Yet more reading material
Two books I’d recently blogged about here and here arrived this afternoon, but by way of a different book store this time: The Book Depository, a UK-based online book store. The store boasts free shipping to a long list of
Category: Photography & Cameras
She’s eyeballing the…
Although last Sunday’s picture-taking with Hannah didn’t turn out well, I still managed to get a few nice pictures of her and Ling together. The ones with me in it though didn’t turned out well though. One resolution Ling had
Not an Ipod
I haven’t had the chance to use my recently acquired Gorilla Pod Focus extensively yet as we haven’t had the chance to bring Hannah out for outdoor photographic shoots yet, apart from that nearly failed attempt on Sunday. But here
Pimple removal
Ling always complains that she doesn’t look so good when I take pictures of her and Hannah. She’d look at her oily skin, eye bags, wrinkles, unflattering lighting, pimples, acne, black spots; then cringe and grumble that I didn’t take
Lonely Planet: Wildlife Travel Photography
I finally set aside some time over Sunday evening to begin reading the second of two photography books I’d bought from Kinokuniya during the 20% members discount a week ago. Lonely Planet has a couple of photography-theme books. I like
Baby photo-taking
Someone was saying that while macro photography is reasonably accessible to amateur photographers, it remains one of the most difficult themes in photo-taking for amateurs. There’s some truth to that: you’d want specialized equipment for starters – dedicated macro lenses,
Gorillapod Focus
The Gorillapod Focus arrived yesterday via USPS Postal Service after spending around 8 days in delivery – I purchased it from a small Montana-based shop selling photographic accessories. Ling has been anticipating the tripod’s arrival and already has ideas on
How to photograph absolutely everything
There’s another photography book that is a constant companion beside my bed: and that’s Tom Ang’s How to Photograph Absolutely Everything. This is a hard cover, coffee-table sized photo book on how to photograph, well, most of everything: and it
Revisiting HDR
My first HDR – or High Dynamic Range – photographic attempts were over a year ago (blogged here) and didn’t turn out so well. So, after reading the HDR book I picked up from Kinokuniya I went about the house
More night reading
One of the nicest things about Kinokuniya – the Japanese bookstore chain – in Singapore is the store’s Privilege Card membership. Now, books aren’t very cheap in Singapore as a rule (though they’re still cheaper than what I saw in
Macroing revisited
I haven’t been digging out my Sigma 150mm f2.8 macro for a spin since our Singapore Botanic Gardens visit a year ago, so dug it out on Saturday afternoon to take a few quick pictures around the house. The first
Son of a (flash) gun
The two most significant contributing factors that account for the large image quality difference between a compact camera and a DSLR is in the size of the sensor relative to the number of pixels the camera is rated at, and
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