a day at the museum

the ORIGINAL reason for going


indiscriminate rock painting


bubbles


i want this


mummy fen making sure ethan has many photos of his childhood


wistful butterfly


christian lacroix (who just went bankrupt)


the men of the ong family


milkshake for nate nate


ethan taking a break


excitement


a week late, but better late than never.

what started off as an opportunity for abi and shea to see the verner panton exhibit at the National Museum of Singapore turned into an all out family fest as we discovered that childrens' week had kicked off the day before at the museum. as we wander down, who should we meet but eugene and ethan, which meant that fen was somewhere close by.

then maye-e shows up, and it becomes a gaggle of children and parents.

who knew that chasing after children and watching them run around, sweat and have fun with each other could be so enjoyable?

i am ready.

photo log: 17/05/2009

not everything counts in large amounts

i am really going to try and keep this photo log going, and yes, i know that the date of the title and the date of the posting doesn't match, but i had to work late. forgive me.

just realized how much bigger cars have gotten in the last 30 years.

scary.

tokyo 2009

i know i have not been blogging, but it's been nice to be on vacation. too lazy to type much, so will let the pictures speak for themselves.



roppongi


shibuya


uni-jump in yokohama


st ignatius church, yotsuya


nap time


airwalk


street baseball


electrical grid


abi's lisa ono moment


intrepid photographer martin


fun with street lights


more rain



that's it. bed time. more to come i hope.

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.

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.

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!

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the first photo out of my d700

sometimes it is worth waiting for the right subject to come along before taking the first shot on a new camera. patience is indeed rewarded.

chasing rainbows

anything for a photo

in a bid to get this blog back in order AND to motivate myself to shoot what i hope will be at least a picture a day, here is sam, ST's newest photographer doing whatever he needs to get the shot.

ok i kinda cheated, this was taken a couple of days ago with the camera on my phone, but the new "no excuses" camera comes tomorrow, so pictures from that point on should have a freshness rating of 10/10.