Sometimes, when you arrive at a location to shoot something, you find that the light isn’t right, or some other things can go wrong. For example, when I joined a city tour of Sydney when I was there years ago, I arrived at the lookout point near the Mrs Macquarie’s Chair with the light in… Continue reading Making the Best of the Situation
Category: Photography
Featured in Joby’s Blog!
What a pleasant surprise when I saw @jobyinc‘s status update on Twitter that one of my pics from a recent trip have been featured in their latest blog post. I’ve always found the GorillaPod Original to be extremely useful when paired with my Panasonic Lumix LX3. It often lets me take pictures which are otherwise… Continue reading Featured in Joby’s Blog!
Singapore Flyer
This is actually an old shot. Was at the Singapore Flyer (currently the world’s tallest observation wheel) to take a ride, but due to the rain earlier, the lighting was drab and uninteresting. That is until I saw this from inside my capsule.
It’s Not the Camera
We all have heard of the oft-mentioned “It’s not the camera, it’s the photographer”. Here’s Lee Morris from Fstoppers.com doing an entire shot using just an iPhone 3GS mounted on a tripod. Granted, he has several thousand dollars worth of studio lighting, but it’s still pretty darn amazing what the iPhone can do.
Short Trip to Kuala Lumpur
Went for a short trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia over the weekend with a few colleagues. Didn’t shoot much as we are mostly indoors shopping, eating, playing card games, drinking and watching TV. As it’s only a short trip, I brought just my trusty Panasonic Lumix LX3 camera and the equally trusty GorillaPod. Mounted the… Continue reading Short Trip to Kuala Lumpur
Marina Bay Sands Skypark
Went up the Marina Bay Sands Skypark, hoping to catch some shots during the magic hour. However, I did not expect a long and slow queue which took more than 20 minutes due to printer failure at 3 out of the 4 counters. To top that off, I was told my Manfrotto 190B tripod was… Continue reading Marina Bay Sands Skypark
Early Morning Shoot at Merlion Park
Joined Kit and several other ClubSNAP members this morning. As I found out from an earlier trip, the waters are stiller in the early hours, resulting in near-perfect reflections. This is shot at about 6:30am, just before the Merlion water jet is turned on. Here’s a slightly tigher crop. As the day breaks, I decided… Continue reading Early Morning Shoot at Merlion Park
Early Morning Shoot at the Esplanade
This is my first early morning shoot with Kit and some ClubSNAP members. I am not much of an early morning person, but seeing the photos taken by Kit and the rest inspired and motivated me to wake up early to join them. One thing about early morning shoots which I learnt from this trip… Continue reading Early Morning Shoot at the Esplanade
Invitation to Dream – A Fire Garden Installation
This year’s Singapore Arts Festival opens with programme called “Invitation to Dream – A Fire Garden Installation” by the French fire alchemist, Compagnie Carabosse. Spanning across the historic sites of the Esplanade Park and Empress Place, it consists of several contraptions of towering sculptures of metal, clay pots, fire curtains, blazing garlands and intricate patterns of… Continue reading Invitation to Dream – A Fire Garden Installation
Helix Bridge
The Helix Bridge is the newly-opened pedestrian bridge in Singapore linking part of Marina Bay near the floating platform to the newly opened Marina Bay Sands integrated resort. Inspired by DNA, it’s made up of 2 spiraling helixes made of stainless steel tubes which, if laid end to end, will measure 2,250 meters long, and… Continue reading Helix Bridge