Tilt Shift Gen Iphone apps amazing quality

I tested this iphone apps call TiltShiftGen and the outcome is amzing. Take a look at images I took. Although it limits some function but overall results is great for a $0.99 compare to a tilt shift lens and CS4 software budget. Try it out with your Iphone and you be amazed. It also has the Ipad version.

Artmobile review here
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see demo below

Childrens' Sadness series

A great series that express children sadness. It is not just the expression is amazing but also the images itself. Look how the quite is close to identical to one another. Amazing work

Railway Station in Helsinki, Finland

When I shot this picture, it was really dull with overcast clouds and dull toned. Lucky had it bracket and in raw. Another post process using Qtpfsgui and GIMP software. Love this two open source software. Helsinki railway station is one of their main attraction since most commuters will end up here either for work or leisure.

other related post. click on the links below

• Notre Dame
• Gimp Software
• Qtpfsgui Dowloads
• Qtpfsgui Tutorial

Notre Dame you have never seen before!

Notre Dame in Paris, France. Ok I know its a bit strong in saturation and grainy. I just love it. Processed with Qtpfsgui program. Creating this process is not easy as stated from my previous post HERE. Its free but need a lot of practice. There are other images in this blog that I have created using this processed. Do check them out

• My two year old nephew with a paper fan
• Crossover Band
• My Family Portrait

Another style that is of course the Dave Hill Effects. Mention in previous post on faking it. Fake HDR

Thanks for viewing

It is alway good to backup, backup, backup

After returning from Europe recently was a tremendous expreience for me especially looking forward to post edit those thousand of images and upload on my facebook and even uploading to my Istockphoto. Didnt realised that recently my harddrive start to fail. Cold sweat running in as for few hours it keep saying "error on I/O device". All my photos inside!!!!

Scramble thru the net looking for answer and only get the answer is, it's toasted! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! A couple of years ago, I had the same problems and those data were all gone. With this new harddrive that is failing, I am not gonna let another thousands of photos gone "kaput". But nothing is all failed. It got started back yesterday and immediately I start transferring to a new harddrive. Well first to save are those Euro photos and stock value images. Now slowly tranferring the rest of the data. I read an article about this guys and he has about 3 harddrive of backups. SO investing a couple of hundred on a few harddrive is better than losing those hard work photos.

Crossing my finger and hoping to take all the data out. So goodbye Maxtor Touch4 and hello Samsung HD...

That Long

Has it been that long?!!! 3 months since I stop blogging. Eversince the family decides to go for a long holiday trip to Europe, I stop doing everything except for research, research and research.. Well what is three months compare to 20 years the last time I step on a European soil. The last time I went to Europe probably in 1990 to Switzerland and Paris. So guess what....I heading there again. first to Paris for 4 days, Finland for 5 days and off to switzerland for 5 more. Ok a lot of you guys might think, "hey, it is so simple. Get your travel agent, book the flight and get hotel reservation. All that and off you go." Well I did that. The budget comes to $20000 for 4! Where am I gonna get that kind of money. It is close to my annual income!!!

So it back to the drawing board. I did all the manual calculation of course thanks for all the advance technologies in internet, I manage to get the best price on my air ticket. I book 3 separate flight which cost me $1700 each to three countries instead of $2200. I manage to reserved the hotel without a third party commision. That save me a about 300Euro each. With swiss pass, swiss rail, paris metro, airport shuttle, air flight and hotels, the cost set me back about $12000. How I do it? 3 months of lack of sleep.. Now Its 7 more days, all I am going to Europe. Itinerary is another challenge for me. Same goes with what photographic equipments I am bringing.

So guys,let me take you along with me on this journey. Follow me up on my travel blog. The adventure is about to start. I start with detailed on how I get my things done before the trip.

I hope this journey will entice you to go on a Europe trip..

So long and thanks for reading

Outdoor Wedding Photoshoot

Ok this is the first day of the photoshoots. My 5th wedding assignment. We are making a coofeetable album in monochrome. Initial plan was at Lower Pierce Reservoir with a sunset background. But it was raining heavily so we decide to go to Singapore old high court situated in town. Here are some of behind the scene shots. The photographer uses trigger sensor for a single flash with umbrella.

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

Miq and Falisha

Two different style and concept but two of from the same bloodline.

Crossover Band with HDR effects

How to create Dave Hill's effects using a Gimp Photo editor

No photoshops? Under budget? Use open source Gimp to create stunning images.

A lot of us wonder how those images in magazines or cd covers of celebrity seems to pop out or has that 3D visuals. Well onefamous photographer has create quite a stir in the photgraphy industry that it has been a challenge for a of photographer to try a create the same effect. The artist is Dave Hill. The technique is called Dave Hill's effects. His website has behind the scene video. So check them out.

I found this website http://gimpology.com/submission/view/fake_hdr_look_in_gimp/

that can gives you amazing effects. Of course there are other simpler ways in doing it. HDR images requires a differant software where you to take 3 same images with different exposure to create this stunning effects. Check this out 

http://gimper.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2088

Want to try those professional post processed images that look amazingly alive. 

There are a lot of tutorials in websites on doing this effects. Mostly in Photoshops. Being an amatuer photographer and has a VERY small budget, purchasing photoshops can break our wallets. So Gimp software offers a great alternatives and yes its free. you can download them atwww.Gimp.org.

More links for you likings

Creating Dave Hill Look using Photoshops

Creating Dave Hill Look in Gimp

HDR tutorial

Video Tutorial of Dave Hill looks