Ides of October - Ordeal in the Office

It all started well on the Friday, 15th Oct morning in the office. One of my project was going live and the implementation started in the morning and slated to go on till the evening.

I took my camera with me to the office with the expectation that, in the evening, once the implementation is complete, can go out happily on a photo shoot. But you know, not many go as per the plan :-) I did not get a chance to move out as we had a few issues and there was delay. So, though glued to the desk, got a chance to take a shots from my desk through the tiny little window. There is a bit of compromise on the clarity of the picture, but that was inevitable due to the fact that I was taking from behind the window glasses that wasn't so clean.

Contrary to my expectations, the issues were not resolved by the evening and it turned out to be a long day. Eventually darkness set in outside, while inside, we were still fighting hard to resolve the issues. In the midst of the issues, I even forgot to have my dinner. Finally, by mid night, though not fully good to go home, I got some time to relax and I took my camera again. This time, I faced reflection a major problem that was impacting all the photos I tried. So, I had to wait for the lights to go off (After office hours, the lights switch off automatically every one hour and there is a switch to put it back on). When the light went off, I tried a few attempts and captured the below:

It turned out to be a very tiring day & night in the office that for 24 hours round the clock, did not sleep. Amidst this, got an opportunity to shoot morning sun from my desk.

Eventually, at 8 AM in the morning, the issues were finally resolved and we got sign-off from business. Ah, what a great relief it was...And before I started my journey back home, I made one last click and here it is...

Canon - Product Training - Oct 11

I had blocked the 7 - 9 pm slot for this product training session in Keppel Bay Towers, Harbour Front. I went for the session with the expectation to learn some tips and tricks. Though the training was well organized, it was consciously limited to information about the product as there are separate paid courses on photography concepts. Nevertheless, the session was quite interesting and informative with so many people present in the session.

I learned one trick from the instructor that I thought is very useful. At times, when auto focus ends up displaying a red square box stating that it is not able to focus at the view that we want to capture, you can focus at some other object in the frame and when the AF detects the same and green square box appears, you can change the view or angle to your original intended frame, while keeping the shutter button half pressed. For this, the AF Mode setting should be in "One Shot".

Apart from this, the training was more informative as I got below reference links for self-learning. I did go through some of the links and they are very rich in content and gives a lot of insight...so, just wanted to share it with all...

Below link has a four part article that is a must-read for all newbies.
http://web.canon.jp/imaging/enjoydslr/index.html

The below link is to download additional picture styles and also have instructions to update the camera.
http://web.canon.jp/imaging/picturestyle/index.html

To learn more about the lenses:
http://web.canon.jp/imaging/lens/index.html


Below are some of other useful links:
http://www.canon.com.sg/digitaldreams/
http://usa.canon.com/dlc
http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/index.do

Below link is a website of instructor's colleague. The pictures are just awesome...
http://www.jinolee.com.sg/

10-10-10

Oct 10th began on an exciting note with great fun playing cricket in the morning. Upon returning, though very tired, had to rush through to attend one of our friend's daughter's birthday function in Sembawang. Now that I have made a habit taking my cam with me everywhere I go, I captured the below one on my return from Sembawang to Yishun...

Marina Bay Visit

Early October, I got an opportunity to leave office early as I had to attend to Pranith since my wife need to go for her classes. So, we agreed to meet up in Dhoby Ghaut and "exchange" him. :-) I decided to spend the evening taking him to Marina Bay and also play with the shutter bug...Though I took a lot of photos, most of them looked over exposed when viewed in my system. So, I decided to expose only the below photos in this blog. :-)

Appreciate your valuable comments/feedback.

Regards
Selva

Flyer & Sands

Dad's BirthDay

Fortunately, this year, I had an opportunity to celebrate my Daddy's 63rd birthday as he was here with us. He does not like to celebrate, so I kept it a secret till I returned from the office. I started from the office quite early than usual and bought a cake and started my journey back. While on the way, got to know that they (Dad, Mom, wife & Pranith) were all going to the temple. I was quite happy about it as I thought it would be good opportunity to do a quick decoration and it would be a total surprise. I called in my friend Adhi and we purchased balloons and banner and while we were returning itself, they all returned from the temple. So, my plan didnt work out fully as expected. Nevertheless, it was great fun. Particularly, Pranith was so excited about it. The below is evidence to that.

Pranith was very happy to do the honors of cake cutting, as my Dad was very shy and blushing...:-)

The real fun came in next when the cake was shared...

A couple of customary group photos...

Over all, it was great fun and lot of happiness @ Home...
Fortunately, my Mom's b'day is on the 21st of Oct., looking forward to celebrate her's as well...

Cheers
Selva.