Sunday, 15 November 2009

Tripod Awesomeness Comes At A Price

Kirk BH-3 Ballhead

And that price is S$270.

Yes, S$270 for something that costs S$420 when bought new + shipping.

I am happy. No, I am elated. No, I am hopelessly joyful.

Got this used from a local seller at S$270, a complete steal compared to the new online price + shipping, about S$420! It's a great ballhead, really smooth when I want it to be, tense when I want it (friction knob). Panning base is silky smooth as well, so I'll use this for my simple horizontal video panning needs (friction adjustability). Upgraded from a Manfrotto 486RC2. My Dec bday presents will probably be a whole lot of aluminum (Tripod plates).

Thursday, 12 November 2009

It.Is.FINISHED

Thus saith Project Work: It. Is. FINISHED. And so he gaveth his last breath and went on into eternity.

Project Work Oral Presentation was completely improvised to be honest, more so for my part more than any other group members. I hope the improvisation (spawned from me messing up my cue-card-script) allowed me to show better audience participation and awareness in the assessors' views. The slide syncs were good, the video brought smiles to the assessors, the video game was timed almost correctly (sigh! haha) and the last skit was fun to do. Dance was meh, but oh well. Q&A was a mixed bunch to me. On one hand, many people said that what I said was impressive, and that I talked so much. Gajen secretly put up the "time is up" notice paper when I was talking... that idiot, haha. Yet on the other hand, it seemed like a talked a bit too much crap, for the lack of a better term, but I am sure that I answered the question in the format that the assessors would've expected and wanted. Too bad they didn't ask me about my own slides.

Chalet was great! Met up with the guys at night and we talked, we cooked, we talked, we cooked, we fed 7 stray cats with food, we cooked some more, I had some more practice in card games which I am hopeless at, aaaandd... Then 6 of us guys crammed together onto one queen sized bed and tried to sleep one atop another. I was like, dozing off really well after every 15min; in a semi-conscious state, then stupid chee yang had to keep coughing. MY HEAD WAS ON HIS TUMMY AREA. Jolted back up every time. Then Sean's head was on my tummy. Super fail. Sean and Chee Yang left the room and then we tried to sleep in lines, which worked a little I guess. That was at like 4am. At 5am, Justin turned into Joshua. Then at 6am, Gajen turned into Justin, and vice versa at 7am. Weirdddos. I won't even start talking about the gayness that was going on man. Sheesh, Sean.

Breakfast'ed at Changi Village with some early birds this morning, then went back to the chalet to shower and sleep. Hanged around for awhile, listened to some people try playing Allan's Er Hu, and then we went up to the place (for the sake of indemnity) and Sean humji'ed out with Jethro. Haha. Got chased down by circumstances when an unexpected car came into the place. Oh well.

Bus'ed with the guys to Tampines Int, then took 3 home - a really really long ride home.

Bathed, surfed, and here I am.

NEED.TO.SLEEP.





Yes, I will sleep, but here's a material update for myself!

- Reserved a Kirk BH-3 Professional Ballhead from a seller @ S$270, viewing later
- Going to sell my Manfrotto 486RC2 head for S$100 BNP. PM/SMS me
- Going to purchase a Sandisk All-in-One usb card reader & 1TB hard drive @ SITEX
- Going to purchase a Think Tank Photo Speed Demon soon


Sleep

Sunday, 8 November 2009

PW SA061 - Battle Of The Bulge - Videos



Friday, 6 November 2009

Fin! Complete! Done!

Me. 5D2. 50mm. Happy.

I'm partial towards a 5D2 + 35L + 85 1.8 / 135L setup instead of a 1D4 setup now. The full frame aspect is insanely awesome, and the 5D2 wasn't TOO slow for me during the two days I borrowed it.

Some shots while on the Punggol LRT, with gorgeous skies and editing:
Punggol-5D2-1
Punggol-5D2-2
Punggol-5D2-3

And I love to shoot cats (on my 400D):

cat-1
cat-4
cat-5
cat-condo-2

So anyway, like I said, I borrowed a 5D2 from Andy's cousin (Selwyn) and it worked our really well for me!

Project Work Group - SA061

PW Production Filming is done after 1 week of conceptualisation and filming! Had a great day on wed! After school, Nurul Ry-ain SeaCrest, JoshyBomBom, Fahmz & Raphael Angelo came to my place, had PIZZA HUT lunch (+30 laps of swimming now =/ ) and then filmed the whole day from like 3pm to 7pm. I love our video! Too bad I can't post it up. Bloopers video will be up on facebook later today!

I also think that Mr Lim is really really either biased towards certain people in our group, or really gullible. He gave me a 17/18 for our last OP dry run, and I was still using a script. The only thing I did differently was fold the a4 paper into two, have the paper down when he wasn't looking, stare at two seats on my left and right for two seconds when he was looking, and when his head went down to his paper, script came up and I memorised the next few lines. Wahahahaa.



Anyway, photo links:



Andre's Bday Surprise:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=122586

Andre's Bday BBQ:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=123929

Granduncle's 80th Bday:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=123923

PW Filming Day:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=123745



Cheers!

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Update! Woohoo!

So, it's been a fun few days!

Friday, the school had a Thanksgiving Chapel with Holy Communion. First time I've seen it done in school, and the entire event was good to shoot. Of course, I partook of the elements as well. Had more PW after that, and since Joy and Jebi couldn't turn up for sectionals, I cancelled it. Sorry Li Ying! Haha. Went home, bathed, ate, put my head on the pillow. Woke up at 9pm. Whoa haha, missed cell group. Doh!

Sat was normal as usual. Band in the morning, early dismissal - a little ball fun; a little tcss, lunch with bandits, home to rest, too tired for church, slept in, woke up from my nap to a freaky storm. It was raaaiingg so heavily haha. Watched simpsons Halloween marathon, and Shutter (horror movie involving a photographer) and slept.

Sun was gluttony. Gluttony is sin. Woke at 10.30am, 10 course teo chew restaurant lunch to celebrate my granduncle's 80th bday @ 12noon, Andre's Bday Surprise BBQ @ 4pm, Katong Laksa @ 9pm. Haha, my stomach was full, man. Bumped into Nick at around the laksa place when he was going back home.

Nothing much happened today.

But tonight, woohoo... I managed to borrow a 5D2 from my friend's cousin. Thanks Selwyn and Andy! Full frame is love. I'm gonna film some PW shots tmr with it.


Have a great week ahead!

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