Summer in Kangasala,Helsinki 2010

Travel Blog: Paris-Helsinki-Interlaken

Just got back from a two weeks break and it took me awhile to settle in to reality. Anyway I try to blog while I was away and face quite a few problems with the net. A few years ago I read an article about always not getting enough images on your travel. Regretting on getting that certain images will leave you scars for awhile since it be quite awhile before you go travel again. So I did follow that advice and end up with 2400 shots to be processed. To me that is huge especially with the amount of time I have to juggle between work, my Istockphoto business and family. But when I look at the photos, I do still have some regrets on certain photos which I should have shot better. So it is never enough isnt it. Will be posting some photos I took to share here. And if anyone wants to find out about the locations that go or other inquiries, do give me a pop.

This are the list of upcoming photos that will be posted

• Paris, France
• Helsinki, Finland
• Tempere, Finland
• Kangasala, Finland
• Interlaken, Switzerland
• Berne, Switzerland
• Zurich, Switzerland

Family Portrait Eid Mubarak 2009

Still learning this technique.. My d50 is giving way to many noise so it is not as clean as I wanted..

Hope the D300 would come into my life soon. Click on the image to see in full size

SaraFalisha says, "That's mine!!!".

All grown up. 1½ years old. An the antics starts. Right now my daughter, her name is SaraFalisha btw, is learning way to much in growing up. Curiousity has always in her characteristics. Whatever she sees, is hers. I like this image as it shows her demand to have all the things she wants. She was actually trying to grab my camera. Anyway. the shot taken defy all the rules. lens flare, burnt-out sky, blurred, dull stauration, less contrast. I don't know I just love it. And My daughter.

Singing my baby to smile

It's really is an art just to make my daughter to smile when snapping my camera away. So what I did was I sang her favorite tune and shoot. And I manage to do is a sequence which is quite interesing

Hey tats my wife

Taken on my 31st birthday at a Tapas Bar in Clarke Quay, Singapore. This was in 2006 and my first few images using Nikon D50. Amazingly I still use the camera eventhough the camera is not one of the best in the market. Soon I will buy a new Nikon D300 or........ hehehe D700x. Yippee...
2006. Very atmospheric javanese restaurant in Cikini Jakarta. I was using an ISO800. This shot was taken when I was experimenting on the quality of my D50 ISOs. Well I was happy with this shots until I start to learn about this thing call noise.....
Using the backlit under a shade at a reserved swamp in Sungei Buroh, Singapore. A technic I try to give a backlighting. I washed out the whole background and increase the brightness and high saturations.



All picture was done with Nikon Editor and Photofiltre. Photofiltre is another great software which is free and great to use. It has cloning and you can adjust the histogram even with a jpeg images. result.....well lets just say it took me a full 2 years to be able to have a great editing.

I provide the link here if you want to download the software

http://www.photofiltre.com/

Getting everyone to look at the camera

Eidulfitri is the time to take family shots.. And getting everyone to look at the camera....... is not easy.