Unmissable photo opportunity
November 26th, 2007To me, the best photographs are not necessarily those taken using RM20,000 cameras with lens longer than your arm. Rather, the best photographs are those taken during fleeting moments, photo opportunities that must be taken quickly, for it might be the only chance of you getting that picture. You might even need a fair amount of luck or/and bravery to get such a shot.
The following is an example, my brother even framed it for display on the mantelpiece. It happened during a fleeting moment on 29th March 2005:
Unfortunately, I don’t have pictures featuring me that can match that, but still I’d like to give it a go 
I was a big Felix AF3 fan in 2005-2006, and on 25th April 2006 Felix’s Fan Club organised a dinner with him at Tang Dynasty:
Then on 7th January 2007 Atama unexpectedly showed up at a wedding I attended:
There are some others, but they’re taken so long ago I’d have a hard time tracking them down.
Then there are the pictures taken by certain people but I never received (grrr….):
- with the world’s first computer hacker, Captain Crunch, taken at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur during an IT Security Seminar, April (?) 2004
- with Amy Search, backstage, just before he performed a little concert at Waterfront, KK, August 2004
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HEYY… WHY YOU POSTED THAT PIC OF THE EVERGREEN MAHATHIR SHAKING HAND WITH THE EVERGREEN PART TIME CROONER WITH THE TOP GUY IN SABAH WATCHING AND SMILING?????????
AIYAAA…… NO DOUBT THOSE 2 MEN ARE MILLIONAIRE WHILE THE THIRD GUY IS ONLY A THOUSANDAIRE……!!!!!!!
Because it’s simply a great picture!!!
I agree with you Ben - having a 5 figure camera doesnt guarantee you can capture those moments. Nice picture of you and Felix.
I have to add here that the friend who took that pic of me with Felix used quite a nice DSLR
Nice pics. Hey finally you posted your pics.
Thanks Gaman. Actually, I’ve been putting pics of myself periodically in this blog. In fact the first clear one was in October 2006:
http://bengodomon.com/2006/10/30/visit-to-colmar-tropicale-bukit-tinggi-pahang/
Hem.. nice. You got a point from me Ben! Our Hand is The Lord Of “click”!! Hehehe..
Boohoohoo.. I wanna take photos with Dr. M too!!! >.
I had a very good opportunity to take pics with the then DPM in 1997 before his downfall a year later, but I let that fleeting moment pass…
i even pose with the sultan of brunei…. but the photo sudah hilang ….. aiyaaaaaaaaaaa
(sigh) My only photo with a ‘famous figure’ is Maya Karin. At least she’s hawt lah. I wish I can take photo with Steve Vai.
Just last night I took pics with Unduk Ngadau 2007, Joanna Sue Henley Rampas.
A friend who studied in Akademi Seni Kebangsaan showed me his pics with BOTH Steve Vai and Joe Satriani when they came to KL. Needless to say, I was green with envy!
BUT AHHH BOTH STEVE VAI AND JOE SATRIANI HAVE NEVER BEEN TO ORBIT…. AND I POSED WITH ROBERT ‘HOOT; GIBSON WHO HAD BEEN TO OUTTER SPACE 5 TIMES… I REPEAT 5 TIMES!!!!!!!!!! PIC TAKEN AT UMS, KK…… HAHAHAHA…. I BEAT YOU ALLL
Your next target: Franklin Ramon Chang-Diaz & Jerry Lynn Ross, who have been to space the most times: 7, on space shuttle missions. In contrast, the most experienced Russian cosmonaut has been to space 6 times.
http://worldrec.info/2007/10/22/the-most-experienced-astronaut-ever-is-not-caucasian-in-fact-he-is-quarter-chinese/
NOOO… YOUR NEXT TARGET IS TO ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE,…. TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES WITH THE THIRD PERSON IN THE HOLY TRINITY!!!!
You will have many many many opportunities to do that when eternity comes!!!
aiyaaa………. mana boleh boss….. but ahhh you have taken lots of the worst ever pictures in the universe!!!! including anarchy in kionsom!!!! and worst family picture…
I say “Picture paints Thousand Words.”
I have photo with Michael Jackson and George Bush, but that was done by Adobe Photoshop. ‘Asi’ kaitu ah? :p :hehe:
Kalau itu “asi”, saya mau masuk gambar “impossible group photos” dengan tokoh-tokoh seperti Albert Einstein, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, Pol Pot, Ayatollah Khomeini, Saddam Hussein, Mullah Mohammad Omar, Osama bin Laden, Winston Churchill dsb…
TIDAK ASI ITU ASI…
AMBIL GAMBAR POL POT ECT TIDAK NGAM… YG NGAM SURUH POL POT, HITLER, STALIN, LENIN, AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI, MULLAH MOHAMMAD OMAR, OSAMA LADEN, SUKARNO, IDI AMIN DADA, KIM ILL SUNG, FIDEL CASTRO, VELLU PILLAI PRABAKHARAN, FIRAUN, JEFFRY DAHMER, OTTIS TOOLE @ THE GENERALISMO OF PAIN, MONSTER OF THE ANDES DAN LOCH NESS MONSTER (A WRESTLER WEIGHING 672 POUNDS!!!) DALAM STEEL CAGE DAN SURUH DIORANG BERGUSTI…. BOLEH PAKAI APA SAJA SENJATA KECUALI PISTOL DAN KAPAK…. SIAPA YANG MANANG MAKA DIALAH YG TERHEBAT!!!!!!!!
Ben, u ada bergambar dgn Linda Nanuil??
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