Fast Shutter Speed Practice

Fast shutter speed will freeze the action/motion, but will reduce the amount of light enter through the lense. So, we need to open flash and the results are:

Settings:
Shutter speed : 1/200
ISO: 400
White balance: Auto
Metering mode: partial (just experiment)
F.stop: f/5.6

Slow Shutterspeed Testing

Settings:-
Shutter speed: 1/25
F-stop: f/5.6
White ballance: AWB- Auto
ISO: 1600

Wedding photography practice - Sg petani, Kedah

Start with flower

Hello darling, we are ready for you to come.:)

A bucket of love ?..owh, it just a flower..

 First step for a new life

 Money can't buy everything

 Future model?

 King's palace

 Happy & Tears

Conclusions & Tips

• Do not rely on image preview on the screen too much - just ignore if picture are too dark/bright..can be edited if shoot in raw..
• don't just point & shoot - this is not compact camera and you are using creative mode
• find a good angle 
• Find some jokes that will make the bride smile..:)
• Prepare small towels..this is the most important things right now..hehe

Setting

I'm using M mode(manual shutter & aperture)

White balance: AWB - Auto White Balance

Picture mode: Mostly portrait, and standart

Focus: Manual focus

Iso : 200,400 and 800, 800 for indoor, 400 inside canopy and 200 outside canopy.

shutter speed: 1/60

Other setting: Default

That's all, i hope this entry will help with some ideas to the newbie out there..:)..until we meet again..and thank for reading

Wedding Pic

Without edit..:)

Bokeh - Flower

My first bokeh.

Need to find fresh flower..please suggest me..:)

Monochrome potrait - first try

Model: My cousin
Place: Cititel Hotel, Jalan Chow Kit
Setup: Cant remember..:p

My comment: background distracted with hand?

Photography Tips & Lesson site

Just want to share my top reference site for photography. All this site i found at Google, forums and by blog walking..Enjoy..

http://www.canon.co.jp/Imaging/enjoydslr/index.html
Good, interactive, fun and very informative for enthusiast, highly recommended

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=262297
Nice and informative, good read, by RichX

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/index.shtml
Lots of tutorials and very informative, good site

http://www.ephotozine.com/techniques/
A e-magazine that worth a look

http://www.good-tutorials.com/
Good lay out with some really nice tips for Photoshop and other

http://www.picturecorrect.com/PhotographyTips.htm
Another good site for tips

http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/
Don't miss this one also

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech.htm
Another well layout site, nice and easy

http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Photography_Techniques/
From Dpreview, short, nice and I particularly like the articles about composition

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/16253049/
Digital polarizer guide 

Wedding Photography tips for Beginer

Have you ever been ask to take wedding picture? By next week, I'll do my first wedding photography for my friend and of course it's for free. I think it is a good opportunity for me to gain experience in this area. So, i realize that I'm a beginner in this photography things, and what should i do is -> RESEARCH.. Just ask uncle Google and he will tell everything that u/we need to know. 

i had read some website that explain about the wedding photography for beginner. 1st website is Basic Digital Photography and Digital Photography School.

I can summarize some important tips that should be considered while doing the wedding photography. Firstly we should know that wedding photography is a one time ceremony and it's very important for the bride. So, we should not waste the time with error or bury picture that will make the bride upset. and here are few suggestion:-

Preparation

* The Gear - make sure all of your equipment are in good conditions. Prepare at least TWO camera with different lenses.

* Event Detail - Date, location, time and wedding tentative - it's good if know themes of the event, so that we can setup the camera setting early(newbie will take a lot of time to set up the camera)

* Create the shoot list - Need to research about compositions and framing the photo.

On The wedding day

* Be early

* Shoot candid photo

* Ignore what people say how you take the picture, just think how the result will be.

* Be respectful to others especially if the another photographer. 

* Learn how to control situation and do panic

* Consider anythings

* Remember not to discard your mistake

* Shoot in RAW

* Consider background

* Change Perspective

* Group Shoot and individual shoot will give you credit for the next job(maybe..)

* Find a good location

Clean Up

* Photo editing

* Burn into CD/DVD

* Printing

* Slideshow(Optional)

Extra Tips

* Use different mode

* Expect the unexpected

Last important tips is, HAVE FUN...:)

then, we just wait my result for this event..:)

My kick start

Here are my first shoot using canon 1000d with kit lenses..And for sure I'm doing mistake by using wrong exposure/wrong shutter speed and etc..:)... I hope u guys didn't do the same mistake..cheers

For the first picture, I'm using monochrome setup and cant remember the color i choose. The purpose of the picture is to learn the shutter speed. If I'm using slower shutter, the water will be blurred. For the picture above, I'm using 1/60 shutter speed and the result quiet OK..(for me)..

hmmm..i can't explain this picture with the technical stuff since I'm new with the photography. but what I'm trying to do is get the night scenery. the real environment more brighter than this. so i can tell that my mistake is shutter speed too fast. and my big mistake is i didn't use tripod. 
Tips from previous entry: 
For night scenery
* Use tripod, self timer
* Use M -> manual mode
* set slower shutter speed ( depend on lightning) ..mybe 1/4, 1/3/ or 1/2

I'll try again later..:)

Lastly, macro picture. and i think need to learn about lightning. :)




This three picture that i think the best I've got so far..beside learning photography, I'm willing to learn writing and i u can see, my English very poor..:)..and feel free to comment or critics. i'll accept what ever it come. Thanks for visiting my blog..i'll come back with other entry later..adioshh!!

DSLR Tips: Bokeh - Video

Bokeh = mean blurred, from Japanese word. 

How to do it? - Aperture setting and some extra DIY equipment(maybe)- just enjoy the vids.

credit to: CanonAustralia

DSLR Tips: Night Photography - Video

Just found an interesting video about night photography. I can conclude that what we need : a tripod, self timer, and control the shutter speed(longer shutter speed will make the pict brighter). now enjoy the video..

credit to: cameralab-youtube