Night Out

After so much persuasion from Si Paiz, ok la.. I agreed. Itu pun, sebab Mama and Kak Baby dtg dari kampung this evening with Kak Chik. Diorang tido rumah kita. So, I have no problem of having a night out since Sofea and Ibu ada geng kat rumah. Kalau tak, jgn harap le. Mana bleh tinggal Ibu and Sofea berdua je kat rumah tu. So, sharp pukul 12 tgh mlm, I'm off to Damansara Damai to pick Paiz. I want to try night shoot pulak. (Shoot siang2 hari pun tak pandai lagi, dah gatal nak mlm2 pulak)

Venue pertama, gi Dataran Merdeka. Lepak depan mahkamah tu sambil beraksi poyo mengambil gambar. Syok jgk kat sini sbb ada mat rempit lalu-lalang. Try2 jgk teknik panning, tapi tak jadi. Susah sket sbb A300 ni, kalau burst mode 2.5 fps je kalo tak silap. Lambat plak tu. Dari segi skill tgn nak panning jgn ckp la. Berterabur... amatur la katakan.



The best panning that I had. Itu pun tak best sgt la...

Then we off to Bukit Ampang. Naaa... ni la tempat muda-mudi ber'khembit' sambil melayan pemandangan bandaraya KL. Set up tripod, then aci tekan je la mana2 yg patut. Tapi hasil tak berapa memuaskan. Nampaknya, byk lg yg perlu dipelajari especially pasal night shoot, panoramic shoot, etc etc ni. Lepak kat sini sampai around 4 a.m jgk la. Tak sedar masa berlalu begitu pantas.



Unsatisfactory shot.



Main bokeh2 lagi.

Lepas tu on the way balik, singgah la minum kat kedai mamak kat tepi KLCC tu. Around 7 a.m. I reached home and zzzZZZZ....

p/s - sorry lew, gambar kecit2. Ni sbb blog post punya area dlm blogspot ni max width dia 400pixel je. Tatau camnenak lebor kan lg supaya boleh taruk gmbr besar sket. Ada sesapa tau camna nak lebarkan area posting ni bleh ajarkan tak?

Metropolitan Park, Kepong

Since Sofea pun dah mula dpt kaki, I decided to bring her n ibu to a park. The only park came into my mind is Taman Metropolitan Kepong. Alaa... kalau lalu kat MRR2 from Gombak to Sg Buloh, mesti nampak ramai org tgh main layang2... haaa kat situ ler. Mesti Sofea suka jalan2 sambil tgk layang2. So off we went... On the way, singgah Pizza Hut Kota Damansara for lunch. A very late lunch that is.



Masa sampai tu, Sofea seems very excited and she was really in awe seeing those layang2 yg byk berterbangan di udara. Sambil2 main bola, dia tgk layang2 dgn jakun nya tuh. As for me, I called Si Faiz suruh dia dtg supaya boleh berkongsi2 knowledge in photo shooting.

Mula2, I equipped my A300 with my tele lense. Alaa, tele sikit je... 55-200. Since dulu dah pernah main kit lense 18-70 masa zaman2 pinjam kamera Put dulu, so nak la try lense tele pulak. I have to say that if I want to shoot bokeh2, it's good to have my tele on. Set the focus point manually, and aperture besar sket in order nak dpt kan DOF yg dikehendaki. Pic bawah ni I use f5.6. This the tip I got from my readings yg tak seberapa la. I am no sifu maaa... still a n00b.



After quite some time, tukar kpd nromal kit lense sbb nak amik gmbr pemandangan2 ni, kena la wide-angle sikit. So, snap2 la sana-sini sambil2 testing and godek2 the cam. Maklum le, baru nak belajau guna. Anyway, thanks tu Si Paiz sbb rajin nak outing sama2 sambil share ilmu.



silhouette pic of sofea & ibu

Alpha 300

My Canon A460 digicam sudah rosak. Itu Cik Sofea suka sgt hempas2, tekan sana sini. Alas, rosak jua akhirnya. So, we moved on to a new level of taking pictures. We decided to buy a Digital Single Lens Reflex camera. After days of surveys, made up my mind to buy Canon EOS 450D. Tapi masa kat kedai, sudah tangkap cintan sama Sony Alpha 300. Ergonomically, sangat best. Fits into my hands like a condom! Nah... angkat la satu. Well, now I'm relishing my used-to-be hobby; photography. Anyway, I'm still having trouble with all the settings and theories of photography. Also need to find some time to go out and snap, snap, snap.

The first few shots taken while Sofea was asleep. Err... I could not afford to belek the camera while she is awake because she'll be crying to grab it and look look see see. Mahal woo... tak bleh!

Kerahan Tenaga

OK lah... takmo merapu pjg2. Tiga pat hari lepas, ada lagi sorg pelatih PLKN meninggal dunia. Tahun ni dah 2 org mati. Angka korban PLKN semuanya 16 org. Celaka...Singapore punya national service pun takde org mati tau! Sampai hari ni aku taktau apa kepentingan PLKN tu. Kalau ada sapa2 yg petriotik gila, pls explain kat aku apa gunanya PLKN tu! Aku tak paham sgt2 kenapa nak kena g PLKN tu. Modul PLKN tu ntah apa yg diorg ajar pun aku taktau!



AKU JANJI

Dengan ini, saya Arief Redzuan B Ahmad (791004105277), bersumpah tidak akan membenarkan anak saya mengikuti latihan khidmat negara pada masa akan dtg sblm saya dpt lihat anak2 menteri menjalani latihan tersebut terlebih dahulu. Saya lebih rela keluar masuk penjara daripada meletakkan nyawa anak saya di tgn pelatih2 PLKN yg berstatus kontrak itu.

Saya juga dengan ini, mengHASUT sesiapa shj yg membaca blog ini agar tidak menghantar anak mereka ke latihan khidmat negara kerana program itu tiada faedah dan berisiko tinggi. Kalau ada yg tak puas hati dgn saya, sila dakwa saya di bawah Akta Hasutan! Sekian terima kasih...

p/s- mak bapak hantar anak naik bas, anak balik kampung naik van jenazah. Go to hell ministry of defense. Kakptuih!

Sofea's Super Sunday

Aktiviti Sofea dia hujung minggu...

Hari ni Sofea bangun lambat than usual. 9.45 pagi baru dia bukak mata. Tu pun sbb dgr ayah flush toilet. So after morning routines, makan, mandi etc etc, we headed to Bird Park, KL as what we planned yesterday. Ye la, asyik duk umah je hari Ahad boring jugak. Nak la gi jalan2 petaman. Sampai kat Bird Park, tgk tiket masuk utk adult RM15. Aiyo... okay ayah dan ibu Sofea ni memang pemurah orangnya. Nak yg murah je, takmo yang mahal. So, RM15 tu kira mahal la. Berdua dah RM30 just to enter the park dan tgk burung2. Lagipun Sofea kecik lagi... tak faham apa pun nikmat tgk burung2 ni. So we all pusing2 la that area and stop kat Muzium Kesenian Islam sbb ibu nak try tgk pameran wanita iman kuasa Islam apa ntah. Again, the entrance fee is RM12 per person. Ayah ckp tak payah la.. all the info can get from Internet one. Ok, jom blah from this area. So we ended up pusing KL area then pergi One Utama sbb perut dah lapar and makan kat Kluang Kopitiam. Ibu nak snap gmbr Sofea, tp she keeps on doing that funny face!!


Then gi Giant nak beli barang2 dapur sket. Sempat la posing2 kat Giant and Sofea dah syok kat satu mini couch ni. Sampai taknak bangun dia. Betul2 dia nak kat benda tu. Pancing dgn toys pun dia takmo. Still nak gi kat mini couch tu (actually ayah try duduk pun best gak!). Tapi ayah kata beli next time la.. RM50.. duit tak cukup! Kehkehekhe... Ayah mmg pemurah gila!




Tapi ayah ganti dgn beli benda lain. Jeng jeng...~!! Since we know that Sofea already addicted to pool, ayah dan ibu belikan mini swimming pool utk Sofea berendam dlm toilet. Kecik je, takde la besar mcm Acik Yong punya... Again, she didnt want to get out of the pool. Sampai nangis2 nak berendam lama2... dah malam dah! Tak bleh!!