Aaron & Shin Yee's Wedding

I never shoot weddings, and will not shoot weddings for commercial purpose due to personal preference. However, this is special case as the bride is my cousin. This is also the first time I add textures into my photo. I chose Black & White as my theme for the post-processing (PP) work-flow.

Note: I'm not the primary photographer thus all my shots are not up-closed and in the best position/angle.














































There are some shots I missed as there are just too many photographers blocking me:
- The dress (hanged)
- Zipping the dress
- Make up
- Ring exchanging
- Kissing
- etc...

Water Drop Photography

I wanted to try this since I got my macro lens long time ago. However, due to my laziness, I never tried one until today.

The set up was simple, but for first-timers, it's a little tricky. It may not be as easy as it seen.

The theory is the same with Smoke Photography, you'll need a tripod, an off-camera flash & preferably a macro lens. I used the same technique to focus on the water drop, pretty much similar to what I did in Smoke Photography. You will need to hold a pen/stick or whatsoever on the spot where the water droplets touches the surface, then use your camera's manual focus to focus on the pen/stick, and you're done with the focusing part.

I use an aperture of f/16 + 1/200, flash power set to around 1/4. I used some white paper to bounce my flash towards the water droplets and do not point the flash directly on the water.

After almost 30 minutes of set up, I'm done with it and start my shooting session.









Because the container I used is red in colour, thus the water droplets appear red. I'll just stick with it.





What about this 3-Colour Collage? I bet it'll look nice on big canvas prints!

(This is my set up, sorry for the pic quality)

First Win

After 405 days with DSLR photography (officially), I finally won my first ever price through photography.

The shot was not planned. It just happened that I saw it, and shot it. The result was satisfactory so I decided to submit it to the local Digital Camera Magazine (DCM).

After several months, as usual, I bought an issue of DCM, flip through it and saw my shot in it. The moment is memorable and what I felt is just indescribable in words.

(The shot that published in DCM)

(Original photo)

This shot won me a Tamrac Adventure 6 (5546) Backpack.


UPDATE: I have redeemed my bag on 19/03/10. The bag is too small, impractical to use I would say.

(Built quality is so-so, I'll give 6/10 as the material used is very normal)

(Front view)

(Rear view)

(Side view)

(Main compartment. I can hardly fit anything in. Note: 18-55mm on the left, Tamron SP90mm on the right)

(Front compartment. Note: Sony Ericsson k810i on the right)

(Top compartment. The width of the top compartment is around the length of 580EX II)

(For size comparison purpose)

I wonder how much could I sell this impractical bag for?

UPDATE: Sold the bag on 18/04/10 for RM200.

Price: RM 280.00
Discount: RM80.00
Net: RM 200.00

Total spending to date: RM 6,421.55 - RM200.00 = RM 6,221.55

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Panning 02

It has been so long (almost a year) since my last panning practice.







All shots @ 1/40s, f/9, ISO 100

Any improvements?

Seafood @ Tanjung Karang

I would say this play worth a try.

"爽乐乐河边海鲜卡拉 OK" - what a weird name.

Anyway, here are some of the pics:

(Mantis Shrimp - Before)

(Mantis Shrimp - After, can you see the difference??)

Man I gotta say I LOVE this dish, it was my favorite dish. The only seasoning used is salt and it taste splendidly delicious. It costs RM 2.50 per shrimp, not so cheap but its worthwhile. After all, this shrimp is not cheap seafood either.

(Barramundi a.k.a. 石甲鱼 - So so compared to the mantis shrimp, but still tastes quite well)

Besides the 2 dishes above, we also ordered 2kgs of Crab, 1 plate of mini octopus, & a plate of clam (looks like we forgot to order some vegetable!).

The bill came out at RM189.30 for 6 persons, average RM31.55 per person. Still OK for a meal of fresh and tasty seafood in big portion (compared to KL area).

Some pics of the scenery around the restaurant:






For food hunters, I will provide you a coordinate:
3° 23' 59.55" N 101° 10' 15.88" E

Bad Day....Bad Day!!

I will always remember this day...this is the day where my hot shoe spoiled and I cannot trigger my flashgun!!!

Anyway, back to the point. This is my first try on Thematic Portraiture shooting and I'm very honored to be in part of this session.

The theme was "Joker", more to the dark side I perhaps. Before this day I have no idea what I'm going to shoot as I joined last minute. I believe this is resembling the Joker in the Batman Movie - "The Dark Knight".

































Special thanks to our Model & Make-up Artists. =)

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UPDATE: Camera sent for repair on 07/12/09, taken back at 10/12/09, hot shoe replaced. Good service there, Canon.