Eman Azrin Azhar

It’s been a while since I updated this place.
Anyway, here’s a nice one: I’ve finally gotten a car, and I’m glad I bought her.

The day I finally bought my own car

Volkswagen Scirocco 2.0 TSI

I was torn between this and a Golf GTI mk6, but eventually made up my mind to get this instead, and I couldn’t be happier. It’s sportier looking, more aggressive, and feels just so good to drive.

Coming from a Hyundai Getz and a Kia Forte, I have to say this car really blew me away when I first drove it. Took some time for me to get used to the power and stuff, but having owned it for around 4 months now, I have to say that I’m pretty comfortable with her already.

18″ BBS SR + Potenza RE070

Of course, I couldn’t just leave it stock. First thing I wanted to do was change the rims from the turbine ones to something fancier, and decided to go for some BBS SR rims which I found for a decent price, and also includes tyres (Potenza RE070).

I also painted the ears (side mirrors) black, as well as changed the VW logos on the front and back to black, to break the monotony of white, and I feel it really adds a lot of character to what is alread a special car.

A profile view

Open up wide

Just look at that ass!

So yeah, this has so far been my biggest purchase, and is definitely a milestone for me. Here’s to hoping it’s just the beginning of many great things to come in the future.

I’m one step closer to getting the “holy trinity” of canon lenses. Bought the 135L over the weekend, and it’s been a dream to use. Now I just need the 85L to complete the package.

135L

Family photo: Samyang 14, 35L, 135L, 24-70L, 70-200L

5D3 + 24-70 F2.8 L & 5D3 + 70-200 F4 L IS

It’s super fast, it’s super fantastic. Haven’t had much time to play with it, but from what I’ve used it for, it’s amazing. Alas, most of the things I shot cannot be shown, as of yet. So for now, here are some cat pictures shot with the 135L on my 40D.

Oh, and also a couple of WOMFT pictures. Been a while since I posted these, and I’ve got some additions to my collection

Nike Air Stab

Nike Roshe Run Woven

Lastly, a video that I did with Kin Meng for KLKix sometime ago, for the launch of Stussy x Mastermind Japan.

Today we had our first shoot for Selfmade, and it was a fun experience. It’s been a while since I shot with a team, especially video, so it was refreshing to be out in the field. We managed to test out a few new techniques, and also refresh our memories on how and what to shoot.

Me, being a test subject for framing and lighting.

Azeem (our talent), Irshad (our intern), and I.

Having gone through this shoot, I’m quite excited to edit it. I’m also going to be experimenting a lot with Adobe’s Premiere Pro and After Effects, since that’s the direction the company is heading to in terms of post-production. Very eager, yet at the same time a little bit scared.

But, you never try, you’ll never know.

Yesterday I went and bought a Samyang 14mm 2.8, seeing as I could do with an Ultra Wide Angle lens. It’s a manual focus lens, which should not be a problem since I am planning to use it mainly for videos.

The Samyang on my 5d3.

So far, having used it quite extensively during a shoot yesterday, it is a great buy. Very easy to use, just set it to f/8, focus about half a meter, and shoot. The “moustache” distortion that I read a lot about is not so bad, and I don’t notice it in my videos and stuff.

Maybe my next purchase would be the 85mm. Whether it will be a Samyang, Sigma, or maybe even Canon L, remains to be seen.

So there’s a new addition to our family