This is something that a group of us had tried to put together for some time. Our very own "Hypertune" type shots.. So finally, we gather all the main players and went to an empty basement parking lot..
The Car: Toyota Celica owned by Wingz
The Girl: Kiiwii See
With a mixture of Sony and Nikon system, it took us sometime to get all flash unit working together, but all in all, it was a fun session..
At the end of the session, we ask Wingz to go around in circles so that we can take some of these. Thanks Wingz!!
Street shooting has always been one of my biggest weakness. Finding something interesting out of the everyday scene. Things that I see, places I walked by; all these could have been a great subject but most of the times it passes me by..
Well on this particular day, a group of friends went around downtown KL and I joined in.
Had the opportunity to tag along with RL to cover a theater performance at KL Pac. I have shoot concerts and live shows but soon discovers that theater is another ballgame altogether.
Some background on the performance: The Redemptorists are celebrating 75 years of their presence in Malaysia and Singapore. In conjunction with the celebrations is the production of the musical - The Reluctant Saint. It was first performed 13 years ago as part of the 300 year celebration for Saint Alphonsus Liguori and very well received.
The cast before showtime..
The musical is based on the life of Saint Alphonsus de Liguori, the founder of the Redemptorists Congregation. Born into a noble family in Naples, Alphonsus' life as a young hotshot lawyer takes a turn when he answers God's call to serve.
It is a story that tugs your heartstrings and a musical that entertains. Performing in the musical is a talented cast made up of young and old members backed by crew members who have come together from different backgrounds to tell this story.
The musical is also being performed in order to raise funds for the Redemptorists Congregation in Haiti. The Congregation there suffered tremendous loss and destruction of their buildings in the major earthquake in January this year.
All donations from the performance will go to the Haiti Disaster Relief Effort for the Redemptorist Mission.
Zero To Hundred, a popular Malaysian auto forum held their second Time To Attack track session at Sepang. A friend was doing some coverage for Team Revo and I tag along for some fun.
The event was held in a time attack format, where cars were divided into sub-categories and allocated track time to set their fastest laps.
The brand new Lotus Evora was there to join in the fun..
Didn't spend too much time at track side this time around. I guess after Super GT, it's kinda hard to get excited over road cars. Anyway, back at the pit, I tried shooting other stuffs instead..
Also tried out some slow shutter shots and new editing style..
Of all the cars participating, I was particularly interested with the Audi R8. The engine note was sweet music.. I didn't get any shots of it on tack, bad timing I guess, so the next best thing was to take some shoots of it in the pit..
For the event itself, the results are as below.. Supercars Abu Bakar – Lamborghini Gallardo – 2:34:314 Jason Wong – Nissan GTR R35 – 2:34.957 Mohd Azmil – Porsche 997 Carrera 2S – 2:37.875
GT Cars Shedden Ed – Porsche Cayman S – 2:36.501 Adam Muza – BMW M3 CSL – 2:36:568 Nick Tan – BMW M3 – 2:46.118
Race Cars/Time Attack Machines Ee Yoong Chern – Nissan Silvia S13 – 2:31.813 Reuben Wong – Proton Satria Neo Clubsport – 2:43.618 Yani Madewnus – Honda Prelude BA5- 2:52.282
Turbo 4WD Gerald Tan – Mitsubishi Evo 9 – 2:32.279 Jon Teo – Mitsubishi Evo 6 – 2:32.664 Kelvin Teo – Mitubishi Evo X – 2:32.736
Naturally Aspirated – Front-Engine Front-Wheel-Drive (FF) Colin Chow – Honda Civic Type R FD2R – 2:36.991 Ari 7474 Team 2:40′s – Honda Civic Type R FD2R – 2:38.567 Ng Tiam Lai – Honda Civic Type R FD2R – 2:39.127
Ee Yoong Chern recorded the fastest overall time in his Nissan Silvia S13 for the 2nd round of the Time to Attack challenge.
It's has been ages since my last proper vacation. For the past year, all my trips has been work related and sometimes if I'm lucky I can squeeze in a day of walk around. So I was pretty excited about this trip to Sipadan.
To get to Sipadan, you need to take a flight to Tawau and then transit by road to the coastal town of Semporna. The road trip took about 1 hour. The Semporna town itself is nothing to shout about as it's key role is as transit point for visitors going out to Sipadan, Mabul, Kapalai, Mataking and others. The Semporna coastline however is lined with Bajau ethnic houses on stilts by the jetty and around the town's mosque.
and being a coastal town, there are boats everywhere...
Our 1st stop was the Mabul island where we will spend the night. From a fishing island, Mabul was transformed into a tourist's stop over when all resorts on Sipadan was closed in order to preserve the island in a pristine state. What you get is an intresting mixture. Instead of a typical resort setting, you live among the locals in a converted homestay hostel.
An interesting sight as we approached Mabul was the Seaventures Dive Resort which was converted from an old accomodation barge to a dive resort, just off the north shore of Mabul. From far it looked like an used oil rig.
Our accommodation for the night. Twin sharing room powered by an electric fan that can only be turned on after 6pm to conserve electricity.
But then again, you don't come to Mabul for it's world class facilities. You come for these beautiful sunsets that you will never get in KL..
The next day, I woke up at 5am and have a walk around the island,hoping to get a glismpe of sunrise..
Some shots from the shore during the early hours..
Our activities for the day was a snorkeling trip to the Ligitan Reefs at Kapalai. The island of Kapalai is situated just 15mins off Sipadan. Next to our snorkeling spot is the Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort, built on the shallow sandbanks of the Ligitan Reefs.
Oblivious to the tourists and vistors, local boys paddle their boat for their fun under the sun..
For the 2nd night, we switch over to Singamata Resort as it just a quick 10 minute boat ride away from the Semporna town. We had to be at Semporna by 7am the next day for our trip to Sipadan so this was the most suitable place for us to spend the night. As a proper resort, it has much better facilities compared to the homestay in Mabul.
Surrounded by the open seas and sitting on top a large reef formations, you can just walk down the wooden platform and dive into the sea. It also has a lot of photo ops...
The most beautiful sunset I ever saw..
A new day...
The main course for this trip...Sipadan island. As one of the world’s best top dive destinations, Sipadan needs no further introduction amongst divers. Due to conservation reasons, the Sipadan Marine Park authority imposed a restriction of 120 visitors per day to the island. The island is literally a turtle and shark haven. Green turtles, hawksbill, white tipped sharks, reef sharks and black tip sharks seemed to appear everywhere a diver chooses to look! More than 3,000 species of fish and hundreds of coral genera can be found there, making it a most diverse and beautiful diving site.
Approaching the island..
The main jetty..
taken with the Diana F lens..
sandy beach, clear blue sky, crystal clear waters...
paradise on earth..
We were taken out for 3 snorkeling / diving trips for the day. Besides the vast numbers and fishes and corals, there were A LOT of sea turtles!!
An underwater MTV for the trip...
All good things come to an end, time to go back to the real world..
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