Saturday, December 20, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
2008-10-11 Stephanie and Oliver
Binh Trinh, what can I say, you and Lin really captured our day. Amidst the road closure, missing padre, everything was in its stride. We and our guests were thoroughly impressed with you and Lin and the feedback was you were easy going, relaxed and captured the real u. Crying children, drunk groomsmen hard to control but man, the finished product was well worth the time and effort. If I could redo the whole wedding thing again, you would be my first call. I don't recall much of the day but the photos have captured it well and I see what everyone else saw. You worked with a backdrop which wasn't the greates waterfall but you made it amazing, You are easy going and made everyone look their best. You made me and my girls feel like princesses and that will forever be a memory I will cherish.
Thank you again for your time and effort on the day. Anyone not wanting to have you as their photographer woudl be a fool. So I say book in now if you want a guy that will make you all feel at ease and make your day extra special. Amazing Amazing Amazing fantanstic photos a must do.
Stephanie and Oliver.
Thank you again for your time and effort on the day. Anyone not wanting to have you as their photographer woudl be a fool. So I say book in now if you want a guy that will make you all feel at ease and make your day extra special. Amazing Amazing Amazing fantanstic photos a must do.
Stephanie and Oliver.
2008-10-25 Peter and Jaime - Wharerata
I love weddings, especially with clients who are just so relaxing and easy to deal with. They love the images, and so do the rest of their families and friends. I reckon some of these will win awards in the near future.
4th Annual B/W Spider award
WOW - to be recognised and to have our names listed in such a prestigious competition is an absolute honour.
The Spider Award is the world leading competition for black and white photography, with judges include the head of the Tate Gallery (London). For this year, my sister and I entered 10 images, which me being in the professional and Thu Trinh (my sister) entered into the amateur side. She completely kicked my butt. She received an Nomination, as well as achieving an amazing 3rd place - Honour of Distinction in the Still Life category. I achieved 3 Nominations, and have my names up there on the website, along with some very big names in photography. Very exciting indeed.
Next year, we will definitely compete again and hope to take home more awards next year.
The Spider Award is the world leading competition for black and white photography, with judges include the head of the Tate Gallery (London). For this year, my sister and I entered 10 images, which me being in the professional and Thu Trinh (my sister) entered into the amateur side. She completely kicked my butt. She received an Nomination, as well as achieving an amazing 3rd place - Honour of Distinction in the Still Life category. I achieved 3 Nominations, and have my names up there on the website, along with some very big names in photography. Very exciting indeed.
Next year, we will definitely compete again and hope to take home more awards next year.
Signs - Thu Tring - 3rd Place - Honour of Distinction
Lizard - Thu Trinh - Nature
The last dance
Abel Tasman National Park
Please stop!Kodak Gold Awards
The Kodak Awards is a prestigious annual event on the NZ photography calendar. It celebrates outstanding photography and recognises excellence and creativity in the industry. We are proud to have earned 1 Gold and 3 Silver awards. In particular, the Gold award was in the wedding album category, which is a particularly difficult category as it requires an entire album to have consistently powerful and emotion images, as well as the ability to tell the story. I have always believed that a good wedding photographer must be able to show of entire albums, not just individual files. Hope you enjoy these images.
Silver in Portrait. Lin's first award, yippee.
Silver Portrait
Silver in Portrait. Lin's first award, yippee.
Silver Portrait
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
When is a good time to buy a DSLR?
The prices of DSLR will always drop, so it is unrealistic to wait for ever. So the important thing is to understand what you need from the camera, depending on your current skill levels and also how far you want to achieve in photography. Once you understand your needs, then your choices will be much more limited, maybe down to just one model from each of the brand. After that, you just need to figure out which one captures your imagination.
Now is the hard part, do you buy it now or wait for the prices to come down.
If you have some major events coming up, then I would suggest you buy it asap, learn to use the camera, and of course put it to good use at the event. With Xmas coming up, there is not much time to wait. Most camera manufacturers release their new models twice a year, February and September. So if you need to capture images at X-mas there is really no point waiting as it is unlikely any big brand would bring out a new model now. They will have specials, but unlikely to have new models.
So what camera should I buy?
DO I NEED A DSLR? (a blog I wrote in my first newsletter)
DSLR stands for digital single lens reflective. Essentially, they are cameras with interchangeable lens that most pros use. The answers to this questions is yes and no:
YES: if you really want to be a good photographer who understands the technical sides of photography and uses the knowledge to create beautiful images. DSLR are very cheap these days, starting at just over $1000 for a body with lens. If you are a beginner, you should attend courses to improve your understanding.
NO: if you simply want take pictures for the sake of record keeping. However, if you think you want to have the flexibility to improve your skills, then please invest in one of the more high end point and shoot which does give manual controls. the Canon G9 is an extremely nice camera that delivers great pictures in both point and shoot, as well as manual modes. In addition, the G9 is a cool looking camera with cheap underwater case. As a bonus, the video resolution is very high, at 1024x768.
Next time, i will discuss which DSLR are worth looking at. Please feel free to ask me any questions.
Now is the hard part, do you buy it now or wait for the prices to come down.
If you have some major events coming up, then I would suggest you buy it asap, learn to use the camera, and of course put it to good use at the event. With Xmas coming up, there is not much time to wait. Most camera manufacturers release their new models twice a year, February and September. So if you need to capture images at X-mas there is really no point waiting as it is unlikely any big brand would bring out a new model now. They will have specials, but unlikely to have new models.
So what camera should I buy?
DO I NEED A DSLR? (a blog I wrote in my first newsletter)
DSLR stands for digital single lens reflective. Essentially, they are cameras with interchangeable lens that most pros use. The answers to this questions is yes and no:
YES: if you really want to be a good photographer who understands the technical sides of photography and uses the knowledge to create beautiful images. DSLR are very cheap these days, starting at just over $1000 for a body with lens. If you are a beginner, you should attend courses to improve your understanding.
NO: if you simply want take pictures for the sake of record keeping. However, if you think you want to have the flexibility to improve your skills, then please invest in one of the more high end point and shoot which does give manual controls. the Canon G9 is an extremely nice camera that delivers great pictures in both point and shoot, as well as manual modes. In addition, the G9 is a cool looking camera with cheap underwater case. As a bonus, the video resolution is very high, at 1024x768.
Next time, i will discuss which DSLR are worth looking at. Please feel free to ask me any questions.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Photojunction Remix - Smoking Hot program
PJ remix is the new version of Photojunction that allows creation of beautiful and elegant albums with ease. It has gone a long way over the last year or so. The new interface is much more user friendly, and contains much more powerful features. However, there are still plenty of room for improvement. The biggest thing is the ability for it to be integrated with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, which are essentially two industry standard softwares. If PJ can accomplish in the near future, the album design process will be so much more streamline and efficient, and it would definitely push PJ to be right at the top of the photography industry. There are a few other design features that I would love to be changed, that include:
only one window, instead of 3
more customise option
http://photojunction.com/
Apart from that, PJ Remix rocks, and I love it. You can't go wrong with the program so please give it a go, 30 days free trial, and it would definitely change your album design life forever
Disappointments are opportunities in disguise
Life is never perfect. But it is the "imperfect" moments/events that make life just so perfect. Life is what you make it to be. You can always create joy out of any situation, and vice versa, you can always create sadness out of every situation. I firmly believe that life is truly in your hand.
I recently watched the movie with Steve Carrell where he had to build an ark because god told him so. As no one else could see god, no one believed him, especially his family. The most profound statement from the movie was when god told his wife this,
"if you asked god to bring your family closer, do you think he would simply grant you that wish, or would he provide you with an opportunity to grow together", something along this line.
Disappointments are exactly that, opportunities. Opportunities for us to grow and to look at the world with a more open view. It is sad to see many people who simply just frown at life and blame god this and other people that because their life is just not going well. Negative thinking is an endless trap where nothing is ever good enough, in particularly you are never good enough. What would eventually follow is that they would then compare themselves with everyone and the result would be that everyone is better, more successful etc.
Life is not a competition against others, but is a competition against yourself. Not all of us can be Bill Gate, but all of us can be better than what we are now. When we can understand that, then life will be a fun journey with learning opportunities around every corner. So my aim is to try not to let disappointments to get me down, but rather use them to pick me up and put a smile on my face.
I recently watched the movie with Steve Carrell where he had to build an ark because god told him so. As no one else could see god, no one believed him, especially his family. The most profound statement from the movie was when god told his wife this,
"if you asked god to bring your family closer, do you think he would simply grant you that wish, or would he provide you with an opportunity to grow together", something along this line.
Disappointments are exactly that, opportunities. Opportunities for us to grow and to look at the world with a more open view. It is sad to see many people who simply just frown at life and blame god this and other people that because their life is just not going well. Negative thinking is an endless trap where nothing is ever good enough, in particularly you are never good enough. What would eventually follow is that they would then compare themselves with everyone and the result would be that everyone is better, more successful etc.
Life is not a competition against others, but is a competition against yourself. Not all of us can be Bill Gate, but all of us can be better than what we are now. When we can understand that, then life will be a fun journey with learning opportunities around every corner. So my aim is to try not to let disappointments to get me down, but rather use them to pick me up and put a smile on my face.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
TTD with Kim
Another sneak preview from an amazing shoot with Kim who was just a blast to work with.
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