Happy Gang Annual Trip 2010 - Part 1

July 23rd, It's the much waited HGGC anual trip again. Destination - The Tioman Island. Actually i 've been diving trip to Tioman island a few times before. But this time i spend my time with my best friends.

The first day was cloudy and the weather was bad, as it was raining when we arrived, but it's getting better towards the end of the day. We had plenty of beer and fooling around by the sea side, it's a happy day :)

It was clear skies the second day, and we went to the near by water fall and diving. We had a lot of fun playing at the waterfall, but for the diving trip... nothing speacial :(, but it was good to dive with my bros again. Here are some photos taken during the trip. From the photos, i realised that the exposure was out, as i cannot get the sea color right. I'm still trying to solve this problem.

The resort sign board

The room we stayed

Dive Centre

 Dive centre, taken early in the morning

Small hut by the beach

early morning - second day morning

I like the composition, but the exposure is not good.

Again, the exposure is not right

exposure problem.....

the little local girl.

some stick structure by the beach.

The jetty

We had plenty of this...

trying to have a close-up..

taken early in the morning.

Family Outing - Genting Highland

10 July, During the weekend, I went back to KL. This time i went to Genting Highland. It was a family outing, we spend a night up there. As usual, I brought my cam along. Unfortunately, the weather was cloudy, and the place was crowded. There aren't much chances for me to take some nice photos

The Genting Theme Park

My beautiful mom

Colourful Clark Quay

As I have decided water as my next subject. There's only one place I can think of for now. On 29 June, after I left office, I decided to snap some photos at one of the Singapore famous night scene, Clark Quay. The place is located by the riverside, just the right place to photoshoot some flowing water scene. Since its Tuesday night, I expect fewer crowd and therefore I can have all the space I wanted to set my tripod for night scene. Again my purposes this trip is to experience the different setting of capturing photos in the night, using slower shutter speed. I have played with all different shutter speed to get a feel of how different shutter speed affect the pictures quality. To my surprise the photos taken was so colourful.

More Trials

Beside Amberlyn, I have also took the chance to experience with some of the difference setting of the cam. Among them, the macro setting, and various aperture settings. I went to the park in my housing area, and took some photos there. On the way back to Singapore, I picked up a photography magazine from the MPH bookstore, it called 'Digital SLR photography'. Inside the mag, there is an article on how taking picture of moving water........hmmmmm... maybe water is my next subject.....

Macro-settings

First experience

A week after, I took my camera back home during the weekend, to my home in Kuala Lumpur. I took the pictures of my new born niece, Amberlyn. She is so adorable, so cute. I can't stop snapping pictures of her. Every move and every gesture she makes, I felt like capturing it with my new cam. At the end of the weekend, I have took roughly about 100 pic of her. Here are some of the pic of her. Isn't she cute.....my dear Amberlyn.........

so adorable........

Amber,Amber

Lyn...Lyn....

Introducing my new companion

June 2010 I bought my first SDLR camera. It's a Canon EOS – 1000D. As an entry level DSLR, It come together with the standard 18-55mm kit lens. It was selling at a fairly reasonable price at the PC fair. I bought it at the price of $799, with a few free gifts which including a tripod, a branded neck trap and a UV filter. The moment I bought the cam, I have made a promise to myself, since I've invested so much in this gadget, I got to spend my time with it, and master it, I got to learn to take quality pictures. Then, i started this blog, hoping to track down all my progress achieving better photograhy skills.

Front View of Canon EOS-1000D

Various View of the DSLR