Min Wye Photography

Just a little note before the post: After 1 1/2 years of consistently running, my computer’s hard disk has started showing its age and is showing signs of dying and I have been spending the last couple of days backing up the files so I am abit behind on the blogging with my computer being very sluggish. Backing up is a pain in the ass. Blog posts will be back to usual next week =)

About 2 months ago, Canon announced their Canon 5d Mark II, my dream camera and now have just started shipping. When the 5d Mark II was announced, I wrote about Vincent Laforet who got hold of one of the prototypes and made Reverie using the 5d Mark II’s video functions and wide range of lenses.

Suffice to say, he did an amazing job and with the release/sales of the Canon 5d Mark II, Vincent Laforet has released another video shot over 7days. Video below:

I think it was a beautiful piece and it simply amazes me at the capabilities of the 5d Mark II. However, I personally preferred the Reverie partly because Reverie had more of a hidden story line/agenda and 7days, 7shoots is more of a mix and match of story lines to try to display the potential of the 5d Mark II. In which regard, it served its purpose.

Here is Reverie the video, part 1 of the Vincent Laforet Canon 5d mark II video saga. Let me know which you prefer?

Jump over to Vincent Laforet’s SmugMug for the HD sized version.

Wow, Smugmug is abit lame, it doesnt allow you to share 2 different videos on the same page!

A couple months ago, I decided to join the Latin Energy intermediate salsa troupe, a 13 week choreography training that would perform at a couple of events. What started off with 5 couples slowly cut down to a 2 couple routine with each couple slowly dropping off the team due to personal commitments and lack of partners(we were short of guys) eventually leaving Charissa and I partnering up and Col partnering Ginette.

The routine was choreographed by Col Crane and Ginette Poulin who did a fantastic job putting together music, theme and not forgetting spending many hours figuring out the whole routine. Based on Pepe La Peu, the Looney Tunes french skunk who repeatedly mistakes a cat with a stripe on her back as a female skunk, we doned our French Barrets, cheesy mustaches and french breads, I dont think anyone noticed that I was an Asian guy trying to pass off as a French dude.

After having danced for a bout a year now and usually shooting dance performances behind the camera, it was quite an experience and change of pace to be performing not only in front of such a big crowd at the Brisbane Latin Christmas party, but also in front of the cameras. Now I know what its like to have someone shooting your every move, its exhilarating! Possibly due to the insane amount of adrenaline pumping into my blood from the nervousness and cheering, which lasted through the night.

Tim, made such a big effort to attend the event I performed at and even took a video of my performance! The video speaks better than my words so watch on =)

What do you think? :p

Finally, after over one and a half years of experiencing a major drought which caused us to go into water restrictions, our rain prayers have come true. The wettest week in my 5 years in Australia! I have never heard of storms this bad and the closest thing I have heard of is the 1974 Brisbane floods.

Thankfully, I wasnt directly affected by the storms other than getting drenched in the rain, attempting to dry my clothes(on what seemed liked a perfectly sunny day) out during the rain and experiencing my closest encounter with lightning on the way back from work on a train, seeing a lightning bolt strike a tree along a road near Roma Street railway station(unfortunately I didnt have my camera handy and dont have lightning speed reflexes)

Others werent so lucky and amongst the minor disasters include:-
-Overnight power shortage.
-Property Damage.
-A major highway(which alot of people take to work) gets closed down due to flood pump malfunction.

I have attached a video taken by a certain David Bowden(whom I see regularly at dance), through Hamish’s facebook.

Its a taster of what happened down in The Gap and I dont think David was affected since he managed to produce the video, meaning that he has electricity and internet! Not to mention, he has such a great sense of humour and  was able to make a joke marketing plug joke at the end! Actually, I dont know which it is, what I do know is, I actually did go to the URL. Do wait till the end, its really worth a good laugh in light of recent events!

ps – Queensland, the “sunshine state” should have its title stripped after the past weeks weather =( It should be more like, Queensland, Melbourne no. 2(cause crappy weather…” is the number 1 thing everyone who goes there for holidays say)