Splash!!!
by vixidem on Jan.03, 2010, under Landscape and Nature, Potraiture
2010. A new year. No feeling towards it though. It’s just the starting of the first month out of twelve months in Gregorian calendar. By the way, 1431 Hijrah had been around almost three weeks at the moment.
I am 23 this year? Gilaaa… Still, there is a lot to accomplish. Huge things around the corner. Responsibilities are on my shoulder.
Photos were taken at Sungai Congkak, Hulu Langat. I’ve faced a huge risk of dropping my camera into the water, but the results from the shooting were awesome. I really love it.
The camera setting was almost the same each time. 50mm f/1.8 mounted on camera, at max aperture with ISO around 100-400. Aperture Priority mode was used and Exposure Compensation was adjusted from -1.0 to +0.3 to suits the lighting condition. No flash was used, the lighting is all from The Almighty. For photo no.2, I bracketed 3 different exposure with bracketing increment of +/-1.0, and blend it using Photomatix (I am not a fan of excessive HDR though). Photos of myself were taken by Rizuan Ali, with my camera.
Enjoy!
A Long “Holiday’
by vixidem on Dec.26, 2009, under Gallery, Landscape and Nature, Potraiture
Wasted time, boring, guitar, on the phone, back to guitar, games, guitar again, wasting another hour, guitaraaaaaa, on the phone, eat, on the phone, guitareeeeeee, jog, eat, guitar, on the phone, guitarrooooooooo, sleep.
Am I the only one who are suffering from this kind of boredom?
Photos are from Selangor Ria Carnival at Shah Alam Stadium compound. Nothing special. Cute animals are the only thing that interest me.
EXIF data? Sorry la Macha.. Seriously lazy.
The Forbidden Space in the Heart
by vixidem on Dec.09, 2009, under Guitar and Music
The time moves at a very calm pace at the moment. Nothing to rush, nothing to be finished but it was so boring.
I have made another track, which is slightly longer than the last one that I have posted. This track was much influenced by In Flames. Heavy melodic backing track with simplistic guitar solo. In the initial part, the licks was done with some Wah added to the sound which the Wah was from my Line 6 POD XT Live.
Recorded just like before with me on everything (no bass guitar though).
Photography? Wait till I have new photos, no photography outing at the mean time.
‘F’ word for Streamyx for being such sluggish and slow. The only thing that I adore Streamyx is that they have the distinctive patience when being cursed like crazy by me. It was tiresome for me to make this post.
Enjoy.
Flood/Spam
by vixidem on Dec.02, 2009, under Landscape and Nature, Potraiture
I have finished presenting my case.
There was a flood in the college compound, again. Do flood ever occur in your study place after raining about 3 hours? Yes, my college do. That’s why my university is sooo special.
The three last photos was captured at my home, after Eid’ Adha. Nothing significant or special about the last 3 photos and initially I was a bit reluctant to publish it here. But what can I do, I just love the photos without reason.
Am I spamming my own photoblog? Two post in one date. Fuiyooooh!!!
Enjoy.
Solitary Diamond
by vixidem on Dec.02, 2009, under Guitar and Music
Tomorrow I will present my case, yet I am procrastinating by doing this track.
Yup, this is not photography, but I love guitar too, so I guess there’s nothing wrong to put it here (this is my photoblog anyway 
). This track was originally composed by me, the person who don’t have much knowledge on reading sheet music or complex music theory. The tracks cannot be categorized as a song, as it is too short. Jingle is more suitable, although it is also not exactly a jingle.
The solo track was recorded one timer via my Line 6 POD XT LIVE directly connected to my computer via USB (professional microphone is too expensive, plus I don’t have tube amp to produce decent quality of sound). The guitar used was Ibanez PGM30 with standard pickups. It is not the prestigious Paul Gilbert PGM3, it is just a guitar that Ibanez made for people who cannot afford the PGM3. But still, the guitar cost me an arm and leg. The software used for recording and mixing was Ableton Live.
The backing tracks was also played by me and it was recorded using same method like above. There are several backing tracks layer, which I played one by one and mix it all up together with the solo track using Ableton Live. The drum tracks was arranged by me using Acoustica Beatcraft (I am not a drummer, so don’t expect fancy drum line).
This is for my solitary diamond
Enjoy!
Eid’ Adha
by vixidem on Nov.30, 2009, under Landscape and Nature, Potraiture
Eid’d Adha. A meaningful term and symbolize the great sacrifice. No need for further explaination.
Spending extra hours on the road because ‘highway’ jam is also a great sacrifice.
And this is a set of photos that I have captured. There is a lot of photos, but if I load them up here, it will slows down the website.
I’ve pushed the ISO even to 1600,some of the photos are very ‘noisy’. I don’t want to use the speedlight, to make sure the shot was unnoticed, and the expression will be as natural as possible.
Enjoy. And let’s sacrifice.
It Was Boring, But It Was Interesting
by vixidem on Nov.25, 2009, under Landscape and Nature, Potraiture
The tons of works is halfway done as all of the documentation for the clinical atttachment have been submitted. But still, there is presentation around the corner.
I don’t know why, but my urge to shoot lately is on it’s max. Shoot+guitar all the time. And all the work was kept being postponed.
This is a set of photos that I have captured during this past two days. There are no themes for this set because I just shoot whenever I feel I want to. So, dont expect a set of photos that can tell you stories. This set is just ‘moments’ that happened in the days plus one photo of me bursted a laughter
I have set up a new plugin for this website so that people won’t have to scroll too much to see the photos, and save their waiting time. So, starting from this post, there will be thumbnails only on the front pages, no more big photos that require hours to load ( Streamyx is stupid.Potong if you can! Hehe! )
Just click on the thumbnail to view on large.
Enjoy!
Moving While Craving
by vixidem on Nov.23, 2009, under Potraiture
“Masa sedang mencemburui saya”.
Tons of work awaiting just right in front of me.
These photos was captured after the meeting. I brought along the camera because I am craving too shoot.
The captions for all the photos does not mean anything. It was just a phrase that lingered in my mind at the moment.
- Tokina 12-24mm (why this lens is so in love with me?)
- f/4
- Aperture priority
- Post-processing in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Night Night Night
by vixidem on Nov.21, 2009, under Potraiture
This is not the latest set of photos by me, but this is the only set that I never published before (before this I am using Flickr as my main photoblog). The photos are from the barbeque at Bull’s house, somewhere in early November. These are not my best photos, as I am very bad in shooting at night.
I am too lazy to put the EXIFF data. But the basic setting was:
- SB600 on camera with standard i-TTL mode.
- Tokina 12-24mm at F/4 (aperture priority mode)
- Agitate the camera!
The Urge To Shoot
by vixidem on Nov.20, 2009, under Landscape and Nature
The Urge to Shoot
Lately, the rain was like pouring non-stop. I want to go for an outing, but my camera is not waterproof. So, here is a photo that I snapped from 11th floor of Brunsfield Apartment. There is a sugar factory at Batu Tiga, near the Stesyen Komuter. I’m not sure whether sugar factory produce pollutive by-products, but if it is not pollutive, why they release them in the middle of the night?
One of my friend requested me to put the EXIFF data here,so here it is:
(note that I can only do this for a post with least amount of photos)
EXIFF data:
- Aperture: f/4 (without tripod, opening up wide like this was the only option)
- Shutter speed: 1.6 sec. (hand-helded!)
- ISO: 400 (I just dont like to crank up the ISO much higher , a lot of details will diminished)
- Focal lenght: 24mm (with a Tokina 12-24mm) equivalent to 36mm on full frame.
