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January 25, 2010

People Say…

Filed under: Announcement, General, Other, Photography, Portrait, Review — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Raymond Chan @ 9:05 pm

…time flies when you’re having fun.

I just realised today that it has been a month since my last update. Technically speaking, my last post was last year. I wouldn’t say I was having the time of my life, but when you no longer have uni assignments and exams to deal with, there’s always other things (eg. work) that bothers you. I have been taking it easy on the job-hunt. Heck, I haven’t even prepared my CV or resume to begin with.

So what have I actually done for the past month? Nothing much except for work and more work, really. Well, my niece, Sophie turned one month on 14th January. Here’s the cute little thing:

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I have been a Nokia fanboy since I was 13. I still remember my first phone being a trusty Nokia 3210 (Google it if you’re too young to know the model), which had the best game ever (SNAKE!) during my schooling days. I would bring it to school and risk having it confiscated because it was against the school rules then (not sure about now). Later on I had the 3350, which introduced cooler ringtones and games. I had a 7250i when it first came out (one of the first phone with colour and polyphonic ring tones and camera!!) and then downgraded to a 8310 when my phone was robbed :(

The 8310 stayed with me for a year or so with me after I came to Perth, until I signed a contract for a N95, which was my phone for the past 2 years. I was deciding between the N97 and an iPhone 3GS, but finally couldn’t resist but to join the dark side – I got the iPhone.

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Sad to say, I haven’t regretted the move from Nokia to Apple by the slightest bit. The UI is just too pretty and I love how it doesn’t lag at all, unlike Nokia’s line of “smart” N-series phones. Everything is right at my finger tips with the iPhone, and the app store is amazing, to say the least. Nokia has a lot of work to do to catch up in the game.

Happy Australia Day for all Aussies for tomorrow! =)

December 19, 2009

Baby Sophie

Filed under: Announcement, Good Times, Photography, Portrait — Tags: , , , — Raymond Chan @ 4:25 am

Dear World,

Meet Baby Sophie, the new addition to the Chan family. She was born on the 14th of December 2009 at 11.58pm at King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women. She weighs 3115grams and cries like a loudspeaker.

This is her first (angelic) smile caught on camera by her Uncle Raymond on 15th Dec:

Baby Sophie

December 8, 2009

Forte Music Festival 2009

Filed under: Event, Photography, Portrait — Tags: , , , , , , — Raymond Chan @ 12:48 am

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I was recently asked to be the photographer for Forte School of Music’s annual festival at Riverview church at Cockburn Central. It is a day where the students in the school have a chance to get up on stage and perform for their family and teachers. There were two concerts of a different time with different performances by the students and different sets of audience, who are mainly made up of family members of the students.

The first concert started at 3.30pm and another at 5.30pm, so this post is a combination of both concerts.

It was quite a challenge to photograph the event because the only long zoom I have is the 55-200mm, which I personally think is not a fast enough lens for the lighting condition at the venue, so I used a combination of  my Tamron 17-50mm 2.8, 55-200mm, 50mm 1.8 and a tripod. Most shots were taken at ISO of 800 and a few 1600, but really if my body could handle 1600 and 3200 well enough I would definitely use those range, but unfortunately it can’t. Perhaps I should really start saving up for a D90 or D300s? Wishful thinking.

Despite the high stress and running around like a madman with my camera from one end of the stage to the other, it was a great experience.

Here are some shots from the event:

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October 16, 2009

ChanRaymond dot net Turns Two!

Believe it or not, today marks ChanRaymond dot net’s 2nd anniversary!

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This site has come a long way, from a personal blog filled with gibberish and entries about my life in uni, to a more photography-centric type of entries with less words and more pictures. I have also been lazy to comment on others’ blogs, so I’m back to being a silent reader of others’ blogs. Of course, this has caused me to lose quite a few frequent readers and commenters which I have built from my previous blog(s), but I still have some readers who will make the extra effort to leave some feedback on my entries, and that is more than welcomed here on ChanRaymond dot net.

As I am currently in the last couple of weeks of my university life for the rest of my life (fingers crossed), updates have been halted to a point where I only update when I find the time, and often when I do, it’s an entry with less than 50 words (and I’m a to-be journalism graduate!). Of course, I do try to put in more pictures to fill the “gap”, but I must admit that it’s plain laziness at work.

Nevertheless, I personally take this time to thank all loyal readers of my blog, to all who still find time to read all the craps I’ve churned out. Even though I have been really lazy with my updates lately, there were still people giving feedback to my pictures, which really gives me the “feel-good” factor. To be honest, there has been a couple of instances when I considered quitting blogging due to work and uni, to which I can barely handle. But I guess I shall give it another year (since I’ve paid for the hosting) and we’ll see what next year brings.

Before I delay this entry any further and risk not publishing this entry at all, I shall stop here and get some rest after a long night of uni work. Have a wonderful weekend ahead and thanks for reading!

September 4, 2009

Assignments, assignments, assignments.

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My nephew at his primary school sports carnival this morning (Thursday)

It is my study week off from uni, but it happens to be the week my assignments are due. Managed to get an essay done on Monday which was worth 30%.

Currently rushing an opinion piece which is worth 20%, due at 4pm. Good luck to me  :-?

July 9, 2009

Quick Update

Filed under: Photography, Portrait, Wedding — Tags: , , , , , — Raymond Chan @ 2:27 am

I just realised I haven’t updated for almost one full week! Haha. Here are some shots from last Sunday at the wedding reception:

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Okay, fine. I know this isn’t a proper update, but it’s time for me to sleep. I have around 200 shots to edit from the wedding reception. Due to unforeseen circumstances I only shot the reception. Have a good weekend!

May 27, 2009

Night Out with L

Filed under: Food, Good Times, Photography, Portrait, Street — Tags: , , , , , , , — Raymond Chan @ 7:41 pm

Some photos from our night out to Perth last night in gallery format:

My favourite:

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I’ve added a contact form, finally. Contact Raymond Chan from the link above. Have a good day :)

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