I didn’t know what to expect being in Brighton beach on an autumn’s day. But we had very good weather, the sun was out and a light breeze. We got some pretty good shots. I hope to post some of them up as soon as I get clearance to do so.

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In less than three days, I’ll be on a plane with my wife to Melbourne. We’re literally flying into the month of May as we head down-under. This trip has been one in the planning since late 2009. I’m glad we made it this far. So effectively my wife and myself will be away from the 30th April evening to 17th May morning. This trip will be especially special for myself, since I’m celebrating my 30th birthday there, plus an early 4th wedding anniversary for my wife and I.

The trip’s primary objective is to help a good friend with his pre-wedding photography. First off, they wanted something that most Singaporean couples don’t have for their pictures; an uncommon location. Secondly, relatives of the bride-to-be live in Bendigo, Victoria, not more than 2 hours away from Melbourne City, in short, savings on accommodations.

And at least for us, the secondary objective is to do some sight-seeing while we’re there and to take that long vacation that I’ve personally have been pining for. On the second leg of the trip, another couple will join us 4 in Melbourne after we’re done what the photos we need to capture in Bendigo. It’s been ages since the last time I went to Melbourne and certainly look forward to seeing that city and spending some time there again. For the few days we’ll be in Melbourne, all 6 of us will be touring the city and the vicinity before the first couple we came to Australia leaves first for home. During which more casual shots will be taken.

On the second leg of the trip, we’ll head down to Sydney with the second couple. And I believe it is the first time we have ever set foot there. We being all 4 of us. I am looking forward to doing the tour at Hunter’s Valley and staying a couple of nights there while we are at it. We are going to take the opportunity while all my gear is with to take some shots of this couple who have been married for just over a year.  We are also excited at the chance to visit Hillsong church, personally more so for me because most of my christian rock music in my iPod originated from them.

In short, there will be plenty of picture taking and I will be lugging along my recently acquired MacBook Pro 15″ i7 to process some of the pictures as I go along and this also allows me to blog as often as I can. Memories like these are definitely worth recording as much as I can, when I can.

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I was invited by Pat Law to preview Nike’s Spring Summer 2010 Edition of sportswear inspired by football fabric and technology. I can’t say I’m a huge fan of mainstream Nike products but I do fancy their kicks on the occasion. This season’s spread was the collective effort of 6 different designers from all over the world.

Interestingly, yesterday was Pat Law’s first solo event put together by herself. I must say job well done on albeit small budget. 4 different talents/models (most of which are from Fly Entertainment) were on the scene with 4 fashion students to participate in a quick and simple “fashion” competition. They went about dressing their respective models up, and the best dress was voted by the whole lot of us who were there to watch.

Oh yes, left the event with a goodie bug that contained a Nike toiletry bag and a discount voucher for 30%… Yes more shopping!

For more pictures from event, here’s Pat’s Flickr account.

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The finished Lion taken at Moon's studio

Behold! Lion of Judah… To be honest I didn’t think it would take nearly 7 hours to ink but it did, knocking the time it took to do my first tattoo off the top of the list of what hurt most.

Moon did an absolutely bang-up job of the artwork which he emailed me the night before. Took all of 12 hours for him to draw in pencil on paper. Respect. He doesn’t usually email his work out for fear of non-committal from prospective clients. But having had my first done some less than 6 weeks ago, I guess I may have earned his trust.

On the day of inking, Wednesday, 31st March, the stencil work alone(just to make sure the dimensions of the drawing fits the arm properly) took almost 2 hours. Most of which was freehand tracing on ink transfer paper. Strangely, I like to admit that though I was in control of my twitch reaction to the pain and used to it somewhat; it does not however make it any less painful. The finer the detail, the more pain you would have to take.

I like to thank Vicki, Kerry, Aron and my Mrs, for being there. Means much to me to have people around. And to Moon for being excellent in work, deed and attitude.

Lion of Judah. King of Kings. I’ll be studying you closely.

Black Emperor Tattoo

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A first glimpse of the unfinished sketch that is going to be inked on me.

I was blown away by the detail that was presented to me by my tattooist today. And apparently it seems a little more life-like than the previous bull tattoo I had him do for me. Right here, you could see that it’s not finished yet, the mane is missing. And already, the direction is what I was looking for. The liveliness in the eyes is unmistakable and the regal look that I was looking for is spot-on.

I will be getting this on my body coming 31st March. I’ll be ustreaming it once again at the same URL posted previously. I’m not looking forward to the pain but I’m definitely looking to the end product. Estimated time under the needle. 4 to 5 hours.

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