Saturday, December 19, 2009

Oh, tidings of comfort and joy

Went out yesterday to meet up with the gang from church to take photos here and there at the Curve and Ikano.

I was the only guy using a Canon DSLR ==IMG_0627 Brandon, Shanlynn, and Benedict. lol shanlynn.

Waited for Daniel to show up, cos someone stole his parking spot even though he signalled. Moving on, he showed up, and he went on our way around Curve taking photos here and there. It was the first time in a long time since I stopped using Manual mode on the 350D. It was a little weird, not playing with shutter speeds and aperture, but who was I kidding? Still dunno how to use properly lorh. So forgive some of the photos if they look a little off, cos I switched to P mode.

IMG_0628 I just love Christmas decor, no matter where I am.

IMG_0638 The cupids were a little weird though. There wasn’t a Santa in sight.IMG_0640 IMG_0643They had this cool harp placed in the centre IMG_0645 Shanlynn and John

And I failed at taking those type of shots where you try to get a reflection of yourself IMG_0648 1/2 fail.IMG_0649 Fail.IMG_0650 Double-fail.

IMG_0652IMG_0655IMG_0663 Our sifu for the day, Daniel

IMG_0666 The harpist was actually pretty cool, but you could hardly hear what she was playing. Only when I was this close to her taking this shot, I could hear her playing “The First Noel”.

IMG_0673 I forgot that that day was a public holiday. Curve was so packed.

IMG_0672 We wanted to take photos of the decor outside, but the weather just wasn’t in our favour. ==

But we took advantage of the rainIMG_0683 IMG_0687 IMG_0689IMG_0691 Daniel was busy giving Shanlynn a few tips here and there for rain shots.

IMG_0696 lol candid.

IMG_0697 Its actually been raining heavily a lot lately don’t you think?IMG_0700 Up or down? Which do you think is better?IMG_0701 IMG_0705 Was so friggin hard to take capture the water splashing in this small pot.

Didn’t take that many photos in Curve so we headed to IkanoIMG_0720 IMG_0723 Oh, there was a choir at Ikano singing Christmas classics. I laike =DIMG_0729 Can anyone spot the dead fish?

IMG_0731 IMG_0734 LOL BRANDON LAU AND 50MM NIKON LENS HOMGIMG_0737 IMG_0739 IMG_0753

The rain had stopped by the time we were done shooting, so we headed BACK to Curve to take shots of the outdoor decorIMG_0756 The sign said it all.

So we all took it upon ourselves to get Daniel a new dp cos his old one was getting, well, old.IMG_0757 IMG_0758This shot’s a little… um ‘off’.

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Ben’s new dp?IMG_0774IMG_0775

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Then Lau wanted a new dp too ==IMG_0779IMG_0781

IMG_0787 And so, we all said our goodbyes, cos everyone had to go off, cept me and Ben. So the both of us stayed on, trying to get tickets to watch Avatar in Cineleisure. But we failed. Big time == So we tried the next best thing. We walked to 1 Utama. DAIIIIIII

Luckily we got tix to watch it in TGV. Never go there people. Seriously, GSC’s the place to go to watch. TGV’s like your break glass in case of emergency scenario, and this was that sort of scenario. Managed to book tickets on the fly and had a quick dinner.

Stopped by Sticky to take a few picsIMG_0788 Had some free samples to try. They were pretty nice, looks like some sushi shaped candy doesn’t it? Apparently its apple flavour. They also had these huge hunks of unfinished product for sale at like 8 bucks. Thinking of buying that for some people for Christmas. Would make an interesting gift.

IMG_0789 Its been a while since I last had a candy cane, but for that matter, its been ages since I really indulged in candy o.o

IMG_0791 Ben’s right. All the colourings and flavours make it look like some whimsical lab.

After dinner, we finally watched Avataravatar-movie-posterIT WAS FRIGGING DA AWE-SOME. James Cameron must’ve gone all out, waiting 10 years for the tech to arrive huh? CG was amazing, but the story’s a little predictable la. I recommend watching it in 3D, even though I didn’t.

Took the bus home and by the time I got to Petronas, it was about a little over 10.30, there were plenty of cars passing by, it was night time, so I tried doing light trail shots, but failed miserably. No tripod, lazy to go all the way back and come back out, go figure =DIMG_0794IMG_0795IMG_0797

Until the next post readers, Au Revoir