For fame and glory - 2nd day

Our second day here starts with a simple jog by the students at 5 am, continued by training on their respective events. By 6.30 am the stadium was already packed with athletes from other schools. So all of us head back to our rooms and rest.

As the real competition will start tomorrow, we instructed the students to do some light training in the evening. They were delighted when we allowed them to go to the swimming pool to relax after that.

Some of them just hang out at the playground, so I grab my cam and do some candid portraits.




Regetta and Joanna


Joanna


Ryan Albert Yaya


Grace Matius


Our 'chef de mission' Cikgu Usang.






Benover, Johnathan and Dickson.


Me. I have my personal assistant Grace to help me take photos.


With so much time in hand today, I tried some lomo effect of Joanna's photo.

For fame and glory

I'm currently in Limbang for the annual Limbang Division Inter-School Sports Meet. This year we're bringing 40 athletes to compete in various events. As usual I'll be in charge for the field events and photography services. Last year I used the SAL 75-300mm kit lens, but this year will be using the Tammy 70-200. I do hope I won't miss the extra 100mm.

Here's a few shots of some of my students doing their drilling regime.







And not forgetting a portrait shot.


Ryan Yaya.

My new shoes!

Recently, my wife gave me a new pair of shoes for Valentine's day. Woohoo! Thanks wifey! When I first saw the shoes, it was love at first sight. The fabric part of it blends nicely with the rubber sole. And it looked kind of retro-looking for a pair of futsal shoes. Oh, it's a Puma by the way. Puma Futsala IV.



Anyway, I'm not good in futsal or street soccer, or even football. I can't even dribble properly. But that didn't stop me to get another pair. Previously, I wore my Adidas badminton cum indoor cum volleyball shoes and the New Balance trainer. This particular Puma however, I could use it as a walk-around shoe.

The upper is made of suede and lightweight, breathable mesh, creating stability and comfort during fast indoor soccer action . For added durability, the toe has a molded rubber reinforcement. Hmm...no wonder I moved quicker nowadays. Hahaha.

I got the black-coloured one. There's another in white but it can get pretty dirty easily. Sadly that's the only two colour options that they have at Parkson 1 Borneo. There's a few more colour variants on the net.

Oh ya, up till now I lost four kilograms of weight. I really hope it will dip below the 90 kg mark before this coming week.

KKIP portraiture at an abandoned warehouse

Last Saturday we had another portrait shoot. As our model asked her car to be included in it, we decided to have the session at an abandoned warehouse. It is located at Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park. As I entered that place, saw a few fireman still trying to contain the smoke from Saturday's fire which I blog about in the previous post.

After setting up everything, I mount my cam with Shukrie's 11-18mm lens. We had four flashes to play with this time. Our models are Epong and Ann, two friendly and energetic people together with Epong's car, Myvi.










For this shot, we used a polystyrene foam to bounce a f42 to light up the faces, one at the feet, and another one fired 45 degrees down from the left side.



Here's some behind-the-scene shots.





Coincidentally, my friend Shukrie just got a call from the post office telling him that his parcel has arrived from KL. What's inside? His A100 after being converted into an IR machine.


The 'grandpapa' of Alpha cameras get rejuvenated. The cost for converting was RM500. I can tell that it's worth every ringgit.


I asked him to take a photo of me.


Yeah! I'm in IR.

Smokes, and lots of it...

As I drove along KK-Tuaran highway this evening to go to Dalit beach, I saw a thick smoke coming from afar. I stopped at the roadside and grab my cam.



Then I continued my journey using KKIP highway, and I noticed that I'm getting nearer to the source of the smoke. Something at KKIP caught fire, and a lot of people gathered there.








Another shot taken in front of Politeknik KK. That's a lot of smokes!

If I didn't have plans for sunset hunting just now, I would definitely go nearer. Hopefully no casualties involved.

Kokol Hill Portraits

After we had some nice photos of Mt. Kinabalu from Mengkabong, my friend suggested that all of us should go to Kokol to witness another sunrise. So last Saturday, we did another sunrise hunting, plus portraiture shoots for friends of theirs.

Off we went, taking the route not far from Menggatal town. The journey up to the designated place took us about 20 mins. We reached there just after 6 am and quickly set up our tripods and stuffs. Took these shots using the Tokina.



After 6.40 am.





Then, we proceed with the portraits, I used the Tammy at f4. Rovanne in black and Yuhana in white.





Afterwards we changed venue for shooting, and I armed my camera with the Sony 30mm f2.8 macro which belong to a friend. It was a very sharp lens, and I love the fact that I can get real close-up shots using it. Although not as wide as the 11-18 UWA that another friend used during this session. His photos was superb. So what five photographers, with four flashes fired wirelessly produced?










My friend KYSham demonstrating the after-effects of wireless shots. He also owned the A850 and Carl Zeiss 24-70 f2.8 which photos poisoned us all. What a glass.

Those are just some shots of what we did that day. This weekend we might be going there again for another sunrise hunting. Want to join, do buzz us then.

Sunrise at Mengkabong, Tuaran

Last Wednesday I braced myself waking up at 4.30 am just to capture the sunrise at Mengkabong, Tuaran which is about 25 mins drive from Kota Kinabalu. Photographers normally will stationed themselves on the bridge, but this time, my friend and I settled at the jetty. Most shots taken with the Tokina using various settings.






Taken using Sony 11-18 UWA. Forgot to clean the front filter. You can see a visible dust there. :D






You can get a different view on this bridge.