Michael Jackson’s This Is It in Theater

Monday, September 14, 2009 | Blog Post

OMG! … i can’t wait … Watch the trailer at http://thisisit-movie.com/

Series of shots – shooters, got shot, being shot and the shot

Saturday, September 12, 2009 | Blog Post, Photography

Alright, this is what i’m up to recently … one after another – a series of shootings and matters related to it …

I was at the Sabah Shooting Association (Kinarut) with my colleagues for a “test-shot-with-real-bullets” … for the tourism industry players like us, we called it “Product Familiarisation” so we get to test it and then promote it IF it has a potential for a tourism product … we usually like a “product fam” because its FREE (yeah!) … oh yaa, for anyone out there who loves extreme sports, you should really try this. Google them and call for Mr. Mark Ramp – i believe its about RM200.00 for 75 bullets – then shoot as you like!

Ok, here’s Mr Mark Ramp showing our Melissa (Maps) how to hold the gun the right way … Too excited, i didnt really take so many photos

A week later, i was at the “The Last POW Camp Memorial – Unveiling Ceremony”. The event took place at Kg Kenipir, Ranau … It was officiated by the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, Datuk Masidi Manjun. I was really touched during the speeches, especially the historical part – and i thanked GOD that i didnt get to see the war… It was such a *&)^%$#@(*)&*) …

Below photos are some shots of the Ring Lady whom believed when she was a young girl, she used to sneak the waste food for the pigs and feed the prisoners. One morning when she returned to feed them, she found seven rings in a can/tin, wedding rings belonging to the soldiers, they had gone, and had left a small thank you for her.

***Ok i admit, i edit the photo (above) so that the guy shown behind is not so obvious … just in case you might noticed some softness in the photo …

*seen above the Ring Lady being interviewed by the Sabah Archives Dept …

And the most recent one was on the 1st week of September, we had a Paintball Game among our colleagues … we had it at UMS’s ODEC …

Again, i didnt take many photos because ONE. your camera, your responsibility … TWO. its not easy taking photos with the Paintball Mask on … THREE. even photographer got shot …

Then after the game, there was a photoshoot session with the organizer … Seen here Sara from Sri Pelancongan Sabah is at work getting a good shot of the Paintball-ers in Action … check out the outcome from Sara’s camera … fyi, no editing done beside a simple crop and a credit tag

This is when the model were asked to do some action like running while holding a gun towards the yellow-thingy (or whatever you may called it) … below is from Sara’s camera which i stitched them together – hope it was not too much to do this …

This is the other angle where the model were actually holding a paintball gun while running … sorry no photo stitched from Sara’s camera cuz if you noticed Sara shots vertical (portrait) … so visually, from the 1st point to the where it ends; to stitch them is hard – you know what i mean ??

hmmm during the photoshoot; whenever the paintball gun is loaded and fired, you have to put the mask on ggrrrrhhh … it’s not easy!

With the right shutter setting and the right timing, you might get a good photos with great “story” … you see, they are really shooting and not merely posing while holding a gun …

Perfect shutter setting and perfect timing!!! i like this … and towards the end, everybody were happy with the outcome …

oh yaa … did i mention the lady model name is Tracy or Tracie (if im not mistaken) … she’s cool … she’s tall and pretty too … alright, that’s it – chiow!!!