tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972544556286461432024-12-19T11:26:31.069+08:00My lil' hideout where I speak freely(hopefully).Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.comBlogger374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-26861880071382369592009-04-10T00:06:00.005+08:002009-04-10T00:44:30.786+08:00

I like DIY stuff.. if it turns out nice or if I ever use it remains questionable :-)Many moons ago I stumbled on http://www.diyphotography.net/the-best-ways-to-create-your-own-bokeh and blogged about it here. It was a messy attempt just to see if it worked. The results were nice.Because of the way it was built and the materials (ya it was just paper and some masking tape) used, it was no way

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-24450271363567678192009-03-13T09:31:00.004+08:002009-03-13T10:02:31.973+08:00

I had a few friends asking how I made the photos in the previous post.Attached the lambency diffuser with the orange dome, set the flash to manual mode, dialed in 1/128 on the flash unit..Placed the setup on my laptop like below and snapped with a 50mm f/1.8 II lens. This setup made possible the photos from the previous post. The distance from the lambency diffuser to the object was about 5

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-20678131322489621442009-03-11T01:39:00.003+08:002009-03-11T01:42:40.255+08:00

What does one do when.. he has nothing constructive to do?Off camera flash, lambency diffuser with orange dome.

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-7653728671104935672009-03-10T18:41:00.008+08:002009-03-10T19:50:07.549+08:00

I was fortunate, when my visit up north for CNY prized me with my grandma's fruit cake recipe, not only that, she made a couple, stressing that the methods are what makes it her's and not their's.Her fruit cake is one of those cakes known within the family. She has only taught a few, me being one of them :-)This is my 2nd attempt, 1st turning out very well. I'm happy. My 2nd attempt is a success!

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-22824075269366628542009-03-09T02:24:00.006+08:002009-03-09T02:47:33.231+08:00

It was a lil more than a couple of months back when I read this article in the papers. I seldom believe newspaper/magazine writeups on food, just too many bad experience. But I decided to give this a go.So one fine day off we went to hunt for the place.. it was indeed a hunt.. many wrong turns.. asking the locals didn't help that much..We ended up calling Awang himself when we were just about to

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Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-22375234427986071192009-03-09T00:56:00.004+08:002009-03-09T01:10:16.725+08:00

Sushi Zanmai now Pasta.. this place serves Italian Japanese fused with abracadebra.. The results? Magic! Ok I must admit I ain't a fussy fler when it comes to food. As long as it tastes good to me, it goes well.It was me buddy's birthday and I insisted, well kinda insisted that we buy him dinner at Pasta Zanmai. While the rest hadn't visited the outlet before and knowing very well my "

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Hmm it's been some months since I last blogged, mainly due to my Vaio being sent back for some repairs early December.. and guess what? Vaio has still not returned to me. Say what? That's like 3 months?! Yeh, tell me about it.. bravo to Best Denki for it's "marvelous" service. That's another story all together.So.. Malaysians know/have heard/have seen/have awed this city named Putrajaya. Many of

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-17781364526871348582008-10-21T01:17:00.004+08:002008-10-21T01:37:36.719+08:00

It's here! Pretty fast delivery I'd say, all the way from Hong Kong in 7 working days, that's including the seller sending the item on the 3rd working day. Now I gotta understand how to use the speedlite other than ETTL. Another journey is about to start..Here's what I feel that's rather disturbing in a sense. Phottix PT-04 4-Channel Flash Trigger with 2 receivers + free postage. Going the ebay

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-10408654780222128172008-10-19T23:20:00.004+08:002008-10-19T23:35:34.760+08:00

KLPF imho was a success! My concerns when paying such events a visit would be;OrderPunctualityI simply find it irritating when an event isn't organized properly which one of the all time fav. excuse would be "We didn't expect such a large crowd" or somewhere along those lines.If it there was a program, most often than not, the audience would be kept waiting.. for whatever reasons, technical fault

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-87384492463218592442008-10-13T00:22:00.004+08:002008-10-13T00:39:05.982+08:00

There are so many cool stuff u could do with ya speedlite. If you have one and use it primarily with ETTL and on ya camera, then it's a waste. So I read somewhere. Which in turn struck a cord.Just yesterday I ordered a Phottix wireless flash trigger with 2 receivers from ebay, let's hope they arrive in working condition. Yeh I wanna try strobist. I've been facinated with light since I got my

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-90374436009274284632008-10-12T23:50:00.006+08:002008-10-13T00:22:03.172+08:00

+wondermilk ain't no wonderbra ;-) altho the somehow seem to rhyme *smirk*Kelv told me of this place that had delicious cupcakes but only opens during the day or perhaps early evening. Fat chance for me visiting this place after work. Kept slipping my mind on the weekends till yesterday when it just came popping in!A cuppa cap or latte would cost ya RM6, pretty decent price eh? What I don't

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-82384165295758699202008-10-03T00:10:00.004+08:002008-10-03T00:15:14.786+08:00

Manual focus for the blur..Cap the lens with me home-brewed-dunnoWhatUCallIt.. Voila.. KL City scape in hearts..Ok let's get a decent shot.. Focus till infinity..Twist the focus ring a little.. KL City loves ya'll!

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-11926771069475122012008-10-02T23:53:00.004+08:002008-10-03T00:09:44.654+08:00

This has been in my to visit list for quite some time.. Finally I decided to take advantage of the festive season and pay the place a visit.. Ampang Lookout Point, bird's eye view of Kuala Lumpur city!night before "let's do sunset!"2 hours before departure "where's the darn fireball?"30 mins before arriving "ok we ain't seeing no sunset.."upon arrival "yawnnn~"GloooOooOoomy..We decided to try out

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-51547326649954115452008-10-02T23:45:00.003+08:002008-10-02T23:53:17.929+08:00

Ok here's the deal, I got the 50mm f/1.8 months ago n I gotta admit that I've not really used it. Well I love my zooms more ;-) call me lazy or whatever ;-)..So I was thinking, what can I do with this fler.. off I went googling.. and hey this sounds like something!http://www.diyphotography.net/the-best-ways-to-create-your-own-bokehI was skeptical.. so I whipped this out..A shot from the balcony..

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-84369231171619624402008-09-29T23:30:00.005+08:002008-10-03T00:29:02.039+08:00

While I stare at this foto.. it gives me such a mixture of feelings..At one time it yells at me.. LEADERSHIP.. hail my followers, I shall lead you to victory!At another, I hear a voice..UNITY.. I am but one..Then..HOPE.. Follow the light and thy shall blossom..

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-9623867398297814122008-09-29T23:27:00.004+08:002008-09-29T23:30:44.877+08:00

When I first posted this on facebook, many but one noticed what I was trying to tell.. So Zaidi suggested this, which does add a significant impact to the story..

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-34917305705222646332008-09-07T22:57:00.004+08:002008-09-07T23:02:11.637+08:00

Let go! Let go! Let me at it!Oh boy I'm excited..Err.. how did I do it again??mmMMmm.. *feeling*TOUCH DOWN!!Aha! Tht's how it felt the last time! I'm almost there!Nothing's stopping me from conquering the world!!Cheh~ piece of cake la!MOMMY! HERE I COME!!

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I caught this piece of info. from last Friday's paper. It was a quarter of a page write up. Buses arranged every half an hour, etc. So hey let's have a look!40KMs drive.. in the slight rain (it had been raining almost the whole a'noon).. had lovely fried hokkien mee.. had a good time trying to find the park, there were a few parks around Taman Muda's market.. ya wonderful directions given from

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-82934323742930512022008-09-05T10:39:00.002+08:002008-09-05T10:49:37.117+08:00

I received a mailer from a certain international corporation with the subject "PACK YOUR SUITCASE. WE'RE GIVING YOU A GUARANTEED FREE FLIGHT!"Pick 1.. Bangkok? Hanoi? Krabi? Guangzhou? Come on pick 1, inclusive of fuel charges & taxes! It's an AirAsia ticket, but hey, it's free ya!wooohooo!!! I'm gonna fly somewhere for free!yeh right, smack urself upright. Nothing's ever as sweet as that

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-76155836021445143722008-09-01T15:03:00.001+08:002008-09-01T15:11:36.269+08:00

This marks the end of MIFC 2008.

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Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-73841742015695080752008-08-17T16:32:00.004+08:002008-08-17T16:41:52.529+08:00

Team China letting it go!The first shot was using ISO100 which I found to be not bright enough. Thus the rest of the fotos were made with ISO200, 17mm (widest I could go), f/16, bulb.As you can see, this is why I ended up being happy with the spot I got. Any more to the right, I would not have been able to fit most of the fireworks display into a frame.The next event, I'll be using the black card

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-3006885989227890932008-08-17T16:23:00.005+08:002008-08-17T16:42:49.078+08:00

Last year's traffic was horrendous, in a nut shell, last year the organizers were either terribly unprepared or had little experience organizing an event with such a massive crowd. This time around we arrived an hour and a half earlier, just to be safe. To my surprise, although traffic was heavy but it wasn't choked.Made our way to the pre-decided area and was surprised to see a lot of tripods

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014824727049657191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197254455628646143.post-60625003400872936482008-08-13T09:38:00.003+08:002008-08-13T09:45:43.039+08:00

Malaysia International Fireworks Competition kicked off last night, with the host's array of magical colors!Full set available on flickr.

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