11th Sony User Group Gathering: Bendemeer/Serangoon

[snowspeeder]

Here's a fantastic read from an 'enlightened' photographer sharing his personal perspective on the true art of photography:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/howto.htm

 

[King Tiger]

All in the name of Photography.
Our most respect Sony members, any condition, any terrains, even in the centre of the road.

 

[King Tiger]

Photo taken around 6.35pm along Bendemeer area.
Government Project? :think:

 

[bry'an]

i shall be visiting Newater plant this saturday ...
Ubin trips on Sunday is okey with me .

 

[dreamtheatre]

Hi Guys,

Hmmm, from all the postings, I think it is safe to say you guys had a great time Great pics ! Special mention to T16 Jr.

T16's 'trick' is starting to work on me. By lending me his D100 last Sunday, I now experienced the freedom of shooting digital for the first time. So I think I better start buying 4D more often from now on :bsmilie:

dt.

 

[icarus]

All in the name of Photography.
Our most respect Sony members, any condition, any terrains, even in the centre of the road.

:hammer: KT :hammer: :bsmilie:

 

[snowspeeder]

 

[King Tiger]

Meanwhile, I'm going down to Esplandade (Tsunami PhotoAid) and chinatown this coming Saturday late afternoon. Anyone interested to come along?
:cheers:

Yo snowspeeder, I am fully occupied by family activities this week, cannot make it.
Maybe next week. :sweat:

 

[King Tiger]

Hi Guys,
Hmmm, from all the postings, I think it is safe to say you guys had a great time Great pics ! Special mention to T16 Jr.
T16's 'trick' is starting to work on me. By lending me his D100 last Sunday, I now experienced the freedom of shooting digital for the first time. So I think I better start buying 4D more often from now on :bsmilie:
dt.

T16's Junior is the young Luke Skywalker, his father will guide him the WAY of the FORCE. :bsmilie:

dreamtheatre, it is your destiny now, get a D100/D70.

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

T16's Junior is the young Luke Skywalker, his father will guide him the WAY of the FORCE. :bsmilie:

ehh FYI... Luke Skywalker is the person who bring his father Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader back to the Light side... So little T16 might just get a Canon & convert all u Sith Lords to the Jedi... and worse... EMPEROR PALPATINE (King Tiger)... U MIGHT BE THROWN INTO THE TRENCH BY YOUNG T16! :bsmilie: :bsmilie:

ok back to topic...

we have discussed about possible Ubin trip, or u guys wanna organise a studio shoot? we organise 1 den we go join the perfume competition by CS... sounds fun?

 

[snowspeeder]

Photo taken around 6.35pm along Bendemeer area.
Government Project? :think:

checked with my fren in the airforce...this is just a jumbo 747 airliner in flight.
he was right, the engines and the tilted wings show that it is not a UAV.
due to it angle, it appeared to us as though it had no windows.

 

[snowspeeder]

we have discussed about possible Ubin trip, or u guys wanna organise a studio shoot? we organise 1 den we go join the perfume competition by CS... sounds fun?

Let me start a new thread to organize the Ubin trip and see how the repsonse go. Closer to CNY, we could also arrange for the studio thing.

 

[dreamtheatre]

Whoa, King Tiger, you trying to get me into the 'dark-side' ?

Found out that digital is not as straight forward as shooting film(negatives). For film, I dun worry too much about 'hot-spots' becasue the media can take the extreames in brightness. Whereas for digital, a little -hotspots here and there would ruin the picture.
So, shooting with digital, IMHO, requires more disipline in metering than for negative films. This is the most important lesson I have learnt after using T16's D100. I am now using this newly found 'disipline' in metering in my own shooting. Still waiting for the frist roll to finish before I can see the result.

SMS or call me for the next outing

PS: T16 , do you have a nickname for T16 Jr yet?

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

PS: T16 , do you have a nickname for T16 Jr yet?

his son is Luke Skywalker... :bsmilie:

 

[dreamtheatre]

then T16 is darth-vader?

Hi DCA, it was nice to see you at photoaid. How much did it raised?

I have a wild idea that I brought up to King Tiger, T16 and Snowspeeder:

why don't we 'model' for each other? Sounds crazy? Here's how I see it,

1. all of us are 'normal' looking ppl, so it'll train the person taking the pics to find a comlementry side to our looks. Imagine if anyone can photograph me looking 1/2 as 'handsome' as Tom Cruise, then they can sure capture superb images with professional models....LMAO
2. The 'model' can also learn about their own 'best side' and pose so that we don;t have to look 'ugly' in front of the cam anymore. So no complaints of never getting a decent photo of ourselves ...hahaaa

Anyway, looking forward to seeing the gang soon. We can visit each other's place and make it into a photo diray of our CNY 2005 !

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

then T16 is darth-vader?

Hi DCA, it was nice to see you at photoaid. How much did it raised?

I have a wild idea that I brought up to King Tiger, T16 and Snowspeeder:

why don't we 'model' for each other? Sounds crazy? Here's how I see it,

1. all of us are 'normal' looking ppl, so it'll train the person taking the pics to find a comlementry side to our looks. Imagine if anyone can photograph me looking 1/2 as 'handsome' as Tom Cruise, then they can sure capture superb images with professional models....LMAO
2. The 'model' can also learn about their own 'best side' and pose so that we don;t have to look 'ugly' in front of the cam anymore. So no complaints of never getting a decent photo of ourselves ...hahaaa

Anyway, looking forward to seeing the gang soon. We can visit each other's place and make it into a photo diray of our CNY 2005 !

sound like fun ya? hmm... we take outdoor or indoor? i think i prefer studio shoot in such case... y? cos we might look like a bunch of gays shooting each other at some parks... ;p

 

[King Tiger]

EMPEROR PALPATINE (King Tiger)... U MIGHT BE THROWN INTO THE TRENCH BY YOUNG T16! :bsmilie: :bsmilie:

DCA :hammer: King Tiger
I will personally guide and train T16 junior X 2. :devil:

 

[King Tiger]

Whoa, King Tiger, you trying to get me into the 'dark-side' ?

Found out that digital is not as straight forward as shooting film(negatives). For film, I dun worry too much about 'hot-spots' becasue the media can take the extreames in brightness. Whereas for digital, a little -hotspots here and there would ruin the picture.
So, shooting with digital, IMHO, requires more disipline in metering than for negative films. This is the most important lesson I have learnt after using T16's D100. I am now using this newly found 'disipline' in metering in my own shooting. Still waiting for the frist roll to finish before I can see the result.

SMS or call me for the next outing

PS: T16 , do you have a nickname for T16 Jr yet?

Aiya, dreamtheatre, joke only lah.
Stay on to Film until you decide to move on to the next step.
(How about Nikon F6 :devil: )

Frankly speaking, I still got a lot to learn from all of you and
you all are nice and sincere CSers I have met, and I feel comfortable going out with you all.