KK Mart vs. 7E

(Photo taken in Brickfields)



Quick & Easy to Copy! I bet that's their tagline!

(Photo taken in Chow Kit)

Spotted in Jaya Jusco Taman Maluri's female restroom on the 24th of November 2007. Thank goodness only the doors were funky!

Taken in Petaling Street, KL

Didn't catch the name of the guitar trio, but hey, they're good. Taken outside of Central Market, 3rd of August 2007.

VCD/DVD peddler, Petaling Street, taken on 3rd of August 2007

Here are some photographs I took of my friend, GothicChic on the 1st of August. We had our mini photoshoot mostly in the KL Railway Station, with the company of Carmen, also a college-mate of ours'. In three words the photoshoot was: Tiring, Rewarding & Fun.

Enjoy! Comments and constructive criticisms are welcomed.


Bare-faced.

Click on 'Read More' to see more photographs.... =)




Symmetry.


Stepping towards Danger.


Eyes of a Sphinx. My personal favourite.


Eyes of a Sphinx 2.


Eyes of a Sphinx 3.


At Random 1.

(I've divided this batch of photos into two parts- according to the post-processing)


At Random 2.


Carmen touched up on my 'base makeup' with purple mascara, and dark blue eyeliner.


Faces. A candid picture of both of my friends (GothicChic cannot smile widely in front of the camera, so it was nice to capture her gorgeous smile even though I focused on Carmen)


Mascara.


Eyelining.


Reject.


Reject 2.


And us! The 'Crew'! Make-up artist, model, and wannabe-photographer! I had to sit furthest back as I don't want to be a 'giant' compared to both of my friends.

As the title of this post suggests, I am going to blog about Adeleine, a good friend of mine. Apart from being a supportive cheerleader, kaki lepak, and great company, she is also a victim of my crazy desire to take pictures of anything and anyone. Therefore, here are pictures of her, taken in Taman Tasik Permaisuri, back then on Saturday the 28th of July, 2007.

A one sentence summary of the day:

*draws deep deep breath*

Ade picked me up from my house around 10 something in the morning, had breakfast together in a Chinese hawker centre, drove to the park, parked the car, did makeup for her, walked around, snapped pictures, ignored stares from high-school kids, took the car's windshield reflector as a 'free, immediate light reflector', continued snapping, got tired, sat down, went to Leisure Mall, had lunch in Blue-Zone Cafe, met up with Jen Ric, got the 50mm /1.8 from him, parted ways, Ade fetched me back home, tried shooting with the prime lens, had dinner and shower, slept for 12 hours...

*releases deep deep breath*


Structures.




Nature's veil.


Gee, I can even see myself in her 'eyes'...


From the top.


The look, and the looks.


I Heart (censored name).


Ran through a Lomo action for this one...


Slave of fashion.


And lastly, a picture of both of us...

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Shots taken with the 50mm f/1.8, using manual focusing:


Mooncake- half gone, some left.


Paper pineapple- folded and made by my grandma.


Little puppy.


In search of comfort.


My brother, and his binoculars. (Not a crisp picture, but I like it anyway)


The keys of my laptop.

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In a nutshell, that Saturday was a terribly long day... Thank you Ade, for your never-ending support and faith in me! =) Also, thank you Jen Ric, for lending me one of your cameras, 2 lenses and 1 flashgun, though you do hope for the shutter to break down while in my hands =P.

As such, my super-dull, super-long blog update has come to an end, and I bid you, my blog, farewell. I shall be back on tomorrow night or Saturday evening to continue the process of transferring HTML codes, and typing.

Cheers, Hui Wen


P.S. Law class tomorrow. Volunteering for YMCA on Saturday.

I've always wanted to shoot portraits of friends of mine irregardless of their body size and facial features (even though some claimed that they're 'ugly', 'fat' and 'have pimples'). I wanted to take portraits of them so much that I promised them 'photoshoots' after I got myself a better camera with more custom settings, and when the opportunity was hurled at me, I wasted no time to start shooting.

The first photoshoot done this year (though not with my own SLR) is of Kimberly Tey, a college-mate whom I got to know better over a couple of months before, during and after classes. Although she initially hated me, and I thought she was arrogant, we're friends thanks to time, and of course, a special someone (not the lovey-dovey 'special'). Usually, we'll complete assignments and revise in the library before and after classes. However, with the arrival of my laptop, I've navigated away from the 'study' path, and she uses it to settle her business (like transferring and uploading files, blogging, etc.).


Anyway, before I start blogging issues that are off-topic, let me say that we took time off on the Thursday the 19th of July for a photoshoot. We planned to go to Tasik Permaisuri, but the location was cancelled off the plan due to *cough* certain reasons. Instead, the photoshoot was held in the safety and convenience of her home in Cheras. I purposely went to college to meet up with her, and together we had lunch in Petaling Street before taking the RapidKL bus to her home.


Little Indian girl.


Chinese uncle who sells roasted chestnuts.

As we're both real new to photoshoots, we did not have any idea what would happen at the end of the day (I didn't even put high expectations on the outcome. I just hoped they turned out alright). Nevertheless, we did find fun in being 'noobs', haha.

Presenting... *drum rolls* 'Faces of Kimberly'! (Note: She has a variety of facial expressions and all photos below were taken in the same afternoon)


Her father used to shoot slides of her when she was a child, and here's one of them... She looked like a boy, no?


Talk about imitating the past!

Yeah, we relaxed for less than half an hour before getting 'work' started as the day was oppressively hot. For Round 1, Kimberly did her own makeup, and borrowed her mom's red cheongsam...


Converted this into sepia to offer a different perspective...


Kimberly was unaware of me taking a candid shot of her, and man, she looked really happy!


Thoughts.

Unfortunately for both of us, the cleaners were watching us closely, and Kimberly's mom came back earlier than she thought. Hence, Round 1 only lasted for 10 minutes! *big sigh*

After rushing upstairs like convicts on the run, we got ready for Round 2. This time, I did makeup for her, and she was dressed in a retro tube dress and a black denim jacket. We went down to the playground to try a different location, and before we could get ourselves settled down, the place was fumigated! Choking from the fumes, we ran upstairs to continue Round 2. *big sigh*




Frames within frames


Candid shot of Kimberly. She was looking at her contact lens, haha...

Right after I released the shutter button, Kimberly felt somethingcoming out from her left eye. And guess what? Her contact lens came off! Gosh, we were unlucky! We had to get back to her apartment before things could get any worse...

So, after we got the blue makeup off from her face, and contact lens on her eyeball, we proceeded to Round 3. I wanted to capture some facial shots of her, and she gave the idea of painting a mask on her face. After Kim applied the black eyeshadow as base, I took over and 'painted' the other colours. She finished the mask off with shimmery lilac eye gel.





Feeling good in the air-conditioned room, we progressed to Round 5, where we used minimal makeup (just blusher)...


Just as she is.

She suddenly got an idea, and voila!


Big baby Kimberly!

And since Kimberly is rather obsessed about her weight (and possibly, looks), I decided to take a picture of her looking into a mirror...



*laughs*

Well, that's all I got to insert in my blog. My grattitude towards Kimberly for putting up with me for hours (and days). Without your co-operation and 'sporting-ness', we wouldn't be able to get some decent shots. Besides, we did enjoyed ourselves, eh? Haha, I quote Kimberly"'If this is how a model feels, then I'll lose alot of weight and be one instead." Were you serious, Kim?

Cheers, Hui Wen



P.S. Strangely, I didn't take any pictures with the DSLR from the 20th to the 26th... Also, my condolences to Kim, as her grandmother passed away right after we're done with the photoshoot...