Video: Anxiety

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I’m looking for a video to post, and I realize that all my recent videos I don’t like very much.
So he’s something old that I actually kinda like. It’s the first video I shot with my EOS 500D.

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Interestingness

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I shot the day after I came back from visiting Rilwanu in Cyberjaya. I was tired, but I needed to take a shot for that day. I decided lean over the lamp-shade and make funny faces — None came out well. Frustrated, I shouted. I loved the shot that came out.

So I removed the lamp-shade and directed the light at my face, diffusing it through a single ply tissue paper and shot again. Didn’t come out like before. So I wrapped my head in a bandage and shot some more. I got this, and it peaked at #12 on Explore. If only Flickr’s “Interestingness” knew the “uninterestingness” behind the shot…

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Rilwanu & Ayesha

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First time I met Ayesha, she was writing a mock TV-pilot about Pre-natal care. She’s a journalism major so I suppose it was for her project, or something.

I remember her asking what I thought about it after reading the first few pages, and I told her that I didn’t like it. She smiled.

She’s probably the most talkative person I’ve ever met (although that’s not saying much since I don’t go out a lot), and talk she did even after my rather harsh comment (in retrospect, I was wrong, not in saying my mind, but in the delivery). She was unaffected by it, almost like it never happened.

Being a person who gets worked up over random stuff that don’t matter, Ayesha’s care-free attitude was an inspiration

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Rilwanu

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Rilwanu is one of my oldest friends. Knew him way back when I was playing with crayons — before I got the camera.

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Rilwanu

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Rilwanu is one of my oldest friends. Knew him way back when I was playing with crayons — before I got the camera.

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The Long Catching-Up Post: Part II

365.026 – Tripod

Why this?

You know as well as I do that nothing says uninspired more than a boring shot of a tripod with some not-so-nice bokeh. But Day 26 needs a shot, no?

365.027 – A Thin Line Between…

Why this?

Truth is, this wasn’t the shot I initially wanted. In my head, I had this idea of a long-exposure shot where I pour a drink into the glass and sort-of “record the progress”. I wanted it to have this progress gradient look, showing the drink getting darker. Well, that didn’t work out — obviously. So I got some dish washing liquid and made foam instead.

365.028 – Broken Onion Heart

Why this?

This is the two things that make me cry put together. Haha, not really. Actually, I saw a similar shot on Flickr and it inspired me. Cheryl’s wasn’t a heart though, just an onion lighted from below.

365.029 – The Hanging Chucks of Babylon

Why this?

I didn’t have exam today, and was at home all day. I was looking for something to shoot, so I just hung my chucks and shot them. It was Meh, at best. Over-saturating the reds and making  it very vivid like this makes me kinda like it

365.030 – Splash 003

Why this?

Riyazi’s shot with the funny looking grape inspired this. I like this shot a lot. It was my favorite shot for a long time until… well, you’ll see

To be continued…

The Long Catching-Up Post: Part I

I finished my exams over a week ago, so I really don’t have any excuse for not updating.

So without further ado, here’s what I missed:

365.021 – Not Bright Enough

Why this?

Today, after so much procrastination, I realized that I wasn’t as smart as I though when I finally did start studying for my paper. So I took a picture. I mean, I’ve already procrastinated, a few minutes for Day-21’s shot won’t kill anyone.

365.22 – The Cosine Of Pi.

Why this?

Today’s paper was Statistics. This is Trigonometry, but it is close enough. I wanted a CSI-type shot, the kind that says “I’m a terrible actor who most probably doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing, but I just hope the lights, camera and the green-ish color-correction will make me look good, and with a bit of luck, seem like an expert”. Now substitute the word “actor” with “student” ;P

265.023 – Suspended In Time

Why this?

Yesterday’s paper was, how do I put this delicately — Fucked. That left me moody and uninspired today. So I walked into my bathroom and shot the tap a couple of times until it shed tears; then I shot it again just for kicks

365.024 – Pencil & Paper

Why this?

You’d think that with a generic name like “Pencil & Paper”, they would be an interesting story behind this shot; but no. It was the morning of my Maths/Calculus exam and I was studying for it. Fun fact: I’ve had this mechanical pencil for close to two years now. Not impressed? Well if you knew me, you would be.

365.025 – Sole

Why this?

Over at my DPS 365 Flickr Group, the week’s theme was “Collections”. Being that I don’t collect anything, I decided to shoot my footwear. The shots turned out really terrible, so I shot my favorite sole instead. And in case you’re wondering, I didn’t have a paper today.

To be continued…