» My journey in photography

I have just come back from my 1-week holiday in Penang. And guess what who I have brought home…

Introducing, my 2nd darling (the first one is here) after drooling for 3 LONG YEARS….

Introducing….Canon EOS 40D with a Tele-lens.

This is my second SLR camera. In fact, the first one I had was an analog Ricoh SLR.

That’s me. At my uni photography studio. See my watch? I am still wearing it…

My mom bought this camera in Perth because I had core subjects in photography. We were not allowed to use digital camera for our assignment back then. And we had to develop slides and sometimes developing photos in the dark room (ah..I missed those chemical smells).

My slides. It is very expensive to develop these as compared to pictures.

And my favourite picture happens to be this..

Slowly, I was exposed to landscapes and portraits in photography..

My research thesis.. King Street, Perth

I love this street so much that I have taken more than 100 pictures of every crook and corner!

You probably have known that I am very passionate about travelling. Hopefully, I would have a fruitful photography experience in my next trip (though hanging a 0.74kg on the neck is not a laughing matter). I am into taking humans now. Thanks to the kids whom I worked with dearly..

These faces never failed to melt my heart..

Posted under Hobbies | [13] Comments

alastair Says:
April 15th, 2008 at 2:46 am

remember our shoot and atsukan outing!!

Sean Says:
April 15th, 2008 at 2:57 am

Cool~!

I am also dreaming of owning a Canon EOS 40D as well! But still saving money for this..

Is it expensive ah with the extra lense? I wonder whether it is cheaper in SG or not.

BTW, Mui ah…I am going down SG in the weekend on the 1st week of June. Are you free that time to meet up since xx years we last met? God knows how long we have not seen each other liao lor…:P

cherry Says:
April 15th, 2008 at 9:27 am

Alas: OF COURSE!! You’re my atsukan buddy man.

Kor: Ya i know..just give me a call lor. It is cheaper to buy in penang. Good deal man. but u must find the right shop u know..i can give u the contact of the person I bought it from.

Eunice Says:
April 16th, 2008 at 9:50 am

Rodney will die of enviness if he finds out about your Tele lens… hehehe…

Chek Yang Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 8:22 am

Nice.:) I’ve been deciding a new system to replace my current DSLR (a Konica-Minolta before they got absorbed into Sony), and it’s between a 40D or 5D.

The 40D is especially attractive now since the price drop 2 weeks ago, but the 5D is getting a MkII. Decisions & decisions.:(

Chek Yang Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 8:24 am

And that looks like a EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS you picked up too. Did I get that right?

cherry Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 9:54 am

wah CY, yes it is!! I am so looking forward to take some shots using the lens in the upcoming family day (at the zoo). U going?

Chek Yang Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

Yeah I recognized that Canon setup you’ve picked up – because that’s one of the configurations I’m considering too (though I’ll also be picking up the 430ex and 50mm 1.8 prime). It’s quite funny, because in GET I’m surrounded by Nikon fans in the department and they’d rather I choose the D300 instead.:)

But yes I’ll most likely be doing the Zoo thing, though that’ll be like the upteemth time I’m going there to shoot animals. It’s like a biannual pilgrimage now for me now.:)

alexander Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 11:49 pm

That is really cool! I wish I could afford one.

N3w_Typ3 Says:
April 18th, 2008 at 7:08 pm

Great..

Thats a great camera and lucky you are quite a good photographer if not the camera come to an waste.

Well time to save for some L lens…

Enjoy…!

Chek Yang Says:
April 19th, 2008 at 1:44 pm

Quickie update; finally settled on the Nikon D300 this morning. So….:)

http://photos.chekyang.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3691&g2_serialNumber=2

I’ll blog about it later.:)

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April 21st, 2008 at 5:27 pm