Tang Shooters XLII: TCSS Thread...

[Youhong]

Butties, was looking thru all the tons of pics posted in CS on SIN. How cum no one actually posted any pics of the cars under the Autostyling Finals huh? I understand that babes and other imported showcars are the main highlights but compared to last yr's SIN, this yr there's almost 0 (zero) pic on the dress-up cars :bheart:

I did shot some... I posted in my multiply already...

The cars are place at one remote corner with no RQs, that's why not much photographers go there... :bsmilie:

 

[rovermania]

Butty... so sorry. I was concentrating on other cars... I did cls and shot some of the cars near the entrance. Never made the effort to find the dressed up ones... paiseh... hope some of the others manage to capture some of them....

I'm not referring to TS specifically lah, butties. I'm saying in general for whole of CS postings. Am not 'questioning' on why no such pics from TS :bsmilie:

....But truthfully, u r the reason i am shooting dressed up cars... w/o u in the game, i have lost all interest so i look for diff cars... :devil:

:heart::heart::heart:

 

[LOTUSfairy]

I'm not referring to TS specifically lah, butties. I'm saying in general for whole of CS postings. Am not 'questioning' on why no such pics from TS :bsmilie:


:heart::heart::heart:

yah lor..i saw the pics of everybody hovering over models..
the cars are like tables and chairs suddenly..:bsmilie:

 

[LOTUSfairy]

i think he meant me... :bigeyes::heart:

juste jealous siah..:bsmilie:

 

[rovermania]

I did shot some... I posted in my multiply already...

The cars are place at one remote corner with no RQs, that's why not much photographers go there... :bsmilie:

Ya lor. Almost every such competitions sure got '****-up' ones. Wat would goes wrong will go wrong. Whahahaa... Be it the location of the car display areas or the placing/ranking of the results. Well, most impt is to be able to hv fun and exchange pointers with new found fellow enthusiatics

 

[ahtiow]

Sigh........now then read through TCSS about other ppl comments.......its really sad.......my first time organizing shoot and turn out like that.

I totally agree with filtering before post, but do remember we always have 1st timer. As a first timer, we will just base on our knowledge to post. That is why C&C is important from Senior member to help the young one to improve.

I hope we do not get impacted by the comments and i really do not agree on keeping standard. What "standard" are we talking about? we are not a company, photography is not our job but our hobby. If a hobby that will require such responsible and stress.....is still a hobby?

If really want to keep standard, then why not we have audit before become a TS. If not up to standard then can not join. This is what i mean by standard - its a criteria
If we recuite member without such criteria means we do not have the set standard. But we need to improve and help each other especially the new member.

Why i join TS?
- My first outing was call off due to rain. Even as a first timer and new to photography, all the members were very friendly and we went TCSS
- The next day, i attanded Pierce talk. In my mind "hmm....this group of ppl really care and share. They are not selfish at all. Good, i will keep join them."

As time goes by I improve due to some comments made to my picture post. And i am very happy because ppl take their time look at my pictures and tell me what is wrong and how to correct it. Rather than ppl see my photo and think "this is sh*t." that's all.

This time, i hope that those senior member can help the new member by giving them some suggestion instead of asking them to remove the pictures. They will never know what is wrong with that.

Well, I guess now I get the picture as to why not so many of us posted our shots for the TFCD. IF I may voice out my views in these, this is a forum, we are all photography enthusiasts and geeks and yes there are so many photography pros here (be it recognised or self-proclaimed), but all in all, we're all here in this forum for one reason only IMHO, to learn from each other.

Well, it is true that we steered off course during the TFCD outing (I hope no one is offended), the theme was TFCD - Girls NIght Out, but the poses and with the limited props there, we end up taking shots that does not really portrays the models having fun during a Girls' Night Out. But still, TFCD is the first thing that come first then Girls NIght Out come second. I think we as photography enthusiasts, who persuaded the models to take the whole afternoon doing the TFCD for us and spent 5 hours taking photos of them, the least we can do now is to let people see of what we did during the outing. Standard or not standard, swee or not swee, got stick to the theme or not, that should come second. Yes, we may get criticism and sneers from others, but take it as it is, filter those comments if you need to (discard those that are all out to humiliate you), and afterall learn from those comments and experience.

Just to share, if you guys see my flickr site, some of the pics I posted are not flattering at all to the models, with burnt highlight on the face , but one thing i learnt from this is: Photographers will point out to you that the particular picture is burnt and you should dodge @ direct your strobe at a different angle @ use diffuser etc etc....the model herself will know that : "Oh! I dont like this angle!" then next time she pose she will avoid that angle, ...non -photographer will be mostly like, :"Wah!! Swee!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: When can take for me??"

Just my thoughts and I must repeat, I really appreciate PCKee and NIghtxx who put things together for the shoot, thanks to Iris and Serene (and boyfren), thanks to Airforce 1 for letting me use his brand new SB 900, kuantoh, strifeyun, louis and others for each and every pointers that you guys gave me. After all is over and through, I learnt a lot and I am now a happy man and proud to be a TS.

Cheers,
ahtiow

 

[juste_millieu]

for those who interested to go bkk next year -> http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4348841

 

[LOTUSfairy]

go bangkok sightsee and eat...yes :thumbsup:
erh...model shoot..errrh.errh..no..:sweatsm:

 

[Redsun]

for those who interested to go bkk next year -> http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4348841

upzz for bangcock
i mean bangkok

 

[pckee]

gd work bro :thumbsup:
yesh we ish hobbist no need to stress about the comments but Learn mi included haha
do not take to heart bro

OK.....thanks

hmmm... i bought the set for $45, it comes with charger and 04x batteries in it. another $20 for the 2nd set of batteries.. maybe now price dropped liao...

Sui.......going to BBB

pckee, no issues one. Its common for others to express their views in forums, esp in the P&P section. TS is a group whereby we share our experiences, we learn by shooting together and we learn from useful feedback and improve along the way. No discrimination (although now got the dark side against light side war… wahaha) of equipment and wat TS wan to achieve is the joy of companionship and shooting together.

As to the standards thingy, I think it really varies from person to person. Which is y I stated that at the pt when one started off, may tend to post a lot of photos tat are taken. Nothing wrong. But as I said, be selective in posting. Some of us here may have undergone pierce’s color management workshop and workflow workshop so we understand the importance and the way of pics QC.

We are a bunch of photoenthusiasts and we shoot becoz we simply enjoy shooting. Dun let this incident be a stepping stone for TS. Instead, this experience brings out buddy support and shows how closely knitted TS is. Let us continue to enjoy each other companionship and shoot till the our hands fall off…

Yes sir......haha......DARK chocolate is tempting

Sometimes non-TS are just "toooh.." up and wan critique about us... some followers will follow their senior , and just chip in the fun to critque. let those "toooh"kers be.. we just dun "tooooh" care about them... we also cant control other ppl to give their comments bout how "toooh" up our pictures are... cos WE TS are learning to get perfect shots everyday.. as long as we keep shooting.

Cheer up...

Just enjoy the sound of shutters.......

 

[rovermania]

for those who interested to go bkk next year -> http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4348841

I might go rook rook see see. We'll keep each other updated on the event cos it's still MONTHS away...

Fairy - Since u dun wanna go shoot models and i ish no photographer, den we two can go eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat..... ;p

 

[juste_millieu]

OK.....thanks
Just enjoy the sound of shutters.......

:thumbsup:canon 1d series :bsmilie:

 

[SolBadGuy]

hmmm im bored n lethargic at home. no work also got monday bruise... :cry:

 

[Redsun]

hmmm im bored n lethargic at home. no work also got monday bruise... :cry:

u so fwee

 

[StrifeYun]

hmmm im bored n lethargic at home. no work also got monday bruise... :cry:

....

 

[pckee]

Well, I guess now I get the picture as to why not so many of us posted our shots for the TFCD. IF I may voice out my views in these, this is a forum, we are all photography enthusiasts and geeks and yes there are so many photography pros here (be it recognised or self-proclaimed), but all in all, we're all here in this forum for one reason only IMHO, to learn from each other.

Well, it is true that we steered off course during the TFCD outing (I hope no one is offended), the theme was TFCD - Girls NIght Out, but the poses and with the limited props there, we end up taking shots that does not really portrays the models having fun during a Girls' Night Out. But still, TFCD is the first thing that come first then Girls NIght Out come second. I think we as photography enthusiasts, who persuaded the models to take the whole afternoon doing the TFCD for us and spent 5 hours taking photos of them, the least we can do now is to let people see of what we did during the outing. Standard or not standard, swee or not swee, got stick to the theme or not, that should come second. Yes, we may get criticism and sneers from others, but take it as it is, filter those comments if you need to (discard those that are all out to humiliate you), and afterall learn from those comments and experience.

Just to share, if you guys see my flickr site, some of the pics I posted are not flattering at all to the models, with burnt highlight on the face , but one thing i learnt from this is: Photographers will point out to you that the particular picture is burnt and you should dodge @ direct your strobe at a different angle @ use diffuser etc etc....the model herself will know that : "Oh! I dont like this angle!" then next time she pose she will avoid that angle, ...non -photographer will be mostly like, :"Wah!! Swee!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: When can take for me??"

Just my thoughts and I must repeat, I really appreciate PCKee and NIghtxx who put things together for the shoot, thanks to Iris and Serene (and boyfren), thanks to Airforce 1 for letting me use his brand new SB 900, kuantoh, strifeyun, louis and others for each and every pointers that you guys gave me. After all is over and through, I learnt a lot and I am now a happy man and proud to be a TS.

Cheers,
ahtiow

Oei bro.........highfive la......not nightxx........hahahaha.......blurr.......:bsmilie:

 

[SolBadGuy]

u so fwee

not fwee leh.. got many photos to pp.... but lethargic now... :cry:

 

[ahtiow]

Ooppsss....sorry sorry, really blur la....

CHeers
ahtiow

 

[SolBadGuy]

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:dunno:

 

[kuantoh]

Well, I guess now I get the picture as to why not so many of us posted our shots for the TFCD. IF I may voice out my views in these, this is a forum, we are all photography enthusiasts and geeks and yes there are so many photography pros here (be it recognised or self-proclaimed), but all in all, we're all here in this forum for one reason only IMHO, to learn from each other.

Well, it is true that we steered off course during the TFCD outing (I hope no one is offended), the theme was TFCD - Girls NIght Out, but the poses and with the limited props there, we end up taking shots that does not really portrays the models having fun during a Girls' Night Out. But still, TFCD is the first thing that come first then Girls NIght Out come second. I think we as photography enthusiasts, who persuaded the models to take the whole afternoon doing the TFCD for us and spent 5 hours taking photos of them, the least we can do now is to let people see of what we did during the outing. Standard or not standard, swee or not swee, got stick to the theme or not, that should come second. Yes, we may get criticism and sneers from others, but take it as it is, filter those comments if you need to (discard those that are all out to humiliate you), and afterall learn from those comments and experience.

Just to share, if you guys see my flickr site, some of the pics I posted are not flattering at all to the models, with burnt highlight on the face , but one thing i learnt from this is: Photographers will point out to you that the particular picture is burnt and you should dodge @ direct your strobe at a different angle @ use diffuser etc etc....the model herself will know that : "Oh! I dont like this angle!" then next time she pose she will avoid that angle, ...non -photographer will be mostly like, :"Wah!! Swee!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: When can take for me??"

Just my thoughts and I must repeat, I really appreciate PCKee and NIghtxx who put things together for the shoot, thanks to Iris and Serene (and boyfren), thanks to Airforce 1 for letting me use his brand new SB 900, kuantoh, strifeyun, louis and others for each and every pointers that you guys gave me. After all is over and through, I learnt a lot and I am now a happy man and proud to be a TS.

Cheers,
ahtiow

Its not NightIxx bro.... its highfive... bet OC gonna be sad if he see this... haha...

anyway, nice observation and feedback. We are not here to slam each other. Instead i learn a lot from TS when i came in. It was like "Wat the hell have i been shooting for 2 years be4 that..."

Understand some may have diff views on standards. Outsiders do not noe this shoot is organised by a first timer. pckee put in effort to source for location and models. Highfive planned and coordinate the shoot. Give credit to them for the effort, internally we noe. Alot of shooters are also first time attempting TFCDs (well who dun? I remember my first TFCD was organised by gerald and phoa), and they expect superb standards. Outsiders also dunno this pt. Therefore for all they see, they slam and whack. But i remember something camel said, critics should give constructive feedback. By saying does not match the theme, PP wrong blah blah wont help in the improvement. Instead if critic mentioned, theme shld have these and tat settings, pose can be tis and tat etc, then these pointers can serve as a source for improvement. Instead of doing these mostly are followers of blah and blah and simply repeat after wat he say. This is gonna hurt newbies in model/portrait shoots.

So, for newbies out there (I also newbie... coz i dun think i am PRO), please take all these comments as a reference. Dun let them be a hinder to ur confidence. One day u will excel over them definitely coz by sticking to fixed rules and not daring to challenge the limits, none will improve. So its not wrong to try, fail try again until u succeed.

TS all the way! (fwah i so emo today... coz moanday brues finishing) :sweat: