Quotes

Life is a gamble, go all in without hesitation and chase your dreams. Never regret the things you do. Only regret the things you don't do. - Brandon Chang

Life is about creating something out of nothing, stick to it and keep working on it. - Wayne Lim

Life isn't about what you can do, but it's about what you need to do to achieve what you want. - TiNg

I struggle, but I break free; I fall, but I get up stronger; I sleep, but I never stop; I die, but I live forever... - Wayne Lim

Still Moving Under GunFire - SMG

Fight for our dream till death - Greedy Genius

If you can dream it, then you can do it.- unknown

Never say goodbye, yet see you again. - unknown

Love the life you live, Live the life you love - Brandon Chang

不要輕易放棄, 否則對不起自己 - unknown

Targets

Again, it comes to end of the year. Time flies. People always say that have a new beginning in a new year. Some says want to hit some target in the new year.

For me, I personally think that the target is always about the same. As a student, we wish our result will be the best. Seems like there is nothing else to target. ><

By the way, here are my targets for 2011
- CGPA maintain at 3.50 above until I graduate.
- Exercise at least 3 times a week.
- Work something out (big) on design. Anything.
- Visit Singapore or Taiwan. :P
- No more pain killer and vomit.
- Take some awesome picture
- Save RM50/month

What else?! Can't think of any now.. ><

Finding the answers...

We face different thing at different stage.... And now, am coming to the stage whereby I always question myself.. Sometimes, I lost myself in the process.

Went to internship interview last friday. The miss asked me to introduce myself and I mentioned that my previous school is Jit Sin. She was like JIT SIN?!?! I was like, what's wrong with Jit Sin? haha~ okie. skip this part. She asked why I choose Diploma in Mass Communication. The very first thing come in my mind, cause I can't take graphic design. Definitely, I won't say so and I forgotten what I answered. However, when I got back to home, I think twice. Why I choose Diploma in Mass Communication? I still remember that what JiaLek said to me before I graduated from secondary school. "是你说你会留下来读中六，结果最快跑的人是你". I don't really remember why I choose to study form 6 at first. But I can still remember why I choose Mass Communication. Can't take graphic design is one of the reason. Another reason is that, I don't like to face the same thing, same formula everyday when I go out to work. Compare along the science subject, I'm more to physic. If want to choose engineering, then I have to face thing and something that is 'dead' when I work. I know I can't really stand for it. I want something that is alive. Other than graphic design, mass communication is a good choice.

Why I choose PR as major instead of Broadcasting? I know I'm more to creativity that part. But I would like to have a small little change of myself. I want to experience something different. I want to try to expose to the outsider. I want to know how people think differently. Knowing how people think make me feel like I'm grown up. LOL! You might say I also can experience it by studying other course. But, PR expose to people more. There's one challenge am facing. PR need to communicate. And I know I don't really like to talk to unknown, I don't really like to let unknown know more about me. I don't communicate with people, then how can I know what people think about? I think I should be more open and reveal myself. But, I doubt that I can do it. LOL! And sometimes, I just feel like want to seek for counselor to solve my questions and problems.

Btw, good luck to me for the internship. I hope that am one of the chosen. Popi.......

The Wedding

Went to KL one month ago to attend someone wedding dinner with my parent. For the 1st time, I step into a BIG house. Yeah, it's really a BIG house. A swimming pool, a k-box room, 2 set of piano, thousands of photo and drawing hanging on the wall, a long dinning table, a gym room and a lots more. We just took our dinner there and went to penthouse to overnight. Unexpectedly, penthouse got k-box room too! And it's updated with pop songs. :D

 

Karaoke Room

 Guest room

 

Got piano somemore

  

The bar

 

Here's the food of the wedding dinner. Basically, we're forced to finish the food that is served. Why I say so? It's because everyone is served. The food is placed on your plate. It wasn't you serve yourself by taking the food yourself. But waitress are there to serve the food to every single person. To be honest, some of the food wasn't taste nice. But I got no choice, have to finish them. 

 

I totally don't like the sauce. Disgusting.. ><

 

Fried Durian.... Original would be taste better. 

 

this is the magician that turn my RM1 to RM10. ;)

突然间……

突然间，觉得很累……
突然间，觉得我做的一切没有意义……
突然间，感觉很像停止目前面对的一切……
突然间，很想去散散心……

突然间，发现做的每一样东西都不完美……
突然间，觉得我并没有怎么用心去做好一切……
突然间，很想把接下来的一切都做得十全十美……
突然间，觉得我可以做得更完美……


Noise and motivation come at the same time. OMG! I'll be crazy soon..... 

Killing Me

The eyes contacts are killing me......... DIE DIE DIE!!! :P

Light her up

Too many things, too many noise, too many effect...

It comes to the end of the semester, which means it comes to the time where we need to hand in all the assignments and also presentations for the assignments.. 

Sometimes, working in stress is a force to move you forward. But, sometimes it gives a negative effect.

When someone is trying to move forward in the stress, and yet the results he/she got are not as good as he/she predict to score, it turns the particular person to move backward. 

And when that happen, noises come in to interrupt. The person started to question, question a lot. Question why, why these happen. It then follow by losing confidence and fall. She feels like that she is useless, she is nothing. She is LOST again.

For this time, she totally lose herself. She questioned herself seriously, and yet she can't find herself the real answer. She questioned Why you pick this course, cause the one that I really like is not allowed to study. Why you choose to major in PR instead of Broadcast, cause I want to make some changes for this time. Why you want to make changes for this time, and there is no answer for this. Do you know what you want in the future, I want freedom, I wish to fly around, I wish to meet different people, I wish to meet those people who are very experience in the living life. Do you really like people, I don't think so. And she founds that there are some contradictions between the two questions that she answered just now.

She knows what she want, but she doesn't know what she needs to do. Communicate more maybe, but she knows she can't do it as she doesn't really like to publicize and share her thought with others. She knows she will only let who is very close to her understand her.

Can you see what's in front of you? The answer is NOPE! I see nothing.... 

 

image adapted from http://almondcroissant.wordpress.com/

Can someone light her up and teach her how to be strong and stay strong?

What I want vs. What I need

Went to see counselor today with my friend. I was accompany her during that time. Okay... I'm just depress and just want to seek for relaxation. My friend was asking about the strength to push her as she know that the assignments due date is just around the corner but she still doesn't have any initiative to do the assignments. Mr. Eric, the counselor mention about she need to know what's in front her and why she chose this course. He too mentions that people work because they love their job and they enjoy their job. But, somehow I don't really agree with it. And I questioned "What if I took this course not because I'm interested with? As I was not allow to take the course that I like." He then said that then I can take this course after I complete my current course. Prove to your parent that you did it and now is your time to seek for what you want.

I did not reply. And after sometimes, I thought.... Sometimes, I just want to make some change, try something that I never do before. And I know I want to be free in the future, like flying around and enjoying the world. I know what I want, BUT I don't know what I need.

I'm Forbidden

It's time....

 

by MySweetDarkness

Random

Erm... Just feel like want to blog, but don't know what to blog.

So.... Just let me share with you guys what I have done lately. :)

Desktop Publishing Assignment

 Typography - Back to Back

Typography - Family 

(Photo Credit to Michelle Dupont)

Typography - Still Moving UnDer GunFire

 

Create a magazine cover layout

 

Create a magazine cover layout

 

Advertising: Principle and Practice

 

Create an ad to stop domestic abuse

(I do not own the original photo)

 

Create an ad to stop domestic abuse

(I do not own the original photo)

 

 

Create an ad for a product

Be strong

No one can stop you unless you stop yourself, No one will push you unless you push yourself. The choice is yours.

Be strong and stay strong.


I AM
詞： 林秋離
曲： 林俊傑

落在手裡一顆淚滴 清澈地卻已融化
活在人間 我的壓力和疑惑

愛和理想怎麼評量
闖過難關 避開受傷
其實我和凡人都一樣

擔心路會走錯方向
擔心她不放在心上
擔心生命不再充滿渴望

It's when I'm weak that I am strong
我脆弱 卻不退縮

確定路在對的方向
確定她在我的心上
確定生命永遠有希望

It's when I'm weak that I am strong
我脆弱 卻不退縮

我脆弱 卻永不退縮

I'm sick of + piss off

人的忍受度可是有限的…… 我的忍耐度快到达极限了…… 我不懂我该如何继续在这里生存到明年年底……

19年，看了很多让我生气的事物。然而，有件让我生气到极点，并想揍人的事，发生在我身上！无可否认，我的思想确实是蛮暴力的。哪有人撞了人家的汽车还会反过来很兴奋很开心的跟你笑？另外，后面那辆车的乘客看了你被撞后还会跟你看玩笑说看谁比较快。更可恶的是，他们都是你的朋友。这些朋友并不是你认识了很多年的朋友，不是交情很好的朋友，而是你每一天最不想看到的朋友！撞了后，没赔钱没关系。最不能忍受的就是连一声道歉也没说！这算得上朋友吗？呸！根本就不配！确实的，我很想狠狠地揍他们一拳。别小看女人！我可不是那种只是会给你巴掌的女人，而是给你拳头的女人！

说实在的，我很不喜欢在这里读书。不是因为功课繁重，而是因为这里的交际。在这里，没有一个是值得让我发自内心地去交朋友；没有一个是值得让我信任的朋友。每一次踏入这学院，我就很想快点逃离这里，很想去旅行一下下，很想去跟中学朋友喝茶……

Friend ain't for manipulate, but help each other.

Homies look out for each other. Respect. You know who you are folks!

WHY?

why one word can ruins people's mood for whole day?
why one action can ruins people's mood for several days?
why people never worry about their work even it had already come to the due date?
why people can never worry about their work and yet care about others works?
why people who seek for help still want the helper to see them instead of the one who ask for help come to helper?
why people thinks that what they said will absolutely hurt or make everyone feel very very bad?
why people only cares about themselves?
why are the people selfish?
why people want to be so high profile?
why people can't understand what the lecturer said even the lecturer mention it very clear enough?
why can't people listen to what the lecturer said?
why are the people keep on asking things that the lecturer mentioned thousand times?
why can't they do their part as a student?
why can't people use common sense?
why things that are so obvious enough still being asked?
why simple communication can become so complex?
why can't the people don't do those thing which others showing the dislike face right in front of him?
why people like to show off around?
why people like to make simple things complex?
why people like to sensationalized small case?
why can't the people looks thing respectively?
why can't the people thinks maturely?
why can't the people thinks about the future?
why can't the people obey the simple rules?
why the people are so damn childish?
why the people likes last minutes work?
why...........
why.........
why.......
why.....
why....
why...
why..
why.
WHY??????????

credit to others blogger

Life is too Short

My friend who I know him since I'm small just passed away yesterday morning. I was shock when I read my inbox message once I wake up. I flashed back that he was in my dream just now. Once I fully wake up, I try to search for his news and yet I get nothing. Just everybody post up RIP in facebook. After I found a short and simple news about that accident, I flash back the memory with him. I try to remember all but can't deny, I got no good memory. My tears almost drop down in the school and I control myself not to cry.

It should be years I haven't met him. I not even attend his wedding as I think I was studying during that time. What I remember about him is he's one of the best in wushu, he's naughty and childish sometime, he's quite mature in sense, he always bully others for fun...... All in all, he's still a good person in my heart.

Rest in peace my friend. Sorry for can't attend your funeral.

Drive safe for your love one.

Heart dead

Don't know what's wrong with me recently.. I got no feeling on everything I did and what I'm going to do.. I tried to do as perfect as I can, and yet it's worst enough. :( Typography assignment... I did 3 of them, but in the end.. sigh... PR assignment and presentation... the hard copy shouldn't in point form. :( Advance news, not even go and search for the info yet.. and we still need to go to interview people. =.= Mass media and society.. don't even have the feeling to do it.. :'(

Go for entertainment.. Cats and Dogs... Feel nothing during and after the movie.. Grown Up.. At least it entertain me a bit.. Phua Chu Kang the Movie.. Not even laugh or smile for the whole movie.. Si Gong Qi An II, finish all then in 3 days which is separated.. Feel nothing, not even entertain me.

Friends... I can't stop comparing friend over here with my homies. Why people here can't communicate with each other well? and.. we're already mature.. why can't you think in different perspective?

For now, I know I want withdrawal. I want to go out hang around doing nothing. I want to go for vacation. I just don't want do be here to face them.

I seem to be strong, BUT I'm weak. I got no heart in everything.

credit to Neotokyo9

Busy days

Last week and this week was busy weeks for me. Firstly, is Mr.Lim coming. Secondly, I need to pass up 2 assignments which I thought it was 3 assignments at first right after Mr.Lim back to Taipei. ><

I was totally lack of sleep during the week Mr.Lim come. Moreover, I drive to Penang for that particular week. So, I was dead. Even my mom said that you look very tired. YES! I AM FREAKING TIRED! Lack of sleep and drive here and there. I found that I totally dislike Penang Island traffic whereby it's too busy and the road only can fit in car only. When you want to take over the motor, you will use at least 1/4 quarter of another lane. 

Mr.Lim's SUPER Tour was awesome. Honestly, his live performance is nicer than the CD soundtrack! This time wasn't same like previous cause I got VIP seat! And I sat at the center of the 1st row! Great! haha~ But, I still got duty to do. Capture photos!! Okie.. I don't want to blog more about him.. Just share one of his photo. :)

After coming back from his event, I got lots of work got to do. But luckily, I have done all of them. :)

There's another thing that I want to mention. My first time accident, which I knock on other people. >< It happen on the 2nd day after Mr.Lim event. Friends want to go to Penang and they'll straight away go back right after that. So, we separate into 2 cars and I was in my car driving alone. And yeah, I slept at about 3am that night and woke up at 8++ ><

The accident happen in front of Methodist Boy school. The vehicle in front of me is a mini lorry and friends were following at my back. I didn't notice that the vehicle in front me stop as the traffic light is in red which I can't notice it cause of the lorry in front. Then I have to stop, but my speed not allow me to stop immediately. After notice that in front got no car, then I turn to the left lane. Then I heard a big slash sound and I just realize that I knocked someone. Cut it into short, I sent him to the hospital and wait for the report and then cabut. Luckily, the person is currently okie.

Geram release

FUCK!!!! sorry for using bad word here.. But I believe that I'll use more in this particular blog.. >< You can IGNORE this blog if u feel not well reading it....

Okie.. I'm not a genius... Don't ever thought that I know everything, remember everything.... Honestly... Everytimes the stupid guy come, I'll get mad before the event.... bull shit.... Those fans thought that I'm genius.... shit!!! I hate it!!! Can't they just post everything in a post? I don't like to view every single page just to find out who are u, what is your real name... Can't they just text me every question they want to ask in a msg? Can't they give me everything together? Can't they don't ask things that already stated there? Can't they stop asking same question over and over again? I totally hate those ppl who ask me alots of question and in the end, said don't want... Shit!!!! Can't they let me know everything happen? Since we got quite a number of admin... If you contact with other admin, can u just let me know what happen? Many of them just make me feel very MAD!!!! and I want to say that I'm NOT that crazy with him... Can u don't come and ask me stuff about him?! I totally feel irritating! irksome! I like to share, but not everything is about him!!! We're here because of something else, but not because of him.. Don't everything also relate with him, OKIE????

okie... just consider it as practicing my pr... ><

I can't see it...

“未来掌控在自己的手里”很熟悉的一句话。可是，我们永远都看不到未来。

新的学期开始了。很开心上个学期的成绩还蛮不错的——3个A,1个A-和2个B+。
但是，我又开始质问自己：你确定要读公关吗？你能吗？你有资格吗？你有能力吗？你能接受吗？
对于我的未来，我什么都看不到！一点想象力也没有。我不能想象自己穿着高跟鞋，带着妆的样子。因为我到现在还是不能接受“化妆是种礼貌和尊重”这个statement。我不能想象自己带着笑容面对那些讨人厌的人物。因为每当我收到简讯或留言问关于林先生的事物，我都会觉得很烦，很讨人厌！我完全不能想象未来的我会是怎样的。说实在的，我到目前还不完全了解公关的工作。我知道的只是公关要保持公司和公众的好关系。当公司有问题时，公关就应该跟公众解释。我知道的，就只是这样而已。至于其他的，我完完全全不懂。

同学问：为何不选择修广播？你那么厉害editing这些东西…… 我不懂，我就知道不想读广播。我只是喜欢在闲着的时候做这些无谓的东西。

我有想过，如果回到当初……我还会做这个决定吗？我会选择读什么科系呢？设计？我不觉得我会选择设计……因为我的设计确实是很烂。如果不选设计，我还会选什么呢？

我的未来，我完全看不到，完全想象不到……

The Boy Who Can't See Glass

I was hanging around Youtube last night watching Bieber's Clips... Look what I found... I was laughing non-stop when I watch this clip over and over again... The Boy Who Can't See The Glass...



He did tweet about the video link about he knock his head into the glass. I was like "wow, I can't believe it." just because most of the super start they wont share the link which humiliate themselves. And I'm glad that he share it with us. Besides, he do share a link which showing his pans falling down while he perform on stage! Can't believe it! haha~ YouTube it if you want to watch the clip. ;)

By the way, his voice changes a lot. Check this movie, then you'll know. :)

Love In Disguise

Funny~~~
But I heard some negative feedback...
Anyway... What I want to say is....
You'll never know how hard and how difficult they shot the movie...
Besides, it's not easy to find so many ka le fe to act in the movie...
LeeHom, you're so amazing! :D

The Smile

Doubt

Next semester will be my second year, and my major course start during the second year.. I start to think.... am I really suit to be a PR? There's a lots of thing I dislike....
I dislike to make up...
I dislike to wear formal.. it's really make me uncomfortable...
I dislike to answer those stupid answer again and again...
I don't really like to communicate with those whom I don't know...
I dislike to re-do my work, honestly...
I dislike gossip...
I dislike .....................
How? I started to doubt that can I be a PR....

Fwd： Five Photography Tips For Amateur Photographers

 By Rishabh Agarwal | Inspiration   

I’m sure each and everyone of us were pretty excited when we first got our DSLR. I mean, who’s not right. And the next thing most of us will do is – start abusing the shutter and snapping non-stop. That’s just how we learn.

Photography is a beautiful form of art with no hard rules. It’s all about creativity and individual style. And that’s what makes it so interesting. There are lots of tips and tricks to be learnt, and certainly lots of experiences to be gain before one becomes an expert. If you are new to photography, here are five ways to create cool photos to impress your friends.

1. Long Shutter Photography

Long shutter photographs are always amazing. While playing with the shutter speed, you can come up with super amazing photographs beyond your expectations. And the specialty of long shutter photographs are that they present the world around you in a unique way like you’re never seen before. To get a feel of what exactly it is, have a look at the following examples.

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So, you got a rough idea on what exactly is long shutter photography. Now, how to take them?

Technique

To take amazing long shutter photographs, you have to first learn and completely understand what exactly Shutter Speed is. Shutter speed for a camera is for the time the light sensitive film is exposed to the light outside. Getting back to shutter speed, camera metering instruments measure them in a range of reciprocal of time. Eg: 1/30, 1/500, 1/1500 sec. etc.

These are the time for which your shutter will be open while taking a particular photograph. Higher the shutter speed, you’ll have to handle the camera well to avoid any jerk as a slight jerk in this setting can ruin your photograph. For this, use of a tripod is recommended. Some cameras have bulb mode that enables you to let your shutter open as long as you keep the button pressed.

2. custom bokeh shapes

According to Wikipedia, the definition of bokeh is:

"In photography, bokeh is the blur, or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in out-of-focus areas of an image, or “the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light”

Bokeh is a word derived from Japanese, which means “blur” or “haze”, or boke-aji, the “blur quality”. The Japanese term bokeh is also used in the sense of a mental haze or senility.

Without a doubt, bokeh is one of the most interesting and sort after thing in digital photography. And it’s indeed evident from the following photographs.

Examples (Bokeh)

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Technique

By default, bokeh shapes are only circular in shape (owing to the fact that the shape of your lens is circular). But can we also make custom bokeh shapes? Well, yes that’s possible and for that you need the following:

1. Camera lens (preferbly large aperture),
2. Cardboard sheet
3. Some duct tape.

To start with, draw any shape which you want in the middle of the cardboard sheet and cut that portion out. Next, wrap the remaining cardboard sheet around your camera lens carefully and with little practice.

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Start shooting something and you’ll noticed your bokeh will have the shape just like the one on the cardboard. Here are some beautiful custom bokeh to inspire you.

Examples (Custom Bokeh)

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Further Reading

• How to Make a Custom Bokeh – wikihow
• DIY Your Own Bokeh – diyphotography
• Make Your Own Bokeh Shape – shutterskills

3. High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography

HDR stand for High Dynamic Range photography. Normally, even our natural vision is incapable of seeing all the dynamic ranges in any photographs. So, HDR is more of a post processing trick rather than a photography trick. Nevertheless, following photographs show what we’re talking about.

Examples

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Exiting, isn’t it? Watching these amazing HDR, you must be thinking would you be able to take such photographs ever? And the answer is, you’ll be able to do that in the next five minutes. But for that, you have to first understand the exposure bracketing language that your camera understands.

Technique

Most cameras understand the exposure of images in bracketing measures which normally range from (-2) to (+2) stop (both being the extreme ends of exposure respectively). In simpler terms, a photograph shot at (-2) exposure bracketing will be under-exposed and the one shot at (+2) exposure bracketing will be over exposed.

Ok. Now you have the idea what exactly does exposure bracketing means. Bring out your camera and click three shots of the same subject in three exposure brackets viz:

• First shot at (-2) stops.
• Second shot at (0) stops.
• Third shot at (+2) stops.

As I already told you, HDR is more of a post processing trick than being a photography trick, you’ll need a software to merge and level the three photographs you just took. If you have Photoshop with you, it will work fine. If not, there is a special and dedicated software for HDR image processing and is called PhotoMatrix. You can just download the software and merge the above three photographs you took. A little bit of channel tuning and color correction, and you’ll have your first HDR photograph ready.

Further Reading

• HDR Photography Tutorial – raven-photography
• HDR/Photomatix tutorial – abduzeedo
• Create HDR Images in Photoshop – yanik photoschool

More HDR photos:

• HDR Photography: Tutorials, Tips and Stunning Examples – hongkiat

4. Burst Zoom Photography

Burst zoom is a very interesting trick in digital photography. Everyone knows what is a zoom (there are two of them, optical and digital) and any kind of zoom just does one thing, makes distance objects appear nearer to you so that you can catch more of the subject in focus than the surroundings. But burst zoom is a very interesting trick that may take quite some time to practice and master. To get an idea, check out the photos below.

Examples

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Technique

With these amazing examples, it is evident that not always a sharp and crystal clear image is required and sometimes adding a good amount of blur and burst makes the photograph stand out from the rest. Getting back to the burst zoom technique, to be able to take burst zoom photographs you have to follow the following steps:

1. Set your camera to slow shutter speed and a wide aperture.
2. Try to shoot in manual mode.
3. Get ready for the action

Now, the execution part comes in. As you’ve already set your camera up in manual mode with slow shutter, you’ll get plenty of time to execute the burst zoom. To do that, as soon as you press the button to take photograph, zoom your lens quickly to the subject and get back. This should be done in a split second otherwise you won’t get the desired effect. If you’ve done everything right, you’ll be very happy to see the results.

5. High Speed Photography

Who doesn’t like action? But when it comes to capturing the action in your camera, you need to know certain tricks of trade or you’ll end up with only blurry and out of focus photographs. As a matter of fact, the high speed photography also requires a good amount of knowledge about shutter speed, camera aperture and ISO settings so that you are able to get the desired shots. Here are some examples.

Examples

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Technique

High speed photography can be categorized in different categories like:

• Macro photography
• Sports photography
• Action photography

But all these have one thing in common, the high shutter speed involved. As I’ve already explained you above what exactly shutter speed is, you’ll not face much trouble figuring this one out. To get started with high speed photography you just have to:

1. Choose your action subject (or set the stage up if you’re going for macro high speed photography)
2. Set your camera to a high shutter speed
3. Set a higher ISO (not too high otherwise you’ll end up with grainy pics)

Well, that’s with the settings and now you’re good to go to capture the action. Just go out in the wild and capture everything that appears to be moving. After some amount of practice, you could be a high speed photography expert.

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