Spike
Labels: Architecture, Gallery
Blogged at 9:04 PM
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sparkling Sydney
The power of golden hours doesn't last right after the dusk. Here, I'm showing you that after the sun sets, the sky becomes darker, still with lots of blue in it... That's your aim! Shoot the cityscape when the sky is still blue (or dark blue) with the city lights turned on already! And whenever is possible, add some additional power to your image such as reflection from water. Here I use long shutter shot so that the reflection blurred and dramatizing the scene...
Labels: Cityscape, Cityscape 101, Gallery
Blogged at 9:39 PM
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Mysterious Dissapearance
One of my best B&W so far... I like the mysteriously disappearing steps in the middle ground and also the dark shadow of the rocks extends the obscurity to the next level... The black paths were done by burn it in Photoshop CS4
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
Looking away
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Friday, July 31, 2009
Green Parrot
Blogged at 9:10 PM
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
The Rocks (HDR)
Blogged at 7:25 PM
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Melbourne CBD EAST
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Fields of Hope
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Cityscape 101.2
Here comes another tips for shooting cityscapes...
Most of the cityscape photographs will be stunning if it's taken from higher elevation!
Look for tall buildings which is not quite interesting to be taken and shoot from it!
This photo was taken from the famous Singapore Flyer, pointing to Singapore itself at dusk time (remember the Golden Hour rule!) and using an 11 mm ultra-wide lens! Go wide always
works best with also cityscape and landscape photography!
Labels: Cityscape, Cityscape 101, Gallery, Tutorials
Blogged at 4:25 PM
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Travellography Volume 1 is OUT! Download now!
Last week I said I would try to create a SoFoBoMo right? And now, it's done and you can download it for free... This Travellography book will be my first of a series of books about my travels through the world (well, it's all around the world actually, have no money to do it >.<)
Well, I hope that you will like this book... I plan to create another one when I visit Sydney next month... Enjoy and I'm waiting for comments about this one as usual...
Labels: Travellography
Blogged at 3:08 PM
Monday, June 29, 2009
Introduction to SoFoBoMo
Hey, have you heard this term before? I just read about it this morning and found out that SoFoBoMo might be a challenging activity for photographers. SoFoBoMo stands for Solo Photo Book Month, firstly started by Paul Butzi. Now, there is around 125 books completed and available to download in the website.
In SoFoBoMo, you have to create a PDF book, created and finished in 31 days. You should layout your photos in a canvas using any layout designer (Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Publisher etc). I prefer to use iPhoto '09 from Apple though because it's always quick, simple, and the result is gorgeous with Mac! The layout doesn't have to be cool, put a lot of detail on the photo captions, etc... It's said that the rule are only: it's done in 31 days, at least 35 photos/book, and layout your photos in PDF format. That's it!
I haven't created any yet, because most of my portfolio was done in random dates. I think SoFoBoMo is essential for photographers because it push us to be consistent on producing photos (don't have to be great ones) and at least continuously learning something new everyday. I'll tell you when I created one...
Hope that I will find someway to put in on the net so you can download it too ^^
Well, read the detail on the web of www.sofobomo.org for more details...
Labels: Tutorials
Blogged at 10:01 AM
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Stunning Portraits 101.1
Try to use properties such as chairs and windows and frame your object nicely!
The picture below is one of my favorite "landscaped" portrait photographs ^^
Labels: Gallery, Portraits, Stunning Portraits 101, Tutorials
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Cityscape 101.1
Bet on the golden rule of landscape! Shoot in dawn and dusk (which will create stunning sky!)
For cityscape, personally I prefer shooting in dusk because the light from the building will help creating colorful image, merged with the stunning sky light; cityscape is one of my favorite branches of photography!
And don't forget your tripod! Shooting at golden hour means you let the shutter opened for 1-4 seconds. Keep it steady-still to preserve every crisp details possible!
Labels: Cityscape, Cityscape 101, Gallery, Tutorials
Blogged at 10:02 PM
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Spark!
Labels: Gallery, Lights, Still Life
Blogged at 1:28 AM
Monday, June 15, 2009
Coastal Landscape
Blogged at 11:58 AM
Friday, June 12, 2009
