Perth City at Night 2 (Part 2/2)

June 6, 2008 | Filed Under B&W, Night, Photography, Places | Leave a Comment

Here’s part 2/2 of Perth City at Night 2. Previous photoshoots:

Perth City at Night
Perth City at Night 2 (Part 1/2)

Enjoy the shots and feel free to leave a comment below:

Do You Want to Eat at this McDonald’s?
Took this in the heart of the city, it’s actually the back of a McDonald’s store. Thought it’s interesting.

Queue into the Bus B&W
This doesn’t quite happen very often in Malaysia.

Crossing the Road to the Train Station
Took this while walking across the road, thought the shadow was good and wished I had composed the image better before-hand.

Traffic Light in Perth
Is the traffic light in your country any different?

Man with Bicycle
Just a random man pushing his bicycle in Perth.

Buildings in Perth
Buildings in Perth taken at night.

I have come to the conclusion that it is POSSIBLE to shoot at night-time without a tripod with my 18-55mm VR and still produce decent results, although a little noisy. However, I would still love to get myself a tripod and get some really decent shots with slower shutter speed and smaller aperture. That will have to wait.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

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Perth City at Night 2 (Part 1/2)

June 5, 2008 | Filed Under Night, Photography, Places, Portrait | 7 Comments

These are some of the shots that I personally like from the date cum photoshoot two nights ago (thank you L for being so patient with me!). I can honestly say that I had not done a thorough editing work, but more like a little bit of each shots’ brightness, contrast, noise, exposure and white balance.

The shots were mostly taken with RAW and a few JPG. No tripod, still waiting for my job to settle down. I only used my 18-55m VR (VR was kept on) and my Nikon D60 all night long. No flash on all except the last one with built-in flash (too lazy and cold to set up my SB-400). ISO were mostly Auto up to 1600, except for a few. If you need the EXIF, just leave a comment below and I’ll provide it.

Alright, on to the pictures. Enjoy:

NOTE: Click on pictures to enlarge =)

Which Suit for You?
Easily my favourite shot from the lot (I learned to apply spot metering in my night photography).

Do You Know what You are Carrying?
An ongoing campaign in Australia targeting the youths on STD.

The Couple in London Court
I converted this into B&W using my camera from RAW, but I wanted to show the colour here.

The Violin Guy
The Violin guy who plays extremely soothing tune. I know the shot isn’t the best, but I.. like it.

The Guitar Guy
The Guitar guy plays great great tune from his guitar with some effects, joyful music. *built-in flash used*

Part 2/2 coming up next!

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Unexpected Date & Photoshoot

June 4, 2008 | Filed Under Good Times, Night, Photography, Places | 3 Comments

I was supposed to update yesterday, but I received a last minute call from L to have dinner in the city =) So I tugged my Nikon D60 along as well with my 18-55mm VR and 50mm 1.8D. There isn’t any extra room for the 55-200mm, but I soon realised that I only needed the 18-55mm. I had been wanting to go out for a photoshoot and I must say this was a golden opportunity for me to get my lazy ass up and start taking some photos. Of course, my main priority is still to go out with L =)

I had taken about 60 shots tonight, all handheld (no tripod yet, any sponsors?) with high ISO, slow shutter speed, widest aperture possible with the 18-55mm, with VR on. Before dinner, we went to Borders to read some books. I grabbed myself a photography book and managed to learn a thing or two about metering modes in about an hour. I think I had successfully learned how to apply Matrix, Center Weighting and Spot metering modes. I started going euphoric when I managed to shoot a shot with Spot metering mode which I found impossible with Matrix metering, which I had been using almost all the time. I think L was probably annoyed by the kiddy me throughout the night. But I know she was happy for me too =)

Anyway, I had just finished with my editing, but I must honestly say that post-production part was done nonchalantly tonight. I fell asleep after 30 minutes because my laptop is far too slow for Lightroom 1.4 (only 512MB RAM in my laptop, which explains why I haven’t really taken up Photoshop). Imagine the waiting time I have to endure. I hope you guys are not sick of my Perth City at Night shots, because the next entry will be titled Perth City at Night 2.

Here’s a peek of one of the shots tonight:

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Have a great day =)

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Wordless Thursday

May 15, 2008 | Filed Under Night, Photography, Places | 2 Comments

Burswood Resort, 20 seconds exposure.

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Wordless Monday

May 12, 2008 | Filed Under Photography, Places, Portrait | 3 Comments

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One, Two, Three

May 8, 2008 | Filed Under Photography, Places, Portrait, Rough Times | 7 Comments

One thousand wedding photos to edit before Saturday (actually slightly more than that).

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Two thousand five hundred words to write before Monday.

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Three dollars left in total. I need a job. Badly.

Sorry for not replying your comments, guys. I’ve been really tired and lazy of late, totally screwing up my sleeping habit and have also been job-hunting during the day. I’ve got heaps of photos to share, but just haven’t got the time. In two weeks’ time, I will be free from the clutches of evil uni life. But that also means that these two weeks are crucial to me, hence the lack of updates.

Here’s my reply to a few comments:

Welcome to my blog, Feng. I like the way you blog too, found your blog through VerveEarth a couple of months back.

Would love to try your D3, terence. I think I would have been “poisoned”, for sure. Would also try getting some rechargeables instead of alkalines too, have over 50 alkalines lying around my room as I type this. But what I need more than anything right now is an external hard drive. My 60GB laptop has only less than 1GB left. And I find that I can take better photos at night, as I find that better shots can be composed at my own pace (the night is always still young, they say). I still struggle with portrait.

Thanks ehon for the tips, although I don’t think I’ll have any weddings to shoot in the near future. I didn’t know about the don’t-use-flash-too-much before, and I should try to watch out on my flash techniques. My white balance technique is probably the worst. Maybe I’m not that creative or I’m simply too boring/old-fashioned, but I tend to judge the photos with my eyes for the ‘right’ colours. More photography mags will do the trick, I guess.

Thanks guys for the great input. Appreciate it =)

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My First Wedding Photography Experience

May 6, 2008 | Filed Under Photography, Places, Portrait, Rough Times, Thoughts, Wedding | 16 Comments

dsc_3389-1-medium My First Wedding Photography Experience

The Rings taken with the 35mm

My first wedding photography experience was a real one, meaning I haven’t gone to any other weddings to practice before-hand. Then again, I had ample time to prepare for it, but I haven’t had the luxury of the best equipments around. Initially, I was equipped and was ready to risk it all with: