Photography is something i love, like a hobby. So if there are workshops i could take to improve myself, i'd jump at the chance. But this one workshop costed around $25 i think? I can't remember.. But what was worth it was the celebrities that would be present and an opportunity to win a trip to Australia which i want! So i thought, why not?
Before you get hyped up about whether i won the prize, let me just declare that i did not win, some old man won it instead. It was surprising really, in the room of over 30 people (mostly adults) in the photography workshop, not one went to Australia before. The host, Jean Danker, actually asked at one point during the afternoon, "Has anyone been to Australia before?"
No one raised their hands.
It's quite sad really, how much people don't really live life. Maybe they had been to other places like Hong Kong or Taiwan then yeah but that aside, how many actually never step foot outside of Singapore for a leisurely time besides to places like Malaysia and Indonesia? Why? Because life got ahead of them? Is that it? Then it's not really a life i want to live (hopefully). I want to be able to work for something i'm passionate about and i want to also live my life to the fullest because YOLO. Seriously. Don't judge me because i said that. You really only live once, i want to go out there and try everything i should before i'm too old to do it. Of course not do drugs and stuff, but the things that'd give you that sense of fulfillment, that energy that reminds you that time is running out and if you don't do what you want to do now, you'd live to regret it.
So yeah, i want to do what i should as a soon to be 20 year old, i want to travel the world, i want to fall passionately in love and i want to be that girl who follows her dreams even though she still has no freaking idea what she wants in life. Yup, just that girl :)
Alright, where did i left off? Oh yesh, the photography workshop! So JEAN DANKER was there, you know that already~
From the moment she walked in, i couldn't get over how pretty she looks and she was so nice! I asked for a photo and even though she looked like she was rushing off for something, she still agreed to take a photo with me. Really made me a fan of hers that day :)
And NATHANIEL HO!!
I'm not actually a big fan of his because of the image he portrays to the public, i don't know, just not likable But after this workshop and seeing him, you know-in real life and not on magazines, he's actually a nice guy, charming, funny and everything a celebrity should be. I guess the media won this time around.
Media 01 Reality 00
Also, we learned about food photography, what kind of lighting situations best accentuates the vibrant colours of the food you're taking, how to create it if the lighting situation wasn't good enough, colour balance etc. etc.
Afterwards, there was a slide show about the trip to Australia and one part really boggled my mind:
Look at the first line, 'where Asian cuisine and products are available'
WHY THE HELL DID YOU INCLUDE THAT AS A PART OF THE ADELAIDE TRIP WHEN SINGAPORE (where we live in) ITSELF IS A PART OF FREAKING ASIA AND HAVE ITS OWN CHINATOWN. WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS THE DIFFERENCE?? WE COME TO AN ANG MOH COUNTRY TO EXPERIENCE ANG MOH STUFF NOT ASIAN!
Like seriously, dude who planned the itinerary.
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