DigitalArtist’s 10 Good Habits for Tripod Use

There have been so many questions about Tripods from Newbies so here’s a short write up about 10 good habits for Newbies to develop as far as tripods are concerned. Here they are. Tripods like good lenses, are forever. Buy once & buy the best. Good brands are Gitzo (expensive) & Manfrotto (Cheaper & very Usable with good spare parts support from distributors Eng Tong) Buying considerations – weight, height, sturdiness,...

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Street Photography – Advanced Composition Techniques, Part III: Creating an Illusion of Depth

Street Photography – Advanced Composition Techniques, Part III: Creating an Illusion of Depth

This is my 3rd installment on this advanced composition techniques for street photography. I find writing these articles very challenging as there are very few references. We have seen a lot of very good street photographers taking wonderful images but if you asked them what makes their images compelling they would have a hard time synthesizing on what they did. For a beginner to this genre of photography it means there is a long learning...

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Hacking your Canon Point and Shoot Camera

Hacking your Canon Point and Shoot Camera

Ever wanted to create a time lapse scene, but didn’t want to bring along your Huge DSLR with Timer Remote Controller. If you have a Canon consumer point and shoot camera, you have the ability to unlocked it full potential and transform it into a Advanced-time lapse camera at the size of your pocket without blowing a huge hole in it. This officially puts my 5D mark ii together with Canon Timer Remote Controller (TC80N3) to shame. Equipment...

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Street Photography – advance composition techniques, Part II – Back to Basics

Street Photography – advance composition techniques, Part II – Back to Basics

We had done a lot of research on how to impart our knowledge to participants of PMPE (PhotoMalaysia Photosafari Experience) Knowing how to shoot is one thing but coaching other people how to shoot is another. Most mentors would have taken the easier path…they would just show their students how good a photographer they are and hope that the students can emulated them. Some have resorted to show students how to take a particular photo, camera...

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Kite Aerial Photography – Maiden Voyage

Kite Aerial Photography – Maiden Voyage

Since young I have always wondered how awesome would it be if I could photograph a subject for a birds-eye view perspective. Little did I know that one day I would pursue on this dream of mine. It all started when a friend of mine asked me to research on a camera call GoPro which was pretty popular extreme sports camera. I decided to head to the all familiar Flickr to find out what GoPro camera is capable of. I was immediately awe by the various...

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