6.28.2005
Photo Editing

I spent today taking pictures of people shaking hands with people. Basically today's the army promotion ceremony for officers and warrent officers. This was held at OCS main auditorium. OCS was the place that i resided in for 10 months of my life, training to be an officer. And to be back there, i must say there's a certain sense of nostalgia. Here is a pic of the place..

Anywayz, today was a day of screw-ups and miscomms before that. My equipment was with Johan, who borrowed the stuff for a shoot that he did over the weekend. I initially asked him to charge my batts for my flash ( coz i knew there aint anymore juice left in it) . HE, thinking that i was referring to "If you use my flash, make sure you charge the batts before passing it back". So obviously it wasn't charged when i took it back. That is a small prob as i can get my AAs at the gift shop in the camp. Nice Nicky went to borrow a camera for me ( as i initially asked to borrow his 350D as a back up cam) - the 20D's lens is pretty screwed up, so i wasn't ready to risk taking pics with the crappy lens that may get jammed as and when. . And since the 350D was lent to Diana to UK, Nicky went to borrow a 1DS for me. And so i thought "good then, I'll use the 1DS with my 50mm and the flash. The 20D will be my back up camera!" - or so i thought, and off i went to Orchard to meet Nicky to get the cams. On the way to his office, ... in the cab, Nick was explaining to me how to use the cam. There wasn't any juice left in the battery. Confidently he whips out 2 batts from the bag.. .. .. except that the batts are for a different camera. Horror started then. Not only that, I needed 2 tripod - mine was good, and Johan forgot to fix the tripod base plate when he lent it to me.

I'm now left with a battery-less camera, a camera with a cranky lens, a weak battery-ed flash and one usable tripod.

I'm glad i survived it though. Don't ask me how. But thankfully I did. Phew!

On are more thoughtful note, I was just thinking about how everyone loves to judge the people around them except themselves. Guess we as humans love to find the tiny fault with someone else and condemn them for the rest of their lives. Maybe it's self-protection, in fear that someone might chance upon a secret that they have and may be used against them. Maybe by using a scapgoat to amplify their issues, they cover their own. I have probably been guity of being like that before, but then again, what right do we have to judge people around us? And this definately i've been guity of - From someone's outlook, some other's speech, even those who walk too slow on the overhead bridge - I have often uttered a curse under my breath. Well, he who judges, are being judged anyway. Just a thought.

| louis at 03:24