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29
Jun
09

#ShootUrTweeple

June 27th.

A group of trigger happy Twitter photography enthusiasts come together to the second floor of a quaint Tapas bar called Zsofi and; camwhore with passion.

What’s a #sgtweetup without meeting new faces and greeting the old ones? Thousand and one thanks to @inrsoul and @wahliaodotcom for organizing it. Almost everyone was a shutterbug and the lights never quite stopped flashing. For some of us, especially me, we got to learn how to use those nice big flash units that they have in studios. Slide a trigger into the hotshoe, compose and press. Your eyes go blind for a while and this is by far the first time I’ve ever turned my aperture to the lowest.

I didn’t shoot that many because I was trying to meet as many new people as possible. And uhm, enjoying the food too. You can find the few decent shots I took here. Still an amateur but I’m learning.

We had awesomely photogenic models – @nikipaniki, @debbieseprahina, @mangomangomango, @belindaang, @allyrockstar. The guys were pretty sporting too. I snagged a shot of @markashworth, @lennel, @gnoserif, @fooie and @ctham. Hoping for another tweetup like this so I can really go triggerhappywild and be able to post more shots! Have to mention that the owner and his crew were really nice to us too. Wouldn’t have thought that there’d be such a place in the chaos of Little India (but it is).

When I can collate everyone’s shots proper, I’ll try getting them all linked up here. In the meantime, here’s a link to @inrsoul’s Flickr. He is teh man! I’ve never been photogenic my whole life but he’s made me look quite human. :) Thanks!

12
Mar
09

wallet holocaust.

Today I casted explode +1 on my wallet. Within the span of 2 hours I had managed to blow close to $500 bucks – all on camera peripherals. I know my camera make is really old, to the point where they’ve discontinued/phased out production of the battery grip. Hey, I got that roughly 5 years ago and so far its served me well for all the random wedding, sports and concerts that I’ve been asked to photograph. The following is my ‘arsenal’ of sorts:

Canon EOS 350D
18-55mm – Standard kit lens. Little did I know that later on they sold the 105mm together with the body.
28-80mm – Secondhand purchase from a really nice guy on ClubSnap.
50mm – Been wanting to get this for suuuuuper long! But no one wants to be my test subject. /sulk
70-300mm – Today’s purchase.
Riva SB-3000AF – When I realised that I needed a better flash than the in-built one.
Battery Grip BG-E3 – Makes portrait shooting a hell lot easier.
RC-5 – Another wanted-to-get, now self-portraits are a breeze.

I wouldn’t know what else to get, believe my arsenal is now complete. But I was really amazed and in awe of her photography and its sites and professionals like her that inspire and motivate me to go just that bit further. Someday, I’ll have my passion (or rather, keen interest) realized.




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