2009 --> 2010

Happy New Year~ Happy 2010~

Lots of goals to accomplish this year. Plan set, getting all excited!!! Engaged !!!
As for 2009, my first accomplishment is... the full year no. of blog entries beat 2008 by 283%!!!
And I finally got some friends noticing the existence of this blog (however not many "followers" still...hopefully the stat of ppl visiting this blog gonna rise, HURRAY!)

Seriously I got some more to post, it's just that I just roughly type some draft, then forgot. Remembering the taste and the delicacy is really difficult, better immediately jot them down in my itouch and just post it wherever I can. Hong Kong Government, I need some more Wi-Fi spot...

One of my loveliest gift this year is from my ex roommate, the camera strap. Really nice of her. Many trips I have been with my camera and heavy lens, it really hurts my neck. With this strap, I am more willing to share the moments I'm experiencing with you all through the lens :)

Greatest Motivation Today~

From:xxxxxx
Subject:
Permission to use photos

Hi Lillian;My name is xxxxx, and I'm working on a course development team that's putting together a course on Hong Kong conservation and biodiversity to be presented to students at the Open University of Hong Kong.Our students would really enjoy and benefit by seeing some of your photos! I'm particularly interested in your diving photos from Tung Ping Chau. Would it be possible for us to have permission to use some of these in our course materials? The course is online only, and is restricted to registered students, so their use would be purely educational, i.e. we'd not be distributing the photos in any other way. We would of course include a credit in any form you'd like.If you agree, I'll send along a list of the photos we'd like to use.Thanks much for your attention,xxxxxx Course Designer, Open University of Hong Kong

My Dream Photographer

I finally find my destination~~~

A local photography magazine recently captures an article on 10 influencial professional photographers, who were all brought up from different occupations rather than photographer assistant.

The turning point for each of them to become professional photographer are all happens to be some once-in-a-lifetime inspirations. The one I admired most is Kennymax, who used to be (I think currently still is) a webmaster. He masters natural light so well that he seldom uses flash light or even postwork polishing via photoshop. Photos illustrate the tranquility of nature while contrasting the energetic model. Kenny has made them perfect match in the picture~

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/kennymax

Wine & Photography

同紅白酒結緣來自跟爸爸的朋友喝酒去，因有些"豪氣" 的朋友硬要逼爸爸喝，我看不過眼，跟那些"叔父" "頂酒" -- 就有那個"代父從酒"的故事了。自此開始，我便開始喝酒了...



至於拍照，前幾年跟JENNY去日本是被劣評我的拍攝技術，一年前，忘了是誰向我介紹Flickr 這個software, 總是把照片很漂亮的display on web. 常云"好趁青春留倩影"，不為自己留，也給他人留做個紀念吧，便去買個dslr 回來學學拍了...

大家常說拍照跟喝酒都是很男人或是很有錢的事情。但我卻漸漸發現很多女生都在這兩行裡打出自己的天下。

2009年, 我也會比以前更忙，但亦不忘會多辦一些無聊的Wine gathering 和 phototaking 的活動來放鬆一下自己，感受酒與拍照的世界~

Classmate's Wedding

今年第二次去的婚禮，可是這卻是第一次去差不多年齡的大學同學的婚禮。姊妹們也都是我的大學同學。未有緣做姊妹，也唯有做Ad hoc photographer 了, 哈哈...





像一位同學說，結婚離我還遠，但新娘洋溢著的幸福感覺，卻替她覺得高興。她，神態自若，已恍如女主人般招待客人了 (見圖)~




為這次Wedding拍了一些照片，便在想，當一個wedding photographer 也不錯，是一個永遠有開心clients 的一個職業，可是我跟photographer 這個職業還差很遠呢~





莊員recommend 了我以下的website, 我也很impress...


http://www.cmleung.com/