Alcano Part 2!

Went for this private pool clinic (which turned out to be just alcano playing whoever on a bar table) and watched him exhibiting his greatness again.

Shot of the day was the double kiss on the 8 to send it to the top corner. ask me when you see me if you wanna know how/what he did.

some photos.. abit sad that the lighting was quite bad (well its a bar/pub and lighting is not really a big thing there,) and my cam (and more likely techniques) are insufficient for the task (when can i get my 24-70mm f2.8L and 5d?)

so here they are:


























Then just a short update. School's alright, midterm results are in and i'm doing fairly ok. Sitting on a B or B+ for maths, A- for english and A for econs. Hopefully, God willing, I can keep that up.

Been playing better since i watched alcano, have been playing like a bit of a robot when i spar with W. played snooker too on monday with D, trying all the shots and shooting them as if they were pool shots. heh rather interesting to see them go in and the look on his face. 

i lost the first frame by a point, but won the next two by 7 and 44 points respectively. 

how did the 44 come abt?

well to put it simply, everytime i missed (which i did alot) i would leave him hooked real bad. twice he kicked out by he hit the black instead of the red. lols. plus the potting in that frame was something i've never done before, i made what i saw. wow.

a day with the World Champion!

he came, he played, he conquered.




























watching him play, i could describe it in two words: efficient & confident

the precision and power of his stroke is truly one to behold. i think there's only one way to beat him, that is to not make a single mistake. i was thoroughly impressed by his level of play.

submission

guess the rain stopped me from doing what i would have liked. showers the entire day means prob no sun when i need it the most. so i went plan B and submitted what i had anyways.

Entry 1:








Entry 2:









now leaving everything else into God's hands :)

lost time and something remembered..

heavy downpours and cloudy skies meant i would miss today's opportunity for that scenery photo i'm looking for. and i'm running out of time! tmrw's the submission date and i don't have a photo to show for it.

feeling a lil anxious i might not get it and thus not go for it in the end.

have to get my butt off my chair/couch/bed more.

anyways i was looking through the archives of this blog and found this, i thot it was quite meaningful so i'll share it again,

The Final Analysis
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centred;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of having selfish ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world your best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world your best anyway.


You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
it was never between you and them anway

last minute plans

In an effort to join the Canon-TNP Young Photographer contest, i asked a couple of friends what they thot of certain photos, here's one of the replies I got when I asked him to choose between a photo of himself and of some kids: (names changed to protect the living)

says:
i shall be modest and say the bdc kids
says:
though i think i'm rather good looking

hahahaha....!

this is what sebas did while waiting for me to clear up, and he was leaving a msg for justin lols!






anyways, i'm missing a scenery shot. was hoping to get it yesterday at vivo before meeting a couple of friends for dinner. alas, i plan but work beckoned. ended up spending the night at century. and died when it came to the accounts. its so messsy lah. like sebas said, "you're a noob lehhh" and i totally agree. took freaking long to stack the drinks and then count.

owells..hopefully after more experience i would be better (:


anyways, i've shortlisted these photos for submission, let me know what you think!

people:










action:






let me know which you like! :)

woo..done!

well done with yesterday's photos.

took 332, published 104! :)

have a look if you wish, http://www.flickr.com/photos/7489149@N07/tags/nexus2007/

or go to http://www.flickr.com and then search either for my username "joel.thingie" or the tag "nexus2007"

anyways, saw one of the "pro-er" photographers and the photos he took from yesterday. like they were so good. i've a loooooooooong way to go!

1st event cover!

wheee!

it was fun (and very tiring!) to cover the Nexus 2007 event. thank God for seeing me through the day.

i slept at 3am (again..must be a faulty body clock), woke up at 5.30am, reached the location at 7am, left at 9pm.

covered the talks and panels by several leading figures in the tech world. have some photos i'm quite proud of :) and mainly was running all over the place taking random pictures of people. in a way i guess i'm starting to like human protraiture =p

gonna spend some time to process the photos..took 331 photos in all. wow. didn't realise, just kept clicking ;)

think i might go and try for the TNP young photographer award thingy too. think i got enough stuff to try!

will post a link to the site when i'm done!


btw...tried this guy's 5d with a 70-200mm f4L IS USM lens. i almost died lah. its so good to shoot with lorh!

I WANT MY L LENS!

saw like 3 other "pro" photographers, one dude had a 70-200 f4L and a 17-40 f4L with a 30d (almost 6k), another a 30d with a 70-200 f2.8L, 24-70 f2.8L (almost 8k), and the most "pro" one with a 5d and a 30d with 70-200 f2.8L, 24-70 f2.8L, 17-40 f4L, 70-200 f4L (12k worth).

WOW.

then again a good laptop to do processing as soon as i shoot would be great too. especially for an event like this. saw some very good dude at design doing his stuff (the logos, shirts, boxes, banners were all designed by him) and thot that would make a worthwhile investment. but thats like another 2k :(



slowly slowly i hope i can get to that stage =p

now to shower =/