You know you’re crazy over photography when you do things or rather take photos at certain angle or rather that you’re always following time and location of things.

What do I mean by that? Take for an instance, when I was in KL Photography Festival 2008. I practically have to fight my way through to get a nice shot out of the models. Here’s how the crowd looks like.

The amount of cameras… All holding their DSLR just to capture this hot model. Well, Basically you can call it, errr.. why not make use of one’s camera. What they all have in mind, they just love photography I guessed or rather what they could take photograph with it.

And if it wasn’t enough, you also have the licence to take photos, imagine taking model photos where they will willingly pose for you all because you have this big cameras. Willazz, these ass shots are for you. XD

But look at the photographers, darn lot of guys eh… until I usually hear that guys take model shots because they are horny toward girls, but then that’s a wrong concept. You see if that concept is right, then how do you explain the next photo.

Nice lens…. Nice contour… woops… So photography ain’t not just guy’s hobbies. It’s anyone who has the interest in it.

People who loves photography also casually look at their own cameras to study photos, seeing whether the photos were exposed, how they can improve on their shots, and whether the settings are all right. Doing it until they feel that…

“Ahhhhh….. this is the shot I love, my shots so nice… I must be super good with my A200/D60/400D. Thank you my wife” – wife refers to the camera.

LOLOL (Yes, they say DSLR users treat their cameras like their wife or rather to those that are married, as their concubine) How true this statement thus far, just try and ask any DSLR user (unless that fella is a freaking rich person who can afford lotsa cars or just too much money to spend)

DSLR users have a unique way of taking photos. Most of them have the ability to squint their eyes. Unlike most other photographers. What do I mean by that? The photo would do the explanation.

I Squint My Eyes To Look Thru The ViewFinder

Now, it doesn’t always have to be that you have a big lens, a big DSLR body to be able to compose a shot. But sadly, people now buy DSLR for the sake of buying them. Sometimes they just use the camera like any ordinary cameras. There are no composition, no proper learning up. But well, as the cameras get cheaper and cheaper, more and more ‘photographers’ are blooming up.

But so that you know, since you have followed me through for all the typing that I have done, you will know that it’s good to be the cameraman, the photographer. You can just snipe away and have some fun shooting.

Remember the girl on the second photo. There you have it. Taken at the KL Photography Festival 2008 at Times Square.

Be creative, while taking your photos madly. Because sometimes you never know that some photos will come out extra unique.

You wonder, “Many people that photos must compose the model’s face, I say, be creative, take the back of the head” – WTF?????????

Fashion Fusion 2008 Model

See what I mean..

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After about a year into DSLR cameras and photography, I’ve sometimes thought, why not share what I have learnt to others. Well, this has got me thinking also, why not create a blog out of nowhere and talked about few stuffs about photography. Well in line of this, instead of creating one now, I am doing my articles in draft and will be thinking of creating a whole new domain for it. So wait for me while I find a suitable date to launch the website.

A few days back, I had the thought of understanding what was aperture, shutter speed, ‘bokeh‘ and all were foreign to me when I practically started photography without understanding a thing or two. I was more like a photography noob and seriously, I’ve learnt a lot thru reading and experimenting with the cameras and forums. So after seeing how hard it was to learn photography when you’re learning it on your own, it feels that it’s good to somehow help others who are new into it.

Simple tips and tricks of camera and photography. Well, since I am still not even a professional one, so just basic tips and about.

I had my hand on the D2X today and with the 3rd Generation Nikkor 70-200mm lens f2.8 AF-ED lens. The picture was nice and though with no VR, it has to be compensated with lots of other settings. I’ve also found another older photokaki to mix around with. I might even get myself a D300 sooner than I thought for taking up new assignments.

As of now, let’s just say I am no professional, and there are others who are better than me. Look at my photos, they are still amateurish right. But hopefully they’ll get better in time.

I am so random today..

ps : My camera is not with me for a few days, so bear with me with my longer written articles as I go thru a hiatus period.

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I was playing around with the camera when I was in Port Dickson, and I decided to see what will happen if I exposed the photo very very long and the subject is standing still for a very long time. Yes 30 seconds to be exact.

So then this is the result. Well, this is my testing phase.

Now how was this achieved? Yes, no Photoshop was involved. So an guesses out there?

Sorry for lack of updates. I am still trying to get the hang of it doing my work here. There will be a new collection of photos once I am done. *Whee*

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Yes, after what seemed to be a long winded post about Sabah, I decided to end with a few shots and the last of it with the title of let’s go to the Beach. The only Jetty on the west side of Sabah, Jesselton Port. By the way in case you didn’t know, Jesselton was what Kota Kinabalu was called before you know it was changed to Kota Kinabalu for obvious reasons. Malaysianism.

Here is an excerpt how it became known as Jesselton.

In 1899, the site for setting up a base on the mainland was named Jesselton, after Sir Charles Jessel – the vice Chairman of the Chartered company. Soon after the administrative centre was moved from its location at Gantisan.

I’ve got to hand it over to the tourism industry there for preserving what seemed to be an old phone booth.

Done with HDR on a single JPEG file. Still don’t get what is HDR, you can refer to Wikipedia to know all about HDR imaging. But just before we leave for the island trips and beaches and sandy bars, have a look at their port.

Amazing isn’t it. Well, guessed it’s time to get your ass over to Sabah now.

Where to destination?? Pulau Sapi, one of the most beautiful island of the west coast of Sabah or rather Borneo. Hmmm… and I had enough of the HDR imaging that I didn’t do it for the following photos.

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