isn't she lovely?

doting grandparents

i know i am getting boring and repetitive, but i don't really care. my niece has just completely captured my heart.

i love the fact that she can wake up and smile at us instead of being grumpy, and how this good natured little girl can instantly make all around her happy.

i could take pictures of her all day long.

the marina barrage

dusk


fun with water


the wedding shoot


glow in the (semi) dark


being inquisitive


loving the typography


the view from the top


a trip to the marina barrage reminded me how hot it can get in singapore. buckets of perspiration that even a sweat rag couldn't completely soak up. the air so thick with moisture it was hard to breathe. the last time i was here was over half a year ago, before they opened it up to the public, so i have to admit i was curious to see how it looked now.

while the restaurants and food and beverage outlets proved less than promised, the sheer number of families that showed up with picnic baskets left me no doubt to the popularity of the place. kids in swimsuits traipsed around the fountains in an attempt to keep cool, and even with the setting of the sun, the benches were still warm to touch. a couple engaged in their wedding shoot, large families sat on the solar roof, while a legion of amateur photographers armed to the teeth with tripods and expensive cameras stalked their elusive photos. teenaged street dancers and couples looking for some smidgen of privacy that the dark had to offer in that rather public place, were just some of the sights.

so what if the exhibition on a self sustaining environment was a little heavy handed on the government propaganda? abi, shea and i had a blast, and that's all that really matters.

shoot

work as it should be

for the first time in awhile, i am back on the shooting rotation. i know it's been awhile because the minute i picked up the canon, i realized that all my lenses had a (more than) fine coat of dust on them.

it was a nice surprise to be laden with five assignments on my first day back, five portrait assignments to be exact for a lifestyle section piece. BORING you might say, but you know what? it's great to be back looking, thinking and seeing.

so my equipment has now been dusted off (literally), and it's nice to be taking pictures again for a living.

really nice.

THAT day.

you know there are days:

- when nothing seems to go right.
- when everything you do to correct a wrong becomes a bigger wrong.
- when the weather, the crowds, the traffic etc all seem to conspire against you.
- when you swallow your pride to right things and it makes not one iota of difference.
- when the people who make decisions where you work seem like complete fools making unrealistic demands.
- when you want to sweep everything off your desk, yell "screw this" and walk off never to come back.
- when the big game or race you have been waiting for turns out to be disappointing.
- when you wish things were a lot less complicated in every aspect of your life.
- when everything feels like you are trying to squeeze square pegs into round holes.
- when circumstances let you down.
- when nothing is as it seems.
- when you just want to isolate yourself away from everything and everyone.
- when you doubt yourself.

yeah.

today is THAT day.

i'm still trying to look on the bright side though; one needs to have the bad days to appreciate the good ones.

dawn janine

hangin' out



food coma



dance practice

isn't she just the cutest?

my niece dawn never fails to make me (and those around her) smile. maybe it's the huge grin that finds it's way onto her face when she sees me, or the occasional outreaching of her hands to be carried (even to me!). maybe it's the fact that she is my first niece. or maybe it's something as simple as her being a baby, and EVERYONE (barring scrooges and grinches) love babies right?

people say that babies hit a certain age when they start getting choosy about who they hang out with, but at this point, i am enjoying both the giving and receiving of love from this little tyke.

you can be sure that more pictures of her will appear on this blog at regular intervals.

damn you april fools day!!!

fooled, and sad about it

i personally want to thank thinkgeek.com for both breaking my heart and saving my life by telling me that squeez bacon doesn't really exist.

bugger.

new threads

two from threadless

another surprise from beeba had me grinning like a jackass. two new t-shirts from threadless.com that she had quietly bought when she placed orders for another couple of t-shirts for herself and a friend.

she even chose the right ones! for that, she gets the dubious honor of seeing a picture from my first (and probably last) ever photoshoot. thanks beebs!!!


even cool tees cannot make me look good

ps: thanks deslim for the studio shot!