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Photo Outing - Amanda

-Passage of time-
Model: Amanda Morene
Location: Heritage Station Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Finally i get to join the photo session with Amanda! Been waited for this session quite some time. <3
This was my second time photo shoot at Heritage Hotel KL, the first time is with the gorgeous Kat.
Since i already been to the shooting venue few months ago so i can roughly think of some idea what and how to shoot before the session start. Compare with the previous session there, bunches of clueless shots made me receive many critical critiques all over the forums…

Beside the adorable Amanda, secondary objective for this photo session is do the power testing with my latest weapon, The Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8G. This lens is well known as one of the sharpest zoom made by Nikon. I really couldn’t believe the clarity and the sharpness, it is really that good. And not to mention the auto focus speed is lightning fast as well.

Alrite enough of craps, here are the photos.

Comments (10) | January 18th, 2010

Peggy & Renee

Posted by Hong | Under Photography 摄影

Kinda late to post this out but just wanted to share. :p
Went to PC Fair early of the month at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre and my objective for this? The PC Fair babes of course, i can always shop with good price at Lowyat plaza without all the hassle and squeeze inside the crowds of PC Fair.

But at the end i didn’t take babes photo as much as possible like how other people did, all i able to get is a chance to join lovely Avira babes Peggy Yong & Renee Hong for dinner. Thanks to my friend or else i wouldn’t have this precious moment. These photos are taken with my newly bought D700 and 50mm f1.8D, we’re sitting beside the blue & reddish light of the restaurant and i tried hard to adjust it back with Aperture2 so yeah.. I post processed most of my photos. :p

p/s: The Fujifilm Instax “Cheki” photos are taken by a friend of mine.

Comments (0) | December 31st, 2009

Photo Outing - Marina

Posted by Hong | Under Photography 摄影

Travel all the way down to Melacca and had a very memorable photo shoot with Marina.
This photo shoot is another experiment session for my lens, 50mm F1.4D. I did a few shots of very limited depth of field with aperture f2, f1.8, f1.6 and widely open f1.4. Personally very satisfied with the outcome, love the big apertures on full frame camera.

Besides the 50mm f.14, i also had a chance to try my dream portrait lens AF-S 70-200mm f2.8 VR, thanks to a buddy who joined the same photo shoot with me. I like the working distance of 70-200mm so much. With f2.8 i could do creamy out of focus area on my photographs and yeah the image quality is tackle sharp and the AF speed is simply unbeatable, it’s lightning speed.

How i feel about this photo shoot? I think from the images you guys might think i’m just showing off how good is my gear but not too concern on composition and the mood or theme thingy. Seriously i found myself is pretty gear minded recently… gonna stop looking at expensive gears and tune up my photography skills.

Comments (1) | December 29th, 2009

Photo Outing - Shelwin

Posted by Hong | Under Photography 摄影

Joined a group photo shoot at Bukit Jalil Park that organized by Brandon from myphotocity.com.
I am very lucky that my group’s model is the pretty girl, Shelwin. She is experienced and able to give good poses and expression. I shoot the whole session with my new D700 and 70-300mm VR, luckily overall Nikon has kept the settings and buttons layout pretty similar with my previous D90 so not much of problem when using the new camera.

With a good model, great camera and nice location but i guess i still couldn’t deliver better photographs.
Here are the result from photo shoot, feel free to comment and critique my work.

Comments (0) | December 22nd, 2009

AFA09 - Anime Festival Asia 2009 (Figurines)

Posted by Hong | Under Event 活动, Figures 模型, Photography 摄影

Some of the toys and figurines photos i get from AFA09!
I’m not able to get all of them since there are tons of them at the exhibition.
Below are some of my favourite toys, especially the Perfect grade Gundam 00 Raiser… I want it so badly!!

Others photos from AFA09:
-Event Part 1
-Event Part 2
-Cosplays

Comments (2) | November 26th, 2009

AFA09 - Anime Festival Asia 2009 (Part 2)

Posted by Hong | Under Uncategorized

Continue from the previous post, here are the 2nd part photos from AFA09.
I’m not able to stay a full whole day on AFA09 day 2 since i need to meet my friends at Singapore and the only event i able to see is the K-On live dubbing and Q&A session, very unfortunately it was strictly no photography and videography.

Others photos from AFA09:
-Event Part 1
-Cosplays
-Figurines

Comments (1) | November 26th, 2009

Photo Outing - Crystal

Posted by Hong | Under Photography 摄影

Just joined a photo shoot outing together with Cari Forum Nikon D90 user group.
The model that assigned to my team is Crystal, a very cute and friendly model. This is the first time join model session ever, i feel this is really a good chance for me to gain experience from the seniors. Well, I don’t even know how to ask the model to pose so don’t judge my photos strictly. :p

Here are some of the best shots(i think) i get today. Enjoy!

Comments (5) | October 19th, 2009

Super Import Nights 2009

Posted by Hong | Under Event 活动, Photography 摄影

Went to an after market car show at Singapore Expo called “Super Import Nights 2009″.
They got imported cars, imported parts and yeah, imported chicks as well.
Main purpose of going to this show isn’t about the cars over there, i treated it as a good chance to practice my skill on human portraits with tight budget. Hence, what i really concern is the quality and quantity of the models.

Overall i’m quite satisfied, with S$10 i get a chance to snap photos of imported models from USA, Thailand and Taiwan. Not to mention, Nikon as the main sponser of the imaging gives all Nikon camera users special priority to go nearer front of the stage to get better shots.

This post isn’t really related to ACG, but it’s part of my development in my life that i would like to share with everyone.
Enjoy the photos and C&C are welcomed.