The wedding was small, but intimate. The speeches from the guests were touching and it was a priviledge to have been there to witness the love that was shared with everyone.
jhh
Friday, August 22, 2008
A beautiful winter wedding with Hene and Jaden
The wedding was small, but intimate. The speeches from the guests were touching and it was a priviledge to have been there to witness the love that was shared with everyone.
jhh
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Essential camera accessories - my list
Here is a list of essential items that you would need to excel in photography. This is only my personal recommendations. if you have any comments, please feel free to join in the debate
1-Tripod. You will miss out beautiful shots if you dont have a tripod, especially at night when light availability is non-existence. You can also use tripod to increase your shutter speed duration and thus be able to create some very artistic blur effect. Light tripods are easy to carry out, while heavy tripods are more sturdy. Of course, you can always grab these state of the art carbon fibre tripods that are both strong and super light, but are very expensive. If you have the mula, then these would be awesome investments.
I love Manfrotto tripods, so here is their link. www.manfrotto.com.
2-UV Filter. This filter mainly acts as a protector to the lens' front glass element, as well as help to cut out haze and UV light. It is much cheaper to replace a UV filter than the front glass, so please use a UV filter on the front for all your lens, ALL THE TIME.
Cheap filters are sufficient, and Tiffen filters will do the job nicely. I sometimes use B&W for my more expensive lens.
3-Polarise Filter. This helps to dark the blue sky, as well as to cut glare across the water surface on a sunny day so you can see below. Please note that you can over use this effect and create unrealistic shift in the blue sky, and thus practice is required to best use this filter. Like most things, quality does matter. The more expensive filters will give better contrast and clarity, as well as low loss of transmitable light, as well as being thinner.
Once again, Tiffen is fine, but B&W are just the best. If you use wide angle lens, then you will need very thin filters.
4-External Flash. Not only are the external flashes more powerful, they will also give you great flexibility when it comes to using flash in your photography. The golden rule of using flash is to make the pictures looks like it was lit with natural light, and this cannot be done with an in-camera flash. If you can afford it, please go out and buy one, and you will be amazed of the new possiblities that will await you. You dont need an expensive one.
5-Comfortable Bags. If you have alot of gear, a nice bag goes along way to make your photography experience even more enjoyable. Also consider a bag with all weather cover to protect your valuable assets if you happen to be caught in the rain. I love Lowepro bags.
6-INTERNET. Where else can you learn so much for free. I have mostly learnt my photography and photoshop skills via the internet. I am still learning.
Please feel free to offer your feedbacks on this topic. Please also let me know if you find the above information useful, or what kind of information you would like me to cover in the next issue.
1-Tripod. You will miss out beautiful shots if you dont have a tripod, especially at night when light availability is non-existence. You can also use tripod to increase your shutter speed duration and thus be able to create some very artistic blur effect. Light tripods are easy to carry out, while heavy tripods are more sturdy. Of course, you can always grab these state of the art carbon fibre tripods that are both strong and super light, but are very expensive. If you have the mula, then these would be awesome investments.
I love Manfrotto tripods, so here is their link. www.manfrotto.com.
2-UV Filter. This filter mainly acts as a protector to the lens' front glass element, as well as help to cut out haze and UV light. It is much cheaper to replace a UV filter than the front glass, so please use a UV filter on the front for all your lens, ALL THE TIME.
Cheap filters are sufficient, and Tiffen filters will do the job nicely. I sometimes use B&W for my more expensive lens.
3-Polarise Filter. This helps to dark the blue sky, as well as to cut glare across the water surface on a sunny day so you can see below. Please note that you can over use this effect and create unrealistic shift in the blue sky, and thus practice is required to best use this filter. Like most things, quality does matter. The more expensive filters will give better contrast and clarity, as well as low loss of transmitable light, as well as being thinner.
Once again, Tiffen is fine, but B&W are just the best. If you use wide angle lens, then you will need very thin filters.
4-External Flash. Not only are the external flashes more powerful, they will also give you great flexibility when it comes to using flash in your photography. The golden rule of using flash is to make the pictures looks like it was lit with natural light, and this cannot be done with an in-camera flash. If you can afford it, please go out and buy one, and you will be amazed of the new possiblities that will await you. You dont need an expensive one.
5-Comfortable Bags. If you have alot of gear, a nice bag goes along way to make your photography experience even more enjoyable. Also consider a bag with all weather cover to protect your valuable assets if you happen to be caught in the rain. I love Lowepro bags.
6-INTERNET. Where else can you learn so much for free. I have mostly learnt my photography and photoshop skills via the internet. I am still learning.
Please feel free to offer your feedbacks on this topic. Please also let me know if you find the above information useful, or what kind of information you would like me to cover in the next issue.
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
Glamour Portraits
What a great day of shooting. I had the absolute pleasure to do glamour portrait for these lovely ladies last Wednesday, 6th August. I teamed up with Spectra (www.spectrahair.co.nz), one of the leading hair salon in town, to provide this wonderful service which aims to celebrate the female beauty across all ages. The girls (not ladies) were great to work with, and they were all extremely delighted with the pictures. Well done to us all :)
Monday, August 4, 2008
My temporary home for blogs (ideas and thoughts)
This will be my temporary home for blogs until I have one setup that will be embedded within my website. That will be exciting. Dave, my website, designer, it just too busy with work so i guess i will wait patiently for his time.I will use the space as a mean to show off my latest work, share the news and competition results, as well as a journal on my thoughts and ideas on work, life, relationship, love, etc. This will be the space where I can be myself, share my belief, exchange ideas, and make friends. So please feel free to comment and drop me a line, and join me on this adventure where hopefully we all could discover what life really does have to offer around every corner at every moment.
Binh
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