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 Learning to Light Easy and affordable techniques for the photographer by Roger Hicks and Frances Schultz Amphoto books I find this book to be quite user friendly. It’s basically divided into 2 sections the first being techniques and equipment and the second sections devoted to projects focusing on still life, portraits and … Read more
2 November 2007 The Annabel Williams Book of Wedding and Portrait Photography By Annabel Williams Published by Rotovision 1st Published 2003 Annabel Williams is an award winning wedding and portrait photographer from Britain. In my efforts to do wedding photography I set out to study leading photographers from around the world and her name appears … Read more
2 November 2007 This is one of my favourite image. I went through a phase of making ordinary everyday objects look extra-ordinary. 2 things makes this picture work for me. First is the level of detail caught by the 35mm f/1.4 L. To quote someone who reviewed this image, ‘It’s so crunchy, that you have … Read more
2 November 2007 I took this portrait of Mary in February. It was my first ‘proper’ model photo shoot. To tell you the truth, I didn’t have a clue about what I was doing so I just made things up as I went along. I like this one very much for 2 reasons: firstly because … 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
2 November 2007 In my quest to get a grip on photography I often refer to a small passage by Stewart Emery. Its a simple passage and yet has so much profound meaning to it that I can say that my photographic skills evolved to what it is now by virtue of applying these simple … Read more