Aug 05

MD Tennis Competition @ BTC : First Sports Photography with d-SLR & Exposure Control

Posted in: Cameras, Candid Photography, ECA Activities, Event Photography, Gathering with Friends, Maktab Duli, Sports Photography

I had my first sports photography (using d-SLR) experience 2 days ago, at BTC (Brunei Tennis Club). Took more than 700 photos (some 100-300 are taken by KelvinTang & CheaHong), that’s almost 1.5GBs, hehe! Spent 2 hours just to scan through and do some minor correction (1-2 clicks correction), hehe, xD!!

Since this is my FIRST Sports Photography experience, there’s a lot of things that I still gotta improve. I did a lot of mistakes in setting the shutter speed and this resulted in over-exposure (details blown out by too much light) of some 30% of the photos. I set the shutter speed @ 1/200 seconds, but actually we need at least 1/400 seconds to freeze actions. It’s difficult to focus too, too fast…

And I sucks in composing the photos too, I like to do telephoto/candid and tight portraiture too much, that’s why I captured very lil’ actions (Kelvin’s photos compensated this tho). And I took all the photos from the side, Kelvin’s frontal shots are great man! =(

But still, pretty happy with the outcome, since it’s my first time, hehe. Ok! Time to let the photos do the talking~ xD

JieMing in action.Kelvin in action.RenWei waiting to strive with back hand.WeiDeng’s winning pose, hehe. Love this shot. =)JingYi~ Cute? xDTight portraiture and candid of CheaXin, the female champion of the day, =)Tight portraiture of Robinson. =)ZOMFGROFLMAOWTFBBQ! xD I think Kelvin took this. =DPikShien and Sheeling. I like this shot. =)Wow, Rain! ROFL. Cool dude. xD

JonathanTee in action, wooo! xDCheaXin in action, woo, looks pro! Hehe. =DRobinson in action! Woo, love this shot, =)JonathanTee in action again, wooo! xDRenWei, looks cool, hehe. xDThat’s me! Cool man. xD ROFL. xDI must admit that she’s cute in this photo, HAHA!Candid shot of KuiChuan. The one at the back (red shirt) is YiChing. xD Funny people. =)*Run* (So fierce, hehe)JeffPang (white shirt), new friend, hehe. He’s also interested in Photography, hmmm.. =)Yihuey, CheaHong, CheaXin and Millie.HAHA, they’re imitating my ‘ultraman’ pose (to stabilize the camera, I use my left hand as a support by holding my right hand with it, and it looks like Ultraman’s pose), LoL. xDGroup photo, serious one…Group photo, crazy one!~ Free pose! xD

P.S: Bear in mind that some of the photos are taken by Kelvin, CheaHong or others. =)

Updates: More photos due to strong demand (HAHAHA, not really la). xD

Errr… look at Louis’ feet! *burst into laughter* OMFGROFLMAOWTFBBQ! xDSweet. =)RenWei in action, again. Not sure what he’s ready to do, serving or smack? Forgot. xDI like this shot. Many things are captured in it: actions (Louis in action, added interestingness to the photo), the spectators on the bench (the content, area in focus), PikShien at the back (the expression added more interestingness to the photo, and provided an entry/exit point for the photo). =DCandid shot of YiHuey. I like this, I like the expression, and Derick’s mouth/face added some ‘interestingness’ into the whole composition. =) Asked Millie if I can put this up, she said it’s ok, so yea, if YiHuey don’t want it here, just let me know, I’ll take it down immediately. =)Kelvin and Robinson in action. I like this shot for no particular reason, LoL. *shrug*

16 Responses to “MD Tennis Competition @ BTC : First Sports Photography with d-SLR & Exposure Control”
Derick Posted on 5 August, 2007 at 10:57 am

No matter who took the photos… they are still nice and memorable =)

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IngSiang (Vagabond) Posted on 5 August, 2007 at 11:19 am

Dude, you’re really, really fast! xD

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Lansing Posted on 5 August, 2007 at 11:48 am

Wa man, even though those photos were not taken by you, they still look good. So here’s the catch: everyone can become a professional photographer :P HAHAHAHA *avoiding the cans and books that you’re throwing towards me*
Anyhow, I’m looking at the Desmond Chin article. I’m considering to help!!

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. Posted on 5 August, 2007 at 12:03 pm

nice pics. too bad i wasn’t there.

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IngSiang (Vagabond) Posted on 5 August, 2007 at 12:04 pm

Err, most of ‘em are taken by me la, only got 3-4 are taken by Kelvin and others. ROFL. xD

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WeiDeng Posted on 5 August, 2007 at 12:39 pm

ZOMFGROFLMAOWTFBBQ I LOOK SO GAY!! IN TAT PHOTO !!= = AAHHAHA kek dao orrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhh~~~~but hahaha nice photos! Wee

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rW Posted on 5 August, 2007 at 7:19 pm

wey!!where’s my serving pic????i wan it!!gif me gif me=D!!HAHA but thenn i still think every pics taken are real nice and cOOl!!!HAHA

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Kaiedo Posted on 5 August, 2007 at 7:44 pm

wtf?!!!! im left out~~~ *emos in the corner*

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poli275 Posted on 5 August, 2007 at 10:06 pm

i wanna go tat day… but have class:(

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lizzie Posted on 6 August, 2007 at 4:23 am

absolutely love tennis… so i think you captured the essence of the sports. well done, kiddo :)

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Mable Posted on 6 August, 2007 at 6:12 pm

seriously, very nice shots. :)

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BANZAI-ist Leader Posted on 7 August, 2007 at 1:54 pm

ROFLMAO wei deng

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IngSiang (Vagabond) Posted on 7 August, 2007 at 4:41 pm

Thanks everyone. =)

And yea, I didn’t notice about the gay-ish-ness in that shot of WeiDeng, haha, sorry dude. xD

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yIhuEy Posted on 7 August, 2007 at 10:59 pm

HAHAHA!! how come u ask millie for permission one ah? she becomes my twin sister liao ah… HAHAHHA.. jk jk.. as long as its not tooUGLY then i dont mind la.. anyway, keep up the goodwork~~ =)

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w3ihon Posted on 7 August, 2007 at 11:01 pm

Nice pictures =P

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IngSiang (Vagabond) Posted on 8 August, 2007 at 5:53 pm

@ YiHuey: Because I didn’t get to see you in school OR// I forgot to ask you when I saw you, so yea, I remembered about it when I saw Millie, so I just ask her as she know you well enough. =) Thanks. =)

@ w3ihon: Thanks.

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