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A special portraiture post-processing workshop in Kuantan

'Special' because it is a special request by a photographer friend from Kuantan.

'Special' because we won't be shooting pretty models for a change.*

And 'special' because being a first of such workshops by me, I'll make it special.

(I prefer to do photo-safaris which I [...]

What the Nikon 24mm/1.4 can do

Without the Nikon 24mm/f1.4 I wouldn't have been able to capture this.

It was late evening. These monks from this monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar gathered to say their prayers before the meditation session. It was getting quite dark. I had to shoot wide open, increased the ISO to 6400 and still only achieved a shutter speed [...]

Light

Had a fun shoot with some friends yesterday. Unfortunately my tummy wasn't feeling too good and I had to excuse myself midway through it. This shoot was done at an abandoned school in Taman Desa, Kuala Lumpur. Here is one done in available light that I have processed so far on Susan (remember Goddess?). I [...]

Manuel Librodo workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

I am pleased to announce that world famous available light portrait photographer Manuel Librodo will be coming to Kuala Lumpur this June 5th to share his expertise and experience at a full day workshop. Manuel or Manny, as he is often called, needs no further introduction. For those who may want to see some of [...]

Evon in Black and White

Here is another play with the Render filter of Photoshop. I processed this photo in colour, converted it into black and white and played with the Render filter to modify the direction of the light. Here is the result:

Princess

This was taken at the same seating as the one that I have titled Goddess. Thanks to a good friend's collection of costumes Susan had the opportunity to try them on. Here is her trying on a traditional Chinese costume taken in available light.

Princess

Sunset fishermen of Bali

We were at Jimbaran fishing village on the evening of the 3rd day. The plan was to shoot the sunset and have a BBQ seafood dinner at one of the restaurants nearby. We had a blast of a time and so did the returning fishermen coming home after a bumper catch.

One of [...]

Dancer from Bedulu

This is one of the many dancers that we had an opportunity to shoot "behind the scene" at our specially arranged tour of this village. I have more to share in the days to come. To all of you celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year I wish you to have a Happy and posperous one…and [...]

Another of Pak Guram

This time in black & white. I was going through the files and found this one with the interesting lighting. Hope you like it.

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Julia of Bangkok - a new form of post-processing

 

You have seen the results of the various techniques I frequently use in my post-processing. Today I would like to share with you a totally new technique which I thought is worth sharing. This involves the use of different blend modes, use of a monochrome image, play with Curves, Levels and Hue/Saturation all done to [...]