Been awhile

Hey guys!

So yea... What can I say? Nothing much has been going on recently. I bought a Targus bag recently to replace my Lowepro bag which shows sign of wear and tear and I fear for the life of my stuff inside, so it's going to be used strictly to carry camera gear when I have to, otherwise my laptop and daily life will fall on the new Targus bag. Still waiting for my Corsair SSD to reach my U.S address so I can ship both together.

I'm still waiting for Corsair to release the Accelerator series so that I can give a speed boost to my desktop. Damn them! Why can't they release any earlier? They say in Feb will be out and it nearly the end of Feburary. Any way, Very soon, I'll be able to afford a Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 VRII! I'm so excited for it! Looking forward to getting the D800 probably next year or in 2014 so I can shoot stuff that would require a higher megapixel count as well as videos (if needed). Not so keen on the video part.

So recently, my brother got a puppy, a black Labrador to be specific. She's so adorable! But very chompy? She likes to bite, and I recently got a scratch looking mark on my left hand because of her hahaha. She's grown up since I last saw her a couple of weeks ago. This is her



Adorable and very energetic. I can't imagine how would she be like when she's full grown though =/

So yea, recently been feeling unmotivated, and well... I guess I've gotta find motivation in what I do, probably get started on those personal shoots I've been aiming for. I was at the library yesterday and I saw a book on shooting with available light and I realize that I've completely forgotten about shooting available light, since I've been shooting so much with flash, flash has become my available light. So I've decided to find a day to go out after getting my 70-200 with my F5 and D3 to shoot available light only, as little post processing as I can.

Last Saturday I also went for this event, invited by my old classmate Dylis, its called Boot To Aid. Its an event where people go for exercise and like, I guess one can call it pay? But its more of donate and all the proceeds go to SPCA. I went there to shoot since I can't really exercise and well... Its tough shooting without a telephoto lens, but I made do with my 24-70. Will see if I can upload some pictures here as well as my website after I'm done processing them.

I also aim to do a little more photo projects this year, or series rather following a book I borrowed from the library. Along with my portfolio shoot. Would be interesting to see what will I have this year. I hope that the number of photos shot a year would increase from last year. I've been given a project in my NS office and I'm quite excited to see where I can go and what I can do since some of the places are well... Not really accessible to most folks. Will link if I can!

I was recently listening to Switchfoot's "Where I Belong" and the following lyrics made me think:

Until I die I'll sing these songs
On the shores of Babylon
Still looking for a home
In a world where I belong

Where the weak are finally strong
Where the righteous right the wrongs
Still looking for a home
In a world where I belong

I thought about those lyrics, and I find that it holds true for me, and I want to see the world change for the better. Too much crap going on and if we're to survive, we have to change what we think, let go of anger and hatred, hold on to respect for each other and kindness will follow. Some food for thought





Till the next time, have a good day everyone!