.. registered and waited for the event to start.. the trainer was very familar, Lye, who conducted our level camp slightly less than a year back..talked about fear, commitment etc.. that courage cannot exist without fear..
spilt into 5 groups I think.. our facil was Henry, who was a NYJC alumni.. hahaa.. then went on to the high elements.. first was the broken bridge.. Kian Hwee volunteered to be first, followed by me.. we had a choice of either going across with our eyes open or closed.. wanted to cross with my eyes closed, but when I got up there felt uneasy and fearful.. the platform was swaying slightly as I crossed.. felt quite good after reaching the other side..


the broken bridge..
got Cun Kang to hold on to my cam since he didn't bring his track-pants.. took some pics along the way..
next was the Vertical Challege.. where you have to clim the horizontal logs to reach the next level.. we had to pair up, so it was rather random.. and randomly I was picked first together with Teng Xiu from HCI.. the full body harness took some time to put on, helped her put on after I did mine.. again, there was the closing eyes option... well not exactly an option, but had to choose which of us was going up "blind".. so I was going up blind..
set our goal at the 3rd log which we had to complete in 6mins.. sat on the first log, which was rather unstable.. swang around and with my eyes closed almost fell down.. had some trouble pulling myself up to the 2nd, so offered my knee to let her go up first.. the first climb was the hardest.. after she was up, she helped me up.. struggled quite alot.. tried a few times, but in my mind just thought of my goal and just perserved on.. it drizzled slightly, which I could feel splattering on my face.. after one last push, got myself on it.. it was quite unstable clinging on the log, but once I sat up was quite ok.. keeping your balance while trying to stand up on a single log was hard.. the next climb was comparatively easier.. had a great sense of achievement as we stood on the 3rd log.. actually still had some time left and we wanted to go further but the 6 mins was up before we could even start..
had a debrief with our facil.. he commented we really worked as a team.. now I truly experience the feelings I captured during LTC.. really enjoyed working with Teng Xiu.. chatting for awhile while resting and watching the other pairs go up.. only then we realised how difficult it was.. quite a number of pairs couldn't even make it up the first one..
before we know it, it was 6 plus already.. had a more detailed briefing on what the whole project was all about.. basically we would be assigned beneficiaries, where we would have an activities day and a photography outing day.. quite similar to the one done with migrant workers.. http://www.thephotoessay.com/insideout/c1.html

Monday
Mon by right is waking up late day.. but for the past weeks thats not happening.. had staff phototaking in the morning so had to wake up early.. Wen Zhong got all the equipment ready already by the time I reached.. Mr Heng, who is also my maths tutor, was lending us his cam and lens.. he had the 10-22 and 17-85 lens.. the 2 lens I would buy if I had a dSLR..
the sun was not too bright and hot.. wanted to use the semi-circle area but Mr Lau didn't agree.. so used the steps at the side of the parade square..


checking the view..
had 3 cams just incase one doesn't work proper and also have more shots to choose from.. who's eyes not open, head tilt wrong way etc.. had a few fun shots after checking the view and arrangements while waiting for the teachers to come.. and they only came at 8.40.. arranged in order of height, then went in by rows.. had to squeeze in 150+ ppl into the shot, so turns out to be 7 rows.. had to grab some benches from the canteen in order to get the last row visible.. used some fill flash cos the sun was casting some shadows on the faces.. would have prefered to shoot in the early part of the morning, where the light isn't so bright.. but we had to abide by the time given to us..
by the time we finished shooting was just after 9.05.. still had to keep all our equipment plus put back the bench.. Zhi Kai and I had a physics test somemore.. got into the LT only at 9.15 and they already had started the paper.. didn't have time to finish the paper.. did the structured first.. then just tikum-tikum the MCQ..

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