2 friends from my home town of Sungai Petani are getting married. Yong Soon is to wed his high school sweet heart, Edeliene. I still remember their first day. It happened right after lunch or tea with a group of friends. Anyway, without further due, click the link for some photos of the lovely couple.
A heads up on Digital Photography School - it’s a damn cool site for photography. The forum is pretty active (not a member though), they post meaty articles and sometimes conducts interviews with talented photogs who are more than willing to share their know-how.
Without further due, here are the 19 tutorials:
News source: How to Take Portraits - 19 Portrait Photography Tutorials
Where? Ikano Power Center, Kota Damansara.
When? 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th August.
Here’s the detailed schedule:
2nd Aug 2008 - Saturday
11.30am to 1.00pm - Nikonian Academy - How to choose the right DSLR camera lens. By Jason Tan & Mohd Izham
2.00pm to 3.00pm - Nikonian Academy - How a modern camera flash works. By Sean Liew
3.30pm to 4.30pm - Nikonian Academy - How to achieve studio quality portraits. By Andrew Boey
5.00pm to 6.00pm - Travel Photography talk by Mr. Andy Lim
6.00pm to 7.00pm - Cocorich fashion show and Models photo-shoot3nd Aug 2008 - Sunday
11.30am to 1.00pm - Nikonian Academy - How to shoot sharp photos. By Mohd Izham & Joe Loon
2.00pm to 3.00pm – Wedding and Portrait Photography by Mr. Jim Liaw
3.30pm to 4.30pm - Nikonian Academy - Understanding and managing lighting in photography. By Andrew Boey
5.00pm to 6.00pm - Travel Photography talk by Mr. Andy Lim
6.00pm to 7.00pm - Cocorich fashion show and Models photo-shoot9th Aug 2008 - Saturday
11.30am to 1.00pm - Nikonian Academy - How to digitally enhance your photos. By Sean Liew
2.00pm to 3.00pm - Learning photography talk by Mr. Alex Moh
3.30pm to 4.30pm - Nikonian Academy - Professional digital photography, simplified. By Andrew Boey & Mohd Haidar
5.00pm to 6.00pm - Travel Photography talk by Mr. Kelvin Chan
6.00pm to 7.00pm - Cocorich fashion show and Models photo-shoot10th Aug 2008 - Saturday
11.30am to 1.00pm - Nikonian Academy - How a modern digital SLR camera works? by Sean Liew & Joe Loon
2.00pm to 3.00pm - Learning photography talk by Mr. Alex Moh
3.30pm to 4.30pm - Nikonian Academy - Commercial studio photography tips & tricks. by Andrew Boey
5.00pm to 6.00pm - Travel Photography talk by Mr. Kelvin Chan
6.00pm to 7.00pm - Cocorich fashion show and Models photo-shoot
Thanks to Boey that alerted me last week. Also posted in the Nikonian Academy forusm - Nikon, Nikonian & Cocorich Event - August - IKANO
Blog aggregation & event coverage is at BarCamp’s blog. Pictures are in flickr & Facebook.
When I started using Facebook, it was because of the attraction of a cool new platform towards a geek. After being on it for quite some time, I’m actually pretty happy that I signup so long ago. Initial use of course centered around adding current friends, colleagues and family members. As time passed, I change jobs and realized that Facebook allowed me to keep in touch with most of them and I was happy. Of course, the average Joe can still say well, there’s email and cell phones - you don’t need Facebook to keep in touch. Quite true. And that’s why I didn’t say I was ecstatic because I used Facebook, certainly the other channels of communication negated the benefits of Facebook.
No, feeling ecstatic came a few weeks later when a childhood friend whom I’ve had lost contact for a decade or so got in touch with me again via Facebook. I forgot whether it was me that found him or the other way around (but I remember searching for him and coming up with nil when I first joined Facebook). This ex-school mate of mine, Aqrehan, earlier found me when I signed up for a loan in a bank he then worked in but being the air-head that I am, I lost his cell phone number. Boy was I pissed off with myself. I’ve now got in touch with yet another ex-schoolmate through him. That makes 2 of the gang (there were 3 close buddies in the gang).
Today, again, through AQ, I found Dina through his Facebook contact. It is days like this that I get reminded that technology, as great as it is, takes a back seat to on of its purpose - bringing people closer. Without a platform like Facebook, these friends would only be memories, forever cherished yes, but never again to be seen.
Today, I’m a happy guy that my old friends are no longer just memories. Now excuse me while I go through their pictures.
I’m off to BarCamp Malaysia (odd name if you ask me, bar but no beer?) tomorrow and Sunday. Will probably spend the whole 2 days there so up till 6 pm, I’ll probably be offline. The organizers aren’t too sure that there’ll be Internet connection. Apparently the place is new so nothings been set up yet, including WiFi. I’m not equiped with a 3G modem so no near-realtime updates. I’ll try to post something if and when I can but I suspect that blogging about the event will probably only happen later at night when I’m back home.