Turning to the Dark Side

I love photography and i never fail to enjoy how photographers stretch their imagination to the end of the universe just to capture a picture. Just look at Ben Chrisman’s work (*please take a look at it), not just stunningly beautiful but every picture you see, it tells a story, it captures the moment, the feeling and it has the ability to bring you into the frame, just as if you were at the wedding. Just by looking through his work makes me happy! Of course, it takes amazing skills and imaginations to frame and capture shots like these. So whether it’s street photography or portraits that i especially love, the bottom line is that good pictures are able to tell good stories.

Recently i was at my nephew’s 1 year old birthday party. Obviously only a year old, he wouldn’t have a clue what was going on. He even got irritated and almost cried when he cut his cake. I was just thinking that maybe 10 years down the road, im sure that looking at the pictures will help paint him a story that he would otherwise never remember. Without photographs, we would never know how we looked like when we were young, the trouble we caused and the places we’ve been, would we? I was camera shy when i was younger, always worrying about how bad the picture would turn out but come to think of it, what we see is what we are. We may cover our faces in the picture, trying to hide it but we still have to show our faces everyday right? You don’t cover our face when you look into the mirror also ma. Anyway, since then, i decided to just take and pose la and whether i turn out looking fat or what, that’s another story.

My interest in photography have led me to decide that i should document my life, the places i’ve been and the people i meet along the way. Although looking at photographs and taking a photograph is two very different thing and even though i suck at the latter, im hoping that i can learn. Hence, im currently drooling over this, take a look.

Swing it around fast enough and it becomes a light saber

See, how can not drool? My new motto: I love Nikon. But then that’s the only thing i can do because getting one is gonna be quite rough on my bank account. Almost RM3k for the body only and RM4k+ for the kit. You know, everyday i dream about one dropping from the sky but comon, i cannot be that naive and stupid. Must do something more realistic and proper to earn one right? So…

888! HUAT AH!!!

NAH!! Jackpot currently stands at RM20mil. Can buy 5000 units of D90 ok. Lol! It’s not that much more a realistic and proper thing to do than dreaming for a D90 to drop from the sky right? *Dreaming cloud above my head* If i kena toto, i’ll buy a D90 and go backpacking around the world with it and my girlfriend which i have yet to find. *SlaP* *Slap* Sorry, i got carried away.  Oh well, hopefully i can get one before the end of this year. Alternatively, i can settle for Nikon’s D5000 which is cheaper but it lacks the internal AF motor lah. Some people say just invest in a good camera and keep it, others talk about getting budget entry level camera first then upgrade in the future. Anybody got anything to comment?

Ok, enough of the camera thing because it’s giving my hands the itch and now i should be concentrating on training at work and my exam. Our trainer is still on gawai leave so we had lots of extra time for the past two days.

I became Michael Scofield...

...and made paper cranes for my colleagues

Oh ya, anyone got Nikon DSLR kang tao please let me know. New or used also can. Thanks! :D