Flash tips - no bounce

Last week I went to a wedding function in Kedah, northern of Malaysia. I was very happy because I will be able to test my photography skill for a wedding which is done is a big hall.

In the beginning, I didn't use any flash since the ceiling is too high to bounce my the light of my sb400. Then Capt. Seirra came along and asked my why didn't use the flash. I told him I was afraid if the light will wash out my subject and I told him that the ceiling is too high to do a bounce.

He then advice me to just tilt the flash only a little so that the light will spread. He told me that the external flash is not used just for bouncing. Below is a sample photo that I managed to test out. I never thought the result would be outstanding, all thanx to Capt. Sierra.

Picture taken without Flash - Capt. Sierra is sitting far right

Picture taken with Flash tilt up - Thanx Capt Sierra for the tips

SB 400 tilt 45 degree

Terminal service screen lock-out

Some of the users complaint to me that their terminal service session screen was locked after a few minutes. In the begging, I thought their session was logged out, so I checked their session setting. I was surprised that their these users setting are the same with the rest of other staff that are not affected by the screen lock out.

I called them up to find out what really happened, and finally understood that only the screen was locked, not the session. Unfortunately there was no option to control the screen from the administration menu. So I Google around to find some answer, and from reading a few forums the setting was set at the policy, however we never set any screen lock policy.

Oh, before I go on, you probably thought this screen lock must have come from the screen saver, right? Yes, it is, but the user terminal service was configured for it to launch a designated application (via a script) that the user have no way of altering the screen saver setting. Strange thing is, this only affected on two staff, and not the rest.

So, I called the user up to get their password, and then change the Environment setting so that session is loaded in full. Then log in remotely to the server using her id, and then change the screen saver setting (which was set to start after 1 minute after being idle).

Enjoying My SB-400

I really enjoyed my new Nikon flash, the small but powerful SB-400. I would like to share some pictures that I took while I was visiting my brother in-law in his house in Nilai. I wouldn't have gotten these beautiful pictures if it weren't for the SB-400 bounce flash.

My son playing with a cat with his aunt

After seeing what a beautiful picture I made with my D60, my wife insisted that she also wants a picture with the cat and our son together LOL.

UiTM Convocation

Last Tuesday I took the day off to take my family in law to the UITM convocation. My sister in law, Ummi Hani was graduating that day. Actually I'm replacing my wife because she claim that she have a really important meeting that day. Eventually I had to utilise the only leave that I have.

I never expected that it was going to be a long and tiring day. I've always hate university convocation because of its long and stupid protocol. I don't know when will they ever change it, or they might not even bother. University folks sometimes not very smart - remember the last time some not so smart old folks defended the name Universiti Pertanian Malaysia because of it's sentimental value - rubbish!

My Family in Laws - Picasa Album: Family

My sister in law with her lecturer - Picasa Album: Family

My sister in law with her friends - Picasa Album: Family