Min Wye Photography

A week ago, one of my good friends, Tim and work mate, Luke opened the night at a club in the valley(China Town by day, Clubbing scene by night) as The The The Stutters(yes, they intended the pun)

Held at The Globe, they played 5 songs, the first of which most of us missed not even realising that they had started playing in an adjacent room.

As usual, I brought my camera to cover their gig and with what little and complicated lighting, I did my best to accommodate it!….After all, Tim did record my dance performance.

My Verdict: I preferred The the the stutters much more then the other 2 bands I heard that night. Simply the fact that I walked out on the other two bands! I don’t think its entirely their fault, the sounds technician did a horrendous job of balancing the instruments and vocals, so bad that I could barely hear the singer let alone comprehend the song lyrics.

However, Tim and Luke’s band did a fantastic job for their first time, thoroughly enjoyed the songs they played.

Plus…..no fun allowed =(

In conjunction with my photo-post, IF90‘s very own Shu take on The the the Stutters. Check it out at IF90.net plus more of photos of the gig here.

You can also check out The the the Stutters website here. It isnt complete yet, but its worth checking out the  link and you can click through to check out their myspace(boooo!)

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