Though of the Week!

Good work that leaves the world softer and fuller and better than ever before is the stuff of which human satisfaction and spiritual value are made.

Joan Chittister

Sorry have not been updating much lately... been up to my eyeballs with work... will update some newer stuffs very soon...

Thought of the Week!

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

Gloria Steinem

My Life...

My Personal Vibration Determines The Circumstances And Situations That Happen To Me. My Thoughts And My Beliefs Create My Personal Vibration. My Thoughts And Beliefs Create My Life. My Life Is A Reflection Of Me.

My Power To Think Thought Is My Power To Create My Life And I Have The Power To Think The Thoughts I Choose

Time n time again

Well well well.. its time n time again... I have been talking to the same people. over n over again.. but i really think i should leave them to their own devices... cos anyway. They are perfectly doing perfectly what they are doing perfectly. So, why should I interfere? Its ok... God works in his own time. and in his own way, so what I should do now is just do my best in my perfectly perfect way as you are doing your things in the perfectly perfect way.

Every act is either a success or a failure. If every act is a success. The sum of my life will be a success. So will yours be. :)

Logitech NULOOQ Professional Navigator

OK guys... this is it... the best invention for photoshoppers ever...

its sweet sweet sweet... u never have to touch the [ n ] keys to control ur brush size like freaking 9999999 times every hour... and u can zoom n pan n do all that with ur left wrist never leaving the table... and i think if i remember correctly, u can prog shortcuts to the different buttons. Meaning.... u just click n it changes to clone, or heal, or whatever u prog it to be.. and then u twist the dial n the brush size changes to whatever size u want it... Ok... I think you guys get the IDEA. IHIH. I am going to this order from the US as its not availiable in Asia... duh...




This is the official Writeup:

It's not a mouse, but it could be your mouse's best friend!

NuLOOQ navigator is an innovative stationary control device, about the size of a half a tennis ball but weighs in at a solid 1 lb. Built into the device are a multi-dimensional ring, called the navring for simultaneous 360 degree pan and zoom and a touch sensitive circular disk, called the tooltuner for fine precision control.

Features: Adjust brush size in one pixel increments in Adobe Photoshop CS2 without ever moving a slider or clicking on a shortcut key. Fine-tune font attributes such as leading, tracking and more in Adobe InDesign CS2 without using the option bar Scroll and zoom your documents, spreadsheets, digital pictures or more with the smallest movement of the gray ring. Scrub timelines in Final Cut Pro or iMovie quickly or slowly. Change volume or music tracks in iTunes quickly while it runs in the background. And more¡­NuLOOQ navigator is user configurable for virtually any application.

Lappland... Eräsetti Safaris...

-25 with a wind chill of up to 100km/hr

Shot this for the Eräsetti Safaris. http://www.erasetti.fi
They are the 2nd biggest safari operator in Finland. Their main office is next to Santa Claus's. Quite cool yea!! ... I even had a nice chat with him(Santa!!!!) He can greet people in almost any language... and he knows ALOT about cameras... I mean ALOTTTT.....

Very nice day out even though it was f@#king freezing... all shot with 70-200 on a 5D. Batteries were changed every 20 to 30 shots... My toughest shoot to date... but also one of my most enjoyable:)







Just above the Arctic Line, Meaning that the average temperature year round is below freezing...







The bridge at the back is the main bridge in rovanemi. Very scenic... and we are actually on the frozen river snowmobiling...

Amazing...

Life is just amazing... :)

How many times do we wake up feeling that the world is singing our song...
How many times do we get out of bed and feel as if the whole universe is just perfect...
How many times do we go out of the house walking on air... :)



Sexy Sexy honey baby drives my craZy in my mind.... in my mind

Northern lights

Ok... I know i am way overdue... but i have not really had time to process the images yet... and i cant post 13mb raw images here...if i could i would have done that... ok.. but here are some pictures that i shot on the pns... walking ard vilnius old town... i am having some super slow connection with the internet at home... will upload more pics when i get that fixed...




this should be converted to black n white... much nicer i am sure...



3 crosses hill... from the top u can actually overlook most of the whole city...



See lots of Graffiti everywhere... However.. this wall is legal to paint ur art...



D n flare... clouds is one... n D with backflare is another one...



Oldest & Biggest Cathedral



Who needs a polarizer? :)

OK.. till the next time...

Sincerity

Very recently, a friend did something that really suprised me. I mean i expected that coming for some time. but you know how it is.. sometimes... even when you expect it. when it really happens it still suprises you. I am sure you know what i mean... :)

Anyways... nuthing much suprises me anymore. Just that when people are truly sincere, it shows... in word, action and mind. Friends indeed! :)

I only have one thing in mind. And God knows what that is. Someday soon... so will everyone else. This aint proper english... but wtf...

Saussage

One of my favourite foods... on my birthday... cooked in vodka... what else... :D



and of course... birthday cake...



Here goes the first 2 litres of vodka... in total there was about 7.5lt consumed within the first week... my liver needs the workout... :D

Northern Lights

Its something that I have always wanted to photograph... I saw them once in the last millenium... but i did not have the expertise... nor the equpement to take a decent photo even though i spent one whole roll of film trying to shoot them... well.. at last... i see, i hear... and i shot... :)

Thought of the week

There is no shortcut to winning and success. There is only getting started and sticking with it.

i cant seem to reize the pic properly for posting ley... can someone help with the html?

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i just put the width =400 right??? wad else do i need to do.. the pics all end up looking like fuck

Pics... just some

ok... some pics for u folks hollering at me... taken mostly with pns...



My sexy boots in Vantaa Airport Helsinki



Leaving Helsinki to Vilnius... u see... its cold n wet... sians 1/2



Beauty of the clouds in Europe... This can never be seen elsewhere... okok...at least i have not seen it elsewhere...



More clouds... beautiful aint it..



Snowflake on the window pane...



At last.. arrival in Vilnius...

Ok... more pics later...

Quote of week

Before i forget...

Good work that leaves the world softer and fuller and better than ever before is the stuff of which human satisfaction and spiritual values are made.
Joan Chittister

Lithuania...

Well.. the weather is not as expected here... its cold n wet. +3 to -2... just like in authum... nothing like the cold freezing winter that i was so looking forward to...Did not get to shoot much... just scenery n stuffs... D had a shoot with one of the top magazines here... wil post more pics on that later... the shoot... n how its run.... is very different from the usual styles that i am not use to... i mean workflow n stuffs... more about that.. i cannot get laptop connection.. so now everything is just on borrowed computers... in berlin tomorrow will be better i hope... lets see!!

As usual

As usual... I am not sleeping the night before a long flight... my eyes are burning and i can feel that my head will be spinning in a matter of minutes... however... MY PACKING IS NOT DONE YET!!!!!! ARGGGGG!!!!!! It will be done... IT MUST BE DONE!!!! What am i doing still online... i was just thinking. I will be so happy the day we can still use msn on flights... it will make long trips so much faster wont it... :)

36 more hours

In 36hrs.. i will be touch down in helsinki... maybe even in vilnius... whaaha at last.... well well well.... 2 weeks has past... really fast...

Just was talking to a few friends of mine... over helpful people are sometimes a pain.. sometimes they are ok... but those who are really helpful out of their own good heart... those are forever ok... its those who pretend.. with a hidden agenda... those are the mother fuckers that i would so love to see dead as roadkill... :)

Look at the emails I get!!!

Shit.. some virus programe got into my email server.... so its sending out offers to all the ppl in my address book links to buy viagra... knn.... if any of u get it... pls ignore.. its better fixed as we speak...

One more week!!!

In one more week I will be 33, IN one more week i will be on a plane heading up north.. In one more week... many things will happen, many things will change... many many many many many... :) i just hopes it snows like hell... n everywhere is white... that will be so beautiful. Well, just confirmed a shoot with this european magazine... will post more on it later... in the meantime.. i have some more shots up from Hong Kong...

Thought of the week

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.

Claude M. Bristo

So touching...

I chanced upon this... its super touching ad... the Thais are really creative when it comes to advertising... there are so many fantastic ads coming from this beautiful country... check this out!

Grandpa Chew



Lovely!!!

REbirth

Finally had the time to do some personal Di work for some looonnnggggg over due pictures... well.. luckily in a way it was for myself and not for a client... I accidentally wrote over the high res file.. so if i want to print this pic.. i will have to redo it... well.. well.. in the meantime... this is the pic... She is a very very season model.. who has travelled all over the world doing nudes... she landed in singapore and i had the opportunity to shoot her... :)

REbirth.. somehow the title just sounds almost right :)



here is a link to a bigger version

REbirth

love....

did this spread some time in HK last year... really love the feel of the whole set... take a look at the whole spread here...

love...

2008.. The Year Of The Amazing....

This will be a amazing year... :) Thank you for everything... Thank you for everything... :)

Season of Giving

Season of giving... Christmas... Was walking in the malls today... Christmas carols playing everywhere... people busy shopping for presents... children enjoying their school holidays... Christmas sprit of the retail variety...

This year, whoever I ask... alwyas tell me that they are busy like crazy... the economy is really picking up, and with the increase in Taxi fares, of GST, or water n electricity, or oil... of all necessities... Singaporeans are still spending like crazy...

This christmas is still a happy one... n to welcome 2008, the year of F1 Singapore... Next year will be a year of many firsts... and a year of countless successes... More about that in the time to come.. in the meanwhile... just enjoy the holidays... welcome the new year with open arms...

I love writing sparodic snippets in one paragraph... cos my thoughts fly everywhere all the time... So if you cant catch what I am saying... :) Let it Snow Let it snow LET IT SNOW!!!

Sat mourning....

This is the first Sat morning i have been home in the longest time... it kinda strange to be sitting on the sofa surfing the net... talking on msn... doing nothing... it feels strange... i think i have to go and find something to do...

OH... I STILL GOT TONS OF DI!!!!!!!!!

its ok... its alright... everything is going to be fine...

Its back to working time.....

Blondie.... Heart of Glass

Thankss to Dino.... now i am addicted to this song by Blondie... it was used in the Gucci commercial... below here is the commercial... and below that.. the orginal mtv video...







Enjoy yourselves!!!

Scam scam scam.....

Hello Dear,

How are you.I hope you are doing great.I am Joseph Smith, Press secretary for Abigail Betz, owner of Abigail Betz House of Couture.

I was just taking a tour of the website as I plan to organise a fashion show soon.Most importantly, we're planning to launch the label big in Singapore, hence, I am searching for someone/individuals who I can use for my promotions( billboards,posters,flyer).

I really like your work and think you can be that person.Kindly email me immediately at abigailbetzcouture1@yahoo.com for more info.

To learn more about Abigail Betz,visit the following links:
http://www.sanlamsafashionweek.co.za/index.php?s=glr&gallery=ABIGAIL%20BETZ

http://www.sanlamsafashionweek.co.za/index.php?s=glr&gallery=ABIGAIL%20BETZ

http://www.addictlab.com/labfiles/?page=profile&user=2420

http://www.women24.com/Women24/Glamour/Fashion/Article/0,,1-6-8-168_13438,00.html

http://lifestyle.iafrica.com/herlife/fashionandbeauty/local_fashion/803169.htm


Have a great day.

Yours faithfully,

Barr. Joseph Smith.
Abigail Betz House of Couture
56 Schilbach Street, Parys
South Africa
Email: abigailbetzcouture1@yahoo.com (preferred email)
Press secretary: joseph_smith1960@yahoo.com
+2348072797103
+23483 693 0175
+23456 817 7911
EST. DATE: 1996


Got this email last week... felt weird... somehow the wordings is like the nigerian scam.. Felt suspicious... anyways... did a search on the internet... n wad do u know... seems like alot of other people go hit too... mostly models...
http://www.google.com/search?q=abigail%20betz%20scams&sourceid=mozilla2&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

i emailed them back anyway... haha...

then i got this....

Hello Ukay,

Great to hear from you, absolutely wonderful as I was really hoping you would respond to our call (by that I mean myself and Joseph). I am in love with your work and I am really confident that you will do the Abigail Betz clothing Line proud by promoting my label with your very nice talent.I saw your profile on model mayhem.

Well the shoot is gonna be held at the exclusive resort and beach in sentosa tanjong beach and the date for the shoot totally depends on you as I am aware of the fact that you have your own life and hence do not want to disrupt it with my shoot.Whatever date you choose will have to be any date btw the 13th of Dec and the 18th of Dec.

You will be paid the total amount of $2000 .

I will refer you to the travel agency who will be responsible for organising your hotel accomodation, transportation, insurance policy,etc.

There will be a swim suit pose, head shot,etc but I am assuring you that there will be no total nudity.Please send your recent work when responding to this email ( head shot and full body shot)

You will have to fill this form and send back to me via email immediately so that we can commence with whatever we need to do to make this a success.


EMPLOYMENT FORM
Please, you are to fill out this form accurately with correct information .


FIRST NAME: MIDDLE NAME: LAST NAME:

FULL ADDRESS:
ZIP CODE: COUNTRY:

HOME
PHONE: OFFICE PHONE: MOBILE:

GENDER:

AGE: NATIONALITY:

CURRENT JOB:

WORKING EXPERIENCE/SPECIALISATION:

DATE AVAILABLE FOR SHOOT( must be btw the 13th and 18th dec):

FULL SIZES/STATISTICS:

ATTESTATION
I, __________________________________hereby accept the job as a
representative/employee of the above mentioned company here in Singapore.I shall also inform the company 2 weeks
ahead if eventually l want to discontinue this job, so as to terminate
all payments coming my way to avoid conflict.
Signed by me.
..................
Your faithfully,
.....................

Moreso, please add my press secretary on your messenger as joseph_smith1960@yahoo.com as he is always online and will be available to attend to all your questions.

Looking forward to hearing from you ASAP.Have a great day.

Abigail..

Ok.. the plot thickens... what do they want? money? its only 2k...

UKay

Ukay: Ukay-ukay means
to rumage and find from a pile, ie a used clothing store

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Not bad... from 2nd hand clothing... to buildings... and even roads... whahahaha....

Focus

Focus...

One word, many meanings...

Stay focused and in focus...

Always with your mind focused

And eyes focused... n lens on the subject better be in focus...

no hocus pocus...


Anyways... recently a friend has been getting a little by little...more n more irriating... well.. we choose our friends... as we choose our enemies... sometimes people are too selfish for their own good... :)

Creative Growth vs Competitive Growth... How clear the enlightened mind can see... in focus...

Emotions

Today is a weird day... i woke up after finally having enough to sleep after a month or two of mucking around with not enough zzzzz... and feel even more tired than before... anyway.. as i usually am in such moods.. the lucid dreaming kind of feeling... was thinking about my photography... and about what it stands for... i find that it lacks something...something which my shots from before have... but lack the techincality and the know how to... character... soul... turning pro has it pros n cons... i am making a living from something that i really love doing.. and can never imagine doing something else... however because of this... my style has also been diluted... sad to say.. what ken rockwell says in his website rings true.. i am a whore.. whore to my trade.. i give what my clients want... n in the process... the soul that i want to give to my pictures sometimes gets casted aside in the commercial world...and given some time spent soul searching... this cannot go on anymore

This coming year some things are going to change... the style which i so love.. and which is so me.. is going to come back... be it whatever that i will be shooting... personal or otherwise... it will shine thru... n still... what my clients want... will also be provided for and more... the recent Canon shoot is proof of that... its not all the time that i am given free reign to shoot what i feel will be a series of good pictures... this time i did it.. and it turn out pretty well... very well in fact... clients love the pics... and at last after a long time... i feel really alive shooting what i shoot... pictures that i like to shoot... with the kind of feeligs that i want to put into the pictures...

The recent hong kong trip was also a very good time for me to explore what i really want from this... its not often that i get a couple of days just not doing much... it gave me time to take a step back... to look at what my career path has been the last few years... the very reason that has kept me going on till today.. the reason that i choose to go into this field...Passion...

Passion is what keeps me going... passion is what makes me give that extra effort.. to go that extra mile... to sit up late nights looking thru... editing... looking thru the pictures again... Passion is what made me go back to the studio late at night.. lighting up a lifeless mannequin... to replicate a light setup that i saw that day... Passion in doing what i love... gives me the energy to wake up at 6am for a shoot when i went to sleep at 5am that same morning... passion is what keeps the flame burning...

During the time in HK... i was also privilleged to work with a few talented people there... Harry who is under the tutorship of sean K.. one of the top stlyist around the region collaborated with me for a shoot. Ashley.. a great model/actress and Brent... Thank you guys for your great work... i am sure you will all go far... The pictures are to me the best i have shot in the recent years...

The landscape of photography is changing so fast since the time i got involved in it more than 15 years ago... and the change is rapid... the change is good... the change is exciting... the change is also merciless... and the change is relentless but one thing still stands true... a Good picture is still a good picture... A great picture is still a GREAT PICTURE.

May the passion always burn bright... and always burn true...

To many more Great Pictures to come... CHEERS!!!

Jenya...

Some pics from geoffs workshop sometime ago... just go time to put it up...

Had a good meeting yesterday evening... Masterminding.... mental masturbation of the focused mind...

anyhow... more pics more pics more pics!!!

Of times long forgotten

You contacted me hoping to get wad u want... i am happy to tell you... :)

Move on... ranting n grunting... thats so typical... pls learn fro your elders

Sweesssss

Sandra..... wads eyes u have....

Blissful Blissful

Been super busy shooting the whole of last week. In between rushing out pictures for MPA, arranging shoots for the coming week... and also to spend time with D... its like a circus act... hahaha ok.. some impromptu n candid shots from one of the shoots...


Prepping for the first shot.. nice dawn light we got... Jenya getting spruced up... giving instructions.... hahaha


Looking demure... check out the next one...


Eric trying to moon the world... sometimes i wonder...


Jenya trying to keep cool in our humid n ridiculously hot weather...


Final adjustment for our final shot.

Ok thats it for now... keep your eyes peeled... more coming when i get the time to process... 80gb... how how how... MPA!!!! Here I come!!!

Razer... the mouse to die for

This is the Razer copperhead mouse.. super sexy.. super nice... super precise... the gamers dream mouse...

This photo is shot last week... for fun... n just to know.. that i can do it... again... hahhahaa

Shackanadan

Slept at 5.30am today, and woke at 8.10am... I think its gonna be another zombie day... so much to do so little time... how how how... gotta get things organised... when I look at my backog of 80gb of pictures... my heart sings... n cries at the same time... This is going to be a intersting day...

some pics to share... this is some of what i have been busy with

More pics n more pics and more pics

Super Emo pic of Damian...



Looks like Bono from U2!

More pictures from perth...

Frementle... so nice.. this place is absolutely great!!!! Cool archi, great people... and of course the best beer ever!!!!!!!

At the pier with D






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