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By Banhup Teh, on January 27th, 2012
Now that I have a iPhone 4S, it makes me wonder if I still need to get a backup camera for my Nikon D3.
I was doing my usual Chinese New Year shopping at Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur (or rather my wife was doing hers) when I heard the sound of drums at the Kwong Siew Temple signifying a Lion Dance was in progress. Never have I seen so many Lions at one place dancing at the same time. Because I did not bring my D3 I had to fall back on whatever camera I had with me. I have never seriously used the iPhone 4S camera not knowing how it can perform given the type of photography I like to do. Boy, was I pleasantly surprised!
By Banhup Teh, on January 16th, 2012
This is another shot of the same two monks but this time it was taken at Ta Prohm, the temple ruins in Siem Reap made famous by the shooting of Tomb Raider starring Angelina Jolie a few years ago (the previous shot posted on January 13th was taken at Preah Khan).
Taken with Nikon D3 + Nikon 24-70mm/2.8 Aperture Priority 2 f/3.2 ISO 400 1/50s.
Enlightenment (Click image to view large)
By Banhup Teh, on January 13th, 2012
Again taken during my last teaching photo-safari to Siem Reap. It was an amazing and fascinating sight to see these trees as part of the ruins.
Talking about teaching photo-safari, I am in the mood for some new destinations starting with the Hanoi-Buc Ha-Sapa route (Vietnam) some time in April or May 2012. If you are keen to join me on a eat-drink-sleep photography trip, drop me a line here and I will keep you in the loop. Thanks.
By the big, big tree
By Banhup Teh, on January 10th, 2012
This shot was taken during my teaching photo-safari to Siem Reap late last year. We were on our way out to Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia, when we passed through this fishing village. What a great place for my type of street portraiture!
Taken with the Nikon D3 + 24-70mm/2.8 aperture priority @ f/3.5 ISO 400 i/400s.
Mama, shed a tear for me
By Banhup Teh, on January 6th, 2012
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual review for my blog.
Here is an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 59,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 22 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
In 2011, there were 65 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 259 posts.
Click here to see the complete report.
I am encouraged by this. Makes my sharing here more than worthwhile. Thank you all for your time and I hope 2012 will top this! 
By Banhup Teh, on December 31st, 2011
I traveled to the most number of countries in my life this year – Indonesia (Bali, Jakarta), Thailand (Bangkok), Cambodia (Siem Reap), China (Fengshun, Jiuzhaigou, Chengdu), Philippines (Manila), Myanmar (Yangon, Inle Lake, Mandalay, Bagan), Australia (Brisbane, Sydney), Singapore – and what struck me most was that, no matter under what conditions they were living in, I see happiness in the faces of the majority of my subjects. This shot sums it all.
Allow me to wish all my family and friends a Happy & Beautiful New Year. May 2012 brings you more prosperity, great wealth and, more importantly, excellent health too!
By Banhup Teh, on November 19th, 2011
I have received comments that Farinaz Banoo Motiei reminded one of Elizabeth Taylor. I will let you be the judge.
Here is another shot of her.
Aperture Priority @ f/3.2 1/160s ISO400
HMUA – Nigel Nj
One-on-one workshop with participant Tharma Lingam
By Banhup Teh, on November 16th, 2011
Coaching a newcomer to photography and photoshop (I was told 2 months into photography) was indeed a challenge. I knew I could do it and judging from the shots taken by Tharma here, I think I can say that it was a success.
I started off with the very basics talking about my camera settings followed by taking him round showing him how to 'see the light' while waiting for Nigel (our image consultant) to finish preparing our model Farinaz for the shoot. The shoot soon started. Tharma was initially quite shy but he soon warmed up to the occasion. By the end of the session he was shooting like a pro!
Thank you Tharma, for giving me this experience. You can now enjoy photography from a whole new level. Thanks must also be extended to Nigel for your artistic creations, and to Farinaz for being such a sport.
Here are some shots taken that day. Hope you like them.
By Banhup Teh, on November 3rd, 2011
Or what's left of one. This was taken during my last workshop.
Window side-lighting is a great place to shoot especially in available light photography. This will be used to the max for this Friday's one-on-one workshop where I will be faced with many challenges. Should be fun.
Model : Juria Hartsman
HMUA ; Nigel Nj
By Banhup Teh, on November 1st, 2011
Is there such a thing as paradise on earth? If there is, Jiuzhaigou has to be it.
Jiuzhaigou Valley (simplified Chinese: 九寨沟; traditional Chinese: 九寨溝; pinyin: Jiǔzhàigōu; literally "Valley of Nine Villages"; Tibetan: Zitsa Degu (gzi rtsa sde dgu)) is a nature reserve and national park in the north of Sichuan, a province in south-western China. It is known for its many multi-level waterfalls and colorful lakes, and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. It belongs to the category V (Protected Landscape) in the IUCN system of protected area categorization – sourced from Wikipedia.
When my dad sounded out that he wanted to see Jiuzhaigou our siblings took the opportunity to visit this place. We knew that the elevation of Jiuzhaigou ranges from 1998 to 2140 m but little did we realise that the air is still quite rarified especially to a 82 year old. We were glad that my dad still did quite well.
Words cannot describe how beautiful this place is. Here is a shot of Five Flower Lake located at the center of Jiuzhaigou. This lake apparently is the only lake that never freezes in winter. It is believed that this is because of the high mineral content of the water and/or the presence of springs at the bottom of the lake which provide for a constant temperature even during winter. The latter was never proven.
Autumn has to be the best time to visit this paradise.
More shots to share when I have them processed.
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