MyChiaroscuro Hutan Lipur Gunung Ledang Outing

On the 17th of October 2010, MyChiaroscuro had its biggest outing yet. The destination was Hutan Lipur Gunung Ledang at the Melaka-Johor border in Malaysia. There was about 30 of us from all parts of Malaysia and Singapore as well. We even have a member who flew in from Sabah just to join this event!

Everyone was armed and prepared for the challenge posed by the location. Weather-sealed camera bodies and lenses, tripods and macro paraphernalia. During the trip, it was a great opportunity to enjoy what 100 million year old nature had to offer. Wonderful lush green jungles with beautiful and majestic waterfalls on the side of a mountain.

The outing started early in the morning and ended in late afternoon as most need to travel back to their respective homes. Breakfast was great with ice-breaking activities and it continued during lunch as well as this outing was huge compared to previous others. Everyone had fun, which was the most important factor, as well as picking up photography skills, poisoning each other with gears and not forgetting the wonderful natural surroundings.

And one last thing, there were 2 units of E-5 on test during the trip...

 

 

 

The rest can be found here. All images taken using Olympus E-3 with ZD 14-54 f2.8-3.5 Mk II lens, ZD 50-200 f2.8-3.5 lens and off shoe FL-50 flash via FL-CB05 flash cable.

MyChiaroscuro i-City Visit

Recently held a night shoot outing with the members from MyChiaroscuro at i-City, located at Shah Alam, Selangor. 5 of us were there -- Robin, Scott, Kuan Ming, my wife and I. The area was full of artificial LED trees and decorations. I was surprised by the number of people visiting that place as the night grows older.

The rest can be found here. All images taken using Olympus E-3 with ZD 14-54 f2.8-3.5 Mk II lens.

House of Joy Orphanage Outing @ Desa Water Park

I was invited for a photo shoot session with children from House of Joy Orphanage via MyChiaroscuro forum. It was set up by a fellow member who sponsored the children a day of fun and relaxation at Desa Water Park in KL. Seven MyChiaroscuro forum members (innerzen -- host, lkm51, ashley323, dr_shivan, simpsonlow, cch11, and me) turned up for this event and joined by their friends and family.

The weather was great -- bright, hot and humid -- perfect for having a splash at the water park even though it was forecast to rain but you know how Malaysian weather forecast is, right?

It was just pure joy to see the children having fun, laughing, running, playing in the water. It makes you think how lucky you are, how perfect your life is when compared to them. One orphan caught my attention the most. A young baby barely 2 years old. She was the result of being abandoned by her parents. Life is unfair so to speak. No choice given. No choice made.

It is a great feeling to offer my time and services to them. Being a part of their joy is priceless. I would like to thank innerzen again for sponsoring them and also inviting me to be a part of this great event. This definitely will not be the last that I will attend.

The rest can be found here. All images taken using Olympus E-510 with ZD 14-54 f2.8-3.5 & ZD 50-200 f2.8-3.5 lenses and FL-50 external flash.