7D's final breath

The last set of pictures I shot before the waves knocked me over and my camera along with me. Yeah I know I shoulda brought a housing with me... but at least I got some shots :P

Alice At Home Chillin

This is an old photoshoot circa November 2010, I wanted to attempt to do a "Fashion Photoshoot". But seeing as resources were EXTREMELY LIMITED it took a lot of planning and practice to pull it off.

Pre-planning sketches deciding on make-up, wardrobe and possible poses

First off I don't even have a model, the only person in the vicinity was my sister, but fortunately she also has a wardrobe full of harajuku-goth-outfits which made styling a lot more fun to plan! Like wise we've got a bunch of obnoxiously-antique looking items around the house... I mean why we even have a candelabra is beyond me, I'm just blessed to have all kinds of junk lying around. As for make up, well it took me a couple days/weeks studying Michelle Phan's videos and practicing it before actually applying it to my sis... then again I'll admit photoshop helped me big time afterwards...

So now all that is done it was time to shoot!

Back when I've just discovered how to manipulate lighting. This being pretty much my first time actually doing up a proper so-called studio shoot. But really its hardly a studio, this was shot in my bedroom, with a crappy DIY backdrop (that required heck of a lot of editing to clean up) and my lighting was only Canon Speedlite 580EX II, bounced off a large white board that happened to be lying around in my sister's room (yeah we have all kinds of junk!)

Yep that's pretty much how it turned up... Shot with a Canon 7D and Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Lens. I know most people advise against using wide angle lenses to shoot people, however this lens helped elongate my sister's otherwise normal legs and make her look somewhat model-esque ;)

Lunar Eclipse & My Revitalised Passion.

 

Lunar Eclipse shot in December 10, 2011. 

In most cases I tend to be a little oblivious when it comes to eclipses and tend to miss the opportunity to shoot it. But fortunately I was having a chilled-day at home when this decided to show up! So the first shot I grabbed my dad's Sony A77 with Minolta 100-400mm lens and rushed to the window to capture this, hoping to get a decent shot before the eclipse ended. It was around 10pm. The second shot was done in a more relaxed manner knowing that the eclipse was still out, I brought a tripod and walked out of the apartment to shoot this, by then the moon looked a bit faded compared to the first. 

All in all I had plenty of fun even for a few minutes. Its been almost 6 months since I lost my 7D to a salt water accident... my passion since then died. There was a huge gap that somehow stopped me from pursuing photography. But shooting the eclipse somehow perked me up again.

After putting much thought into pursuing photography again, I have decided to buy myself another 7D second hand of course. Very much in better condition then my old 7D before it died! This time I swear to take better precautions, can't afford to buy anymore equipment till I start making more $$$ from photography. cheers for that!