What went down in Uptown?


I am just missing some red. (I don't know who shot this.)


Contemplation.


The Tamron 90mm F2.8 Macro on the A900 is such a refreshing change of pace - 90mm is close to the classic 85mm focal length for portraits. Feels right, they say.


So what do you do when you're too close? Pick a different way to crop it. Carl Zeiss 135mm F1.8.


Abandon the typical adornings of the head and get in on the face.


Beware flourescent lights, they cause gradients at high shutter speeds (1/500s, this one.)


Portrait or landscape orientation often determines the context of the picture, so use orientations wisely.

Guess which were from the Tamron, and which were from the Zeiss!

From a long time ago, 21st October 2007, to be exact - KJ, Fazri and I shot KJ doing what he does best - yo-yo-ing all over the front of Pavilion.


Also thanks to Shaz who came by and held my HVL-F56AM flash to be triggered wirelessly from my (then) A700, on a setting of 17mm F13 1/13th of a second, ISO100.


Shots were taken on a cheap tripod in its shortest position.


Finally, I used Photoshop 7 to merge the layers, using layer masks and a paintbrush to quickly 'erase' into layers, non-destructively.

All pictures can be clicked on for bigger versions.

And now for some classic GIFs from Quiksilver Revolution 2.0 at Sunway Lagoon one January 26th 2008 ago!


Double-time! (Manual crop to give a smooth zoom effect.)


Ride the waves!


Land fail.


Another fisheye crop with a little flare.


A crop and rotate from the wave-rider.


Escape from the tower using rope and pulley.


Nope, you won't avoid the water up there!

January 26th 2008: Quiksilver Revolution 2.0 at Sunway Lagoon!


Rudimentary crowd shot. If not for the girl in bikini you wouldn't know this was a waterpark.


Likewise here. I am really not sure what is the purpose of a white top if, once wet, you can see the bikini underneath anyway.


"What would be your ideal vacation?" "HMMM..."


"Oh you want to interview me?" "Look, a plane!"


Down at the bar I bumped into Diane...


...and Suzanne.


I wonder if this swimsuit inspired the Borat swimsuit.


"Psst I think that guy over there is checking us out."


Wave pool!


In case you're wondering what's with the colors, my Cosina 70-210mm F2.8-4 1:2.5x Macro was used for today's set of telephoto pictures.


...with the additional 2x teleconverter for longer reach on my (then) A700.


Escape!


I picked the best color channel to make a black-and-white.


And now, on to drier things.


"Yep, it does say "Made in China.""


Jamiroquai might've been inspired by this some.

On the 28th of June 2008, I was at Urbanscapes 2008. Yes they were exactly a year ago, so here we go!


Camwhoring time, clockwise from top-left, with Shazeea, Liyana, Khai-Lee and friend, Ayu!


Diane, Ling, Kristyn, CP in clockwise order from the top-left.

Yes, I was trying to be consistent in pictures once, with the Kermit pose.


Top to bottom: Yin, Emily, Zain HD of RandomActs, and his flash mob looking for Adrian.


Muid Latif meets my Vivitar 24mm F2.0 DIY tilt-shift lens.


Sarah meets my Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon DDR 35mm F2.4 M42 lens.


Left: pinkpau asks, "Why do you have this tendency of taking unflattering candid pictures of me, Albert?"
Right: "Why do you STILL have this tendency of taking unflattering candid pictures of me, Albert?"

(I swear, she'd look alright, but the moment I press the shutter she'd have an unflattering expression.)

And yes, the picture on the right is from the 27th of June 2009 - Urbanscapes 2009! So yes, that is how backdated I am. :(

Related entries from Urbanscapes 2008:
(Not) Afraid To Shoot Strangers
Urbanesque