1 year with Alpha. . .

Get ready for a wall of photos, chiu hash been warned. . .

1 year ago, on this very day, I became a proud owner of a Sony A200! My very first DSLR! And hence, it marked the start of a unforgettable, enjoyable journey so far.

What originally supposed to be a simple tool for taking images of my toys slowly evolved into a strong interest in going deeper into this field.

Taken with Sony T20 @ 2008 CNY Fireworks.

Well, guess people will ask why Sony?

Simple, given their ease of use from their Cybershot era, moving on to handle the A200 wasn't that much of a issue. I do remember the 'discouragement' given to me while I was deciding on the A200, EOS 450D and D60 then. But frankly, tell you what, the user UN-friendly Cs & Ns camera bodies don't really help my cause, plus I did done my homework already. Still very well on course for the A200.

And bang! On last year's April Fool, I finally got myself a A200 of my own!

My first noob shots with A200, yes this is the chance for you to laugh at me. . .
First few attempts at macro, using Sigma 70-300mm @ 300mm focal length.

First few attempts at night photograpghy, interestingly, it was shot handheld. :D

Given that I was still doing my NS, (those who know me very well shall understand where the heck I get so much time to play with my Alpha.) then, time is not a issue! So, began to do some random walk about in the little red dot of Singapore.

Wee, nice candid moment that I caught.

Wee, Lambo!

And of course, joined up with fellow Alpha bros in Formula Drift. What a hot hot day it was, and man, brought home tons and tons of photos and fun memories along with a very bad tanning.

Honda s2000 drifting through.

Bang!

And of course, showgirls. . .

Alphadslr + SDW members.

Following that, decided to do a 'little' hike throughout the Southern Ridges before it became overly packed with eager visitors.

View from the top of henderson Wave.

:D

Even the kit lens do produce such bokeh!

Hort Park

Following that, I began to take photos from various events here, and next up was the opening of Arts Festival 2008 @ Singapore River.

Lonely out in the dark waters.

Fireworks finale @ the opening of Arts Festival 2008.

Following that, random shoots around the island. And decided to try some HDR.

Laugh if you want to, haha, very noob in this field still. . .

Cosfest 2008! She's my favourte cosplayer!

Autobots! Roll out!

Few weeks later, another SDW + Alphadslr event came along, outing to Singapore Garden Festival 2008.

Welcome to SGF 2008.

Untitled, simply because I have no idea what this flower is. . .

Then came along my first chance of a proper portrait shoot.

Felice TFCD @ SGF.

Nallur TFCD @ National Museum.

Lee Jia TFCD @ Chijmes.

Cheryl TFCD @ Chijmes.

And of course, not to forget Singapore fireworks festival 2008.


Another event came along, Coscon @ Games Convention Asia 2008.

Jesslin TFCD @ former Supreme Court premises.

Tiffany TFCD @ Supreme Court premises.

Was given a chance to help out at a cosplay shoot also.


Of course, not forgetting the biggest event I have been to in 2008, Anime Festival Asia 2008.


But since this year, after a drought of outings, I decided to venture out. Signed up for shoots, expanded my contacts, learning from fellow photographers as well.

Miko @ Chinese Garden.
Amaryllis @ Chinese Garden.

Celestina.

Janice.

Samantha.

Serene.

Aki.

Raychell.

Miyake.

Sarah.

Huiyi.

Celestina.

Yup, that's the pictorial post of my first year with Alpha so far. Looking on towards the future, there is more shoots to go for, places to visit, bringing back interesting, memorable photos to share with everyone. 1 year on, the 'poison' will only gets deeper and stronger.

Quoting from a fellow Alpha photographer "See, Shoot, Share"

Cheers.