Lomo

Second batch of lomo prints:

I got a little too experimental here; I mean Velvia + Colour flash? No shit.
Scary saturated reds.
(mental note to self: use ONLY white/blue flash with Velvia.)







Shudder.

Bai-lingual//Hanoi bride love you long time time!

eh Kenny, can you don't move at the speed of light?
KAO. Stay nua!

har-nah. give you.

When I totally gave up posing.

Processing first! I don't want to treat the whole class char siew baos and drinks loh!

Conceptual Photog....?// Creative Proj ...? //Rant

Final-fucking-ly!

After all that planning came to naught for the "Bride" (I fell sick on the day before the shoot last year), la_vue and I finally pulled off one mini conceptual photog project today! WOOT! Yay, one mini creative benchmark hit. :)

Couple of things learnt:

1. I am a super-duper-cannot-make-it model.

Angst? More like constipation.
Melancholia? You mean stoned.
Attitude? Sigh, ah lian la.

One word: FAIL.

I suck when I try to pose; and when I am natural, I am all wonky and pretty much behae like the siao char boh that I am, day in day out. No problem except that it isn't really part of the concept.

So damn hard. Modelling is hard! Argh.

This is going to be the last time I am posing as a damn model. I just want to photograph; why is it so difficult?!

2. Always have at least three people for a shoot.

One chief photographer who will do the main shoot and all; one art director to well, get the model poses, costume, makeup, hair and locations right; and one more to basically help out with miscellaneous random stuff and also photograph.

I will want to do another mini project, but the next time, I am going to photograph and direct at the same time. Yup, I am going to be in the director's seat. TMD. I ain't no fucking lambeh model! RAWR!

3. Always have insect repellent.
I count...2345356464756756 mosquito bites on me.

4. Always have extra flash unit and/or back up lighting, even if its going to be a outdoor shoot.
The weather today sucked big time; it was overcast most of the time; and when there was sun, it did not last long. We played hide and seek waiting for the sun to do its un-hiding and even then, results were fairly haphazard. You are either heng or suay.

And for most of the time, we were SUAY.

5. Always take pre-shoot planning seriously.
Get the right equipment, props, costumes, compositions, mood board, artistic direction, story boarding etc early. Concertize it on paper, do a bit of research, go for a site recce, test out equipment and settings before the shoot. Details do and really matter.

6. Ignore #5 when everything is failing; instead throw everything out of the window and screw pre-shoot planning!

It was really enjoyable when we both just gave up and literally stopped trying.
Despite that, we got some pretty decent taiko shots! LOL. YAY. It is true after all when they say that beginners have all the luck.

I am glad I am an amateur! :)


Photographs in the process of DI-ing. I hope I get them out soon!

P/s: In exchange for being model for a day, la_vue's going to help pack my room! WOOT! Sweet lar, I love maids. To la_vue: A must to come in an apron; foreign accent and bad hairdo optional. :D


That said, I need a model for an outrageous idea! Maybe an extra photographer too. So....if you are keen, enjoy sai kang, don't mind spending abit of money, have something creative to contribute, or know people who are like that, please please let me know. :D

My heart skipped// New Year Resolution

Watch this first:




Then watch this:



I believe I finally found the voice for what I have been feeling all this while - my obsession with being the best, the perfect, the 100%.

This sets the tone, mood and attitude for my 2009. My thing.

"I want to do something great and wonderful but I must start by doing little things like they were great and wonderful."