Thursday 27 December 2012

What is Gaya Market?
Gaya Street, formerly known as Bond Street has been the centre of business for over a hundred years. It's a long-stretch typical Malaysian bazaar selling various product ranged from souvenir, fresh food, Herbs, Potted-flower, Antique, vegetables, pets, and delicious Sabah food and much much more!!

Where is Gaya Market?
As you can see from the name, the happenings took place at Gaya Street, right in the heart of Kota Kinabalu. The street, which is parallel to Jalan Pantai  is partially paved and the entrance is marked with a very Chinatown-ish looking arch, at Dataran Desoka.
Banks everywhere! – Jalan Pantai and Gaya Street are in the middle of Kota Kinabalu busiest business district, so banks and financial institutions are common sights. The Bazaar begin from Mandarin Hotel to Old Town White Coffee.
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From point A to B is the heart of Gaya street Sunday Market, it is a 2 way route, you can go and forth and visit different stalls! This place is especially design for tourists, where you can find plenty of interesting domestic made product. 

When is it happening?
Rain or Shine, the market will happen every Sunday! The vendors begin operate business as early as 5.30AM!! And it normally last until 1/2PM.

How to go there?
If you’re staying in the backpacker dorms at city centre, distance to Gaya Street is only a few minutes short walk away. If you’re staying outside the city, catch a public transportation to city centre. Most buses and mini buses will lead you straight to city centre. If you’re driving, it’s advisable for you to come early; parking spaces are super limited!
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The art evolve from time to time, sometimes its hard to distinguish.. -.-"
Beach wear for many occasion, more than beach, to shopping, party etc!
水鱼，鳝鱼，海参 + +
Souvenir for your girlfriend?
Nikon D7000 + Nikon 35mm F1.8
Nikon D7000 + Nikon 35mm F1.8
Self Potrait of us through Lens + Glass + Mirror
"Let me Out!, Let me IN!!!"

Patriotic kid asking for Ice-Cream from mum!
Good catch for today?
At least he provide entertainment rather than merely beg for money.
笑到不见眼，也不见牙？
Despite it is a lazy Sunday Morning stroll, with good panoramic view and vast selections of things to buy along the way, It is also a perfect place for street photography. The pictures and words alone will never be sufficient to explain the uniqueness of this place, you have to see it and experience yourself. If you ever have a chance to visit to Kota Kinabalu, definitely design your itinerary to come to this Sunday market, It might be overcrowded, it might be hot, but it will definitely worth it!
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Gaya Street - Kota Kinabalu Sunday Market

W hat is Gaya Market? Gaya Street, formerly known as Bond Street has been the centre of business for over a hundred years.  It's a lo...
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Thursday 13 December 2012

Marina Bay Sand and Garden by the Bay
Singapore, close neighbor to Malaysia never seem to be strange for me. As soon as my sibling settled down here, i always get a chance to visit there whenever i can. I've been reluctant to bring my camera on streets to capture the faces of Singapore, because we shared similar culture here in Malaysia. However, now Singapore have become one of my favorite destination for landscape/ architecture photography, you can find many interesting building and cityscape easily in this beautiful country. 

Singapore is not only a holiday destination for me - Its a city i'd be happy to call home. I have sibling staying here, i have no problem communicate with the people here, they have food that i loved. A perfect blend of Indian, Malay, Chinese, and plenty of Caucasians, make this place wonderful full with beautiful culture, and delicious food, satisfying your taste bud every moment. They have systematic transportation service; and cleanliness of the streets make you feels like in a hospital, but really, there are nothing much to complaint about, other than the size of the country.
Clarke Quay at Night

Marina Sand at night, during a show
Louis Vuitton Exclusive Retail shop @ Marina Bay Sand
Louis Vuitton Exclusive Retail shop @ Marina Bay Sand

Shoot the entire photographs with my previous Canon 60D, its an awesome camera for landscape, you can adjust everything in live view mode including metering and exposure chart, as well as the lever tool. Carrying a Velbon tripod weighted more than 2KGs, together with a bag of Lenses walking around the city and got lost, couldn't find a way to go through another side of the river at Marina Sand. End up spending more than 5hours walking in the middle of the city and reach home by 3AM in the morning.
Vibrance of the Lion City

Marina Bay Art Path




Garden by the Bay
Messing around in this city is really fun, you got lost on the road sometimes but you will never get lost if you are taking a MRT. It's so convenient to transport you from one place to another, you don't need to be a genius to understand their route, its as easy as breathing. Singapore can be a great city to experimenting architecture photography, because you get so many object to shoot in the town, typically in Raffles Place, City Hall, and other major white collar zone. Personally, i really like shooting in Singapore, because you can get pretty much different perspective as they have beautiful blend of different culture (Modern, and Traditional). Hopefully i will be in Singapore again for the coming semester break, or during my sister wedding (looking for further updates), will do more street photography this time with my beloved Lumix GF1 (One of the best camera i ever owned).

If you would like some tips on where to visit in Singapore, i hope i can help, just send me an email or enquiry through this website, and i will try my best to assist!




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10:48:00

Landscape Photography in Singapore - In a Day

Marina Bay Sand and Garden by the Bay Singapore, close neighbor to Malaysia never seem to be strange for me. As soon as my sibling sett...
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Tuesday 4 December 2012

Few days ago i borrowed a 70-200mm VC from my friend, he was kind enough to let me play with his baby lens! This is my first attempt in doing sport photography. I did tried shooting badminton matches with my previous Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 VC, the aperture is not constant, thus i have difficulties in shooting in low light condition such as inside the badminton court, and the result turned out very bad. 

The venue falls at KDCA Penampang basketball court. Shooting in such light condition is challenging, as the maximum shutter speed will reach 1/200th second only if you increase your ISO to 3200 with wide open f2.8 aperture. This is the first time shooting fast moving object with my Nikon D7000 (i was using Canon 60D previously). Due to the "newness"(Noobies) in Nikon, i have no idea how to switch the AI single Servo to Continous Servo and so, i quickly googled it and finally i learned how to switch AI mode, once again thanks to Google! 

Based on my own handling experience, i found that Nikon is more handy in term of dial control than Canon. I can easily adjust and access to most of the feature by using my left hand (AF/MF, AI servo mode, ISO control, Picture Quality) while Canon more focus on my Right hand (ISO, AI servo mode, etc). I would say i like Nikon more than Canon because of it's dial control, as well as the color Nikon produced. 

Shooting free throw
Friendly match before semi-final begin.
Very tight defense inside the 2point zone. 
Ujana Kingfisher Team !
Very tall jump-shoot, hard to defense.
National player, very good 3 points shooter.
Another national player, fast, and responsive defense and offense!
Manage to block his offense for this one.
Quick lay up!
One of the most important thing in shooting sport photographs is to set your camera to AI Servo/Predictive Focusing. Continuous half-pressing of the shutter release helps you to get it to lock on and stay locked on in order to get your object in focus. If your camera does not have predictive focus you may have to re-half press the shutter release to re-establish focus lock as your subject moves, but in reality you just don't have such time to mess with. D7000 have 5fps burst rate, which is good for sport photography. Shooting in raw also help you to minimize the mistakes you make during configuring the camera.


High agility move, watch the following photo.
Pass through 2 person to lay up!
Rules of thumb, familiarize yourself with the rules and flow of the game. A person with some exposure and knowledge about the sport will be better able to anticipate action before it occurs. If allowed to roam freely, try shooting from different locations. Perspectives such as, from behind the backboard, behind the baseline, from the corners and sidelines. You can also get nice perspectives shooting from different elevations in the stands. Combine this fact with the shallow depth of field using wide open apertures can produce, and it may be difficult to consistently and accurately focus on faces.





I find shooting indoor basketball without a flash to be both challenging and enjoyable. It may be difficult the first time out, but don’t let that intimidate you. It really is a lot of fun and it guarantee that the more you shoot indoor sports, the more pleased you will be with your results. Whether you have a loved one playing, or not, it can be very important to come home with some nice memories.

It is a brand new experience for me to shoot this type of photographs, but its really difficult to get good photographs as i shoot at 3200 ISO without a flash. I would not prefer using a flash as it might distract the players on the court. (correct me if I'm wrong) I would also like to do more practice with different techniques and perspectives. 70-200mm seems to be too long for me. Maybe i should shoot more close-up shot such as face expression, i should do it again during the Final match. By the way, although Ujana Kingfisher have lost this match, but they perform really well, and everyone tried their best to defense their pride! 

*If you have any tips and suggestion on how to configure the setting for this kind of photography, do not be selfish to keep it with yourself! Share it out with me! 
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Basketball in Action! - Sport Photography

Few days ago i borrowed a 70-200mm VC from my friend, he was kind enough to let me play with his baby lens! This is my first attempt in doi...
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Sunday 2 December 2012

1st December 2012, i have organized a beach cleaning project at Tanjung Lipat beach with the name of University Malaysia Sabah. This project also aim to collect trash effectively and to maintain beautiful and safe beaches in this "Land Below the Wind".

This place is less favorite by the public because it doesn't have good facilities for BBQ, and not even have a toilet. Thus it became more and more polluted since nobody visit there and the government didn't conserve this beach. It is so sad to see the beach is full of plastic bags, the trashes did not left on the surface, instead it got buried into the sand. Which mean it is already here for long period of time already. We believe that the plastic bag doesn't come from the beach, it is actually rubbish from the river, and also from another island. 

All photos were taken with Nikon D80/ D7000 with Nikon 18-200mm VR, Nikon 35mm f1.8, and Tamron 11-18mm.
Photos credit goes to our official photographer, Mr Seah Chia Yee, visit his Facebook to see more of his work and portfolio!
Can imagine this is the beach of KK city?
A group photo before we start our cleaning work!
 With more than a week preparation, i created this project and urge the public and also UMS students to join this program by raising awareness. Maybe the effort is not enough, me and my group member only manage to find 40people to join this activity. Special Thanks to Liza - my house lady who helped to prepare sandwiches and promote this project to her brothers and sisters from the church. It will not be so successful without her commitment!
Our brothers from the States did not hesitate to help this project out!
We started the activity by giving a simple briefing about the aim and objectives of this project, followed by distributing refreshment and drinks. Then we give every participants gloves and plastic bag to collect the trashes. We started approximately at 0830, sooner or later other participants arrive to the place too!
Everyone have been very participative throughout the project, we chat, and spend good time together doing something meaningful.

A first year student that have passionate heart toward environmental conservation.
It is really sad to see this beach surrounded by countless pieces of rubbish, no one really bother about this beach. The pollution will not only affect marine life such as turtle, it also dangerously affecting tourism in Kota Kinabalu. If the beach is so dirty, tourists will have bad perception toward KK beaches, through word of mouth, no one will like to visit to our country in the future! The government should really do something about this!
Parker and my house lady - Liza at the beach.

PR Group mate.
Photogenic one >.<

Spot any differences now?
A first year student that have passionate heart toward environmental conservation.

Sister Caballa from Hawaii! Welcome to Malaysia!

Li Yi have a very clean glove. o.O (what does that mean?)

Sister Wilson from Virginia, she's half Korean half Cuba!

Kevin! my teammate who came and support me for this project!
After 2 and a half hours of cleaning work, the weather got really warm and we have to stop working on it. We felt so relief and proud to see how much rubbish we have collected, more than 10Bags of rubbish weighted more than 100KGs have been collected throughout this activity! We work hard under the hot sun and we felt satisfied with our contribution. Nothing beats the determination of the participants, they wanted to continue but i promised them that we will have second round of beach cleaning in near future, then only they stop!

Gathering all the trashes.
i can't even carry a bag of trashes, its sooo heavy!
The place after the clean up.
After the cleanup.
Participants that stay with us til the last moment of the project, and more than 10bags of trashes.
Most participative "cleaner", won the hamper prepared by us!

The project went well, we have more than 40people from different races, religion, and background came and work this out together! Successfully collected more than 100KGs trashes from the beach. 
Glad that you guys joined us. Definitely gonna do this again in near future!!! 

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Volunteer Beach Cleaning Project - The Outcome

1st December 2012, i have organized a beach cleaning project at Tanjung Lipat beach with the name of University Malaysia Sabah.   This proj...
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