Krystal - Day 2 - Conclusion
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
Krystal - Day 2 - Flower Girl
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
Krystal - End of Day 1
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
Krystal - Interim
Here was a few shots I got from the background while it was some other guys turn to shoot, these can be considered interim shots..
A warm up for Monday morning 
Sassy
Trapped
Tamron Futuromic Malaysia Bikini Poolside Model Shoot
A model shoot was organised by the new distributors of Tamron lenses in Malaysia (Futuromic) back in January at the Boulevard Hotel in Mid Valley so I popped along to take some pictures.
It was a pretty crowded event with 4 models and a LOT of photographers. The distributer didn't really have any lenses or accessories for us to try which was a bit disappointing. There was a bit of free food...but I'd already eaten downstairs at Esquire Kitchen!
It was held at Boulevard hotel, Mid Valley, Malaysia on January 31st 2007.
I think this was my first time really shooting models, so it was interesting experience. Bumped into quite a few people I know too.
The funny thing was the girls standing by the buntings were both well known models (Rose Chin and Carace Kwan) but those in the bikinis that we were there to take pictures of weren't the same standard. Anyway I'll let you judge for yourselves!
Rose Chin
Carace Kwan
The Vultures Shooting
FRIM with Shutter Asia - May 26th
We headed over to FRIM again last Saturday with the Shutter Asia gang for some more crawling around in the jungle and getting all leeched up.
Don't let the guards rip you off, it's RM1 per person and RM5 per car. If you are doing commercial shoot such as bridal or wedding it's RM88. Just drive in with your camera in it's bag and you shouldn't have any problems.
We found a good variety of stuff this time (spiders, flies, damselfly, dragonfly, centipede and even a scorpion!)
Caterpillar
Spiny Spider AKA Jewel Spider Eating a MOTH!
Orb Weaver (Not sure which kind)
Macro at the Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park - Taman Rama-Rama
I went to the Butterfly Park around Jalan Parlimen area a while back in December to test out my new SB-800 flash and macro lens combination.
I was a bit noob then so my shutter speed was a bit slow as I didn't know how to change the flash sync speed (1/60s).
Macro is very challenging, especially on live things that tend to move around.
The shame is in the Butterfly park, the Butterflys are not very colourful and most have tattered wings due to being kept in captivity. I had far more fun shooting the Dragonflys which are quite static during late afternoon.
My First Dragonfly Shot
Moth Eye!
Macro Outing to FRIM with Shutter Asia!
We organised an outing to FRIM on Saturday morning over at Shutter Asia (Details here).
The Forest Research Institute Malaysia is a large park just North of the city towards Selayang, it's around 10-15 minutes drive from the end of the LDP after the Penchala Toll.
Welcome to the Forest Research Institute Malaysia, one of the leading institutions in tropical forestry research, both within the country and abroad. Founded by British colonial forest scientist in 1929, the former Forest Research Institute with Dr F.W. Foxworthy as its first chief research officer, became a statutory body governed by the Malaysia Forestry Research and Development Board under the Ministry of Primary Industries in 1985 and then in 2004, FRIM became a statutory body governed under Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
The 600-ha site in Kepong located 16 km northwest of Kuala Lumpur, is surrounded by the Bukit Lagong Forest Reserve. The Institute, which has been awarded the MS ISO 9001: 2000 accreditation, is headed by Director-General Dato’ Dr. Abdul Razak Mohd. Ali.
We went there to mainly shoot macro and enjoy the countryside!
I came back with some shots I'm really happy with! This series is focused on Macro, I'll show some environmental shots later.
Termite Army!
Colourful Fly
Family Portraits - So Kuit!
An ex-colleague of mine has such a beautiful son, I offered to do a set of family portraits for him.
The kid has such big eyes I thought he must make a good model, and a cute subject.
It turns out I was right! It was an interesting experience and the first time I've done any family type portraits. It was challenging too, to think of positions and compositions that would be interesting, aesthetic and convey some kind of emotion.
Anyway here's the shots, do tell me what you think and which you enjoyed the most!
The boy started off a little shy and nervous, he didn't know us and didn't really know what was happening, he soon warmed up though 
Intense
Look Over THERE!
Pussy and Pink
A while ago I was at Peter's place to help with his car, which was rather unsuccessful...so I took some pictures instead.
From now on I shall catch up with processing my pictures and uploading them as I am months and months behind. I've been too busy with other stuff lately.
Introducing Pussy and the Pinks.
This shot is my current wallpaper
