I am a 42-year old husband and father. I was an avid computer gamer and DOF, F-stops and the like were foreign to me until my wife introduced me to photography.

I began shooting during the latter part of March 2010 and quickly became addicted to it. I started this blog to share my journey and to learn along the way. Special thanks to my wife Eng who encouraged me and to all my friends in Blogosphere who shared their knowledge and taught me to further this craft.

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urban sunrise

sunrise

Happy New Year to All!

a wedge of swans

a wedge of swans

London Millennium Footbridge

London Millennium Footbridge

refraction

droplets

morning in motion

sunrise #1 - morning in motion

serenity

serenity

Merry Christmas and Sorry

Merry Christmas to all

I'm back, temporarily, that is. This is to let you all know that Im still here and ok, its just that this month of December has been really tough for me.

I want to greet you all a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year and at the same time I want to apologize for my absence and for not being able to visit your blog. I hope to post and comment again more often in the new year.

Again, many apologies for posting and running.

by the sunset

sunset #4 - bonding

sunset

sunset #2


mushrooms

mushrooms

fungi

fungi

squirrel

squirrel


robin

robin


ripple

ripple

durdle door

durdle door


I need your opinion on this image about two things,

1. to HDR or not to HDR ?
2. to crop or not to crop ?

... or any suggestions to improve this photo. thank you.

obtw, the green dot on the beach is my brother.



a girl in the alley

child


liquified

motion blur

motion blur


shadow of change

shadow of change


the king's bath


Located in the City of Bath, England. The King’s Bath was built in the 12th century
and was used for bathing into the middle of the 20th century.

B&W conversion here.

lynx

apache

before and after # 10 - bird


mouse-over the images to view the unedited one.



graffiti


haunting


fragile


another perspective here, with the b&w conversion and composition i think the second one is better. what do you think?



buoy

buoy


bubbles on pencils

bubbles on pencils

100 sooc project 6/100 - sunseeker

sunseeker


before and after # 9 - my girl


as usual mouse-over the image to view the unedited one. please give a bit more time to download the other image.
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my 7 year old daughter woke me up this morning, i asked her: "what's the problem?", and she answered: "Daddy, when are you gonna buy me a make-up kit?".

it struck me that my little girl is not a baby any more, i made this video 3 years ago knowing that this day will come.

she is the love of my life really, after 10 years of trying and virtually giving up to have a child, she decided to come into our lives and made us a family.



turn on your audio and enjoy!


intersection

the pub #2


the pub #1

morning mist

morning mist

before and after # 8 - TRON

edited version
(best viewed in large format, please click image to enlarge.)


sooc


splashed

splashed

apparition


hypericum

this was posted in "sa dilim" but i'm reinventing that to a monochrome only blog. i have decided to transfer some of my non-monochrome images here.

mask

mask

black and white version here.


low tide

tied up

St Paul's Cathedral, London

Saint Paul's Cathedral, London

another vase

ruby

Annelie

Happy Birthday! Annelie.

vase

vase

sunset in poole quay

sunset in poole quay


window views

window

another kind of window views here.


falling leaf of autumn

Portland Bill coast

portland bill coast
f22, 4sec, ISO100, 24mm, -0.5 ev

with minimal shadow and contrast adjustments made.

Sky Watch


the viking

the viking

black and white version here.

before and after # 5 - harbour

before and after

these two photos were taken minutes apart, i think the unedited versions are ok but need a bit of enhancement.

the first one was edited in PS with colour and vibrance adjusted. dodge and burn was used on the clouds, unsharp mask and sharpen tools were also applied selectively. a very soft vignette was applied for the final touch. the second photo was converted to HDR before applying the same PS actions i just mentioned.

which one do you prefer? the first, the second (HDR) or the unedited one.

if you're wondering where the SOOCs are, mouse-over the images to view the unedited ones.