::more rant over this study break.. Sunday had a little class gathering at Chomp Chomp, basically to celebrate Simon's birthday.. had some really nice moments, the bokeh by the 50 prime is just so beautiful.. anyway, would only get back the slides on friday.. though I forgot to set back the EV value for 3 shots after I tried the double exposure with Jun An, and I think I shouldn't have used flash at 19mm, prob would have been blocked.. all well, we'll see on Fri..
a cloudy sunset.. my only digital shot that day.. prob one of the better cloudy sunsets I've seen.. Monday went back to school to study.. reached only at 12, studied GP till about 3.. James came to look for me after his lessons ended.. tried my 50 prime on digital, the results were very nice.. also brought the IR filter, did an IR portrait which is somewhat errie.. skin looks pale in IR and hair reflects abit of IR so its a bluish tinge.. returned the film cam I borrowed, didn't shoot anything with it though.. tues had GP make-up lesson in the morning, then went to eat at J8 with the class.. walked around, then went back to school.. was pouring by then, got on 156.. the sheltered walk-way from the bus stop isn't that sheltered in a heavy rain.. got slightly wet and had the gate closed infront of me.. went to finish the what I had set out to do.. still raining went I headed home..
some thoughts.. 2 words have been on my mind lately.. "2nd Best".. which pretty much sums up some of my "achievements" thus far.. seems like no matter how hard I try, I always come in at 2nd best, or the just missed kid.. if you know my history, you'll know thats true.. and I don't think many reading this do.. maybe its this competitive "do or die" mindset that has been nurtured in us.. the ends is all that matters, the means doesn't..
::just gotten my first SLR cam.. yes, a SLR not a dSLR.. rekindled my passion for film during the end of last year, and along with my recent works from eye é city, thought it would be apt to have my own film cam.. while most of the ppl my age prob have a digital SLR by now, going for digital directly.. not many young ppl shooting film.. just wanna break away from the hype surrounding digital, like the megapixel race.. the whole mindset that more megapixel means better photos.. my camera has 6.02 x 10^17 megapixels, how about yours? anyway, got a 2nd hand EOS 30 and 50mm 1.4 lens.. the 30 feels very solid in my hand.. the eye-control feature is quite interesting.. look at a point in the viewfinder and the camera focuses to that point..
EOS 30 with 50mm f/1.4 incase anybody wanna ask me how much did I get it for.. got it for about half the price of the lens you see mounted on.. was deciding whether to go for the 50 prime or 85 prime.. was more acustomed to the perpective by the 50.. anyway, have a class outing tomorrow to celebrate Simon's birthday.. bringing it out for its first shooting run..
::some updates from over the weekend.. went to watch the fireworks on fri and sat.. initially wanted to meet up with my class but then we couldn't meet up on time.. wasn't as crowded as last year, prob cos its friday.. eventually got a spot near a lamp post, thought I could prop my cam against it for support.. the fireworks started at about 9.15.. there were some performances at the floating platform for those who had tickets first..
only got a few decent pics from my position.. was only limited to shoot vertical cos the pod only attaches to the base.. quite a nice display, but my evening was spoilt when I discovered that I had lost the pod.. quite pissed with myself.. prob left it on the floor while I was packing up, either that or it had slipped out somehow while I was packing it in.. gotten it about a year back and it has saved me of the trouble to bring along my tripod.. its a small circular bean-bag pod with a screw in the middle to attach to your cam.. very useful for setting up night shots from parapets, and even served as my make-shift "tripod" for light painting pic you see on the cover design of the disc for my class.. but then it has its limitations.. can't safely mount it on railings etc or other round surfaces.. prob try to get thegorillapod to replace it.. quite unique, a mini-tripod that has flexible legs.. should be able to get even more creative angles with it..
went again on sat with Zhi Kai.. met Mr Neo on the esplanade bridge at about 6.. we did a little time-lapse video to kill time..
Time Lapse approx. 1 hour worth of pics taken at 30sec intervals, from 6.40 to 7.40.. took turns to trigger the shutter cos the 30D doesn't have an automatic interval shooting mode.. prob the longest period I've stared at a watch, quite an efficient way to kill time.. the video was edited by him, though we co-created it.. the pre-fireworks show was about the same.. with the radio controlled kites flying around in the sky.. but the fireworks itself was abit smoky though.. only had a few relatively smoke free ones for the first few bursts..
crapped about how the subjects we were studying were related to fireworks while waiting.. for those taking econs, its a public good in which theres non-excludability, non-rivalry in consumption.. negative externality caused by the smoke.. chemistry in the chemicals burning to produce the colours.. physics in launching the shells and how they explode.. maths and computing in the planning of the display.. geography in the atmospheric processes of creating the wind (or lack of wind) to blow the smoke away..
::finally set aside some time to scan in my 2nd roll from my pinhole cam.. the lab I sent to did scan it in, but then its not the whole pano frame.. the colours were quite different from what the actual scene was.. sorta gives it a surreal feeling, plus the vignetting from using a slow film.. evokes a sense of departure, sailing into the sunset..
Dreamscape..
not feeling too well for the past week.. have the heaty feeling in my body.. only spent Mon and Thurs really studying after school.. 2 more week left in the term.. week 10 is designated a study break so no lessons on mon-wed.. thurs already gp paper..
::5 days of break before yet another tiring week of school starts.. thought of going to watch the fireworks, but on second thought its gonna be extremely crowded with the celebrations going at Marina Bay.. did the designs for compliation I wanted to do for the band and my class.. haven't collated the pics yet though, having the design out first just means I can concentrate on putting it together.. though for my class prob do the burning later, theres still Dinner and Dance..
Memories.. Wed was the celebrations, had a little ceremony during morning assembly.. the band and choir were also involved, it just seems proper to have a live performance.. wonder why we didn't perform last year.. a simple military style procession for the flag raising.. that all too familar drumline.. the tunes of Spania!/Kodomo no hi/Unter dem Doppeladler (Under the double eagle) rang though my head.. the J1 band sounded much better than last week.. had the usual concert in the hall, much better than last year's.. the skit put up by the teachers was hilarous.. met with Kok Wey outside the band room, showed him the cover I did.. prob can complete it by mon provided he helps me ask who wants, so I know how many to do... the rest of the class were already walking towards the bus stop.. missed the bus they were in, but caught up with them at J8.. ate at mac there, hung around at the food court after that.. went to play pool with Jin Hao and Simon.. was actually quite a spontaneous thing, suggested playing pool, Jin Hao agreed, then we met Simon at the bus stop.. losta absurd moments in the beginning, fouls that shouldn't be made at all, shots that should have gone in didn't and those that shouldn't did.. hahaa.. but after some warming up, got into a winning streak, won 5 games in a row..
::back from the book launch which was held at the National Library.. met up first with the J1 photogs, they planned an outing to coincide with the exhibition.. ended up waiting for quite a long time for the ppl to gather.. went down to take a look at the exhibition for some inspiration for their shoot later.. view the exhibition as well.. lotsa nicely done B&W pics, though some without the little writeup its hard to tell whats it about.. viewed the pics till about 2.30, lead them to the spot which we had our first outing last year.. went to the multi-purpose room for the launch.. should have brought someone along.. Jill had a test before that, so she couldn't make it on time.. had a slideshow of the selected pics, nice music to go along with that.. then it was the sharing session.. think they specially invited some of the younger participants to share their view and I happened to be one of them.. was first up to share, don't think I expressed as well as the other 4 speakers.. but then I think my image speaks for itself..
Generation Exchange.. talked about the little quirk I noticed during the family gathering/lunch we had.. sorta juxtaposition of new and old, east and west.. my cousin eating with chopsticks and my grandfather eating with a fork and spoon.. its featured on Page 6/7 of the book if you happen to get a copy of it.. a 2-page spread after the contents..
Bye-Bye 2006 the 2nd pic that was chosen.. its part of the 0 in 2006 on the front cover, the main pic is found on Page 115 along with a short write up of mine.. well, its has been quite an experience for me participating in this event.. very grateful for being selected.. my first debut on the local photography scene I guess..
Blogger profile name: Jeremy Chan age:19 height: 168 weight: 61 location: Hougang, Singapore currently: serving NS schools: Yamaha Music School (kindergarten), Montfort Junior, Montfort Secondary, Catholic Junior College (PAE), Nanyang Junior College CCA: Band (Clarinet)/ Photographic Society DOB: 14th April star sign: Aries wishlist: to be famous, someone.. quote: The difference between a stepping stone and a stumbling block is how you step on it current gadgets:Canon EOS 40D, Powershot S80, Panasonic LX-3,
