The last time I blogged was just about 2 months ago. I'd like to say that I got "caught up with life" but I learned this thing whereby there's not really such thing as procrastination in life, but rather how important something is to you and how badly you want it. And so, based on that revelation that I got, it means that blogging took a backseat in my life. I first started blogging because I wanted to let others know what happened in my life and my thoughts. That's pretty much like vlogging now. Then a bulk of it was about "tutorials" on these crafts that I embark on and the biggest portion of reasoning was just that I wanted to instil this spirit of thanksgiving in me. I wanted to find something interesting in the week and thank God for it, but I got preoccupied with doing my own thing that I forgot to give thanks.

So restarting this super cranky blogging/writing engine of mine, I'm pretty sure my writing wouldn't be as oiled up and warmed up, but here goes! On a kinda related sidenote, PSA: please do not rev your car engine during cold starts. You'll spoil the engine. I've seen way too many Singaporeans drive off the moment they start their car. Easter weekend just passed and I missed 2 church sundays in a row! Which isn't a good thing, although the saving grace is that I went for saturday service instead. Reason being I went for a photoventure! I went to photograph places in Singapore that may not be around in the next 50 years. Which I am very sure of and saddened. I got lucky enough to take photos of the Mountbatten housing blocks which are already demolished and also lucky enough to have met such a great bunch of people taking photos together!




Got to go out and shoot more photos! As it is great practice and it challenges you to always try new angles and how to tell a story! I think that given the immense amount of new content there is on social media today, we become lazy partakers of information and stop thinking.
"What is the significance of this photo?"
"How is the composition of the photo?"
These two questions IMO are yearning for more recognition today.

Previous week, I went to the Jurong Fishery Port where stupid me bringing ISO200 film, was really pushing the film to capture these images and luckily, I brought my digital along too! It was quite an eye-opener, to see a different side of Singapore, a side that is untouched and soon to be pushed into a renovation. JFP has been left untouched ever since it was built so being armed with two cameras and my not-so-trusty Havaianas slippers, I stood out of the way of the men at work and captured these images.








as for the ISO200 film, I was greatly rewarded with these!









I felt that the Jurong Fishery Port trip to be really fruitful in capturing the lives of the people there! It was a great learning experience and they are of such great sports as long as you do not get in the way of them working. Which is the right thing to do as we should not actually hinder the process there. I was really hoping that I would get better, more familiar in using the Helios 50mm but I currently seem to be going nowhere?! I still do not know how I get the swirls. I know it is the ratio of the distance of the subject and the background to the camera but I just don't seem to be able to really see the swirl that clearly when photographing?? Not to mention every setting has a different ratio. I really have no idea how people do it, but just gotta practice!

I'll blog about my photography experience last sunday on another occasion! Will find the time to do so. Man, I am so so glad to have found such great friends to go out and take photos with!