Post Shooting Home 2007

Dear Me,

2008-08-08T11:55:00.002+08:00

Last wednesday, at IRAS building, i was caught
shooting at that sensitive area using a big 6x7 Bronica GS1 (film camera).
I was told that a staff called the police and alert them about me.

What was i shooting? People (banglas) and not the building.
6.30pm:
I arrived at IRAS and saw a few 'photos' that i'd
want to take and snapped a few. Then, went to my usual sitting spot
at IRAS and waited for my wife.
6.55pm,
3 police officers came to me and did some checks.
7.05pm;
My wife saw me with the police officers, walked up to us, said
'Hello!I'm his wife.' and immediately, the officers did checks on her.
7.30pm:
After that, another 3 came...by then
8.00pm,
My wife and I was 'released'.

this morning, a fren asked me what did the police asked me....
so here's what they asked me:
1. Y your camera so big?
2. Y your film so big?
3. Y do u haveto bring a big cam everyday? Not Heavy?
4. Y developing so ex? and Y the film got NO SERIAL NO?
5. Y only can shoot 10 frames?
6. Y do you shoot the bangla workers?
7. Y u want to shoot with the bangla looking at you??????
8. Do u use this cam for weddings too? Oh u did?!?! So EX RITE!!!???
9. Y u shoot 3 shots of the bangla worker?

and the best bit:
10. So, How to see the picture ah????

and the last one...
11. Can u show us, How to use this (Bronica GS1) camera?

And i did a live demo in frt of 6 officers, in public.

my point of view:
I know that that's a sensitive area...but to resist a moment
of photography? I cant...i had to take a few snaps.
Y i cant resist taking photos? Becos i'm a photographer.

The odd thing here is...if i'm a terrorist, why would i want
to stay at the same place? Because, from the time i shot a few
frames to the time the police came...it was a very long time.
Therefore, i suppose the staff who called the police was still around
peeping at me, and directing the police where i was sitting.

To that staff of IRAS who alerted the police:
Whoever you are, you are doing the right thing.

Well, I've seen others (chinese and ang mohs) taking photos ard that area too
and i've yet to see police officers surround them.
But please dont call the police just because i look like
a bangla or a pakistani or a malay guy with a big cam. That's not right.
You should have confronted me and advice me because i wasnt running away.

But have u wondered y i nvr walk away from the building?
It's because my wife work at RH before, and now she's at gentle rd.
So, THAT's the BEST spot for me to wait for her.
And i've been waiting around that same spot for 5 years already.

Anyway, that was a good experience where if that staff had judged me as
a terrorist, i'd be in deep shit. Oh well, that's life in SG. Cos that's not my first time.

To that IRAS staff...read more on street photography and why
is there street photography. It's not the buildings, it's the people.
If there's no photographs, then there's no history.
All books and newspaper will be just text.

to the police officers, you guys did the right thing. Although the questions,
from a photographer's point of view, was really silly. But i know u had to ask.
And hope to see u guys next week for 'film screening'.

This incident reminds me of a poster posted by Geoff:
See this - http://midnightales.blogspot.com/2008/03/blog-post.html

Be Peaceful, Have A Flower...

2008-08-07T15:29:00.001+08:00

Take a deep breath, and be freeeeeee!!!!!

What's Happening NEXT?!?!?

2008-07-29T21:17:00.008+08:00

To all those, especially to you who cared to click on this blog.

Maybe you are a curious cat or one of our an insane fan. (or maybe the whole gang of us.) Nonetheless, we thank you for bothering.

Before all dreams fade away (fingers crossed and hopes up...), the SH07 gang is currently preparing and "working hard" on our Reunion Show . WHICH! Coincidentally, coincides conveniently with Singapore International Photography Festival.

So if you happen to be dateless (single & available) or just plain bored in October, mark your calendars and set a date with us at The Arts House!

More details coming soon.

So stay tuned!

P/s : we even got a theme going !!!

A guy called George Wong...

2008-07-29T21:14:00.002+08:00

Firing Dwell

2008-04-04T23:41:00.000+08:00

that was boring.

Photo a day Homer

2008-03-23T12:56:00.001+08:00

http://vimeo.com/776824

2008-01-03T13:31:00.000+08:00

D o U b T

What I've been up to!

2007-09-23T22:07:00.000+08:00

Hi All,

I've done three personal fashion/beauty shoots since shooting home ended and i'm doing two collaborations, both fashion based, this coming week as it is my semester break. Btw are we gonna organize our exhibition soon? maybe we should agree on a theme that we can work on? what do you guys think?

Love,
Sarah

Where are us?

2007-09-07T16:34:00.000+08:00

From gossips brought by the wind...
Tristan & Liana are going thru some course,
George might have another show - a group show this time.
Norza should be recovering from fractured ribs.
Sarah, Marie ... i dunno where they are ...
Geoff became a 'quiter' and went out to malacca.
Yen lin should still have headache about some 'lost' manual.
Yu Wei - er...quit your job lah!
khairi - rite now...i'm writing something in here. thks.

true singaporean?

2007-08-17T14:22:00.001+08:00

Hey people, check this out, it's hilarious!!! Put down your scores in the comments ok? :)

Upcoming Daido work, and others

2007-08-12T18:47:00.000+08:00

Witness No. 2

Meeting MARTIN PARR

2007-07-30T13:16:00.000+08:00

The Shy Skool Boy

..and the Groupie Chick

John Clang's Exhibition @ the substation

2007-07-22T11:46:00.000+08:00

future lanskap

2007-07-16T14:04:00.000+08:00

"Politicalamity" by Khairi Boyani, 2007

for those interested in daido and maybe araki

2007-07-15T11:09:00.000+08:00

Link here.

The Khairi + Liana Experiment : The Followers

2007-06-07T21:23:00.000+08:00

Liana says:
Spot Pursue Shoot.
The human existence always leaves a trace.
Be it landmarks or trash.
We follow. Hot in pursue.

For more on The Followers

Mr. Khairi >> Pls share your take on this concept too. : )

The little 28 May Girl

2007-05-29T00:31:00.001+08:00

Where's Pinky?

2007-05-20T21:07:00.000+08:00

People in the streets
Things in the streets
conversations
sounds
smells
colours
see.

Uniquely Singapore Subway

2007-05-19T00:54:00.000+08:00

Steady la auntie!

Dance dance revolution

Check it out. Maybe some of you will find some inspiration for your next project! :))))

Unfinished artwork

2007-05-16T16:36:00.000+08:00

Flowers are for lust by Muhd Khairi, 2007

Anybody Going?

2007-05-08T13:42:00.000+08:00

Darkroom roll-call

2007-05-05T01:07:00.000+08:00

Please enter your name and your current level of proficiency if you're interested in taking a course with The Man. (names below not in any particular order)

1. Geoff - Basic darkroom knowledge (completed B&W I at Objectifs). Not available in June.

2. Sarah - no knowledge HAHA! available, mostly, but schedule not confirmed. I will take the time for this. really want to learn.

3. Marie - basic dated darkroom knowledge (very very dated - an estimated 15 years). availiable after 9 June, not availiable in August and some later days in October (15-30) and November (10-20) latter two yet tbc...

4. Ah Lian - B+W knowledge = ZERO. Only just go out and whack lah. Then imagine I have Daido Moriyama's line of vision... yeah right.
Mid-June is good for me. Oct is tentatively ok. Did the Master say it would be day or evening classes?

5. Yen Lin - very basic darkroom knowledge. available almost any time unless i'm hired, evenings preferred.

6. Tristan- Darkroom knowledge- Very in the dark bout that. Want it asap. Flexible time.

7. Yu Wei - Zero. Only know a bit of B&W in theory, but have not actually practised developing or printing. Mid-June is fine for me.

8. Khairi - Year Zero

My XA needs repair! :(

2007-05-04T16:29:00.000+08:00

My XA finally needs repair. I think the spring is getting a little worn out.

frangipani

2007-05-01T02:36:00.000+08:00

Still working on my Flowers.. Presenting Frangipanis.
All the flowers photographed were found dropped and scattered around the foot of the tree. Some were upside down, some were twisted, but all look good together.

Post Shooting Home Syndrome

2007-04-29T18:12:00.000+08:00

I think there's a B+W craze goin on... :p

Geoff's 'funny pics'

2007-04-29T00:35:00.000+08:00

Click on the above picture for the rest.

Thanks to those who thought that these should be posted again!

some recommended photoblogs

2007-04-28T23:55:00.000+08:00

Once upon a time, I used to follow some photoblogs religiously (out of maybe some 23,000 listed ones):

Quarlo
Yamasaki Ko-Ji
Mexican Pictures
Mine is no disgrace
Radio Uruguay
Takaaki Okada
Fourteen Places to Eat
Alkos - Photo a day
Edmund Leveckis

Nowadays I find it too hard to keep track of what's going on, even in these nine. Maybe seeing pictures on a cheap LCD monitor bugs me, and my current bias tells me that good photos have to be well-edited and sequenced by their authors (unlike perhaps those who believe that the strength of a photoblog is enhanced by the viewer's power to determine what order he sees the pictures in). But I still do like the pictures themselves for their personal visions.

Parting shot

2007-04-27T13:14:00.000+08:00

Just trying out bw...haha.
Anyway these are the few who left at past 12midnite yesterday.

Shooting home consequences?

2007-04-24T11:15:00.000+08:00

Hey all - how is post shooting home life? i'm really wondering where i can get my work published - i'm trying to plan a shoot involving some interesting fashion pieces in a collaboration with this fashion design grad from lasalle. Any tips?

Sarahhh

I was drooling

2007-04-23T20:38:00.000+08:00

Garry Winogrand - Los Angeles Sidewalk, 1969

I was feeling quite jaded until I saw this photo.
Not the clearest resolution here, but when I saw the complete details in the print, it really made me go... oooWWOW!!! *complete with slight drool at the side of my mouth*
I love this guy man! Make me wanna drop everything and just hang out on the streets with my camera..... dream dream dreaming.

btw, have u all submitted yur .tiff files?
I think i'm the only left... really dun feel like submitting...

At a friend's wedding

2007-04-23T15:49:00.000+08:00

Meeting old friends really excites me, and taking a group

pict is even more exciting, esp when the colours was right.

The Pre-Planning Stages 02

2007-04-22T20:50:00.000+08:00

Hey geoff >> like the new blog look :) And nice arm u got. haha

New lens!

2007-04-22T11:27:00.000+08:00

Picked up a second-hand 50mm 1.4 lens which will hopefully last me for a long time to come...

2007-04-21T09:52:00.000+08:00

What we do when there's a camera around...

Great animation, check it out!

(link original found from what's the jackanory?)

be inspired but take medicine 1 at a time

2007-04-21T00:09:00.000+08:00

www.pixchannel.com

be inspired but take medicine 1 at a time.
please do not see all the video at 1 shot.

i really have this thing for the old masters....

Flamingo

2007-04-20T11:30:00.000+08:00

Flamingos at Flamingo Park, Jurong Bird Park, Singapore, 2007

by Khairi Boyani

The Pre-Planning Stages (con't)

2007-04-19T22:21:00.000+08:00

...and Some more

I went I exhibited I blogged.

2007-04-19T01:29:00.000+08:00

Preview 2007 happenings

2007-04-18T17:49:00.000+08:00

.Happenings at the Preview 2007.

An ode to my p7200

2007-04-17T23:50:00.000+08:00

Some random shots before I lost the LG P7200. :(

btw liana...what is it about the monitor colour calibrator? are you all renting it or something?

p.s. photos from the exhibition are up at http://flickr.com/photos/nortynorty/sets/72157600086481622/

... not that Korean guy again

2007-04-17T20:18:00.000+08:00

Hi Hello! Where is the rest of the 7?

Geoff & Yu Wei and anybody else interested>> Are u interested in sharing the monitor colour calibrator?

Feeling so brain dead from work.

Leave u all with "my interpretation" of rain (not the Korean singer/rapper dude) - taken with my stupid prosumer camera last year on Nov. 11th, Saturday. heehee.

THE FANTASTIC VOYAGE OF THE SHIMMERINGLY by Liana Y.
(Nov. 2006)
- still not quite wat to make of it actually...

Khairi >> dat was "the defender" playing with my umbrella...err... yah...
I still like yur dead-but-not-dead flamingos pic best! Pls blow big big! ; )

That 12 April

2007-04-17T13:00:00.000+08:00

Here are some moments that i saw on that important

day, 12 April 2007.

Kiampa TV

2007-04-16T20:20:00.000+08:00

No inspiration yet to shoot after the workshop, so some pictures from before. This was one of my other series proposals...I wonder why it didn't get accepted! :)

Liana likes Daniel Wu

2007-04-16T13:45:00.000+08:00

Hi all Shooting Homers 2007!!!

I am currently feeling quite jaded after SH07

So instead, I am posting my favourite pic of my fave guy, Daniel Wu, to make me feel happier! However, the pic isn't taken by me.

But someday... if I ever become a famous photographer.... I would like to take portraits of him!

More serrrrrrious stuff next time...
Till then, this is a great shot of Daniel Wu - not taken by me.

Miss u all. *ahem*

Lians (=*o*=)

Portraits

2007-04-16T13:44:00.000+08:00

by Khairi Boyani, 2007

back to nature?

2007-04-16T12:44:00.000+08:00

Hello ppl, Khairi here. How's things? I'm dead tired after SH07.

Been shooting nature aft SH07. I dont know why, and dont ask me why.

...will post more...

Some of my favourite pictures from the April 2007 Exhibition

2007-04-15T12:01:00.000+08:00

These are some of my preferred pictures from my series - no particular reason why I like them, just do, really.

I remember having a chat with Chris Yap before I applied for the workshop and he told me he believed that process was as important as the end result, if not more. I feel like I've gained a lot from the process during the workshop, but the outcome was like a big loss. It felt like I had been reborn almost, but had to find my feet again and relearn how to make attractive images. I guess that's actually a good thing, better than having stuck with what's comfortable and not really taken risks and learnt something from that.

In some ways I'm even more confused than before about where I want to go from here - professionally, in terms of the personal pictures I want to make and so on. But that's probably because I have a few more options and choices than I thought were possible before. Which is good.

Maybe I'll stick with this series on cameras until I make enough good pictures. But I want to also do at least one other series in the meantime until next year's reunion show, something entirely different. I'll just have to find the time for it somehow...

test

2007-04-02T18:48:00.001+08:00

this blog works!