Holiday in Penang - 22 to 25 Sept 2014

The family flew back to Penang to visit my parents for a couple of days and also take a break from hectic Singapore.

Playing mah-jong on the kitchen table with Dad and Mum mentoring me, a novice to this game.

Playing mah-jong back at the hotel at night too as there was nothing much to do if we were not going for a movie in 1st Avenue mall, next to Traders Hotel.

We managed to do some shopping in 1st Avenue mall and Jas found a replacement for his torn street soccer boots.

This modern and clean food court is called New World Park and the Persambu ( or Indian rojak ) can be found there with all the local food like char koay teow, koay teow thng, hokkien prawn mee and more.....!

Of course, we could not leave Pg without eating the famous Pg Rd teochew chendol too!

 Jas managed to take a dip in the hotel pool before we left..... but it was a hot day though....!

 We took a late afternoon snack at the hotel café before we left for Pg airport as we were flying the late night flight and  would miss a proper dinner.

Our favourite, Club Sandwich, which we ordered almost every night for room service supper in the hotel.

( After we left for Spore on Thu night, my Mum fell in the kitchen on Sat morning and had undergone an operation to replace a ball bone in the hip socket joint on Sun night. I will be flying back to see her next week. )

Studio Lighting Photography Course Certificate

I was awarded a Pass with Credit for my Studio Lighting Photography Course that I attended in May 2014.

The class was conducted by the Photographic Society of Singapore (PSS).

Here are the 6 photos I submitted for the class assessment :

Jason's graduation bear

Wine and grapes 

Old film camera

Butterfly portrait - studio lighting

Rembrandt portrait - studio lighting

Model portrait taken during the class

My photos mounted on black cupboard for submission.

I actually bought a set of basic studio lighting with a background cloth and set it up at home to practice what I have learned. Of the 6 photos, 3 of them were taken at home ( graduation bear and portraits of Jason and I ) and the others during my class. 

This is my studio setup at home :

Ideally, I should have two more lights for the background but it would have exceeded my budget.

I bought a photo light box to take still photos and a couple of desktop lamps for lighting in this set-up.

To-date, I have attended the following classes to further my interest in Photography:

- Digital Basic ( Night & Lighting ) Photography

- Digital Basic ( Foundation ) Photography ( using a DSLR camera )

- Adobe Photoshop CS5 Image Editing

I look forward to my next class, Basic Travel Photography this month.