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above are photos from the latest installment of dapper. we initially had the idea to do a night shoot, before narrowing it down the final theme.

credits to ivan for the colour toning. i think that gave the images a fantastic mood and feel to them.

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next week is supposedly recess week.

been a really, really busy period with me hardly able to set the camera down (not that the practice is a bad thing) – the weekly photojournalism assignments, the dapper shoots, a ROM last saturday (a wedding tomorrow as well), photos for the school newsletter and a corporate shoot for credit suisse (really exciting)  yesterday – add on the other school projects, not enough sleep and exercise and you got yourself a recipe for a major burnout.

i guess even the craziest photographers got to take a break sometime.

which is why i am rather glad that next week is recess week. though the backlog of photos to edit as well as the school projects that need attention will prevent me from truly having a good rest, i will take anything now – so long as i can take my foot off the pedal, however little.

some recent photos from the streets –

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time-lapse photography i did for a recent school assignment. put together in quicktime pro and imovie.

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had a nice evening watching “getai” (literal translation = song stage) with pamy, amos, weili and lyon after dinner at jurong west. my previous recollection of watching getai was when i was a child, and before we moved to our current estate. credit to amos for coming up with the audacious suggestion. i think we enjoyed ourselves in general, though we did not stay for long.

a spotlight from the stage illuminating the side of a block.

the much talked about “vacant” seats.

the “black cats”. what outrageous outfits, but i guess you can get away with a lot in the garish world of getai.

some of the performers leaving for the next show. some getai performers do a few shows an evening at various locations around the island, especially the more popular acts.

some kids fooling around with a found trolley.

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was on my way to punggol yesterday when i caught this on the train. it was a strange sight.

was at punggol beach in the evening when amos fell and cut his palm on some rocks while walking out into the sea. he managed to save his camera though, which was rather heroic. it seems like people value their possessions more than themselves – i once heard a story of how this musician fell while going on stage with her guitar. she broke her hips and the guitar? never left her hand.

after that pamy’s dad fetched us to a clinic, where amos got the cut cleaned out. thankfully it was not that bad to the point where stitches were required.

amos getting a tetanus shot. now you know how doctors make so much money, especially the pushy ones.

latest update is that amos is fine and has removed the bandage.

now for some happy photos from punggol.

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