KL • 29

It was weekend, a very good weekend. A Nikon D300s was in hand. I know, it is a bit old to try out this so called superb semi-pro camera. I was a Canon user before converting to Nikon. Reason? No reason, just to try something new. So I went out early in the morning, walking around Kuala Lumpur at 8am in Central Market. Sad to know that Central Market is a no place for photographer to photograph pictures. I was wondering around with my camera, looking at people starting up their day. Open their shop and all of sudden a woman came to me ask if I have a permit to photograph around Central Market. I was shocked. Maybe because Its already too long since the last time I photograph here and I lost about whats going on around here. Then my mind re flash the word by our minister "promote our country" yea right. Promote. Keep up like this might as well you put the sign "no camera" to the country. As a photographer, I say go to hell. I just ignore it. I didn't violate anything or abuse anything. So why bother? My purpose of going out in KL early in the morning just to brush up my skills. Its been long since the last time I visit here and there is a lot of changes in a short time. Too many buildings being build, too many shops rise even from the alley and the corner of any space they could find. Beside brushing up, I'm testing this babe I'm holding. So here are few pictures to share with. I equip my self with a Nikon D300s and a Tamron 18-270 vc II. Its light enough for me to walk around without being exhausted.  Enjoice

After being warned about the permit to shot. I lost my mood to capture the scenery of the Central Market and around it. Instead, I hunting for the people who make this place alive.

These people made me wonder about them, where they come from, where do they live, what are they doing here early in the morning.

Some of these people do grow old together with this place

and some of them just try to find something to do and earn to keep on living in here

Central Market and Pudu plaza really does keeps thousand of secret along with the people around here

even the new generation flooding these place, they still cant over run the old and classic feeling around here 

Everytime I review back my shots, I look deep in the pictures wondering whats their stories.

What made what they became right now. What made they choose to be what they are

and what made them keep on living here

as most of them agree: picture tells a thousand stories and it does. For this D300s, it works great and I'm loving it. Usually I will bring along my Fujifilm X100. This time maybe I'll consider bring this 300s along instead my x100.

Black and white I

I love to take photo's in black and white. For me, when shooting in black and white, I'm actually photographing the soul of the people, the soul of the environment, the deepest story of a scene. Something which I can't get it with shooting in colors. Here are few pictures I took around Central Market in Kuala Lumpur and KLCC. Enjoys~

I went to Central Market with the city light rail transit (LRT), I park my car at the station near my house. Trying to avoid the traffic so I decided to take the LRT instead.

  As I arrive at Masjid Jamek station, I saw this man sitting there without moving and keep on rising his hand waiting for someone to drop in some few hopes for him.

Stop by at Masjid Jamek mosque, I  went for my prayers before I move on other places. This lady waiting with her daughter for her husband finishing his prayers.

As I walk by this taxi, this boy was smiling at me. Maybe he excited seeing the camera that I'm holding. So I give him a shoot. (If you watch this kid, thanks for the smile)

 

I was walking slowly to Central Market and wonder around. Looking at people and the activities going on around me, then I saw this guy. A very stylish Sikh I'll say, can't help my self from photographing him.

 

I notice on that day, there is a lot of tourist wonder around the city. It is a holiday season here in Kuala Lumpur. Seems like the tourist are enjoying walking around with less crowd.

  waiting for someone or taking a shelter from the heat maybe?

The city is less with crowd but never fail packed with vehicles, especially buses 

everyone need to do something to keep on living

Soul of Pangkor

Yosoko Japan - Part 1

While i was cleaning up my hard drive due to overload of files and pictures, I stumble upon this file containing the picture of my 6 month stay in Japan not so long ago. It was my first trip away from my home town that far alone. With some few people I know there, so It is not a problem at all for me to find a place to crash in for that long. Japan has and always will be one of my desire destination. And yes it's a place for you to go before you die. I want to share some of the pictures I found. ( before this I lost all the picture because of a virus, so glad I found it back even thou its only few of it. )

8 hours flight from Malaysia straight to Narita, Japan with Malaysia Airline without transit. I lost count on how many movies I've watch. I remember there were only 15 passenger on that flight.

after 8 hours of cracking my back and stoned, finally I arrived. Hello Narita Airport... I departed from Malaysia at 3pm and arrived here around 10pm. With the joy of arriving I received a call from my friend saying that she cant fetch me at that time and I need to take a bus or a train to her place. At that moment I was thinking.. "dayumm...how the hell am I gonna get there when I cant even understand and speak Japanese". For a while, I feel the importance of sign language and mutual understand. Then I decided to take the bus... well actually I have no choice, I need to take the buss due to the late night and lack of time to catch the next last train. And it is winter on that time... after 8 hours of flight then its another 4 hours bus trip to Yamanashi

I cant recall when I fall asleep in the bus, I miss my stop and I was a half hour away from the place where I should stop the bus. After my friend fetch me and arrived at home I totally fainted and lost in the winter breeze and fall asleep. Heres a picture of the neighborhood from the back yard on the next day.

a delivery at 7 in the morning

me poses in front of my friend crib

the best part about living in Yamanashi is its near to the famous mountain, the Fuji's mountain. Anywhere I go, I can still see the top of the mountain.

Yamanashi is only a small town surrounded by mountains

on winter theres rarely people going out from the house and most of the Yamanashi resident are out of town and its holiday season. No wonder I feel weird... where the hell did everyone go?

on the first week, I went all around the town for sight seeing and I really do enjoy scene

If i can recall back at the moment this picture was taken, we were at almost 8,000 feet above sea level. All I can remember is we were just driving up hill go all around and I didn't realized that we already this high.

the best thing about Yamanashi in winter is the sky always blue.

a special dinner from my friend due to my arrival 

morning jog around the area and a visit to one of the temple

entertainment everywhere. Every where I go there must have this.

weekend drive in Yamanashi

tunnel everywhere

I saw this electronic signage saying its below -5 degree outside

entering tunnel again

and we're close to Fuji mountain

again, another tunnel

and we're arrived at the lake beside Fuji's mountain

welcome to lake kawaguchiko

'tachi' (duck) everywhere

the scenery is just... breath taking... when I walk around here looking at this beautiful scenery I totally forgot that its freakin freezing and my hands are turning blue.

blue berry farm

at that moment I totally fall in love with Japan...

sunset at Kawaguchiko's lake beside Fuji's mountain... more to come next in Part 2. I just wish I could share all of the pictures here but sorry due to limited space. Add me up in facebook http://facebook.com/lensariolist for more pictures