Last week Tony invited me to a photography outing in Taman Metropolitan Kepong. I didn’t know where the hell that was, but apparently it’s a favorite spot for kite-flying and family picnics. Luckily I managed to get there without getting lost on the way… enough time to get the afternoon sun. When I arrived, the others (Tony & wife, Kichi, Tini, Nabil, Nadia) were already there shooting.
I brought my light stand and SB-600 to sit among the other 4-5 speedlights. However, we didn’t use all of them. Only about 3 …

So now I have been bitten by the Strobist bug. Last weekend, me & the girls went to Bagan Lalang beach with a few friends for some fun off-camera lighting shoot. It was a good experience for me, as prior to this, I only had a 3rd party slave flash to play with. I’ve got another old Vivitar 283 flash and I think I’m gonna find some ways to trigger that thing. Maybe a cheapo Cactus radio trigger would do.
These are the results from my early attempts…

Pics of the guys …

at this exact moment, Ayra Hanna has been with us for exactly 1 year and 12 hours! I can’t believe how fast the time just flew by. Happy Birthday Ayra!

I kinda wished that Ayra was growing up at a slower pace and gave us more time to soak in her baby phase! And now she’s becoming a toddler!

Several swans swimming in Lucerne, Switzerland. Pic taken during an European holiday in 2003.

Me and my wife finally got what we had wanted to buy for the past 2+ years… an SLR camera! We bought a Nikon D40 kit last weekend… OK, so it’s not even a midrange offering (in fact, it’s the lowest range SLR) but it’s a step up from our previous camera, a Fuji FinePix S620Z prosumer digicam.

The camera has been instrumental in cultivating my interest in photography. It’s got full manual controls (aperture, shutter, ISO settings, zoom, etc) and it has helped me a lot in learning all the …