Vince's World of Wonder

It's December, which means it's clothe show live. The last I wwent to clotheshow was in 2003 with my mum. I paid for my ticket to go there and I was just a normal person. This year it's different. I was there as a photographer and I had my ticket for free....:D. It was really exciting as it's my catwalk show to photography. Instead of sitting on the seat like I did last time I was there, I was actually standing at the end of the runway with no one in front of me at all. I have a full view of every single model and their outfit. I was also scouting for new models for photoshoot although, there were very few people there who are good enough to consider as a model quality. Anyway, at the end, I took about 1600 photos and next year, I will definitely do it again! (Check out my new photo album for the fashion photos)

 

So last weekend, I went over to Barcelona because the ticket were really cheap and I counldn't resist not to go. BUt with the english pound being so shit now, everything became extremely expensive which has really ruin the whole trip. It also rain 2 out of the 3 days I was there and it was cold. Over all, it was a shit break but at least I had a few days off away from work.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, I guess not much had happened since last time but watch this space, may be something exciting is coming up!  

 

 

 

Last weekend I travel to another colleague's house for a photo shoot. He was the very first person I did a photoshoot. so a THANKS to him for letting me test on him. Anyway, now that I have become a lot better, I have decided to do another photo shoot with him. So I travel to his house to do an outdoor shoot for a winter collection with his very own Porsche. We shot for about 2 hours (like usual) but this time I have actually ran out of memory to my card and it was very annoying. Next time when I go back to Hong Kong, I am going to get 16GB card to make sure this will not happened again! Anyway, we had lots of good shot and I actually had trouble picking them. Along side the finished photo, I have also added an article with it. The initial idea was to write about him but then I realised I don't know him enough to write about him. So I ended up writing about how civil engineers are now becoming younger and trendier, which is kind of link to my personal photography project. 

 

Well, in order for you to see how much improvement I have had since the first photo shoot, I am showing you one of my first finish photo and the one that i did last week.

 

First Photo shoot.                      Most recent.                                                                                   

                                                         

 

 

 

 

 

I know I have always been talking about my photography all the time but don't forget I am still a Highways Engineer. That's what I do from Monday to Friday. I have always been involve with the Institution of Highways and Transportation (IHT) and is the youngest committee member of the West Midlands Branch, currently the biggest branch in the UK (I think). I am also the chair of the Young professional group in which I organise events and promote the industry to young people. My profile has recently been put up on the IHT web-site and here is the link - http://www.iht.org/branches/westmidland/whoswho/index.html so check it out!

 

This year, I was nominated for the Young Professional Award 2008 and my name was mentioned on their transportation magazine. Unfortunately I didn't win the award this year but I will try harder next year! However, a couple of days ago, I recieved an invitation to attend an IHT luncheon in London in which many top people from many companies will attend. I am not sure if I should go as I am only a small potato in my company, beside the company is not going to pay for my day to represent them, so that's not the reason why I should go. However, it will be a very good opportunlity for me to network. Hm...what do you guys think? Shall I go or shall I not?