Guess what came in the mail today?

Something unexpected came in the post for me today. Well truthfully, I am expecting this package but only sometime next week. However, it arrived much earlier. I love good surprises like this. I have been wanting to come up with this Photobook for quite sometime but have been stalling. At first it was the issue of which pictures to photobook, shall I do a collection or a particular subject. Since the last Hari Raya, I took quite a lot of pictures, I thought of giving it a shot. I didn't spend much time on it. I didn't even post in a lot of texts. Finally on Monday, I managed to finalised everything and sent it out. Unexpectedly, it arrived today.That was really quick. The result? I am satisfied with it totally. Love it! Will be doing more of this I'm sure.

The package.

Ta-daaa

I was quite nervous to flip the pages initially.

Some I had pictures as the background.

Some I chose just plain background.

This photobook, is even better than a normal photo album I think. It just requires a wee bit of investment, financial and time mostly. With a little bit of thought and love, it can be a real worth while thing to have. Think you want to give it a try check photobook.

Tyring out the speedlights at home

One night, I somehow had some energy that I normally don't have these days especially on a weeknight to try out my brother's speedlight. As usual, my model is always ever ready to become my subject. I never thought that I would need additional flash when my D60 already comes with an in-built flash until my brother showed me the difference that it could make. Wow! Here are some pictures before I used the speedlight...

From here onwards, the Nikon SB600 speedlight was used. Ok, do excuse some of the blurry pics, I am still new at this, and I was also experimenting with the Manual Setting. For more pictures, do visit my flickr page.

Should I or should I not???

Oooooh I have been wanting to get this thing like forever. Now, I don't think I can stand it any longer. I am not talking about an LV handbag, or even a Tod's!!! What could I want more than those, right? Well many things like perhaps a tennis bracelet, a whole set of new wardrobe,a Kitchen Aid Mixer, a Golf GTI to name a few!!!! Ok, serious (not that I seriously do not want all those things mentioned) back to my dilemma. I want a DSLR and I want it now. Especially afterour Photography Club Meeting yesterday at lunch, since on the 5th next month, we will be having an outdoor outing to KLCC, and so we are supposed to bring our equipment. I want my own...

Nikon D60

side profile

large LCD screen too!

You see, my love (if you can call it that) for photography and cameras started even before the digital era. I got my first SLR camera when I was 15, as a gift for acing my SRP,cewah (thank god, I didn't wait for SPM results he!he!). Anyhow, this is my first baby.

This is my trusted camera that I lugged with me during my years of study in the UK too. Everytime I went travelling, I would carry two sets of camera, my T50 and another simple point and shoot compact. I still need the compact you see, because as much as I love to be behind the camera, I am a self-confessed camera "whore". Each time I passed my T50 to someone else, in order to be in the shot, I would always end up dissapointed. It was much worse then when we had to use up the whole roll of film before we could see how the photos turn out. I would have lovely pictures of everybody, but blurred and lousy shots of me!!! I remember getting some really good lucky shots with my T50, I must ransack the albums at my mom's to find some good pictures and perhaps scan them or something as a testimonial of my "seriousness" in giving photography a shot (ha!ha! good one eh, photography a shot! get it? oh never mind), back then.

Somehow, when I came back from my studies, this "hobby" was given a backseat, dunno why. Perhaps I didn't want to fork out any money for films and processing. Then I got married, had kids, busy with kids etc etc etc I dunno. Then it was the digital age. I purchased my first digital camera when I was pregnant with my second child. It was still quite expensive to get it much earlier. Now that DSLR has become more accessible I think I should pick up photography again. Plus, I have been with the Photography Club in my office ever since I was pregnant with Zaim. So it would be nice to put into use some of the tips that I have been hearing from the Pros here in the office. Now it is also much easier to store and share photos online, no costs for processing required unless I want to start a photobook, now that's a different story altogether.

So, should I??? I do have some savings left!!! I am going for a trip this March.