(Challenges: Photography) Polaroid.

Polaroid 600 OneStep.

I'm soo gonna buy this. Soon. For about rm250. After my next month scholarship money are in. Like seriously. I don't care if i need to starve a little. Okay maybe not.

My Water Moments

Being a blogger and also a part time photographer, having atleast a single digital camera is indeed a compulsory item in everyday life.

I already had a DSLR so all of my activites can be captured using the DSLR EXCEPT, yes there is an exception. My DSLR, in fact all DSLR are very much scared of water, just like fire and water. They don't mix. So getting a decent photo with a DSLR for any event which involve water is very much a disappointment. See this photo of mine taken with my DSLR,



notice something wrong? It was taken above the water, not in the water! The photo could be 1000x times more NICER and CREATIVE if my camera can just dive in and take the picture but only if my DSLR have the water resistance capabilities. Just like the Sony TX5!

Take a Picture!, anywhere, anytime!

With a sturdy body that are very much resistance to almost all kind of weather with it's built in Shock, Dust, Temperature and also Water resistance it's could be a great walk around camera every blogger should have! With it's 3' LCD screen, the image taken can be view with the best quality on par with the top notch DSLR in the market!

You see a photoshop image, I see a camera with possibilities.

Still not confident about the great resistance to everything, the camera is the World Slimmest Water Proof camera. You get that right. World Slimmest camera. Just like a camera version of Megan Fox. All you DSLR user would definitely be jealous of it's compact size which make's it easy to be carried anywhere and it can even be under the water!

I'm in a midst of planning a vacation to Pulau Pangkor with my dearest friends soon and i have some difficulties finding a water-proof casing for my DSLR, but why i should do that when i can just get the Sony TX5 itself!! It's slim design, it's body proof to almost all kind of things, it nice looking body, the 3' LCD screen, man i just wish i win this competition though :)

Get ready for a competition

Calling all photographer, beginner, amateur, semi-pro, and professional you are all invited to enter the claimed biggest Photography competition of the world. If models, have Miss Universe, the photographer have Photographer Universe. That might sound a little off really. It's the Photography of the Year 2010 competition by my favorite photography magazine, Digital Camera.

image courtesy of Poty2010

There are 11 categories including the new categories which is the Britain inspired. Other than that they have the normal portraits, landscape, wildlife, travel and also fashion. Click HERE for the website for more details. Oh and all you need to do is register online for free. That's all.

The grand price is a hefty 10 thousand pound or quid i don't know really for sure but if that were to turn to Malaysian ringgit. I'm a millionaire baby. Hahahah. That's a lie, but it sure does make someone super happy.

Anyway, i do intend to enter the competition despite knowing that i'll be competing with thousands or maybe more pro-level Photographers which definitely have much better gear than I do and might have more experience in this big big events. For me, it's just throwing the dart at the bulls eye just like in the Funfair. Putting my luck as the coin. hehe

Happy 200th post anniversary

I wish for 125 years anniversary for this blog to. Maybe. hmmm.

200th post is nothing to top blogger whom update crazily like 50 times a day, but for me, a casual blogger who done an average of one post per day, maybe none if i'm busy, 200 is a number to celebrate. Yay! Throw out the confetti, rolled down the banner, get the cake out, because it's a celebration. Horaah!

Enough of exaggerating something small hanif. Move on, today I walk a distance probably more than what you done for the week. Maybe not, but still it is very long walk.

I started from the very bus station of USJ 9, head on to KTM Subang Jaya


for a ride to KL Central. The original plan was to go to Kuala Lumpur station but there's some failure so the train can only stop until Kl Central. Nevermind that I continue my journey. As arrived at the Kl Central terminal, i did a rock paper scissors game with myself( in a monologous way. hahaha) Then since the other me that wanted to visit the Petronas twin tower won the game, I just move on to KLCC via Putra LRT train.

It was indeed a great decision as i manage to take some great photos, architecture and street photography mainly. How i'm surprise to see some familiar faces from UTP that perhaps begin their internship here in KLCC. (now i really wanted doing intern here too. hehehe. Have to strive now!) Several bla bla bla later, i decided to go back to Kl Central take monorail to Bukit Bintang, walk to Pavillion, but since the weather looks a little less promising, as Kuala Lumpur about to get a heavy downpour, I walk back to Sungei Wang Plaza, then into Plaza Lowyatt then back at Kl Central.



Then we all the passenger of KTM from Kl Central magically have to turn into sardins and other stuff (you name it) as we enter the KTM train that was earlier having problems a few station before Kl Central which then result in major trafficking in getting on the train. Lucky me i manage to turn myself to the smallest sardin ever to slip into the train.



After a long bla bla bla train moment later, arrived at Subang station. Took a bus ride to sunway, eat, lepak ther for a while then get home. True right i walked more that you guys have been this week? Sure i'm correct. My body have gone very weak now. Photo's of the journey are all in my flickr account. Click on the button on the left side to view :)

I had some Ice Peach tea and Fish & Chips at lovely Manhattan Fish Market before going back. I love it <3. >

MACRO

Today i woke up pretty early, and decided not to sleep back since if i continue sleeping all morning will be wasted on just purely nap.

I manage to borrowed my father telephoto lens, the Canon EF 75-300mm USM III f/4 - 5.6
So this morning i decided to take some Macro shot using this lens plus the +4 Magnification/close up Filter my dad gave me.

Taking flower as the main subject wasn't that hard but getting into position where you can get the best shot, yet making your lens steady is very difficult. Of course Autofocus won't work, so manual focusing is needed. Lack of Image stabilization on the lens help makes the hand shake much worst. But with high ISO and shutter speed, that could be nothing but the solution to blurry photo.

Anyway, here some result of the macro shot :D
















I know, most of them are still beginner shot. Nevermind, i still have time to polish up this technique. Maybe after the purchase of the Sigma 70-300 APO DG Macro perhaps? hehehehe.

Until then~