Grand Launching KompasTV

Sekarang mungkin kita agak bisa bernafas lega dengan hadirnya chanel station TV terbaru yang sangat menginspirasi Indonesia. Adalah KompasTV, sebuah perusahaan media yang mengemas program tayangan news, adventure & knowledge, entertainment dengan menekankan pada eksplorasi Indonesia baik budayanya maupun kekayaan alam.

Kelebihan KompasTV adalah sebagai kanal TV berbayar pertama yang memiliki kualitas High Definition ( HD) sehingga menghasilkan kualitas gambar dengan kontur yang jelas dan warna lebih tajam. Di samping itu KompasTV juga mengarah pada system televisi digital yang menjadi standar international.

Dalam Grand Launchingnya yang diadakan di Jakarta Convention Centre, jumat 9 september 2011 yang lalu, digelar Simfoni Semesta Raya dengan mengkolaborasikan beberapa musisi ternama, penyanyi dan penari.

Gw cuma mau curcol sedikit nih tentang malam itu..
When I read the rundown acara tertulis musisi dan artis pendukung yang namanya sudah cukup terkenal di tanah air dengan karyanya yang bukan main-main lagi. Sebut saja Adhie MS, Erwin Gutawa, Gita Gutawa, Sandy Sondhoro, dll. Anyway, teman-teman photographer kecewa berat ketika tau bahwa batasan mereka memotret tidak boleh melewati barisan tamu VIP/gold atau dengan kata lain mereka hanya boleh memotret dari tribun yang ..mmmm….lensanya tentu aja harus mumpuni. Teman-teman photographer pasti tambah kecewa kalau tau yang ada di barisan depan panggung itu ternyata cuma segerombolan anak-anak 4**Y yang dibayar oleh coordinator penggemar band untuk hore2, sorak2 ga jelas, males2an, sibuk motret narcis pake HP dan yang lebih nyebelin mereka malah komentar yang aneh-aneh ketika tarian nusantara perform.
I was trap at there!! ( but doesnt mean I 'm 4**Y :p ).
IMHOS ( In My Humble Opinion Seriously) acaranya will be ok without them.

Curcolan satu lagi adalah..i was starving enough on that night and i' m sure i was not the only one :D #kode

KompasTV mulai tayang perdana pada tgl 9 September yang lalu di sepuluh kota di Indonesia (Medan, Palembang, Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar, Banjarmasin, dan Makassar) yang jumlahnya akan terus ditambah.

Untuk program tayangan di KompasTV bisa dilihat di sini

Mudah2an sesuai misi & visinya KompasTV benar-benar bisa menghapus citra buruk pertelevisian yang isinya cuma sinetron yang never ending sequel itu..

From Nature With Love

I was taken this video in front of my house and other location.

Bicycle in Japan

Bicycle has become an integral part of Japan society. Almost everybody rides in every weather, from dressed businessman to grandmother, picking up the children from preschool, doing the daily groceries , communiting to work or university, all can be seen through the city street and side walk. Foreigners who arriving in Japan are often surprised.

Bicycles are known as jitensha or charinko (slang). The most common bicycles for every day use are typically equipped with a basket for carrying groceries and other items and/or a child seat (or two), a simple lock, a kickstand and just one gear. If we buy a new bicycle, the registration process will likely be handled by the store, but if we take over a used bicycle from somebody else, you are supposed to re-register the bicycle under your name at the local police station in order to avoid misunderstandings. In Japan we have to pay for throwing the used thing. That’s why somehow as my friend who lived there said, if the used bicycle park completely with the registration letter means you can have it..woww.

There are dedicated bicycle parking areas near most railwaystations and shopping centers due to the high popularity of bicycles. the bicycle is as ordinary as the dawn. Large housing blocks and metro stops have bicycle parking structures, and busy shopping districts may even have pay parking lots for bikes. Day and night, everywhere you go, the bicycle is there.

In Indonesia, the funny thing is if there is someone rides a bicyle may other people will think that those is poor man..or..now bicycling such a kind of trend since there's a bicycle community - really hard work- champaigning GO GREEN but most people misunderstand make those bicycle as a life style due its price..:(

ASEAN Fun Bike

This was the first of a series of events to usher in ASEAN's 44th birthday next August. As the Chair of ASEAN this year, Indonesia Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been working in close collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat to reach out to the public, ahead of ASEAN Day on 8 August.

Nearly a hundred people headed to the East Senayan on a Sunday morning July 10th 2011 for ASEAN Fun Bike. The good turnout by members of the diplomatic corp from ASEAN Member States, Dialogue Partners as well as non-Dialogue Partners, Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr Marty Natalegawa, The Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Surin Pitsuwanlocal and cycling communities.

The cyclists whizzing down Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, Jalan Gatot Subroto, Jalan Gerbang Pemuda, Jalan Asia Afrika, Jalan Hang Tuah, and Jalan Sisingamangaraja, and finishing at the ASEAN Secretariat.

They were welcomed with the refreshments and some stall bazaar at the car-park . At the same time Dr Natalegawa also donated several hundred books to charitable organisations in Jakarta.

A Letter from Panthera

Dear human,

I just lost my friend a  months ago. I thought he lost while hunting for some food but sadly he was caught in a trap made by you. He couldn’t do nothing, tried to survive without food and water for 7days while his right leg severely wounded and surrounded by insect. Some of you tried to help but it was too late. He was 18 months years old.

( watch the video about my friend )
credit title : Greenpeace Indonesia

The story begin while oneday we heard no more nature sound in our land but the noisy machine. It was not far away from the place where we used to play together or just lay down after did hunting. You called our home a forest. As you know forest ecosystem covers the flora and  fauna. Beside the animal the herbivores also live. The tree, grass and other plants that those animal need for food. As a top predator we have to hunt for food. We have to make sure that all animal -who live in -that we eats live.




Now felled trees everywhere. You’ve been trying to remove our land  and converted to a nonforest use. And due to spreading areas such as well as encroachment by logging and road building activities, we threated of habitat loss and we cannot live in places where trees have vanished. We were forced into areas closer to humans. Sometimes we lost and being killed or arrested while entering rural. Since forests also catch and help store rainwater and protect soils you have to remember that areas with less trees lead to floods and other disaster that effect to human.




Do you know when you save the forest means you save our habitat means you save us means you also save yourself?. Do you know we are at the top of the foodchain for the protection off all species on our earth?. Do you know saving the tigers means saving mankinds?. Well  I guess, on behalf of our community, & sure that you are smarter than us.

We just need our land back so our community can live along and you too. Stop hunting and trapping us in our own land.

Thank you  



Panthera

Berburu Sun Rise

Sebenarnya banyak variasi yang bisa didapat kala memotret sunrise tapi pada umumnya foto sunrise dihiasi dengan objek silhoute. Mengapa?

Dalam fotografi landscape ada pengenalan fase intensitas cahaya alam atau yang disebut fase remang. Memotret sunrise sebenarnya bisa dimulai ketika hari masih gelap dengan memanfaatkan lampu kota yaitu ketika langit masih gelap berwarna biru tua. Fase ini disebut fase Astronomi.

Kebanyakan waktu orang memotret sunrise dilakukan pada fase remang laut yaitu yang terjadi ketika warna utama yang terbentang di atmosfer biasanya biru tua dengan rona oranye dan kuning pada cakrawala yang disebabkan oleh matahari yang akan terbit. Detil akan lebih mudah dibedakan sehingga foto silhoute menjadi lebih menarik dibandingkan dengan foto landscape itu sendiri.

Pada saat cakrawala terlihat jelas, obyek akan makin jelas tergambar. Langit didominasi warna kuning pucat, merah neon, oranye cerah. Fase ini disebut remang madani dimana perubahan langit akan sangat cepat. Foto landscape akan lebih hidup pada fase ini.

Satu jam pertama sebelum matahari terbit ini disebut jam keemasan. Setelah 1 jam after sunrise langit akan berubah putih sehingga tidak lagi kondusif untuk fotografi landscape. Hal ini juga berlaku untuk memotret Sunset dengan urutan terbalik.

Jadi sudah tau jawabannya kenapa kebanyakan foto sunrise or sunset kebanyakan dengan objek silhoutte?

Seperti kita2 ini, karena merasa ga perlu jauh-jauh berburu sampai Pananjakan (berhubung lagi bokek juga sich), motret sunrise kali ini dilakukan dari depan rumah saja dengan perjuangannya kurang lebih sama yaitu males bangun pagi.. *yawn*

noted:
> jangan lupa pakai tripod.
> lebih bagus lagi dilakukan saat musim kemarau
> no editing, no photoshop, no filter ( apalagi pake kacamata item!!!)

One Foothold Shot Tricky

Once upon a time dalam suatu perjalanan nyasar, dan dalam waktu yang sesingkat-singkatnya (karena lagi nanya jalan), dipinggiran sawah yang satu langkah lagi bakalan nyemplung ke parit...

Jangankan berpikir untuk nyobain macam-macam angle, yang bisa saya lakukan cuma merubah framing (Shot Lenght) dan menunggu moment (sambil nunggu temen selesai nanya jalan :p)

Dalam keadaan kepepet seperti itu, main framing bikin gambar kelihatan berbeda seperti gbr 3 s/d 5. Jadi ga perlu putus asa kalau kita cuma memiliki ruang gerak yang sempit ketika mengcapture moment...

Don't miss your chance to shot :D