Finally decided to get off my butt (aka stop lazing) and unbox it, or at least the Mecha Bunny from Kidrobot series.

I bought these separately a couple of months ago, while out with him, when he had his toy browsing & buying urge. Strangely, I was mainly (almost always) the one, ending up with a new toy or figurine, like a transferred urge… *hmm*

Impulse buy, tempted, thanks to him…
What else to say but to enjoy the buy and grin

*Smirky pfft @ him*

Here’s a photo contest from LTA’s One Motoring, for all to share their enjoyable experiences!
With family, friends, colleagues and even family pets… It doesn’t matter, just share / submit to win!

Who are your favourite transport buddies? Be it your pet dog who loves following you on your supermarket runs, tongue flapping out of that half-open car window, or that trusty old book of Sudoku that never leaves your hand while you sit in the train?

Anything and everything that keeps you company while you make your way around each day, we want you to snap a picture and submit to us!

- Quoted from One Motoring

Submission period:
23rd Sept – 6th Nov 2011

Steps for participation:

1. Snap and caption a photo of your travel companion
2. Submit the photo along with your details to onemotoring@portalcity.com.sg
3. Be a fan of Live I.T page and get your friends to “Like” the photo once it’s been uploaded onto the page (Live I.T.).

Prizes:
1st Prize – $300 TANGS Gift Card
2nd Prize – $150 Mustafa Vouchers
3rd Prize – $100 Best Denki Vouchers
2 Consolation prizes – Neck Massagers

Contest page details –> HERE

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Hmm, i wonder if i could use THAT photo from our BKK trip… *grins at shifu and amanda*
Heh

Just a random shot done last Saturday, while resting at Esplanade.

Strangely, this is the only shot i like most, which is not part of PhotoMarathon.
Lens used, belongs to Clayton… and currently ‘on loan’ to Genghui.
Hopefully he (Clayton) doesn’t ‘KILL’ me for putting his lens on gravel

for the 9th Canon PhotoMarathon 2011!

Another ‘first’ for me, to see and experience how the event works and my failed attempt to squeeze some non-existent creativity out of my brain. Heh.
It would had been a drag, for the lack in sporty-ness me, if not for friends (Amanda, Genghui, Andy and new friend, Isaiah) who were there to shoot and inspire me to look/see/try shooting differently

Not forgetting fellow photographers / bloggers like Chester, Hisham and Dennis (part of SuperAdrianMe site) were there too, with their creative photos for all the themes.
And congrats to Chester for clinching 2nd place for IMAGINE theme.

Photo credits: Chester Chen and Canon FB page

Interesting group of photos for this year’s marathon.
Creative shots, multiple exposures, animal and kids shots

Do check out Canon’s BE EMPOWERED Facebook page, for this year’s winning photos –> HERE

For more photos, do visit my friends’ blogs for their submission

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And…
here are my failed attempts / submission to be creative (i reeeeeaally need to think / imagine and come up with more creative juice) for each theme (‘Eat’ / ‘Circle’ / ‘Imagine’):

Andy, as my ‘Eat’ subject…

‘What’s left’ for Circle theme

‘At the beginning’ for Imagine.

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Yeah well, I’m really bad with theme and time based shoots…

But through this event, I learnt more on how others go all out to capture the winning photos, e.g. rushing to Singapore Zoo to get a photo or bringing their entire mobile photography kits to the event.

As for my preference in photography…
Mainly what i see and feel, shooting more for own visual pleasure

Guess it’s time for me to venture out and try something new for photography.
As for next year’s Photomarathon, i’ll go if my friends will be there

Back soon with good photos (I hope) :p