Reza Ali

9 November 2007 I’ve always been fascinated by discussions and debates around camera gear. People are always ready to defend their gear against the invaders, pretenders and wanna-bes (at least that’s what they called all other equipment manufacturers). I have always shied away from these debates but for posterity’s sake let me put my reasoning. … Read more

8 November 2007 I waited for about 3 months to get my TS-E 24mm f/3.5 L. Apart from the tilt and shift function, the colours and saturation that this little lens gives is just plain amazing and I still can’t get over it. It is one of the sharpest lens I have and I feel … Read more

7 November 2007 100 Ways To Take Better Black and White Photographs by Michael Milton Publisher David and Charles First published 2005 I bought this book a long time ago when I wanted to learn more about black and white photography. This is a simple book and, as the name suggests, writes about 100 ways … Read more

7 November 2007 I was moved to write about this speech given by HRH Sultan Azlan Shah on 29 October 2007 at the Opening Ceremony of the 14th Malaysian Law Conference. Many have written about it and if you do a search on google, you can find the views of all the commentators about how … Read more

6 November 2007 The Practical Zone System for Film and Digital Photography by Chris Johnson Publised by Focal Press 1st published 2007 Continuing my journey into black and white photography, I decided to study in depth the Zone System as developed by Ansel Adams. Chris Johnson was a student of Adams and in this books … Read more

6 November 2007 Black & White Photography Techniques with Adobe Photoshop By Maurice Hamilton Publisher Amherst Media First Published 2006 This was one of the first books I bought to study digital black and white conversion techniques. Its divided into 7 parts with an 8th part being a gallery of images. The parts are as … Read more

5 November 2007 This was a very bad and dull image though I liked the scene. No matter what I tried I couldn’t push the colours or the contrast of this image without sacrificing something in return. So I decided to do a few things. First was to process the RAW to get as much … Read more

4 November 2007 This is distressing news. Canon is doing a worldwide recall of their recently released Canon EOS 1D Mark III. I was fortunate to have gotten hold of the first batch when it arrived in Malaysia. Not all are effected apparently and they are recalling the camera bodies bearing serial number serial numbers … Read more

2 November 2007 Randy Craft is a great friend and teacher who lives in Hawaii. He was in Malaysia recently and I had the opportunity to take some portraits of him. Even as I obsess myself with getting the most up to date gear such as my 1DIII and the 85mm f/1.2 L, I find … Read more

2 November 2007 Sal is a friend of mine and we were both attending a conference. I spent hours taking her photo and using different poses and different lenses. This is the best of the best. I think eyes have to be pin sharp in portraits and I’m very pleased with how her eyes really … Read more