Stunned O.O

I managed to show my dad my recent images from the Chinatown market today and I swear I heard him say something like 'keep shooting this way and I will get you a Leica.' O.O

Nah. I must be dreaming>.>
Its more like him to say 'you should pay for your own Leica.'

Either way, I guess he was pretty stunned that I did not use a long lens to shoot and he did not have anything to say about my images:3 Which is good I guess. Hopefully. I could not bother asking him twice.
He just nodded his head and mumbled something weird...

I guess he hit his head somewhere as he went on and took out his super precious Mamiya and said 'you should use this to shoot still life.'
Madness...

To end this really crazy day, I was offered a job in the service line!
Not that I have anything against this line, but committing 5pm to 11pm every weekday is no joke>.> as much as I love the free flow of wine and beer.
And if it were any consolation, wine stocks from Europe finally made it to Singapore and the auction begins this Friday T___T
Please be sharing the 1992 with me!!!!!! T___T

Life of the poor. Move on.

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Jonny: I probably get burnt out faster than the average 18 year old due to my lifestyle as I am always pushing myself. But I am probably really fortunate in a way that I do not shoot things that I do not like. Besides probably that birthday party for a kid.
 Thing is, sometimes I produce crap work and I am still paid for my crap as compared to times whereby I have an 'awesome fantastic' shot but nobody gives a damm.

 I was being chased away during the Chingay parade by the police so many times that I lost count and on another occasion, was forced to delete my images as I was apparently shooting on 'private property'
I get criticized by my dad every time I show him new works that it comes to a point whereby I just shut off, nod my head and smile.
Getting no inspiration is probably on the top of my list for still life. How do I produce different styling and angles to make each shot different from the last? I have no props to work with so how do I make full use of the dresses, styling and posing I do for my girls?
That is one of the hardest part and it does not help when you have less than a meter of space to work with and you are always depending on the sun for your shots.

I always strive to produce works that are better than my last and I respect the people whom I shoot.
I am also really fortunate to have friends whom will sit down to view my images even if they have no interest in it and are on 'screen saver mode' and an extremely awesome lecturer to guide me(:

In the end, I guess what keeps me going is my love for photography! Every moment and angle is special and I want to be there to capture it.
Sure I get uninspired, tired and burnt out, but the love for my craft and the people around supporting me are more than enough reason to keep me going.
Hope it answers your question>.<

Angela: Haha! what have they done to you??? I went and volunteered only to realised it clashes with my holidays T_____T Ah wells. At least there are free shirts to collect T_T

FanofAlice: That shot could have been better if I gone closer but I will be swimming with the stingrays if I did that T_T