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So last weekend I was shooting a couple of Korean girls in TTDI, Taman Rimba Kiara park to be precise. You might recognise one of the girls

It was unfortunate that the whole week was glorious weather with beautiful sunsets...but that Saturday the haze came down and flattened the light. I had to play around a bit with a reflector and some off camera lighting (tried to make it subtle). A lot were shot with a SB-800 in a silver reflective umbrella gelled with a CTO gel to warm up the flash light. Rear/rim light provided by SB-600 naked on a stand (about time I got a decent snoot or some grid-spots...waiting for Honl!). Anyway enough photogeeking stuff.

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A little while ago a bunch of us took a trip down to Kampung Baru to do a little street photography and take in some of the excitement over the elections in one of the remaining Kampung settlements in KL.

It was Kim's first street photography trip and she did really well! Dree also joined us.

The light wasn't great as it was overcast - meaning fairly flat light giving a natural lack of contrast and saturation. It was ok though, just warming up for many more great street photo journeys into our city of Kuala Lumpur.

Hoping to get to know the city better, and document it to share with others around the world.

BN over PAS

There was two parties dominant in Kampung Baru, BN and PAS - didn't see anything from any of the others.

KLCC Backdrop

This fellas face was plastered everywhere, even this decrepit old table had no escape.

There was some interesting details around Kampung Baru showing the urban decay.

And the lawless motorcyclists with no helmets...nonchalantly driving past police cars.

PAS or Sun? I like the juxtaposition of the symbols in this one.

Time for some delicious Malay food in the middle of the shoot - I kena tourist price of course..

No Go

PAS goodies

There were also some normal shops operating as usual.

And a stark contrast between the old and the new.

Shortly after we finished eating a torrential downpour occurred...which cut our outing short. We then buggered off to Starbucks where we spent the rest of the night pissing in the wind

You can find the others pics here:

KY pictures - Streets of Kampung Baru with Election Colors
Photography trip to Kampung Baru

Some time last year I attended an event for Eibach and BBS track day at the car park for Shah Alam stadium, they had some of the guys over from Europe to talk about their products.

The morning talks were actually very interesting, there's an amazing amount of engineering that goes into making suspension and alloy wheels!

I think it was my first time covering an event and my first time trying out some panning, luckily it was a bright sunny day which made it easier - and I tried some whacked up wide angle panning!

The cars used were Naza Bestari and the tyres sponsored by Toyo, there were 3 cars, one with standard suspension, one with Eibach's normal upgrade (not too stiff) and one with coilovers (mega stiff).

BBS rims are very nice, but they'll set you back a fair amount (around 6k for a set).

After an introduction the press and dealers got to try out all 3 cars on the small carpark track to test the handling with the various types of suspension.

The red car was factory fresh, standard wheels and suspension and as you can see a considerable amount of body roll.

The silver car was fitted with the intermediate suspension and suffered a lot less body roll, but was still comfortable without being too bumpy.

The black car had much harder coilover suspension and cornered really well.

I tried both the silver and the black, I didn't bother with the red as I pretty much know what the factory ride is like.

There was a small slalom stretch at the start of the course to try out the handling.

I'd just bought my superwide lens then I think and I was going a bit mad with it! Can't blame me though right 10mm is damn cool.

I even did super mega superwide panning!

Looks wicked large on black.

Shooting at f/20 to get the slow shutter speed, this was the day I discovered an immense amount of dust on my sensor!

It was a pretty fun experience, it's good to practice shooting moving objects!

So these are the last few shots for Krystal, if you liked these you can check out the Kharu sets too.

These are a mix of urban shots, different processing and colour for different feels.

Defiant

Escape

Masquerade

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Due to Krystal being late the first day - Manny kindly gave us a few hours on the second day to shoot Krystal in the morning before she flew back to Bangkok.

We started off again in the earning morning light at KLPac, tried for different feels and looks for the second day.

Yellow Glow

Yellowgreen

Far Away

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So back to Krystal it is, somehow I got some steam over the weekend and finished the first day of the Krystal shoot....some nice pics in there. Day 2 is still looming with another 4GB of RAW files to look through.

I expect to be getting back up to date though as processing on this PC is a pleasure rather than a torture..like the old setup. I just need to learn to manage my time better.

These were shot in the abandoned bungalow in KLPac nearer to midday, that's why the light is quite harsh - but I had fun with that aspect. I tried to make this a more emotionally varied set.

It was fun anyway! Mostly shot with Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 for the wider shots and Nikkor 70-300mm VR for the tighter ones.

Mono Thoughts

Legs Forever

Distant

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So in the midst of all the strobing I found time for a few natural light shots against the blind with the afternoon sun streaming through.

I really like how they came out, especially this one.

Longing

Wondering

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Full moon, super bright and round last night so I took a couple of shots to wish you all Happy Moon Festival.

Hope you enjoyed your lanterns!

Coming soon! So watch this space.

Fierce Style

Sexy Secretary

Silence

Don't forget to support her in Star Celeb (#34).

My watch has been at the service center for quite some time...much to my annoyance, and my backup watch completely packed up in Krabi leaving me watchless...which for some reason I find rather uncomfortable.

I've been looking around for something in my budget, then out popped some new released by Seiko! The SNFK series.

Something like the Seiko 5 series (7s26 Caliber), but quite a different look - it's also an automatic watch.

A big face not much different from the rugged outlook of a divers watch (43mm without crown 53mm lug to lug).

It has a beautifully crafted knurled fixed bezel which brings the details of the watch out along with the crown which is also knurled - it's not screw down though.

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