Re-direct to the new site

Announcement

I've had a few emails and messages asking me why I haven't updated the site with anything new for a while now. The reason for this is not because I've been too busy to go out shooting. On the contrary in fact...I've been out shooting alot over the past week or so, I simply have not had anytime to post anything new. 

So you may wonder...if I've been out shooting alot, why not post something? Anything. Well the reason was two-fold here. 

1.  I couldn't post any since they were "clients' pictures" and as such I couldn't post anything until I delivered the pics to them

2. I have migrated over to using WORDPRESS that is hosted on a dedicated server. I've been toying with the idea of using WP for a while now but in the past I didn't have a host. But thanks to Lisadragon for stepping in and hosting me. I thank you deeply =) 

I will now post all new stuff on the new site, J*Squared from now onwards and I hope that you all would kindly update your links to the new site. 

Its still a work in progress as I'm still trying out a few layouts and whatnot..trying to see which ones I like best and work well with the plug-ins I want to use. The use of the plug-ins was one of the main reasons why I wanted to migrate over to using WP in the first place.

All the archives have now been imported to the new site. This one will still be up and running until such time as I deem necessary. I thank you all for your continuing support! =) 

Yummy for my tummy!

A big thanks to Wena from Sheraton Hotel for the invite. I had the opportunity to attend Sheraton Hotel Brunei's launch of its "Le Chef Table" menu in conjunction with His Majesty's 62nd birthday celebrations. The promotion runs from the 7th of July through to the 7th of August 2008. A team of six chefs from the Sheraton put their creative minds together and came up with exquisite delights to tantalize your taste buds. Featured on the menu are such classics such as the Sheraton Chicken Rice as well as the Sheraton Briani Nasi Campur with an assortment of condiments like acar, papadams and kurma telur and topped with a substantial portion of kambing bakar vindaloo. Steak lovers are also not forgotten as the menu also includes the "Continental Culinary Touch", prime quality black angus steak topped off with grilled scampi brochetts, Cajun fries and a side of fresh crispy salad.

And at the end of the meal, assuming you still have space to spare, you can savor the sinful deliciousness of the Mango mousse, garnished with fresh fruit and a vanilla crispy drizzled with a sauce which I forgot was either strawberry or raspberry.

The rest of the pics can be found here

Negative Space

Untitled

Rear curtain sync test

Testing out rear curtain sync flash work. This was purely straight from the camera. Nothing was done to it apart from the resize.

Bambina

Footsteps to where I wonder...?

Sunset over Jerudong

Jason Mraz better watch out

More Urban Decay

Ok I think this will be the last of the Urban Decay pics that I'll upload to the site. I've got more that I haven't processed/uploaded to the flickr account. This particular image is the one that I submitted to the challenge on the forum. Voting runs for another week, by the end of which the results will be announced at the next Blue Eden session.

Urban Decay

This was one of the pictures that I rejected for the BFF monthly theme challenge. This month the theme was Urban Decay. It was quite a tough theme this month. wiki defines Urban Decay as "a process by which a city, or a part of a city, falls into a state of disrepair" (read more about it here).

Plenty of the other members on the forum had trouble with the theme as well. It was funny hearing stories of how some were scratching their heads trying to find suitable locations and whatnot. In the end however, everyone submitted some really awesome images. Too many in fact..now the problem is choosing which one to vote for! =)

Can't wait for next month's theme!!

Bavarian Motor Werks

Per BMW tradition, the replacement for the E46 3 Series, dubbed "E90," was introduced a couple of body styles at a time. 2006 saw the arrival of the new sedan and wagon models, while the unchanged but still quite competitive E46 coupes and convertibles (including the M3) continued to be sold as '06 models. The nomenclature became more complicated for this redesign, as E90 technically referred only to the sedan, while the wagon was known as E91 and the forthcoming coupe and convertible were designated E92 and E93, respectively. This was also the first 3 Series to be designed on controversial BMW stylist Chris Bangle's watch.

Awesome....

My my my...this was a nice surprise. I was going through the normal routine of checking the latest posts on the forum and there was a post by SBN on the Simpur page. Imagine my astonishment to see my name mentioned as the featured photog..! hehehehe!!! Does this mean I get a free photobook??? =p

Courtyard

Tungku Beach HDR

I rarely do HDR images anymore considering one of the biggest reasons why I was so attracted to photography was because I remember seeing some really awesome HDR images on the net and thought "I want pictures like that too!!". HDR which stands for "High Dynamic Range" is a branch of digital photography that involves blending together 3 or more images with different exposures to get the full dynamic range of tones from shadows to highlights. My favourite piece of software to use to create HDR images has to be Photomatix from HDRsoft.

You can also use the "Merge to HDR" function found in CS2 and above but its a bit more involved and not as intuitive compared to Photomatix.

More of Sofi

Sofi

No one watching you

Peek-a-boo