Day 1: Dubai Tennis Men’s Open

Yey! I was there! A friend of mine by the name of Flor had 2 tickets for the Tennis Open. Sadly, she’s single and she had no idea who’s to bring with her to watch the game. The ticket was given by her boss and “required” (yes, it was a must!) her to watch the game since her boss is leaving for Kuala Lumpur.

Until one day, (which was last week) we IMed each other…until it came to a point that I agreed to go with her to watch the game. I was so excited to know that I will be having an opportunity to watch a tennis game (…the real tennis game!) and probably hold also a shoot! I haven’t been to shooting a sports scene…I don’t think I have the talent to capture any bolting objects…reason? Because my cam isn’t as high tech as the other photographers‘. But hey, that principle is definitely in contradiction with my blog description. Yes, I believe in my blog description…but sometimes I can’t help but become painfully desirous of other’s advantages of having a good cam set.

Oh not only that…on that day, I felt I was the most stupid person in the whole wide universe! …because I forgot to bring my camera…and I also forgot to recharge my batt! Wtf! So, after office, I had to drop by our house to get my cam and just bought a disposable battery…”goodluck how long this would last!”

I was all set for capturing moments for the game…but hey! We were told that there’s a rule of “No Flash Photography”…wtf ! (for the 2nd time!). Alright…I have a very low shutter speed by default, and now I have to dwell on the fact that I can’t use my flash which means that my photos might be prone to camera shakes! Yeah, right…my guess was right…I couldn’t seem to capture any single moving ball…my god! What a poor skill! I was sooo disappointed.

I was a bit happy though…Roger Federer won! (oh by the way, he’s sooo gorgeous…shhhh…Is Randy here?). As we went outside the stadium and head for dinner, we became curious why bunch of people seemed to be waiting for someone near the toilet. And yes, ohmigod, they were waiting for Federer to come out from his shower room! So I immediately grabbed my poor cam from its carry case…only to find out…I RAN OUT OF BATTERY! Wtf (for the 3rd time)! So I just patiently stayed there and anticipate the coming of Federer. I suddenly remembered that my friend brought her cam, so I grabbed it. I told her to show off our ticket and when opportunity permits, we would ask him to sign our tickets. So, we’re ready!

Few minutes later, Federer came out! And people began screaming and pushing each other (including us by the way!)…since I was an avid fan of Ginebra way back then, I told myself, I can do this…so I grabbed my friend and ran after Federer…I was shouting, “Flor, flor, papirmahan mo yung ticket, ako magshu-shoot!”…we were like crazy, really! But it was all worth it! We made it! Though we did not have the great shots…at least I was able to feel satisfied a bit…we were laughing so hard!
So here are some of the sample pictures that I took (I told you, these are not so amusing...hay):



Multi-tasking? Photo by Flor


The only thing that made me satisfied!

Some of my friends (even my hubby) say, I don’t need another camera…but I just feel like buying another one…would that also mean changing my blog description? I’m afraid not…Good compositions can still be created using any point-and-shoot camera, but one thing you can’t have with these cameras are: “ease, comfort and … winning shots!”. There are many good pictures…but only few make headway…sigh…sigh…sigh