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Probably the weirdest Holga in the world. Haha! See the story behind the creator.

Taylor Swift’s performance was such a blast!

I just gotten the most expensive portrait lens ever, the Canon 85mm f1.2L, about a week ago and yesterday it could not focus after i mounted it on my camera. It just couldn’t auto focus and even manual focus. This is so frustrating, i have merely used it only once for Albert and Melissa’s pre-wedding shoot. What luck!!

*SULK*

Updates: I got back my lens and i don’t have to pay for anything. Apparently, Canon Service Center found no problem with the lens and return it back to me. I put it on my camera and this time round, its WORKING! *happy*

I want this watch!! *drooling*

The Alexandra Road Swing has always been very popular among wedding couples. And not many people know the exact location. In fact, I have asked so many times how to go there or where exactly is the location. Well, I don’t mind sharing, hence I am going to reveal this secret place. ;)

It’s at Canterbury Road. Do a search on the street directory on how to get there, it’s not really that difficult to find that place.

UNFORTUNATELY, the swing plank has been removed by the nearby residents to discourage wedding couples from using the swing for the photoshoots. Why? One resident complained to me that the wedding couples always littered the place with rose petals, flower bouquets, tissues wiped with sweat, drink packets, etc and the residents are the one who have to keep the place clean. That explains, huh.

Even with the swing taken down, Canterbury Road location is still a heavy utilised place for pre-wedding photoshoots. A gentle reminder goes out to all wedding couples who is going there, please take away with you any litters you may have and keep the place clean. Imagine this scenario, you were there for your bridal shoot but there was scattered litter all around by the previous couples and your photographer had a hard time capturing a clean shot. -_-”

Yes, book early to avoid disappointment!

Just recently, two wedding couples came up to me to confirm me to be their wedding photographer. Their weddings are in November this year, and unfortunately I’ve already been booked on their wedding dates. I felt disappointed too. One of the couples was quite close to me and they especially love my works. I was eager to document their wedding in fact. :(

So my advice goes out to you couples who are planning to get married. Plan and book early, especially couples getting married towards the year end. Be kiasu! Hahaa… I reckon to plan as early as a year before your wedding date.

MOP Asia 08 (Month of Photography) is Singapore’s annual festival of photography that features the work of some of the best local and international photographers and for this year, this art showcase will be held sometime in June.

And guess what? I am selected to be one of the local photographers to exhibit my works! WOW!! My first exhibition, very first. Haha… Gosh, i can’t contain my exuberance. This is going to be a very awesome experience for me and am really really looking forward to it!

Anyway, just a little bit more details in my involvement. I have discussed with the producer and definitely i am going to do portraits which is my forte. However, instead of the wedding and fashion portraits i usually do, the producer wants me to work along a dance theme after he was impressed by my series of dance photos. ^_^

Update: MOP Asia 08 has been postponed to a later date.

The DesignSingapore Council launched LighTouch to harness the talent of the designers from around the world. It challenged designers to develop designs for a unique non-intrusive, mixed use, modular lighting system that can shape a creative and interactive live-work-play environment. This design competition spanned across all aspects of design: architecture, lighting design, industrial design and interior design. The jury evaluated the entries for their uniqueness and creativity.

These two days i have been shooting the LighTouch workshop, where they gathered the 7 finalists in NUS for the final stage of competition. It’s really an eye opener, to see talented people from all over the world pitting their creativity skills against each other. Their works are, one word; amazing!