{"id":1345,"date":"2009-11-09T03:45:56","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T03:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2009-11-09T03:45:56","modified_gmt":"2009-11-09T03:45:56","slug":"street-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1345","title":{"rendered":"Street Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGuys, this is not street shooting yo! Get up and get the shot. (I waited in this spot to have some chicks walk behind them, unnoticed, but they didn’t come…)<\/p>\n


\nThe Minolta 50mm F1.4 at F2.0 makes for a great walkaround.<\/p>\n


\nThis is a crop.<\/p>\n


\nAll this, on the way to Federal Hotel for “My Job, My Passion…<\/i>” Photography Talk by Encik Zainal Abdul Halim<\/b>, a Malaysian photographer for Reuters.<\/p>\n


\nInside, we gathered insights into his world of photojournalism, and his ideas of composition. He works with only a 17-35mm and 70-200mm!<\/p>\n

I loved his composition, in particular how he tends to frame subjects squarely, or diagonally across the frame. The Rule Of Thirds is abundant here, and he likes putting the event title in the background (if there is a background.) He’s a background-centric photographer (I am, too!)<\/p>\n


\nAnd then, we went out to the poolside…<\/p>\n


\n…to shoot what?<\/p>\n


\nModels! Yes how random.<\/p>\n


\nThe commonfolk are happy.<\/p>\n


\nCaryne<\/b>, revisited (I have some pictures previously that I have not posted.)<\/p>\n


\nThanks to Jie Qiang<\/b> for letting me take his Sigma 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 EX DG<\/b> for a spin!<\/p>\n


\nYet another blistering wide 12mm shot on the A900.<\/p>\n


\nCoupled with the HVL-F20AM flash at the 50mm setting, it makes for a spot-lit effect!<\/p>\n


\nThen, I popped on the Carl Zeiss 135mm F1.8 for some good ol’ F1.8 action.<\/p>\n


\nAt F3.2, bokeh becomes neater.<\/p>\n


\nAt F5. Taking a cue from En. Zainal’s shot (albeit not stopping down fast enough to get a nice star-shaped flare.)<\/p>\n


\nAnd so, we went to the street, inspired to wait for the pictures that we intended to create.<\/p>\n


\n1, 2, and 3.<\/p>\n


\nI then headed to Lot 10, where I bumped into Ginny Yap!<\/p>\n


\nIt was Amber Chia’s Ford Model Search<\/b>!<\/p>\n


\nYes, Malaysia’s favorite supermodel Amber Chia! See me tiptoeing because she is tall as heck.<\/p>\n

Ringo<\/a>, I am terror like that. No questions nor qualms.<\/p>\n


\nAnd so, tall girls from all over sat down waiting.<\/p>\n


\nI tend to invoke that kinda response.<\/p>\n


\nOoo, that one too.<\/p>\n


\nLater that night, I was at Titiwangsa LRT and I guess I had a little calling to do some photojournalism! (The midtones were pulled on this one, hence the posterization.)<\/p>\n


\nAh, a properly exposed one. While I could’ve shot with my wide-angle or 50mm I decided to go with 135mm on this one, to be a fair bit away in case it was going to explode! En. Zainal warned of an experience where he photographed a bomb detonation, but a shrapnel flew 1km and injured the soldier next to him in the leg.<\/p>\n


\nThe firemen came! Interestingly, I have a few photos of them not<\/b> in fire-retardant suits yet. They put them on as they get off their trucks!<\/p>\n


\nAfter the initial extinguishing, they hose it down to kill little flames.<\/p>\n


\nThe owner (I presume) looking over the charred remains of his car.<\/p>\n


\nI don’t know if this can be saved – the rest of the car was alright though.<\/p>\n


\nFinally, a fireman jots the details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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