Wow... So fast and its been almost a week since I last blogged! Again ,the reason why I didn't blog is because I've been tired plus nothing much to say hence combine a few days of blogging.
On to business! Nothing much happened on Thursday and Friday where I had to go to school on Friday because my classmates couldn't finish their project on Thursday and even on Friday, they couldn't finish. In the end, we didn't do presentation meaning I wasted my time going to school on Friday. And those who did presentation after school on Thursday have their efforts wasted.
Saturday was my dear "sister" Jia Zhen and her cousin's birthday celebration. It was interesting to see her family and shooting for them. I was there till like 1am before going home, I think its 1am. Sunday was a pretty quiet day spent editing photos for her.
On Monday I went down to my attachment office to show my boss the videos I did in school and was told to improve myself and learn more. So I asked my sonny boy Nyiyaz about some video standards and formats. I went to the national library after discussing about the work I'm to do when I start. When I went there and located the video section which is next to the photography section, I was shocked to see the number of photography books. Now I know to go there for "research" on photography books. I borrow 3 books and was reading while walking to Plaza Singapura to look for my ex colleague who is an auntie by the way.
After that I took 14 to Bukit Merah and walking home.
Today I went down to Bukit Merah to return the video book and I borrowed another 7 books! But none to do with video, because a lot of stuff in the video books I already know, things that I do not know aren't in the books that I see. So yea... I have to refer to the internet. The reason why I borrowed 7 books is for my own "research" on what books to get for my personal library as well as looking at the way the photos are composed to have a rough idea on composition for video.
So I went home with 7 books which were pretty heavy so next time I shall carry a bag instead! Came home and didn't do much except watching videos and doing quite a bit of browsing of the books.
One book in particular, is a book I saw that is recommended to me by Amazon UK, Lee Frost's Panoramic Photography. So I decided to try pano photography. I tried in my room and in a way, failed in doing a 360 image. That was after viewing on my computer. So I decided to try it later which is just now when darkness covered the sky. And I shot once before I saw lightning and decided to shoot the lighting.
When nothing came out, I decided to check my images and well... They had long exposure noise, so I deleted everything and shot once more before waiting for lightning. Waited for a few minutes and all the time lightning struck, it was behind clouds so I gave up and went back home.
This is the final image shot with my trusty Olympus E-1 and Zuiko Digital 14-54 lens. 12 Images stitched together at ISO400, 3.2 sec at f8.
Kinda sad that its small but well, the final image is ok, probably could be better with more experience. But I shall not stitch that many images again unless absolutely necessary.
Here's a video of Joe McNally shooting some grid thing, not really sure what it is, but even with natural light, his photos never fail to amaze me, not really the camera though it does play a part.
That's pretty much all I wanna say. I'm so excited for 10th and 11th January next year because Joe McNally will be giving talks! Seems that only Hilwah likes my pano image though my student Zheng Yan thinks its nice too. But I feel I can do better. Oh well! As the saying goes, practice makes perfect!
That's all I have to say so till the next post, good night world!
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