Burning rubbers (Formula Drift Singapore 2012)

Went for the second day of Formula Drift Singapore 2012. Great performance from drivers of various nationalities with good weather, albeit the hot sun in the afternoon which resulted in me having some sunburn. The new Hachiroukus was on show as well. A couple of the 86s were in the tented air-conditioned room showcasing both the toyota stock and TRD versions. Many people were in there but I think majority were inside for the aircon but not the cars! There was a hot lap by three racers on the GT86 on the track to test out the performance of the car. Turns out to be quite good!

Was there mainly to admire the cars and enjoy the heat of the race so didn't shoot many pictures. But here are a few!

Tengku Djan chasing Daynom Templeman. And the mighty sounds of the rotary engine! 

Geoveen Hi clipping onto some cones at the last turn.

Rocker Loh chasing Jansen Tan.

A Toyota Supra, driven by Benjamin Chiam, crashed at the start of turn 2 and damaged the left side of the car badly. 

After being towed back to the team's tent, many passers-by crowded around the damaged car to look at the aftermath, while the driver (center) and the crew helped secure the rear bumper with cable ties.

x100.. So awesome!

The Fuji x100. Don't mind that little gaffer tape coming off on the left, had a bad job sticking it there.

Ok, so I've gotten a used Fuji x100 a couple of nights ago. Did some test shots a here and there to get used to the jump from a DSLR to a rangefinder-like camera.

Wondering how this cheap-man's-leica performs, I found it to be a really awesome piece of tool for a tiny and lightweight retro-looking camera! First few images were shot in JPGs at aperture priority and the images came out more than decent!

Shall not blabber so much about the x100 for now and I can't wait to see how it turns out for the next two weeks of shooting. So I'll be back in the land of Kiwis again (probably for the last time for the next few years). Excited to see if this little toy will do justice for the country of New Zealand.

The weather forecast shows that the next few days are looking nice and warm. Looking forward to summer in NZ! :)

Ray & Cream Wedding Highlights

Ray & Cream's actual day wedding with a short session of photo shoot! Scroll down for more!

Forsaken

Once an army camp, now an abandoned area, definitely a good place for exploration. Went there yesterday to help my friend out with a photo shoot. Didn't really take much photos of the place as I was there to help out with his shoot rather than to shoot it myself. Perhaps another time I'll visit this place once more to shoot.

A large empty building that seem like it was once a barrack for the soldiers.

Sunlight shining in through the broken door.

We brought candles there to light up the incense as he wanted to create a smoky atmospheric ambience.

We were just testing out with one bunch of incense while waiting for another guy to come.

Bricks fallen down from the roof of what once used to be a communal toilet.

Urinals still intact.

Another toilet further into the camp, this one has toiletbowls, but all of them wrapped up with plastics.

Ryan trying to take a photo of the spooky corridor with the iphone.

My shadow on the pillars.

Playing with light on the window grill.