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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London Eye



smooth ride

smooth ride

what lies ahead?

what lies ahead??


groyne

groyne II

before and after - a tree

a tree


You can view the unedited version here, the image is processed using Topaz Adjust 4. If you want to give it a try, you can download a 30-Day Trial Version here.


a gentle pirate

SOOC



Edited

a gentle pirate

PP on PS CS4

* High Pass Filter applied
* contrast adjusted
* Cropped
* Texture overlayed
* Layer masked face
* Eyes Dodged
* Warm Filter applied
* vignette applied



Dwain's guitar


Click image to view in white background.


catch me!

catch me


almost twilight

almost twilight


... Amongst the Flowers

... Amongst the Flowers

My initial attempt on portrait. I must admit, my knowledge about this field is almost nil.

Model: my daughter Ysabelle

full moon

full moon


along River Avon

along River Avon

express train

express train

spectre

spectre


100 sooc project 7/10 - afterglow

after glow

unedited, only signature was added.

apersture - F/25
shutter speed - 5 minutes
ISO - 100
focal length - 20mm

-10-stops B+W ND110 (1000x) filter
-cheap ND Grad I bought off Ebay (needs to invest on a proper one)

dalia

dahlia


black-headed gull

blackheaded gull


thirds

thirds

bleeding sky

pier



dusk

dusk

before and after # 11 - the lake


I had to wake up early and get out in freezing temperature just to shot the original of this photo but unfortunately it turned out to be a disappointment.

Instead of deleting the RAW file, once again I called on the the help of my trusted PS CS4.

mouse-over the image to view the salvaged one.

Thank you for all your comments, visits and continued encouragement.


colours

colours

by the lake

mist



provision

provision

subdued



Swanage

swanage


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.