Summer 2010 Balloons

Post was started a long time ago, took awhile for me to publish.

I'm sure everyone has already glanced at the photos. I'm just gonna do a little commentary on each that i decided to publish.

Probably the best shot of the day, I already knew after looking at this photo on the computer that it needed to be edited to be more dreamy, more emotional. Hopefully with the yellow and slight blurring of the image i got the dreamy look.

If i could show you how much of the shot i had to photoshop out, it' might ruin this shot. The amoutn of powerlines crossing this shot was disgusting and i had to photoshop everything out before i saw this gem. 

Just another shot, her face is covered but i just liked how she looks like she's commanding attention.

This shot was just to test the lighting and to get in the mood, but little did I know with her talking on the cellphone, I was able to catch such a "in the moment" shot

These 5 shots we had bussed/walked all the way to Scarborough bluffs to take the shots. The initial idea was to put 2 things that were complete opposites from each other.

And that's the story behind the shots. This is bit rushed because I just wanna get this entry published and out of here.

Again, thanks to everyone who participated and spent time/money on this project.

-Canon Ma

My Haven - Henry's Imaging Show

This happened awhile back, just took awhile for me to get it published, kept forgetting

October 17, 2010 was definitely a memorable moment for me(and all other camera folks alike)

While not a show like Photokina or PMA (google them), Henry's hosted it's annual "Photographic, Video, & Digital Imaging Show" at Missisauga where it displays anything that has to do with imaging.

Big names that came were Henry's themselves (with a crap load of cheap bags, picture frames, tripods, lenses, old camera bodies), Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Sony, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Zeiss and various other smaller companies.

I couldn't help but feel happy (in the pants) as i ran everywhere and indulged in everything that is Photography. It was literally my candyland, and i was that fat kid. My mom and Ian both agreed that I was pretty crazy while we were in that setting.

I ended up getting a new camera bag and this awesome piece of perfection

Sparring the details, it was a good day for me. I got to hate Nikon and love Canon at the same time, in the same building (Ian was a Nikon user, their booth wasn't as busy as Canon's :D ).

I am definitely going back next year. Anyone wanna come with?

-Canon Ma

You're Perfect (To me, at least)

Photocred: Gideon Yambot

I'm sure everyone has imagined a perfect person. The perfect physical attributes and the perfect personality to match. Now we also should know, by now, that there's no such thing. What you conjured up in your head is a product of media and I'll be damned if you can bring me a perfect person.

We all know why there's no such thing (genetics, up bringing). But it'd be safe to say the perfect person wouldn't fit in our world anyways. The world we live in is a perfectly constructed image of mistakes. And if one was ever to be perfect, it wouldn't fit.

The world is like a 6 billion jig-saw puzzle piece. Each of us like a puzzle piece, parts of us jut out and parts of us cave in, symboling features we are strong in and chunks we're lacking. So what would a perfect person's piece look like? A square? It wouldn't fit anywhere, not even those corners that we all love.

Faults are what keeps people interesting and form groups. There's got to be some people who don't like for who you are, and some people who you despise. Whether it be a person, celebrity, professor, or co-worker. You can't lie and say you've never talked infavourably of a person, everyone has. The nicest people I've known have complained about someone in their life. It's not that they're mean, or pessimistic, it's just that it's impossible to have your interests and values comply with everyone, you'd end up having no personality or being fake to everyone (the latter will not end well).

We are, however, born near perfect. We have no values, no tainted views, no language, almost no mistakes (I say almost because physical attributes when born are subjective and babies are selfish). But people grow, people conform, and people change. We try so hard to fit into our world as a perfect puzzle piece in some part of the world that when we become that piece, you don't realize that the perfection you strived for was costly.

But does this matter? You fit into the area that matters to you. 

You're happy, and that's all that matters.

-Canon Ma