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Colours

Banhup Teh — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:37:19 +0000

It has been a hectic few weeks for me – was in Vietnam followed by Singapore – hence the lack of new posts lately. This doesn't mean that I have been idle. In fact I have been going through my shots taken in Vietnam. Boy am I pleased with the results!

Many of you knew that I brought along my new Fuji X-Pro1 as well as the Nikon D800 for the Vietnam photosafari. I have now formed an informed opinion on these two cameras. What I plan to do is to show you some shots from the two cameras separately in the upcoming posts before I share with you my thoughts.

Meanwhile allow me to share with you another shot of Masi Khalatbari this time taken with the Nikon D3 + Nikon 85mm/1.4. This was taken in Aperture Priority @ f/1.8 ISO 200 1/500s. Makeup and design by Nigel NJ.

Colours

Watch out for the shots with the Fuji X-Pro1 and the Nikon D800 during the Hanoi-Bac Ha-Sapa photosafari in the next few days!

Yellow

Banhup Teh — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:34:05 +0000

It was Red the last time. This time it is Yellow.

This was taken at an abandoned bungalow in Kuala Lumpur during my one-on-one workshop with Lin Tun of Myanmar. I had to shoot wide open and increased the ISO to get a decent shutter speed. Taken with Nikon 17-35mm Aperture Priority @ f/2.8 ISO 1600 1/80s.

Yellow

Credits:

Model – Dian Sharlin

HMUA – Nigel NJ

Red – how to frame a face

Banhup Teh — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:21:38 +0000

Many a time we need to make a tight portrait more interesting by framing the face with whatever we have at our disposal. Shawls, hands, leaves, natural shadows etc will all work. Here, Dian Sharlin has exemplified this perfectly. Notice how she used the red shawl and her hands to frame her face. Notice the play with available light.

Taken with Nikon 24-70mm/2.8 Aperture Priority @ f/3.2 ISO 200 1/500s.

Red

Credits:

Talent – Dian Sharlin

HMUA – Nigel NJ

Taken during Manuel Librodo workshop in Malacca

The Light

Banhup Teh — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:08:48 +0000

And how I created it.

We met these 2 children at one of the temple ruins in Siem Reap. With the help of our tour guide we managed to get them to pose for us.

This shot was taken without the rays of course but the lighting then was really good. After I processed it I thought to myself that this may look even better with rays. Hence I added the rays from another shot, used Hard Light blend mode in photoshop and came out with this result. Incidentally, this shot was voted the Photo of the Day at Shutterbugs.biz here under the Digital Art category.

The Light

In the mood

Banhup Teh — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:31:02 +0000

Here are 2 shots taken of Natacha Meunier during my Nikon Malaysia workshop at the end of last year. I want to specially share these because I simply like the mood created by the lighting…and specially enhanced by post-processing of course.

Taken in available light with window side-lighting and a reflector to fill in some shadows.

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Credits:

Model – Natacha Meunier

HMUA/Image Consultant – Nigel NJ

Photographers – Banhup & Nikon workshop participants

The Passage

Banhup Teh — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:52:05 +0000

Something new that I just processed which I thought is worth sharing. This was taken during the photo-safari to Siem Reap, Cambodia at end of last year – at Ta Prohm, the same ruins where Tomb Raider (starring Angelina Jolie) was filmed. It is shots like this that make me yearn to go on another photo-safari soon.

The Passage

Peek-a-boo

Banhup Teh — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:34:13 +0000

Playing with children is my forte given the training that I have gone through. This is the same child I met in Chengdu, China when I was there last year. He was a bit apprehensive when we first met and I soon got him to open up.

Taken at f/1.4 with my Nikon 24mm Aperture Priority ISO 400 1/60s.

Peek-a-boo

For those who may be interested, my next photo-safari will be to Northern Vietnam on the Hanoi-Bac Ha-Sapa route. This safari is now open for registration. You may see the details here.

The iPhone 4S is such a good camera

Banhup Teh — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:55:21 +0000

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!

Enlightenment

Banhup Teh — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:05:59 +0000

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 the big, big tree

Banhup Teh — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:17:26 +0000

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