Don and Cathy

Don and Cathy

Lucky enough, the bride house is just few streets away from my block.


Cathy sister invited a German guest over to take a look of how a Chinese wedding look like.



Nowadays, the 'takan' party has been a must have for most actual day wedding.










Will insect the slide show in my next blog.

Merry Christmas 2008

Had a very full dinner in Sean house. I think this is the first year, I have a chance to gather up with some of my secondary school friends during christmas.

The Sramaphone @ NYP TFA

First time covering performance by the Guitar Club. With the help of the DIY LED light, I really can have some fill in light on their face when the performance is on.




Not forgetting the crew behind, setting up the chairs, lights, music scroll stands.

Time for DIY

I like to DIY stuff alot, just that, sometimes, time doesn't allow. This time round, I wanted to have some continuous light. During concert, or shooting in back stage, you cant really throw in a flash. The best way is to light up the area you want with a continuous light. No body will actually notice you at all. The circuit over there is very easy. Every LED is in parallel. Tape up and on 1 of my old flash. The 12 LEDs are power up with 4X AA batt. I place 2X orange gel to get the light temperature right. Will update the photos I shot with this light on the later post.

Project Breakout!

Project Breakout!
Drop by and everything is looking good


Surprise to see Alvin there too!!!

Nikon CLS has always been the best. I can easily control Alvin's slave flash by setting my flash to commander mode. Power la Alvin!!!

Manual Flash Power

Most of the people will set flash to TTL mode. Yes, TTL mode is really good, especially on nikon system. But still, when you are facing stage performance, crowds, and some shots which cover a large area of black space, your flash will put out a full power. This always happen with you are not on a direct flash. The fastest way to overcome this problem is to use manual mode. Take note of your flash and the subject distance. Using a direct flash, TTL will still be ok, in return, you will have a really hash flash, and alot of noise in your background.

DJs in Rebel (ex mos smoove)

There are the same DJs we use to know in Smoove.

New collection

Got myself another sb-800. Alot question me, why not the new sb-900?
I am not going to FX so soon, and sb-800 is alot smaller, compare to the big and new sb-900. I will still need to borrow friends camera to update the sb-900 firmware.

Therefore, sb-800 !!!

The old, trusty reliable sb-80dx is still a very good flash. It still does D-ttl on my D2h. The flash can be trigger just like the su-4 mode in the sb-800. Great for off camera flash. And also the Sigma flash, with the optical trigger, it does the same as su-4 mode too.

There are some people who ask me, what is the yellow plastic doing on your flash head. It is a colour gel. This colour will balance with most ballroom temperature. Even if you are using the flash for fill in, the gel will give you a nicer skin tone.
The gel is call Lee filters 103. Cost $12, a really big piece. Can share with lots of friends.

For high ISO user, do try this way to diffuse your flash.

NYOCO Performance @ NYP

This has been the 2nd year I am covering the performance. This time round, we have 5 members including me. This year, before the start of the event, introduction and thanks words are very well said by 2 kindergarden girls. They are so cute, and each words they project out, is sharp and clear. I dun think i can speak as good as the 2 girls. Haha. Those who know me, will know where my english and chinese standart stop at.

Butter Cookies @ Butter Factory

Ungku, Shahrom, Vincent, and me. 4 photographers are enjoying Butter Cookies. Lol

Nikon D90

Tested my friend's D90 in the Arena Singapore. The high ISO performance is really great. Plus movie record functions, i am able to record videos much clearer in such low light conditions.

Polaroid Photos

This is a classic Polaroid photo that i received. Sad to say, soon, those camera will be out, but, with the new technology, the Polaroid Pogo. BUT, 60sec for a photo is a bit too long waiting for me too.

Sean and Valerie

I remember the last time I have a shot in St Regis, the lighting was bad. I could not get any ambiance light. This time round, I pumped the ISO up between 3200 to 4000. Lens used, 20mm f2.8, 50mm f1.4 and my favourite 85mm f1.4.