31st of July
At this point of time, I'm looking at my august calender.
I might be really busy. Which is good. I haven't been
so busy for a while and the price for being this busy
doesn't seem too bad too. :D
Anyway, last saturday i covered the wedding of Rod & Faith.
By far, this is the best wedding i covered. I really like
weddings that are filled with close knitted family and friends.
In a nice garden setting, hanging out with each other, speeches
over the lunch table, self written vows, unreserved emotions
and many smiles! Many pretty girls will be a plus for me. :D
If you are singaporean and you're reading this blog, you should
already know that most weddings in singapore are, a long day filled
with many activities and traditions. Speaking of traditions, i wonder
sometimes, if the couple going through all the ceremony really understood
the significance of it or are they just going through the motion.
If it's the latter, the whole act is nothing but an act. Even if it's an act
to please the in-laws (or maybe out-laws in the future tense), the essence
of the whole ceremony shouldn't have escaped through the gaps of time and age.
Would you question, then, why we do things that are completely meaningless?
My answer is we don't. In an efficient world, anything without purpose are
eliminated. Without purpose, whatever effort put into any imaginable
ceremony/work are nothing but a complete waste of time and resources.
So that lead me to think.
Is everything that exist, living or non-living, systems, methods, formulas or
whatever you can think of, exist for a single or multiple purpose(s)?
in the office on a saturday
I just stepped into my office 30mins ago after returning
equipments i rented out for a job. This job was over friday
and saturday at Fullerton Hotel Presidential suite. It's a Christian
Dior event for exclusive people. Total of 4 x 2hrs session.
Sounds cool? The suite is cool! Maybe next time, if i'm getting
married in Singapore, can hold my wedding there. It's quite big.
Work is crazy. Totally zapped up my energy.
Some people will ask, in classic singlish, "take pictures only what.
So tiring meh?"
You have no idea. It's not that it's physically tiring, although it does
require some physical stamina. Why?
If there's a studio session, you will have to transport the equipment,
load/unload x 2, set up and tear down. However, if your shoot do not
require studio set up, you can conserve your energy for the standing
through out the whole event.
What is the main ingredient to make a photographer tired then?
Mental fatique.
While shooting, aka taking pictures, a photographer's mind is always
working hard. He takes effort to be aware of the situation around
him, program schedule, deliverables, sensitivity to people, equipment settings etc.
Many things goes through the mind of a photographer while he
goes around snapping away. As time drags on, the mind eventually tires.
He who notices that then take more mental strength to overcome
that mental fatique. By the end of the event/shoot, the mind either suffers
from over-exertion or basking in the reserves fuel until the stage of over-exertion.
And of cause, as with all things on earth, not all thing will go according to
plan thus a photographer must also be flexible to ever changing situations
and most changes requires problem solving skill in place to still meet the
job requirement.
Tired of reading?
So am i tired of being asked, "take pictures only what. So tiring meh?"
