My photo portfolio (part 2)

Location : Hotel Sensa, Bandung

Located next to CiWalk, the architecture was extraordinary yet unique! Great rooms with affordable price

iseng motoin jam weker di kamar.. bisa dijadiin alternatif buat bikin foto fish eye jg lhooo!)

teras di lt 3. sayang bgt nih teras ga ngadep ke arah sunset.. i love their furnitures’ color though

up up on the roof

ini sofa-sofa santai yg di deket restonya.. restonya deket sama kolam renang gitu lhoo.. jadi kalo sambil makan bisa ngeliat “pemandangan”.. (lhoo??)

iseng motoin sofanya yg unik, tp ternyata hasilnya cukup oke.. hehe

nyobain efek zoom in..

ini bangunan yg di depan hotelnya.. kayaknya sih udah masuk kawasan ciwalk.. FYI, ciwalk skrg udah beda banget lhoo.. ga tau sih udah lama apa baru. kyknya terakir kali gw kesana biasa aja, skrg jd keren

aduh.. mas2.. lagi giliran jaga kok malah tidur toh yoo?

foto dari teras kecil depan kamar.. lantai 7
untung orang2nya ngga nyada ==”

iseng aja ini

pas lagi breakfast.. makanannya macem2.. sayangnya lupa difoto2in.. padahal mw belajar food photoghraphy @_@

cuma inget foto 1 makanan.. dan itupun udah dimakan sebagian.. Yikes!

~sekian~
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aftertaste : sorcerer’s apprentice

while I’m browsing about the movie sorcerer’s apprentice, I found this movie cover. Is this a kind of a remake?

Today, I & some of my pals supposed to watch inception, AGAIN…. fortunatelly, it was such a perfect timing that we found “sorcerer’s apprentice’ on the now showing list! it was a total coincidence, just like what nicolas cage said to the kid on the film (for those of you who have watched it). It’s not a very important scene, really, but it’s the beginning of all the main story. Meanwhile it was also the end of Balthazar Blake’s quest of finding the prime Melrinian (or the one who inherited the power of the legendary wizard, Merlin) which was discovered an 10-year-old ordinary boy named Dave Stutler. Shortly, balthazar gave the kid a ring, Merlin’s own, which was firstly considered as the source of the mythical power of him.
While Balthazar search on a magic book, Dave touched a layered doll with picture of a bearded man on it, and accidentally broke the first layer. Since each layer of the doll functioned as a seal of evil sorcerers, the first sorcerer was set free. It was Balthazar’s best friend, Horvath, who firstly betrayed Merlin and his apprentices. Horvath had a mission to destroy the last layer which sealed the power of marvelous yet diabolic sorcerer, Morgana, who tried to cast ‘the rising’; a spell which can resurrect all the deaths, and use them as a slave.
Then the days of preparing the prime merlinian to restrain morgana’s evil plan was started..

the first thing of this walt disney picture’s film which caught my attention was the main character, Balthazar, which played by hollywood star, Nicolas Cage. the others looks like fresh actor/actresses for me, such as Jay Baruchel (as Dave), Alfred Molina (as Horvath), and many more. I kind of like the way disney played with those effects of plasmas, fire, and all those transformation, from antique car to a fabulous sport cars and those steel eagles. The story was okay, but like any other disney movies, they mix all the humors, fantasy, and a bit action into one, and the ending was pretty much predictable. after all, it was entertaining enough for me

saya mau ini, saya mau itu

hadeh, pas pertama beli kamera sih niatnya ga beli yg lain2.. ternyata makin kesini tangan udah gatel pengen beli.. terbatas bgt sih kalo ga punya embel-embelnya..

today’s wish list :
1. tripod
rencananya sih plg pertama beli tripod dului, soalnya gw seneng foto landscape, jadi ini must-have item bgt.. incerannya sih excell ufo-260.. ini gambarnya:

(beuhh.. gagah bgt yak kliatannya?? ckck, dasar foto suka menipu)
kenapa ufo? soalnya udah bs macem2.. udah ada ball head, bs split kakinya, pokoknya fiturnya udah oke bgt deh.. dan harganya jg lbih oke lg.. cuma 470rb, padahal tripod merk lain dgn fitur yg kyk gitu mah pasti di atas 1 jt..
(-) jeleknya, katanya sih kalo sering2 dibawa ke pantai, trus kena air laut, bakal cepet kena korosi kakinya.. trus ballheadnya suka ga kuat gitu nahan beban kamera.. hmm, jadi pilih awet atau murah?
masi cari alternatif lain sih, Benro a150-ex yg harganya lbih mahal, tp katanya sih kualitasnya lbih oke

2. external flash
kalo yg ini pengennya sih yg murah2 aja.. paling yg budget 100-200rb lah @_@
(what sucks about sony, pilihan aksesorisnya dikit bgt.. trus mahal2 lg..)

3. filter macro/IR
ini sih yg ga terlalu urgent lah.. seru sih tapi kalo udah punya ini..
siapa tau ntar bs bikin foto yg begini:

yaaa…. mulai nabung lagiiii

when curiosity drives you (inception)

beuuuuhhhh akhirnya rasa penasaran gw akan sebuah #1 most awaited movie 2010 terbayar sudahh!
yep, INCEPTION! kmaren gw nntn filmnya di gading, premiere looh (bangga gitu? )
gw udah tertarik bgt buat nntn film ini sejak liat trailernya pertama kali di TV & baca” review orang di imdb.. ratingnya aja sampe 9,3 gitu..
salah satu quote dari review itu ada yg bikin gw penasaran bgt:

The only thing one could have against the movie, is the headache one could have.See, most of my friends go to the movies for brainless action, they enjoyed Iron Man 2 and The A-Team, but this movie-you have to see it at least twice, to understand it.The levels and the layers on which thing are happening are so many, that one surely’ll miss something vital.

hmm, se-rumit itukah nih film? sampe-sampe orang sono aja ga bisa sekali ngerti?
actually, it was! gw baru bisa bener” setuju sama review org itu.. emang nih film pinter banget.. dari ide cerita, ga semuanya dipaparkan scr detail dan dia bisa bikin orang terus berasumsi “sebenernya apaan sih yg terjadi?”; dan itu secara ga langsung bikin bnyk orang, termasuk gw, pengen ntn lagi biar ngerti 100% filmnya.. waaaaw
special effectnya juga kereeeeenn bgt lhoooo.. pokoknya perubahan setting (goncangan2, no-gravity) bs dibilang detail deh.. pas 1 scene dimana ada yg luka dlm keadaaan zero gravity, gw sempet liat ada gumpalan darah yg melayang”.. detail dah.. salut buat christopher nolan!

pokoknya I WANT MORE!!! (karena gw banyak yg ga ngerti.. wkakaka)

when did i get so into it?

bbrp postingan belakangan, gw bnyk ngepost soal hasil2 jepretan gw. dimulai dari jepretan” asal tapi menyenangkan, fotografi mulai gw masukin dlm list ‘things to do’ yg kudu banget gw pelajarin pas liburan ini dan kalo bs seterusnya sih..

nah kmaren ini gw baru dikasi tau kalo neummat (tmpt les fotografi gitu) lagi ngadain workshop basic photography gratis! (cina mode) dan gw sangat sangat berminat untuk ikut.. yaaah itung2 dapet pengalaman baru gitu..
sayangnya workshop yang paling cucok tanggalnya sm kalender kuliah gw cuma 1, yg di kemang jaksel.. padahal gw udah ngarep bgt bisa ikut workshop yg di SIS klapa gading yg brarti ga perlu ribet2 mikirin transport.. secara rumah di bekasi T_T
jujur gw sih blom pernah ke kemang seblomnya (katro ya?? whatever.. )

singkat cerita, gw ngajakin bnyk tmen2 gw yg juga minat di bidang ini.. niat lhoo, sampe bikin notes di fb + tag” in.. tp ujung-ujungnya pada ga jadi daftar.. alhasil, gw kesana sendiri, tanpa seorangpun menemani @_@.. sedihnya..

hari pertama gw kesana, ternyata kelasnya itu jauh di luar perkiraan. gw ngira kalo yg ngikut kelasnya itu banyakan anak” sekolah/kuliahan gitu (apalagi kan skrg kamera slr lg ‘in’ bgt), ternyata kebanyakan muridnya sudah pantas saya panggil om/tante ==”
pengajarnya sih pro kyknya.. dia orang dr femina & kyknya udah cukup terkenal sbgai seorang juru foto.. katanya sih dia udah keliling dunia gratis gara2 foto-foto.. ih waw bikin sirik
hari pertama sih masih yg dasar2 bgt.. hari kedua mulai diajarin teknik2 pake shutter speed aperture, dll..
ntar hari ke 4-5 kita bakalan hunting ke bunderan HI + sunda kelapa.. hmm sounds nice..
oke sgitu dulu aja.. ntar kalo hasil huntingnya udah keluar gw post lg deh.. hahahaha

my photo portfolio

As I said before on my previous post, I’ve got some good pictures taken in Bangka, and here are the results :

talent : Stephanie Eka Widjaya

Talent : Stephanie Eka Widjaya

Comments for improvements is highly expected

Bangka dangerous (part 2)

I was so weary of everything. I supposed that there’d be so many food stalls of martabak & bakmi bangka (which i adore so much), but pity me, i saw nothing
so where do those foods come from???
the only thing here which was sporadically spread is the “klenteng”, something similar to a temple; some of them have past over so many decades.

carry on our journey, finally!! we’re down for the first beach! Named pasir padi beach yeay!

the view is not yet a satisfactory, but I’m pretty indulged by the wind blowing gently to me. At a glance, it looked like a private beach. At that time, me and my family were apparently the only visitors there. No souvenir merchants, no kids building sand castles, It’s just us! It’s a really broad sandy beach, probably around half kilos from the main street ’till the sea shore. We’re there at noon, so the water was still calm with nice little waves which were so relaxing, but really, you’ll get bored staying there for more than 30 mins..

Then we get to another beach which was quite close to Pasir Padi, and stop by in a seafood restaurant. The seafoods here aren’t as expensive as they are in my hometown. Bangka’s got so plenty of fish and other fishy stuffs, but according to me, foods in Jakarta are way better

After that we’re proceeding to our next pit stop; our hotel. I just couldn’t hold my eyelids to open any longer. The journey was just awfully exhausting but not that fascinating. I was that so close to my ‘dreamland’ when suddenly reflection of sunshine on the sea distract the serenity of mine. My half-closed eyes just couldn’t stand of it and I began to look out to the window. I thought i just saw a great scenery; a beach with big corals and bright color of water.

The car stopped in front of a lobby of a hotel. I saw a massive plate which has a text “Parai beach” written on it. I just couldn’t wait to get out of the car, take my very first fresh breath, and observe meticulously on the place I’ve just been mesmerized by. I took my feet to explore every inches of the sea shore, and finally i could speak to myself : “Yes, this is the one!”

I could tell that this place would be even more sophisticated when the sun set. It was around 4 PM when i arrived. I laid down my body for a while and packed every single things that i would need.

Late in the afternoon, I took a look at the window and I clearly saw that the sky started to turn reddish; that’s when i knew that it’s a perfect timing to go hunting some photos. My sister came along with me as a voluntary model. Thanks to her that i’ve got some good pictures (you can see it on my portfolio on the next post, don’t forget to leave comments )

This beach’s so perfect for a newbie like me. There were also numerous pro-photographer holding their slr cameras equipped with tripods and tele-lens which made me so envy.
The blend of colors of the sky, white sand, growing palm trees, small huts next to the beach, a bridge which connects the beach with a cafe built on a huge corals in the middle of the sea, and everything seemed so perfectly matched.
Later on the afternoon, the sunset was another eye-spoiling phenomenon. We’re amazed by how the sun painted all the things into magenta and brought an exquisite silhouette in front of my eyes. I could see it vividly going under and left its spark of beauty for this special moment. I was lucky to witness it.

The next day, at the same time, i came back for more sunset glow, but i found it cloudy instead. Hmm, it’s true that great chance never come twice