Monday, October 30, 2006

Dalliances with my camera..

[Listening to: Andrea Bocelli (Sopranos) - Puccini Nessun Dorma ]

never fails to hold me, this guy...when you listen to him... u HAVE to do certain things in order to gain the full appreciation and enjoyment of what he has to offer.

0) light 1 small candle in corner of room
1) off the room lights
2) lean back on chair
3) press play & enjoy

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as some of you may know, yours truly has been quite the interested amateur/hobbyist photographer..thks to the strong influences as well of a certain pal..but (excuses excuses) haven't really had the time to spend on really going out n indulging in and improving upon this hobby. as such, using THIS as a starting point, i shall stick up some of my recent endeavours, and perhaps, in time to come, i may be able to look back and see how much i have improved. at this point, im still developing the basics, and theres not much real photography skills involved, such as trying different combinations of aperture size/shutter speed/focus settings/lighting. just trying to learn the camera, and the effects of different settings, to understand these things better. thus at this point it is still more or less about snapping something in an interesting manner with a slightly better than point n click method, and hopefully, there will be gradual improvement over time.

all photos below are not edited or doctored in any way.
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lantern in the sky...chinatown - 21 oct 2006
lantern in the sky2..chinatown - 21 oct 2006

contrast of sky with building - chinatown - 21 oct 2006
experimentations with lighting and shadows..chinatown ... 21 oct 2006

rain on the window panes...experiments with natural light - MRT - 22 Oct 2006
top view..crisscrossing elevators (or stairway to ground floor) - Cineleisure Orchard - 22 Oct 06
a spiralling dome..silhouette against the sky - dome of wheelock place - 23 oct 2006
bridge - reflections - chinese gardens - oct 24 2006
weeping willows impersonation


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getting late.. im sleepy...nite folks.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh the lanturns are so pretty. I never realised there were lanturns in Chinatown...too self-absorbed :P

Curio said...

yes the lanterns r nice...but u gotta capture the photo in such a way/angle/lighting and be patient n wait for the right time so the sky backdrop is of the right color. ok ok nvm i shall stop here. but i dont think u were too self absorbed at all =)..i think the lanterns were there due to full moon festival or something...prob taken down now. =)nxt yr, go back and take photos! maybe wait til CNY. gluck!