New Toy: LED torch

New toy for me.
I bought a LED torch after being poisoned by my shooting company during the night macro session.
The torch has 2 types of lumen (light power) and it comes with a strobe function.
so cool...

The torch can take 1AA by default and there is an extension to fit 2AA.
shiok...

I can't wait to use it officially.

Default setup, 1AA batt

Extended setup, 2AA batt

Shine torchie shine!!!

Pei Yan

Night Macro Session 1

My first try on night macro shooting last night at Venus Drive.
It was the first night after the 7th month.
Leong said that it is going to be very dark as there's no moon tonight.
In the first place, the whole carpark where we met was already dark.
We had to walk along the path for some distance till we reach our shooting site.
Good thing for LED lights and torches, it did lit up the area a bit but it was still dark and I am quite afraid of walking around in dark areas.

It was really scary to shoot alone while the others are at other locations as the surroundings were really dark.
Furthermore we had to scout around for insects to shoot.
Focusing the subject in the dark with a torch was a challenge too.
A few of my subjects were found from my shooting gang.

Here are some of the images from my first session:

Green hopper

Red Hopper

Adult Cockroach

Long legged Centipede

Some wasp?

It was a good session.
With my rain boots on, my feet did not get wet in the puddled and muddy path.
Night macro is fun. When the weather is cool and moist, you actually breathe out "smoke" (whatever it is called).

Pei Yan

Uniquely KC: Racial Harmony Day celebrations

What would be a better way to celebrate Racial Harmony Day than having it in school.
The school used Monday's assembly program to celebrate racial harmony day.
It was a simple way to commemorate the peaceful relationship between the various religious groups in Singapore.
The program consists of a skit by the chinese drama students, the malay dance and a guest speaker on racial stereotyping.

Top down perspective of my two students from the gallery. Wish I could redo this shot again.

Malay dance.

Happy Racial Harmony Day

Peace!
Pei Yan

Switzerland, here I come

I'm at the airport now.
Destination Switzerland.
Will be there for 11 days.

Bon voyage,
Pei Yan

What I gave to my kids.

Today marks the end of my teaching practicum.
The 10 weeks passes so quickly.
To "thank" the students for their cooperations and fun times, some of the practicum teachers decided to do something for our students.
It was tough to think of what things to get or make for them as we do not want to have any repetition of gifts.

Since my sec 1 girls loved my cat images so much, I decided to print one for each of them.
Like wise, I thought that it would be an interesting gift to give them one of my photography works.
So...
My sec 1 got my pretty cat,
sec 2 received my silhouette taken at the top jejawi tower at chek jawa,
and sec 3 received a sunset image.

The set my sec 1s and 3s got looks like this.

It comprises of a name sticker and a photo.
Behind the photo is a little message written by me (thought it's standard wordings for all).

I'm sure the girls are touched by the little gesture from me, just like the little notes they wrote for me.
Similarly, I did the same thing for my two co-operating teachers (forgot to take pictures of them).
Thank you for making my practicum a memorable one.
Don't worry, I'm coming back.

Hugs,
Peiyan