Finally it’s my turn to be on tv. For those who caught my episode on Channel News Asia today, here are the images that I’ve taken. A few of them were featured in the show. I can count the number of times I shot in the jungle with one hand….most of the time, I’ll be with my trail running shoes and hydration pack, not camera and lenses.
Monitor Lizard at Sungai Buloh
Butterfly at Hort Park
Yawning or threatening?
Low level shot at Sungei Buloh
At the start of my photography career, a good friend asked me “What do I want to do with my photography?”. A valid question and a loaded one too. What is it that motivates me? What gives me direction? My answer to him that time was I wanted to use photography to impact society. It sounded lofty at that time, like wishing for world peace, but it was something I truly believed in. Continue reading 'What do you want to do with your photography?'»
Images will only be posted on this blog after the airing of the episode in August.
It all began with my inane desire to be a calafare in a show. I didn’t even mind playing the dead person or someone crossing the street in the background. So when I was approached to be a guest photographer in a local series to be aired on Channel News Asia, I gladly said yes. And then I found out the minor role wasn’t that minor at all. The host Tom Ang, is a writer of many photography books you see in the bookshops. So 2 guest photographers, together with Tom,
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This is a follow up on my notes on
shooting portraits with a flash. The same principle applies where you can use a wireless transmitter, ST-E2, or another flash, with firing disabled. The trick is balancing it with ambient light. A bit of trial and error on the flash output is required to have the effect more or less pronounced in comparison with the ambient. The pictures taken in Aceh shows the different levels of flash output and
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