I am Photogged.
I got my self photogged at last.
Went into the photoshop and the brader was alone and was quite engaged.
"Bang, nak amik gambo passport.."
"Yang siap hari ni ker yang siap esok?"
I assumed he asked wether I want the polaroid one or with film one.
"Err..yang siap tak cepat sangat?" I wanted the film since I might want to redevelope more photos.
He picked up an SLR camera and ushered me into a the dark studio. I went on to prep up, you know la...comb hair, side parting, neck tie and all.
I looked good, though not as good as last week. I had on the favourite dark blue shirt. As a matter of fact, I had it not washed since it appeared in an earlier post, in the case of sudden emergence of need to be photogged. This is one such sudden cases. See, no need to press shirt again. What a saver. It only stinked a bit.
Brader seated me on the stool. Stool as in, you know, the thing you place your nimble ass on like a chair minus the back rest and not as in "stool sample". So I sat there smiling lightly and looking pretty.
Brader had his camera. Handheld? Wait. Aren't they supposed to prop it up on a three-legged stand or something? So steady ka his hands that he needs no tripod? Oh well..he's the Pro here..
"Kepala tegak sket.." brader said with a little "tegak the kepala" action.
"Awat? Kepala aku senget ka..?" aku cakap dalam hati.
I've been photogged a number of times before, which is not many, and I remember they always ask me to "kepala tegak sket.." or "kepala kasi kiri sikit....." and then "oop..kanan balik sket". Always topped with the "tegak the kepala" action for me to follow. And then "Okey itu macam..pegang haa.." when I actually felt that I was over-tilting to the left like my head is not so tegak and so felt like rolling off of the base of my neck if I "pegang itu macam" a wee bit longer.
Quick brader cameraman! Holding the kepala tegak is energy draining and I don't have plenty of those.
"Snap"
Brader browsed the LCD screen.
"Ooooo....Digital kerr..?" I asked like so kampungan like that.
"Yeah. This no good. Have to take another one."
"What no good? What another one?"
"Take another shot la. The first shot got reflection of yer large and shiny forehead.. err..I mean... yer glasses"
"Oooo.." and then all the "tegak the kepala" routine again plus a "tunduk sikit". He must have meant my forehead. Haih.
"Snap"
Brader browsed thru both images and showed me. "I think second one is good" he said noddingly. I agreed.
"Bila siap?"
"Kejap jer lagi nih siap la.."
"Huh? Cepatnyer?"
"Digital maaaaa...."
Brader inserted compact flash card in printing machine. It read my image. I look good enough. Kepala tak senget pun. Brader adjust-adjust a little summore to make me look gooder. I wish he could make all the grains and zits on my face disappear.
"Okayh. 12 Ringgit." 4 pieces of photo plus one diskette containing my digital image. "Kalau nak cuci lagi, bawak diskette ke sini. 4 keping 8 Ringgit.."
Yaahoo. Mahal nak mampus.
(Note to self: please check if your head is senget by default. You migh want to see a chiropractor)
Went into the photoshop and the brader was alone and was quite engaged.
"Bang, nak amik gambo passport.."
"Yang siap hari ni ker yang siap esok?"
I assumed he asked wether I want the polaroid one or with film one.
"Err..yang siap tak cepat sangat?" I wanted the film since I might want to redevelope more photos.
He picked up an SLR camera and ushered me into a the dark studio. I went on to prep up, you know la...comb hair, side parting, neck tie and all.
I looked good, though not as good as last week. I had on the favourite dark blue shirt. As a matter of fact, I had it not washed since it appeared in an earlier post, in the case of sudden emergence of need to be photogged. This is one such sudden cases. See, no need to press shirt again. What a saver. It only stinked a bit.
Brader seated me on the stool. Stool as in, you know, the thing you place your nimble ass on like a chair minus the back rest and not as in "stool sample". So I sat there smiling lightly and looking pretty.
Brader had his camera. Handheld? Wait. Aren't they supposed to prop it up on a three-legged stand or something? So steady ka his hands that he needs no tripod? Oh well..he's the Pro here..
"Kepala tegak sket.." brader said with a little "tegak the kepala" action.
"Awat? Kepala aku senget ka..?" aku cakap dalam hati.
I've been photogged a number of times before, which is not many, and I remember they always ask me to "kepala tegak sket.." or "kepala kasi kiri sikit....." and then "oop..kanan balik sket". Always topped with the "tegak the kepala" action for me to follow. And then "Okey itu macam..pegang haa.." when I actually felt that I was over-tilting to the left like my head is not so tegak and so felt like rolling off of the base of my neck if I "pegang itu macam" a wee bit longer.
Quick brader cameraman! Holding the kepala tegak is energy draining and I don't have plenty of those.
"Snap"
Brader browsed the LCD screen.
"Ooooo....Digital kerr..?" I asked like so kampungan like that.
"Yeah. This no good. Have to take another one."
"What no good? What another one?"
"Take another shot la. The first shot got reflection of yer large and shiny forehead.. err..I mean... yer glasses"
"Oooo.." and then all the "tegak the kepala" routine again plus a "tunduk sikit". He must have meant my forehead. Haih.
"Snap"
Brader browsed thru both images and showed me. "I think second one is good" he said noddingly. I agreed.
"Bila siap?"
"Kejap jer lagi nih siap la.."
"Huh? Cepatnyer?"
"Digital maaaaa...."
Brader inserted compact flash card in printing machine. It read my image. I look good enough. Kepala tak senget pun. Brader adjust-adjust a little summore to make me look gooder. I wish he could make all the grains and zits on my face disappear.
"Okayh. 12 Ringgit." 4 pieces of photo plus one diskette containing my digital image. "Kalau nak cuci lagi, bawak diskette ke sini. 4 keping 8 Ringgit.."
Yaahoo. Mahal nak mampus.
(Note to self: please check if your head is senget by default. You migh want to see a chiropractor)
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