Photography? Or lepak at home FB'ing?

Ok fine, I've been away from my camera for quite awhile now, and I'm raring to get back to it, and to kick it off, probably wkhai's shoot thingy something something... I'm quite looking forward to it cos I believe it will challenge me to think in different creative ways to achieve the result I want.

But then again, I am worried that I do not live up to my own expectations and it would be a waste. But as always, challenging oneself to be better has always been my passion, and I have my own secret reasons to want to master photography =P

So yeah..it will be a good day out (I hope =P ) after my exams, cos honestly, my exam schedule for this semester SUCKS!! Seriously! 5 papers all on 5 different days, ALL 2pm-5pm, the perfect time to fall asleep in class.. First 3 papers are on the first 3 days of the exam period, and the last 2 papers on the last 2 days..WATAFAK?? Babi betul... Can't even relax in between or have an early semester break... The unchanged schedule was FOUR papers in the first TWO days, and that leaves 1 paper somewhere in between.

That would've been better so I can holiday earlier and have an extended sem break but NO... They decided to drag my exams out for the whole duration of the exam period... Cis...

Ok back to photography... I shoot SOLELY with a 50mm f/1.8 on my THIRD HAND Canon 30D (woot!) cos I'm a cheapskate... Ok fine, it's actually the only lens I can afford at the moment >.< But whatever right? I got the lens cos I am only doing portraits now, and it forces me to think about composition more as I can't zoom in/out whenever want to. This wonderful prime lens (Canon's CHEAPEST and LIGHTEST lens....) has I believe, made me a slightly better photographer than before, although I'm nowhere near the level I want myself to achieve.

I've become so used to this lens that if you give me a kit lens for example, I would be stumped on how to fully utilise it... I just go "Huh what?" and then switch back to my 50mm =P And as a prime lens, my only zoom is my legs, and I can say for certain that getting u close with a short lens creates quite a different effect than zooming in tight with a telephoto lens. There's a sense of closeness zooming with your feet, a certain personal connection in the photograph.

But that's just my 2 cents.

Anyway.. That's all for now I guess. Till I have something more interesting to share.

ArmedandDangerous
Samfisher

Panaromic

From Blogger Pictures

This is my first ever attempt at a panaromic shot, so forgive me if it doesn't live up to expectations =)