nomming on Michel & Immilia wedding

I discovered that shooting RAW was really helpful.. The lighting could have ruined the color, but since I kept the pictures in RAW it's easy to make WB adjusment hehe.. :D

wedding

Just a little update, I attended Grace's wedding on last Sat night and will be attending Imil's wedding on next Sat night.. There will be more such occasions till end of year and that means there will be more opportunities for me practicing photography. Bleahhhhh, I even called it photography while my shots were still nothing near amazing hahaha... XD
Grace's wedding was the first time where I took wedding shots. And it's veryyyy difficult yeah? It's difficult to keep up with composition while not losing the moment, so Harry helped me taking some shots from the holy matrimony for he's more experienced haha.. While shooting Grace's, I used mostly my kit lens which later I regret for the nifty fifty could have produced much better photos. It's just because I was wearing high heels and with the 50/f1.8 I had to move around A LOT more and it's painful.. T_T Must practice walking a lot in high heels, maybe?

P.S./ I still don't like my new office.. Some of them are still annoying though I get along better with some more..

the nifty fifty

Yesh, it is Canon 50mm f/1.8 II, as suggested by many fellow Canon users haha.. I bought it on last Thu also from Sentradigital, cost me IDR 950K.

The salesperson told me to stop down to f2.8 to ensure the object look tack sharp. And it does, I can see every detail and it's difficult to look back to the kit lens now haha... But I'm still in trouble cos most pictures I snapped look blur, perhaps due to my shaky hands?? =.= If I use the maximum aperture, it makes the picture look blur on some unwanted parts.. but if I stop down further, the camera sets to slower shutter speed and again, my shaky hands are really pissing me off..

f2.8, exposure 1/4 sec, ISO 1600

As seen on the picture above, I want the entire shrimp look sharp but I can't stop down even more cos the picture will turn out blurry, esp cos the light isn't sufficient here.. :( Suggestions, anyone?

flower

I just realized that we don't have any flower at the garden except this one. Dunno its name It's called Bunga Soka (thanks, Imil :D) and this flower is so common and can be found anywhere.

Details are in Picasa. How do you think?

IMO Picasa should make the 600px size available, too.. for me, the 400px size is just too small while the 800px size is way too big.. doesn't match my blog's width hehe.. :P

my name is

Teehee~~ I've just added the very first public album to my Picasa gallery..

Let's cheers for that! :D

na na na louder

Mad happy! Over ecstatic!

Spent my money on a new toy yesterday and now I become very poor. Poor but happy cos it's like fulfilling a long-awaited dream!

I now own a dslr!!

Been wanting it since Dec 2008 walaoo... so long ago,when EOS 450D was still the newest model from EOS three digits line?? And now when I get mine, the 450D model is already discontinued by the manufacturer LOL~ Seems like I take forever to make a decision, to buy - not to buy - to buy - not to buy... it went like that till last April haha.. But I didn't get 450D of course, mine is the more handsome EOS 550D hehe..

Give you box picture only while I'm still trying to find a nice mirror to camwhore with it haha.. I bought it with 18-55mm kit lens from Sentradigital at IDR 7800K, but in fact I spent more than IDR 8500K for screen protector, air blower, a lenspen, UV filter, and an 8G SanDisk Ultra SDHC Card.. o_O

A big lump of money, but do I care??

Of course I do la.. Afterall, it's not a cheap toy leh, but everything it delivers are just paid off. Picture outcomes are awesome and VERY SHARP AND CLEAR AND JUST PRICKING INTO YOUR EYES!! Haha.. I know I sound lame to most advanced DSLR users, but hey.. I've just upgraded from a P&S camera so it's natural for me to boast about the picture quality, right?

Here I'm taking some novice shots haha..

cropped from picture above

very fine, not?

And best pictures of all....

The mittens on my hand ~~ xD

Don't mind my picture compo, it still sucks haha.. and I still can't handle manual settings properly. Everything on the screen looks so confusing, but it's just a matter of time, isn't it?

I must learn and practice a lot. To every DSLR master, I beg your guidance.. :D