facing the sunset...

7月完結,好似無乜開心事發生過, 唔開心既就接腫而來, 可能工作太多,總係令自己心情煩燥...
多謝朋友陪我影無聊日落...

毋忘六四

joined june 4th match and candle night...although it has been 20 years, my memory is still fresh.

Met 程真 in the event, she told us a lot of detail about the cause and what happened that night. it reinforces me to go for the match and candle night every year, until the gov admit their crime.



also met a girl who did filming on that day, what a stunting cut. click this link...Thank you Hydie.

san deigo tour

Went to san deigo with church small group. Since we were taking tourist bus to san deigo, I expected not to have much time for me to take photos, so i only bring my DC f100fd with me...

Turns out the color and its 12MP are pretty good. The color is so rich, and 12MP is really good for chopping. DC is good enough, when people have a little skills. Carrying big dslr and run around may just turn a relaxing trip become torture.



Sweet talk with pastor wat after dinner. he is the most aggressive pastor i have met so far...haha...

am i...one of those???

copy from appledaily

謎面是：香港特色，猜一字。

好，現在開始「U猜─競估時段」，歡迎落盤，有殺冇賠，猜輸唔准喊。

好，夠鐘，time's up，brains down，別問我：「咁快?! 你玩晒啦！」係呀，我還在操控賽果o忝，我睇新聞學的，小朋友學東西很快的呀，尤其是超齡的小朋友，如我。

謎底是：濫，一字記之曰。濫者，over也、過份也。

不是寫濫吃濫用濫取濫造濫填海等常見現象，不是講濫吏贓官或者我們偉大的特區政府之各種濫笨濫鈍濫孝順爺爺等更常見現象，是想集中談談目下全港（甚至全球）的濫─ ─「濫拍」。


濫拍，拍照的拍，因為數碼化，不必怕浪費菲林，不必怕難於儲存，於是不必負責任。有事無端，死拍爛拍，雞毛蒜皮頭髮尾，芝麻綠豆螞蟻手，狗shxt垃圾影一餐。現世代人手一機甚至兩機，隨身相機加手機，手機又連相機，就手順手，死影爛影。

吃飯，一碟餸來，咪住！影張相先。誰都不准動不許吃，相機先吃！有時還要等一桌餸到齊，拍張全「菜」福琳瑯滿目才准吃，凍晒啦！別告訴我你沒有碰過這些「拍照強迫症」，由平民食店到頂級食肆，濫拍族無處不在，名副其影相多過食飯。不必是米芝蓮級才貌雙全性感撩人菜，千人一面油菜、例湯例水叉燒包、炸魚套餐A一律照單濫拍。拍照拍照拍照，餐餐飯都拍樣樣餸都拍，有拍錯冇放過。上上天下的blog和facebook，相片萬佛朝宗。

好吃點嗎？思覺失調嗎？不影相不知自己吃過什麼嗎？

濫拍成災，太無聊瑣碎，拍照被貶謫縮寫成不值一文不值一哂不值一眨的行為，於是相中的影像之重要性和價值也一落千丈。不必認真，隨便影隨便放隨便傳，放上網/電腦/手機隨便展覽埋嚟睇埋嚟揀，近乎神經質。生活相、家庭照、玉照、艷照、淫照、裸照發給人濫發唔使本，拍的輕率放的輕率，全人類集體輕率，亂七八奏影像噪音。照片的最小紀念意義都流水落花春去也。珍惜？唔識。

旅行，哇，唔影相仲成世界嘅。不拍照就沒去過旅行，拍照是旅遊的指定動作，唔做就死，做得不夠多就蝕，彷彿不夠戰利品、不夠到此一遊的證據。幾多人，全程去到那裏，眼睛都放在鏡頭後，拍照拍到忘了亞媽是誰，我懷疑他們有沒有第一身感受過相機viewfinder丁方畫面外風吹過睫毛、花香曳過鼻端的時刻，有沒有「親眼」看過那些人情風光 。

人們過度倚賴相機來看世界，濫拍而得為影而影的多不勝看影像，有幾多逃得過爛在冷宮過後無人問津的荒涼命運。

Susan Sontag 在《On Photography》說攝影 "is mainly a social rite, a defense against anxiety and a tool of power" 和 "a way of certifying experience"，又說去旅行拚命拍照，是工作後遺症令都市人在旅遊時一樣有「做咗嘢」和「有交代」的安全感。蒼涼過百年孤樹的人性悲哀。

相片，斷裂的影像在肢解現實的面貌，已經太瑣碎太言不及義，是生活真證據，也是生活假證供。

安全感夠多，就不必活過的情如物證，我寧可把生命時刻在腦中曝光，在心中沖印，在記憶硬盤永久貯存，有體溫有生命的，把它常保新鮮。別讓事情過了，記憶就涼。

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maybe next time i will put down the camera and just enjoy everything that given...

snapping around

 
 
 
 
 

back to hk 08 - 1

went back to hk 2 weeks for family & friends visit...



fun the take photos with all ex ob coworker. magic hour is still not something i can handle well, practice practice practice, learn a bit of flash rebound...

Handel's Messiah Concert

helping church to take some pictures for this concert...



seriously, i didn't really listen to the concert. if I did, i don't think i can have any pictures to hand in. it is always nice to be an audience watching.

there was no doubt on the song singing, however, i feel something missing through the photos, no freaking nice dress? o-mouth face around? or lack of facial expression? I have no idea.

FECA christmas party

exercise on camera & flash 2 metering systems...detail object and slightly bright background to reduce hall effect on the photos.

http://nikonclspracticalguide.blogspot.com/2008/01/nikon-flash-two-separate-metering.html



so far i think this is the only church which can make me stay, warm and nice people, full of encouragement. I don't feel discomfort on helping these guys and really enjoying, however, different on believes sometimes make me feel we are in different group. Is it my job nature making me don't give trust on everything?

lifes goes on...

立妾

大婆一出場, 未見過佢既人都會被佢既氣勢震懾, 避而遠之...
帶二奶出黎見下世面, 每次佢總係要扭扭擰擰...
所以我帶左三奶返屋企, 以滿足我突如其來既慾望...



第一晚已經被我操到無力, haha...聽日再玩過...

被炸

教會朋友結婚, 自己唔係攝者團隊中, 可以舒舒服服咁食翅, 閑時影兩張, 一切隨心...


恭喜依對可愛既新人, 祝你地白頭到老, 永結同心, 連生貴子...

LA Auto Show

發奮一下, 星期五晚上就可以去睇車(女model)...

車係有, model圖欠奉...金融海嘯嗎...



覺得自己好神經刀, 另外自己同model既interaction要多加努力...

日出

慣左早起, 天未光, 就攀上屋頂, 影下日出...

到此一遊

Went to getty center because bro wants extra credit for his class, therefore, I went with him to do some practice...

beach party

Holga 135, fujifilm superia 400

Huntington beach


仲未捉摸到...有待一番研究...

July 4th retreat

My happiest, enjoyable and fulfilled Independence day ever...Thank you!!!

初試正片

係Yosemite影既digital相大致完成, 剩下就係要曬左筒velvia 100F, 曬正片自己未試過曬, 以為度度一樣, 點知正負片沖曬係有分別既, 兩種菲林用唔同既chemical去沖, 負片用C-41, 正片用E-6, 市面上大多的都係沖負片既舖頭, 正片通常要到photo lab沖, 但walmart有得代辨. 之前以經知道可以玩正片負沖, 但係第一次沖正片, 重要係旅行相, 都係正正經經沖好佢交貨...

用菲林既樂趣之一, 可能係試下唔同曬相舖, 因為淨係搵photo lab都搵左我一日, 最後搵左間近CSUN既去曬, E-6加scan片, 埋單$25, 好和味, 心諗筒菲林$6, 加埋揸車去既油錢, $36走唔甩, 真係去到一張相$1, 他媽的真貴啊, 心諗不如自己買個film scanner返黎慢慢scan可能重平...無論點都好, 星期五就可以攞, 十分期待...

熱情的沙漠

成個weekend氣溫有38-40度, 成個人有溶緊既感覺, 依度真係一個沙漠...

星期五請左半日假參加綿既畢業禮, 又多一個master friend, 叫到自己還要加把勁. usc都唔一個自己太鐘意既地方, 再加上熱到飛起, 舉起相機既衝動自然欠奉, 都係俾人影下相, 自己玩下DS好過. 太陽照正頭蓋骨, 係無反光板情況下(wishlist items + 1), 只有用閃燈補補光, -1.3ev個人先無咁爆, 但係人面因為閃燈變得唔自然, 原因何在, 點先解決到似個問題, 研究研究. 暫時只能交行貨...

星期六, 到左pasadena既lacy park影眾人既畢業相, 環境唔錯, 陽光充足, 靚草靚樹, 活潑model, 獨欠cpl(wishlist item + 1). 有番d風同樹蔭, 影得無咁辛苦, 興致就番黎, hehehaha左一個下午, 老土既沙龍照, 睇到自己都忍唔著笑...

朋友分隔多地, 一切還好嗎?
  難得相聚, 下次再見又是何時?
    發生任何事, 我都會在遠方支持...

one step into full film

繼12月買左支180/2.8後, 4月又係ebay bid左部FM2n, 全手動機械機, no battery required...

人地問我依家已經係數碼時代, 點解重要走番轉頭用菲林機??? 我相信菲林同數碼係可以并存既, 兩者不可取締. 數碼相機有既係方便快捷, 可以有take two, 但係對於我黎講, 就總係缺少左份活生生既感覺, 係依方面菲林就俾到我, 可能因為d相可以揸上手既關係卦. 每次用部D80影完, 睇過就算, 重來唔會曬出黎. 依家用菲林, 影完無得review, 影完一筒菲林後都已經唔記得自己影過d乜, 攞去曬完, 拆開袋相既緊張心情, 揸著副相既實在感, 唔知自己影過d乜既果種驚喜, 與家人/朋友揸著疊相慢慢睇, 一齊傻笑, 張相片一張張放入相簿既滿足, 依d都係數碼機俾唔到既...

FM2, I love you...