k.ienlam Photography

Petaling Street and a cat?

2011-03-19T11:58:00.000-07:00

i just realized its been 19 days since i last updated this blog. that's like nearly 3 weeks, right? so sorry for the hiatus xD!

anyway, these two pictures have nothing in common, except that they were both captured on the same day and the same place. they were captured when i was with my college mates on photography assignment :)

so yea, just have a look. :)

green :)

i seriously think i should start capturing photos with a theme, don't you think so? or shall i just stick to random and unorganized posts? hmmm.

k.ienlam

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II :D

2011-03-01T04:03:00.000-08:00

and finally, i have bought my first other lens! and its the cheapest and yet amazing 50mm f/1.8 :)

i took a few shots with it and the bokeh is fantastic. perfect for portrait shots :D

here's a few pics of it. ( i had to give it a photoshoot :P )

so yesss expect some portraits from my blog now :D! till then peeps!

k.ienlam

more cats :D!

2011-02-05T13:27:00.000-08:00

was out having lunch with my friends when this cat came over to our table. with cute eyes begging for food haha. i didnt feed him in the end, cause i didn't order anything :/

enjoy the cat? LOL

not much of a difference since the cat was day dreaming at 1 direction. just sharing :)

k.ienlam

of meatballs, cake and snake!

2011-02-01T10:21:00.000-08:00

went out to meet Sam and Vic the other day at Ikea for lunch and to get a CD of photos. seriously, Ikea has the best meatballs EVER! just look at it! don't read this if you're hungry though :P

10 pieces :D!

and they have the utmost delicious cake! daim cake! the chocolate is damn damn damn damn damn good! i'd eat a full cake! only at RM5. DAYUM!!! thanks Sam for introducing it to me now :D

so yea we walked around and went over to Ikano to....walk around even more. visited the pet shop at the top floor, i sneaked a picture at the Reptile section :D check this little guy out!

pretty! i wanna get a snake now haha! they we're selling an anaconda. hmmmmmmm :)

that's all for now! happy chinese new year to you guys btw! i'll try to get some chinese new year shots. cultural and festive pics :D! till then, bye!

k.ienlam

Laundry Picks : (Handle With Care & Dichi Michi)

2011-01-20T13:14:00.000-08:00

okay finally some photos! haha! recently went for a gig at Laundry Bar at The Curve. 2 local indie bands, namely Handle With Care and Dichi Michi were performing. so yea i got some shots of them.

first up, Handle With Care.

quite a good band. check them out at http://www.facebook.com/handlewithcaremy?ref=ts if anyone of you are interested in their music.

and then we have Dichi Michi.

another great band. check them out at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dichi-Michi-OFFICIAL/233483472092.

so yea that's about it. tune back in for more photos haha. bye!

k.ienlam

sorry!

2011-01-17T10:41:00.001-08:00

hey there. thanks for viewing my blog. means a lot to me to have an audience. sorry i haven't been updating because:

1 - i'm having my finals exam

2 - i haven't had time to go outside and snap some shots

so bear with me alright? pictures coming in soon. i'll definitely be able to get some great shots during my semester break and chinese new year. see you guys soon!

k.ienlam

hello 2011 :) happy new year everyone!

2010-12-31T13:29:00.000-08:00

and time passes by just like that. seriously, has it already been a year? that quick? i guess time really does fly haha.

i've enjoy my 2010. there were lots of ups and downs, but overall , it was one of my best years. first year entering college, meeting new people, loads of going out and stuff. i really enjoyed 2010 :) and now its time to welcome 2011 for an awesome year ahead!

went for the countdown at Desapark City. as expected, filled with tons of people. met up a few friends and waited for the fireworks. almost all of Kepong was there, i think. here are some of the shots i personally like. enjoy :) and have a happy new year.

bokeh never fails to amaze me :)

so i hope everyone that everyone will have an awesome year ahead. till the next post, bye!

k.ienlam

college puppies :D

2010-12-21T07:01:00.000-08:00

so my classmates and i were walking to class when we spotted 2 puppies wondering around in front of a lecture hall. their parents were nearby but didn't protect them, so we played with them haha :P cute lil guys!

i call him TARC Puppy 1 :P

O_O

brothers :)

couldn't snap more shots cause we were actually late for class at that moment :P

k.ienlam

finally some more random!

2010-12-14T04:24:00.000-08:00

sorry for not posting for a looong time. anyway here's some more random photos :)

white roses at Fullhouse

Dessert anyone? ;)

random decorations

chandelier

small plant thingy ._.

and then i got some pics at Pavilion too :P

its Snoop Dog yo!

merry christmas ya'all :)

random dude spacing out. haha.

come back soon for more randoms :)

k.ienlam

Laundry Festival ( AHM )

2010-11-26T03:23:00.000-08:00

hey sorry it's been long, I've been putting this post of for quite some time already. kept it in draft for around 2 weeks already i think. so yea gonna post it up now. I went for Laundry Festival at the Curve around like..3 weeks ago? Haha! yes i'm lazy like this. Anyway, went there to watch some performances by some of our local indie bands. As for this post, I feature "An Honest Mistake", a really really good band :) so check out the pics!

rockin it out!

An Honest Mistake's lead guitarist and vocals. Darren Teh.

Nikes!

Darren Teh : Guitarist

Kevin Tan : Bassist

Baldwin Chua : Keyboards/Synth

Leonard Chua : Guitarist

Sheryl Goh : Vocals

Kevin Theng : Drummer.

they put up an awesome performance that night. looking forward to more of their gigs! till then, stay tuned :D!

k.ienlam

chaochao :D!

2010-11-13T12:31:00.000-08:00

i was walking back to my car at DPC when i came across something furry...

a chaochao! and damn its fur is super fluffy! (its so fluffy you're gonna die ;D ) but it keeps showing me emo-faces :( but who cares :P

"when's dinner? :( "

finally got the chance to get out and snap some pics, so yeap. finally more stuff to add to this blog haha! but thats all for this post ;)

k.ienlam

random shots from a wedding.

2010-10-21T10:11:00.000-07:00

i recently attended my aunt's wedding at KLGCC ( Kuala Lumpur Gold Country Club) which gave me a huge opportunity to practice on night and candid shots. i couldn't find much random or tiny object to snap pictures of, so these are all that i found.

a chandelier at the drop-point in front of the club-house

from a different angle.

flower deco in the ballroom.

unfinished red wine

congratulations Su Ven :)

and once again i'm really sorry for the hiatus. and this time i might be on an even longer one :( [i havent been taking my camera around for pictures].i've been lazy + busy at the same time. but i'll try to make it up to you guys. till then, bye.

k.ienlam

random random random.

2010-10-13T11:34:00.000-07:00

hey awesome people :D

for this post, i'll be featuring random shots ( which is my favourite type of photography ). okay fine its not really a type of photography, but i'm referring to the subjects. it's just..random! i see something i like, i snap :) so here they are!

you'll find this dude on my bag. touch my bag and he kicks your ass :P

blackout = good photos :)

my Canon lens cover on Joanne's laptop.

and on my jeans. :O

one of the favourite pastimes after college.

Joash's break.

and after all that, teh-ais for a break :)

so be random! see random stuff, snap random stuff! thanks for viewing, awesome people :D!

more kuala lumpur!

2010-10-07T07:07:00.000-07:00

forgot that i've got more Kuala Lumpur pictures to share with you awesome people :) and sorry for the slow updating too :P

at the taxi stand at Kepong KTM station, heading downtown.

local street beggar.

i was having Macdonalds with my college-mates at Bukit Bintang when i saw this girl taking street shots. so i shot her :D

night fell upon Kuala Lumpur! and Pavilion shopping centre was majestically bright and colourful :) this boy seems to be super attracted to the fountain :)

cars flooding the streets on a Saturday night.

an out-of-focus shot on the lights of Kuala Lumpur :) a.k.a to most Malaysians, a "bokeh" shot :D

i haven't been taking pictures lately because i've been busy with college, but i'll try my best to continue taking pictures, for the sake of you awesome readers :D. wish me luck :)

k.ienlam

trains and kuala lumpur :)

2010-09-30T12:57:00.000-07:00

one of my ways of finding good pictures to take is a trip downtown in the train :) i did this 2-3 times already, and i've actually managed to get some pics :D here they are :

you'll probably spot this dude in KL Central station. he's always there playing his guitar to entertain by-passers.

stopped by at the Macdonalds at KL Central for breakfast and i spotted this kid having breakfast with his grandparents. here's how he drinks his ice milo :)

snapped this while standing at the front of a LRT. ignore the reflections :D

the tracks.

poster of a missing kid at the platforms. still not found till now :/

straight shot down from the front of a LRT. can you guess if this is a 2 carriage or 4 carriage LRT? :)

was walking around and saw this the Jalur Gemilang standing out among greeneries. yea i kinda <3 Malaysia :)

view of the city from the train platform :D

view of the city from the front of a LRT...again.

so if you want good pictures, grab a friend, grab your camera and hit the train station :) you'll never know what pictures you might snap. peace out :D

k.ienlam

its raining cats and dogs :O! (literally ;P)

2010-09-23T13:10:00.000-07:00

there's one thing i like about taking pictures of animals. they don't complain about how they look in the picture and they don't cover their faces or point at you and say, "get that f**king camera away from my face". in fact, they'll just bite. LOL!

okay maybe i won't be dumb enough to go near an animal that i knew would bite me. i've been snapping around as usual for random uber looking objects or vintage looking sceneries..of sort. but instead i came across some domestic friends :)

this fella here..i do not know her name :) she's the cat that you would have probably seen roaming around if you study at Tunku Abdul Rahman College. super tame, because she lives in the college and is very comfortable with people :) i was sitting at the college field watching a friend's football match when she walked over and sat right next to me. hence, this picture :) i call her CC, short for College Cat. LOL

and on the other day, i found her lurking around the canteen. i had some fresh milk, so i poured it out on a plastic cup cover to give her a drink. she was busy jumping from table to table,eating up leftovers. after finishing the milk, she gave me this face ._.

(how did the colour of her eyes change?!) ._.

well thats cats for me. next we have man's best friend :D

introducing, Snowee (left) and Hunter (right).

Hunter belongs to a friend of mine. he was purchased by my friend's dad from a breeder. siberian husky breed :) and white too! my friend invite a few of us to Desapark City for a walk because he wanted to bring Hunter out for a walk too. Hunter was only 3 weeks old during that walk.

the larger husky belongs to a random jogger who was jogging by and caught attention on Hunter. so she let Snowee and Hunter get to know each other. so much in common between the two dogs :D

i like the ring shaped pattern on Hunter's eyes :)

a "kiss" for a new friend. :) aww

a friend of mine holding up Hunter for a picture.

(*gasp**choke* :P ) < Hunter's expression. :D

playful and active lil pup he is. and his fur is super soft! exactly like cotton lol. its a good thing i snapped his pics as a pup. the next time i see him he'd probably be as huge as Snowee already. i wished i had a dog :(

so what about you guys? do you prefer a cat or a dog? or do you have one to share about? let me know at the comments section below :) thanks for viewing, gbye :)

k.ienlam

and here's where we start new :)

2010-09-20T11:25:00.000-07:00

and finally i've uploaded (almost) all of my work from my Sanyo compact digital camera. from here on it's just gonna be pictures from my current "weapon", my CANON EOS 550D :)

i got this camera for 2 reasons actually. Firstly, my hobby. i love photography and the type i love most is macro (to be honest). i love how small objects can look so amazing and meaningful in pictures. but i still do take scenery, potrait and some other types of photos. besides, i'm still learning, right? :)

secondly, for college. i'll be having photography as a subject in Semester 3, where this camera comes in really handy :)

so here's a few pictures i've snapped ever since i got my Canon. shots taken from Desapark City.

the sunset at Desapark City.

view of the lake during night time.

another night-time lake view, from a different side of the lake.

i wouldn't mind walking here all night :)

stay tuned for more photos. peace out :D

k.ienlam

when i first started out (part 7) [ Hong Kong / Shenzhen trip ]

2010-09-17T11:24:00.001-07:00

so as i promised, this is the Shenzhen part of my previous post. didn't snap many nice pictures here, but anyway here it is:

Busy shopping district in Shenzhen. Lots of China branded shops.

straight to the main attraction in Shenzhen. there's this place called Windows Of The World. its basically a place where it consists of miniatures of monuments and wonders of the world. though its suppose to be a miniature....its actually kinda huge, for some of the monuments.

this isn't a life-size hallway, its the hallway of a miniature Angkor Wat :D

the Taj Mahal. this miniature was as big as a small bungalow.

entering the Japanese area. Cherry blossoms/ sakura trees everywhere.

Antique looking pillar of a wooden souvenir shop.

mini geisha dolls.

now this is the main thing. the miniature Eiffel Tower which isn't so mini size LOL. freaking huge, but not as huge as the original.

Christmas was a few days away, so they had a tree set-up :) artificial snow edited into it :D

see what i mean about the size of the tower?

random rose.

miniature horses :O

probably the most boring pictures and post here, but what the hell xD. will update as soon as possible again! stay tuned :P

k.ienlam

when i first started out (part 6) [ Hong Kong / Shenzhen trip ]

2010-09-15T03:59:00.000-07:00

soooo sorry about the hiatus :P its my semester break and i've been...on a break xD! been extremely lazy, but i should finish up something i started. so here!

last year after my SPM Examinations, i went on a vacation with my family to Hong Kong and Shenzhen :D! for me, it was an awesome vacation. here's some of my work that i managed to take while i was there.

KLIA, our main airport.

one of the streets in Hong Kong. bought my current backpack here. costs around rm80 after my grandma bargained like she as if she was a local LOL!

night time! the building on the left was the hotel i stayed in.

a Bruce Lee statue at the Avenue of Stars.

Now this place is awesome! The Avenue of Stars. you'll see handprints of celebrities on the pavements and overlooking the ocean you'll see buildings lighted up in bright and colourful lights on the other island of Hong Kong.

night view from one of the hills, can't remember the name :P

and then it was day 2! we went for Hong Kong Disneyland xD

on the floor, you'll find lots of these, haha.

this fountain was at the main entrance. the surfing Mickey would actually move up and down with the water :O

balloons!

the famous Disney Castle.

Disney style street lamp on a wall.

the castle during night time. they had fireworks :O i recorded it, so you can watch it here > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN2_QnCGsog

the next day we we're on more tours, so here's more photos.

while i was on a boat ride. you'll see many expensive boats parked here owned my celebrities and rich men. there are also locals who still stay on boat houses in this area.

our boatman and his dog.

view of Hong Kong in the morning.

notice the tall building on the right. that's one of the tallest building in Hong Kong, don't know where it stands among international standards though :P

forgot what this majestic looking golden flower is and why is it the symbol of the country, but i think it's something to do with the independence between Hong Kong and China. p.s. this place was freaking windy and cold despite the blaring sun!

so i'll update my Shenzhen post soon. till then, bye :D

k.ienlam

when i first started out (part 5).

2010-09-09T11:48:00.000-07:00

when i first started out...again xD! still got loads of pictures i snapped from my compact camera. here they are :DDD

undang class for driving license. i didn't listen :P and passed.

took this while i was cycling in the morning. thank god the road was clear :P

went downtown myself to get some stuff. this is at Imbi Monorail.

while inside the monorail.

and another one.

me guitar :D!

took this for a friend of mine for the school magazine. its gonna be one of the borders in the mag :D

a visit to my nanny's place. tiny pink flowers :O

my sister's room curtains.

took this during Chinese New Year 2010 :)

a friend of mine, an athlete during training in school.

more to come, stay tuned :D

k.ienlam

when i first started out (part 4)

2010-09-08T10:35:00.000-07:00

like all the previous posts, here are more photos that i snapped with my Sanyo digicam and slightly edit.

my sister's doll doggy in my parent's room.

this was my secondary school, SMK Kepong Baru. the editing is a bit too much and the light is over exposed, but i managed to win a 4GB Kingston thumbdrive with this picture in a Facebook competition :)

some random sketching on one of the school tables. took this during choir practice.

one of the many signboards you'll see in Kepong

and then i was out cycling again, looking for more photos to snap.

Desapark City again, the rocky river. was teaching a friend how to take pictures with her DSLR.

spotted this red Indocafe Volkswagen on my way home.

common Malaysian cat.

empty road at the bottom of the slope where my house is. editing a bit too much too, but i was a starter at that time.

the next pic was taken much further in the future, after my SPM examinations. you'll noticed that i started putting signatures on my photos already. i worked part-time at a Secret Recipe branch in Desapark City. my colleague made coffee and there were extras. he poured it into those small cups that you pour milk in when customers want a little bit of milk for their coffee. so..

till the next post, bye!

k.ienlam

when i first started out (part 3).

2010-09-06T02:27:00.000-07:00

so now that i've figured out how to use my Sanyo properly, i headed to the nearest nicest place i could go to, Desapark City. its a gated community near my area, with a small lake and park. cycled there and took a few shots like these:

i took this picture by holding the camera just slightly above the water. scary :P

a tree in the middle of the park

was bending down when i saw this view, so i snapped :)

i also took some shots at my old tuition centre! i brought my camera because i knew that the place was kinda vintage,so...

Jalan Development, Kepong.

Cekap Tuition Centre xD

and while i was waiting for my dad to come pick me up after class, there was this stray dog standing right next to me. next thing u know i took out my camera :D

was trying to get it to look up, owh well.

i bent down to snap a pic and he came walking towards me. thus, i got this :D

wait for more updates to come! and once im done with the photos from my Sanyo, it'll be my Canon EOS 550D in no time :)

k.ienlam

when i first started out (part 2)

2010-08-31T01:45:00.000-07:00

so i started having the habit of bringing my camera everywhere i went, in case i come across a good photo opportunity. i took these photos in my grandma's home.

a bug climbing up my grandma's plant.

grandma's rooster carved pewter chopsticks. For display only :P

macro shot of an ant on the wall.

then i got back home and continued my scavenge for more objects to snap :)

my Casio keyboard.

my trusty Sony Ericsson W660i

random puppy doll.

tennis ball meets random puppy doll.

teddy bear from IKEA.

k.ienlam

when i first started out.

2010-08-30T12:43:00.000-07:00

i first started out with a Sanyo Xacti 6.0 mega-pixel compact camera. it was a birthday present for my 16th birthday. since my family did not own a single digital camera, i was the first to get one.

It wasn't until one day i discovered that my camera had manual focus. i randomly took a picture with 1cm focus and that's when i started developing my interest in photography. so there i went trying to snap pictures of almost everything i had :P these are a few of my first photographs.

one of my necklaces.

an ace of spade card. this was the first picture i took.

a pair of black dices from my Cluedo set.

the cards are arranged to spell "LOVE" if you notice. the value added up is 21 ;)

a smiley drawn on my cap. it was a birthday present from a friend.

i'll update more pictures on future posts. keep viewing :)

k.ienlam

the start of everything.

2010-08-30T05:59:00.000-07:00

welcome to my photography blog :)

i'm Kien Lam, but people address me as Kien more often. I'm a college student pursuing a diploma in mass communications (broadcast communication). I'm from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia :)

Photography have always been one of my interests although i'm much more dedicated to music. One of my favourite hobbies of all times. So yea, this blog is basically going to consist of my photo work. I'll upload the first post when i have time to spare.

k.ienlam