Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category

Snow in Newcastle, UK

Hello people. Here are some snow pictures to share with you guys. These pictures were taken some time ago. I better post them before they become obsolete! =) Pictures were taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Enjoy the pics~ A view out of the window from my room One of my favourite...
December 30th, 2008 | Photography | Read More

In the UK (Continued…)

More random shots of the streets in the city. Since my university is located in the city center, I am always in the city everyday. It is a big city. I have yet to explore the whole place. All pictures were taken with my camera in iA mode (Auto). I neither have the luxury time to compose every shots...
November 1st, 2008 | Photography | Read More

In the UK

Hi all. This post mostly contains pictures that I took in the city. Enjoy! You may want to view the previous post first if you missed it. Views of my university. It is very very huge and contains many many buildings. Here are a few pictures: Herschel Building Claremont Tower Merz...
October 28th, 2008 | Photography | Read More

Understanding the ISO

What is ISO? ISO is of the camera sensor’s sensitivity to light. A sensor with lower sensitivity (lower ISO) requires a longer exposure while a sensor with higher sensitivity (higher ISO) can shoot the same scene with the same exposure at a shorter exposure. Unlike film cameras whose ISO depends...
September 20th, 2008 | Photography | Read More

Portraiture V

Portraiture of my course mate. No girls, yet. =] They’re hard to come by since I’m in the School of Engineering. Enjoy~! Was supposed to be taking pictures of the two parties, SPEAK and SMILE campaigning in the university grounds to draw in votes for the upcoming MUSA elections. MUSA stands...
September 6th, 2008 | Photography | Read More

Portraiture IV

Kok Kuan, half-body. Was at my former high school with a few of my friends, which includes ourcoffeestops.com authors for the 2008/2009 Prefect Installation Ceremony. Before the presentations (skits, dances, multimedia) at the Aura Hall, I was a the bicycle shed observing the form 2s practicing for...
July 27th, 2008 | Photography | Read More

Understanding the Shutter

Diagram of a shutter – taken from http://www.braindex.com What is a shutter? A shutter is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period of time, for the purpose of exposing photographic film or a light-sensitive electronic sensor to light to capture a permanent image of a scene –...
July 18th, 2008 | Photography | Read More

Enhancing Your Pictures I

What we have here is a picture of water droplets on a leaf taken by the Canon IXUS 60. It’s a decent picture but it lacks the ‘umph’. Now, there are a lot of photo-editing software out there which you can purchase/grab. However, I will only discuss Adobe Photoshop as that is my current...
July 17th, 2008 | Photography | Read More

Understanding the Aperture

What is an aperture? An aperture is a hole or an opening in the lens that admits light into the camera. Where is it indicated on my lens? Taking the Nikon 70-210 mm f/4-5.6 lens as an example, the minimum aperture for the lens is indicated by the “f” value found on the side of the lens. Some...
May 6th, 2008 | Photography | Read More