December 31, 2008 by analox

My favourite photos – 2008

Cuối năm báo chí hay có tít tổng kết cả năm – nên mình cũng “bon chen” làm post này :D. (tiếp theo sẽ viết tiếng Anh nhe)

1. Street

Taken in Shanghai – the photos give me a mixed
feeling between the old and modern life here.

2. People

I like candid shot but not good at that yet. Most of my attempts
to me are still considered as “nearly there”. Except for this one 😀

Taken at my friend’s wedding. Love the light in this photo.

3. Landscape

Converting this typical sunset scene to BnW is fun and challenging to me.
No more golden colors of the sky but only the texture remains.
And without a fisherman, guess this photo would be far less interesting.

4. Flowers

You may find the “unusual” form of the leaves
& flowers in this photo interesting, like me. Or you may not 😛

5. Stuff (?)

“Unpleasing” symmetric composition –
but it works with the texture, doesn’t it?

Thanks for viewing!
HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2009 🙂

December 27, 2008 by analox

What do I think?

…about photography 😐

Who cares 😕
That’s why I write them here, haha 😀

Shanghai Old Street – taken by point-n-shoot Canon A710

I often think of how to get good pictures with the camera that I’m holding, instead of thinking “what-if” I had “better” equipments. Save this thought when you want to upgrade your “gears” :D. Plus it will distract you from taking photos for sure :P.

Post-processing to me is like tasting & seasoning your dishes when cooking (inspired by watching Korean drama “Gourmet”, haha). If a dish does not smell good enough, you put onion, garlic, herb… If it is not sweet, salt or sour enough, you put sugar or vinegar, etc. Often, a little change can make big difference to your dish. Similarly, adjusting contrast, saturation, color temperature, etc… may (or may not) improve your photo, but ‘purism’ in photography is nonsense (!). There are many ways to get things done, just that you should know when it is enough 😀
I read this somewhere in forums:

Perhaps the reason we are so easily swayed is because we continually seek the profound, only to eventually discover the banal.

Hmm, obsessing by perfection may distract us from the fun of photography, do you think so too ? 😛

December 27, 2008 by analox

Niềm vui nho nhỏ

Arg… định viết tiếng Việt, nhưng thôi, gõ tiếng Anh cho nó đỡ… ngượng vì niềm vui bé hơi bị bé nhỏ thật :-s. Anyway, here it goes 😐

Yesterday, I just feel happy when touching the first prints of my and her photos (i.e. group “photofun“, do you remember :D?). If you were there, I can tell you the “when & how” each photo was taken as they present vividly in my mind when I hold the photo… It’s different from seeing them from a computer screen, you know.

It seems to be a good habit: to have an album of your favourite photos, doesn’t it?