Friday, January 16, 2009

Twilight Zone



Capturing scene ini low light condition is something worth the experience for every photographer. Me and my friends gather for the photo shoot "twilight". Some of us forgot to bring along tripod. Here's the tool we need for low light shooting. Be prepared for the session and check the backpack for items like types of lense (wide or medium) depends on the final image desired. I was lucky to have a steady tripod in handy for the shoot. What we did is to be at the scene ten minutes earlier before sunset. Its a good practice and makes us prepared. During the shooting, sunset is around 6.15 pm at Labuan and for most of the twilight photography, 20 to 25 minutes after sunset will produce the considered twilight. As the founder of Digital Photography School quoted "Dont shoot the sunset instead take the pictures long after the sun has set"( source : Darren Rowse, The Twilight Photography Tips). This photo was taken by using ISO 100 , f11 with exposure time range from 15 to 25 seconds. With some raw editing i get this picture. There are things to consider for future shoot. Distractor like trees and moving object should be out of the composition as they get blurred for sure. That is what i learned from Sifoo Syed Nasir. Nevertheless i enjoyed the day. 

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

December Rains

I still remember last time when my friend ask me to go outdoor photo shoot during rainy day. I ask him "What could possiblly be done" since the weather condition and the tools (camera) is too sensitive even a single drop of water. This photo was shoot during a rainy day of Hari Raya Aidil adha. Im trying to shoot the rain droplet that runs down the grape leaf in front of a house. As we look closer , a reflection of the droplet is kind of unique and only last for several seconds. In December this year most of the state in West Malaysia was covered with rains from morning till late afternoon during 1st day of Aidil adha 2008. The long rain condition also causes flood and land hill slide at certain areas. Thats December Rains.