Light Trails

Setting up my camera on a tripod with a flash in front of E&O, I took 42 shots, trying to capture a nice trail of lights as the cars pass by. Only 2 (below) worked out fine. Although I only got 2 shots that passed the criteria, I’m quite satisfied as this is my first attempt photographing light trails.

Siew Eng and Ah Ghee's Pre-Wedding Photos

I am really happy that i got the opportunity to tag along with Adrian for Siew Eng's pre-wedding photoshoot. It was an eye-opening experience and i learnt so much in a day! Thanks Adrian, Matthew, Sher Ren, Yoong Nian and Teong Keat for all the advice, pointers and the huge amount of photography gadgets. (There were all together 8 flashes, the models were being blinded and we really felt as if we were paparazi). Not to forget, big thanks to Siew Eng and Ah Ghee for being such patient models.

My first SLR property :P

I finally did it! Today i bought MY VERY OWN 18-105mm lense! This is definately a significant milestone in my journey as a learning photographer. When i started photography 4 months ago, i would not even consider spending RM100 on camera equipment. Yeah i was interested in photography and was always carrying my beloved digital camera around, but i definately would not consider even spending 1micropercent pie share of my pay on any equipment. Not when you have so many shoes, bags, tops, skirts and dresses to buy hahaha.

I loaned the D70 from Keith since he has a new D300 baby already and i borrowed a 15-55mm w/o VR lense from Malcolm. Good deal huh? I started learning to use SLR camera without even spending a penny. But as time passed i realized that the 15-55mm is no longer good enough for me. I need a better lense that can zoom further, take sharper pics and better portraits. But as ussual, i'm all for economy economy economy. Hence i got 18-105mm which i think is a lense that can "pau ka liau" (good for all purpose - group photos, portraits, lanscapes blah blah blah). One lense for all! I don't want to carry too many lenses around and i'm damn clumsy when it comes to changing lenses and also carrying too many things around of course. Some say its good, some say its bad. But let's let the pictures speak for the lense!

Can't wait to try it out in Siew Eng's pre-wedding photoshoot tomorrow. Stay tuned!

The Railway Station

Hot Chick or Not Dick?

‎‎May Leng‎ : I can’t
‎‎Ping Hun‎‎ : Can't What?
‎‎Vincent : Why not?
‎‎May Leng‎‎ : Dating hot chick today can’t join for lunch kekeke
‎‎Vincent : Can always bring the chick along isn’t it? or... u want some personal time
‎‎Hans‎‎ : Lunch? PH AS again ar? No one wants to go lunch? Not even puasa month yet
‎‎Ping Hun‎‎ : Kns..you also always AS 1
‎‎May Leng‎‎ : If everyone AS you u can join me, i'm sure hot chick won’t mind
‎‎Ping Hun‎‎ : Wow.. really?
‎‎Hans‎‎ : Who is hot chick?
‎‎Ping Hun‎‎ : Vincent hahaha
‎‎Hari‎‎ : Who who? Hahahahaha
‎‎Hans‎‎ : I think u got spelling error.. N instead of H hehe
‎‎Hari‎‎ : Pinghun, since when u start dream of Vince?
‎‎Hans‎‎ : Hahahaha
‎‎Ping Hun‎‎ : Hari... coming d. Hari... you haven’t send out your party date yet
‎‎Hans‎‎ : U sure on the spelling? Its either H->N or CH->D...
‎‎May Leng‎‎ : Hahaha Hans good one! LOLx
‎‎Hans‎‎ : Haha... kia lunch time. Ei? your hot chick not here anymore.
‎‎May Leng‎‎ : Not Dick angry d
‎‎Hans‎‎ : Hahahahe. Hey it’s OR not AND. Cannot combine both...
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South Mountain - [Sneak Preview]

Photographer : Keith Cheah
Location : South Mountain

Garage [SALE] - Chandler AZ 09 :)

Last Saturday, Keith brought me to my first garage sale. I did not expect to buy anything , but i ended up with loads of stuff which are dirt cheap. Waking up at 6.30am to go shopping is worth it after all as we managed to get good bargains. Highlight of it all, there was this book i was eyeing at the bookstore which cost over RM30 at Penang...i bought it for USD1.00 :D.

Here's the list of puchases:
CSI Board Game - USD1.00
Pictionary Board Game - 25 cents
Book - USD1.00
Hard Rock shot glass x 2 - 25 cents each
Metal Lighter - 50 cents
Song CD - USD 1.00

After lunch we went to Ritz to check out some camera deals and we saw this cool vintage car...which we took some photos too. Haha.

Behind the Scenes (Portraiture Photoshoot)

A Walk Around Town (Portraiture)

Model : Linda Ooi
Photographer : May Leng
Location : Esplanade and Beach Street

Flowers Blooming in Spring 13-03-2009

For the past week e-mails have been circulating about the beautiful "Sakura aka Cherry Blossom" look-alike flowers in full bloom. So much hype was going on that my colleagues and I were crazy enough to sacrifice our Friday lunchtime just to capture shots of the full bloom spring flowers in the bright afternoon sunlight. The row of trees with sweet pink flowers was indeed scenic and inspiring to the eye. Here are the shots.