lately...

haven't blogged for a while, what have i been up to? well, where to start.....

i started a new job (secondment in the same place just different team), it's so different, it's a lot more challenging, more busy, more satisfying, i love it! i wish i could stay with this team forever, even tho some days i just feel totally drained after work, just want to sit there and do nothing. And incidents happened when some people think they could take advantage of me, i got really upset but decided to fight back, i think i totally surprised some people, and i'm pretty sure such things won't happen again. Apart from that i enjoy what i'm doing because i'm not the kind of people who can do the same thing for more than a certain period of time, that's why i have never ever stayed in a job for more than 6 months. i'm terrible. Last week i secretly celebrated the anniversary and i hope i would stay here for another year, hahaha!

and i'm completely addicted to my SLR, whenever i have time we'd go out and about taking photos of whatever interested me at that very moment. i got many crappy photos in a day but it's reducing ;) and i'm sure Al's gonna get another camera very soon, his itchy hands. :)

last weekend i'm lucky enough to talk my friends who's getting married in April into a portrait session. Using my new EF 28-135mm lens for the first time, i took heaps of out of focus photos (thanks to my contact lenses!) and didn't fire the flash when i needed to, but i love the composition and emotions.

I think the edited photos are gorgeous, Adobe Lightroom is a god-send! Having said that, i don't agree with retouching and heavy editing to make bad photos look better, I'll only pick the good photos and edit them to make them look great. i do love this set of photos so much, i love the emotion i captured, my friend didn't sound very impressed which was a bit disappointing, perhaps what i took is not what they wanted, i focused too much on what i wanted to achieve... Anyway, I'd love to practice! I've successfully asked a couple more friends who are willing to take a chance, LOL! i'll try my best!

I also applied for a stall in Unwrapped: South Perth and got approved!! I must admit i haven't much motivation to make a lot of things now, i'm trying to set myself a deadline/goal so that i will start making things again. well, 3 weeks to go i still haven't started yet! this weekend i'll have to go to the bridal expo and see Cirque du Soleil, so.... i'll see what i can whip up in 2 weeks..... i'm a bit of a worry! :P

I have booked another flight home because we changed our plan. No honeymoon after the wedding because the family wanted to stay in Perth for a little longer. oh well no matter how you try to avoid to "do it for everybody else", you still have to do all this for everybody else. Never mind, it's good that i can get a lot of things organised.

hmm... i think that's it. I'll be back to post more photos and stories... soon :P