my blood and sweat.

I have been complaining about how i wished i had more than 24 hours in aday, more than 7 days a week but getting my paycheque sooner... or more frequent! haha. I never knew camera is going play a major role in my life. I don't think i can live without my camera.. and my mac. Call me a geek! (i'm beginning to feel like one). Bola@api called me Budak Mac (with a "mek" klate pronunciation.. baaahhhh)

I've been working my ass off for 2 weeks to complete my very own portfolio. Well, its more on self-satisfaction sake. 2 years of involving myself, my blood and sweat, time consumed under sun and rain, make crappy shots but sometimes became an all-time-fave piece kinda shot, being critiqued especially by my sister on how bad and suck my photos turned, getting to know the alien jargons like WB, AF-S,AF-C,ISO and list goes on.. now, i'm compiling everything into a compact 20-page portfolio.

I was trying to create something that really portrays me. A simple white color book that does not really picturise me as a photographer.. but an art book that shows a journey of a lady in pursuing her dreams.. and to conclude it short; my photography assignments i have done within 2 years. I hate to admit one.. i'd rather say an avid who loves capturing moments. does it sound redundant? yeah, because i am redundantly in love with it.

Digging old stuffs and choose to compile into a 20-page book ain't easy. It took me almost a week! hence the feeling of putting more good photos (which some i do post here and here) into 1 page have to be put a side. Minimal is always good . Less is more. So don't be greedy.

But the overall feeling is good. I feel so rewarded. I am quite satisfied with the outcome (well atleast for my very first publication). Of course there's some flaws here and there..but as my friend always say, its the tradition of one's very first publication.. there is going to be tiny mistakes that will haunt you each time you flipped it. I was there almost all the time during the process of compilation. Until i realised one page was actually switched! It was a minor defect anyway (and i guess, only truly perfectionist would notice it).. i can see the guilt on 'compiler-guy's face when i pointed out THE mistake. Well, since its a very unnoticeable mistake, its not quite fair for him to redo it. So some things i gotta tolerate and just close-one-eye. Hmm.. in life we gotta tone down everything.. being too perfectionist is not good for people around you. My friends told me how picky i am.. especially in relationships. Okkkay.. lets not talk about relationship now. But come to think of it..am i thaaat picky??

Anyways, i would like to thank those dear friends around me who made "A taste of Marshmallow" which also conclude my life in the making a success. I may sound boastful but this is MY blog and i'm free to feel good atleast for the effort i've made. Feel free to leave the site if you can't take the amount of my boastfulness in this entry. hehe.. But somehow this is just 15% of the whole personal project i am working on. With motivation, guts, 200% more effort, bigger clock perhaps, sacrificing those beauty treatments, willingly to torture my spine.. i still have to pursue the remaining portion. I don't care if its gonna turn out a failure but the journey does really counts. The people i came across make me realised who true friends are and goooood things won't come easy. To you-know-who-you-are(s).. thank you.

to some who wonder, i will try to post a bit of a preview in my next bloggy.