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First of all i must thanks tommy for jason photo. The sight of his face with ladies hair template gave me a crazy idea! lol
Enjoy laughing!

Crafty Sunday

Since yesterday, my mind has been thinking of the heart shaped filter. Determined to finish it today!
After few trials, this is the exact specifications =)

1.) Diameter - 7cm
2.) Circumference - 21.5cm (its best to have 23cm due to paper thickness)
3.) Height - 5cm
4.) MF/AF control - 1.5 cm away from the center. Width 1.5cm, Height 2.5cm.
5.) Heart shape 2cm by 2cm

With these measurements, I have create my own heart shaped filter!!
I tried taking some pics of the Highway lights from my kitchen window. It turns out to be "okie".
Seems to me, somethings are wrong. Have to verify further with more photo taking.
Thursday will be the day!! Night i mean =)

Busy Saturday

Yes, i m alone again, and, yeah, its a Saturday again. Dear went back to malaysia with her parents.. .again. Nevertheless, I m still busy =)

After all the hype, I finally decided to get a copy of Assassin Creed II. This should be (MUST BE!!) the last game i getting for this year. lol. No more spending!!

Gaming time! Went to shang house for WE 2010! Won a few Cups and unlock few classic teams. Though he has tons of craps (Where does Pato stay? - Bukit Batoh!!) and complains, its damn fun playing with him =) Definitely tons better than playing with unknown online pple!! Hopefully we can play more often. Hmm maybe we can org a gaming day on L4D or MW2 with the rest!

Roughly 630pm I left his house to Town for some test shot =) It was fun!! I even built a filter (based on Sei Heng rec link) to have a custom shape for my bokeh! However it failed terribly. As the hole is too big, it create a fish eye effect. Dun uds why...

Fortunately, i saw someone with such filter on his lens!! Without hesitation, I asked him for tips and technique. I m thankful as he showed me and lent me his filter for one shot. His holder wasnt custom make. it cost him 70 bucks! Nooooooo....

I doubt i will get such filter holder since i know the problem of my current filter - hole too big. Going to remake soon! More shots coming soon!!

These are some photos i took =) If u wanna view all of them, just go to my Flickr

Makeover: Photography & Models

It seems that "makeover" is necessary for photography. Been browsing website / galleries of some photographers found in some forums. Found one of them providing picture makeover/touchup service. It showed the before and after effect picture. I was quite surprised though.

All along, i have this thinking that photos posted are "fresh", without additional editing. I was wrong. Those "whao" photos I have seen was actually edited.

I tried some basic makeover on one of my photos and it proved to be, somehow true =)

Original Photo


After makeover


The next surprising thing was on this model. Shes a famous freelance model in SG, i would say. Was engaged in many freelance photography shoots in the forum. She was on magazine as well. Shes quite pretty in all the shoots i have seen.

Curious about her, I went to search for her personal blog and found lots of her photos taken using mobile phone and cameras. One of them was shocking! It was the "original" her.

What a big difference! She reminds me of the Jacky Wu show, showcasing ladies after and before makeup. Gosh. She doesn't look good, IMO.

The power of Makeup! It's a wonder for ladies!!

Christmas Present 2009

Finally got this lens, Canon 50mm f1.8 II!! Dear said this will be my Christmas present! Yeah! Thanks Dear!
Haaa "Jackson waste money again", I believed most of my friends would say this! I ponder and struggle for quite some time on whether to get this as well. Please forgive me!!! =p Haaa time to share photos!

This is with my new lens, Canon 50mm f1.8 II

This is with my basic kit len, Canon 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS

As the aperture size is bigger for this lens, the DOF (Depth of Field) is shallower. This resultant in my background to be more "out-of-focus". In a way, it further emphasizes the focus of the picture as well =)

Dear, thanks!

Unusual Saturday

Saturday. A day I m always not free. A day all my friends complained on me. A day i always long for. This day i always have dear by my side. Yet, yes today, i m all alone. She went back to malaysia with her parents for her grandpa anniversary.

Weird. I do long for this "freedom" saturday. However it seems not to be.

This day. Did the usual stuff like i was single. Played my games, watched a korean comedy show, watched SG vs Thai... Something is amiss. Nobody bothered me when i was playing my games. Nobody laughed crazily with me while watching the comedy. Nobody nag at me while watching soccer, neither shared the lost of sg to thai...

Unusual Saturday....