allenang photography » august

Yet Another Teaser

allen — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:59:56 +0000

流出掌心的沙，又堆积回沙滩去了。

I haven’t been able to update as often as I would have wanted to lately, as I was quite caught up lately. Here’s one teaser from one of the recent snaps. Will be back with more.

Cheers!

I did something crazy yesterday: Time Lapse

allen — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:45:27 +0000

The sky is now clear since haze attacked few days ago. And, I thought it’s a good chance for me to attempt something crazy. So, I went off with my gears packed, and hoping for a good sunset in the evening. Since reading Louis Pang’s entry on “Creating Time Lapse Movie with your DSLR” in his Wedshooter.tv blog.

How can I not resist taking some shots for HDR pieces? As usual, these HDR shots are generated from Photomatix Pro.

HDR made of 3 exposures: 0ev, -2.0ev and +2.0ev

I brought all my gears, as usual, but all I really need in this project was my camera, a wide angle lens (I only have 18-50mm in this case, with 18mm being my widest choice), wireless remote trigger (or you can also use one with chord.) and of course a sturdy tripod. Louis did a very good job explaining how the filming was done, and I merely just followed through his steps.

Louis was using a D3 in his shots, and he has this automatic interval shot function in his camera, but I don’t have that in my EOS 50D. So, I will have to resort to a manual trigger. Again, I followed his tips, triggering a frame every 10 seconds. I started my shooting approximately at 5:50 p.m., and I shot the last frame at about 7:15p.m. The whole stretch took me about 1 hour and 25 minutes. I used Av mode to shoot, with my aperture set at f/7.1. I have to tone down the exposure over the time, as the sky or the scene loses light over the time. Honestly, throughout the shoot, I had doubts at certain point, I was wondering if this would work. Well, the result says other wise. All photos used here have not be enhanced. I dumped all the photos straight out from camera to process the image sequences. I had 512 images recorded from 5:50 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. But, of course, I did messed up with the timing in between, for example, 2 frames captured within 10 seconds, or maybe missed out on 1 or 2 frame between intervals. I’m human after all, no?

I had to use Quicktime Pro to generate the image sequence, I wish I have a better video editing software, which later I applied finishing touches with iMovie on my Macbook. As for the frame rate, I used 30 frames per second for the time lapse image sequences. Who knows, I might look into video market in future. It’s fun!

It was crazy but the result was quite rewarding. I reckon doing a time lapse just before rain falls would be quite interesting as well. So who says, photography is just about clicking the shutter?

Here’s the video:

Please view in Hight Quality.

Kuching Festival Food Fair through 50mm

allen — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:04:20 +0000

I brought my mom over to Kuching Festival’s Food Fair for dinner earlier just now. Well, with mom being around, I couldn’t really shoot as much as I would like to. I can’t possibly just leave her on her own for long right? Shouldn’t keep mom waiting. Despite that, I still have a few snaps from the night.

I only had a 50mm f/1.8 with me. I brought my speedlite, but didn’t use it.

EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Tired

EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Little boy dreams big.

EF 50mm f/1.8 II

I guess I’ll probably go there for one more round, for photography reasons, before the fair ends.

Revisit to 175º with Evelyn

allen — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:45:49 +0000

175º Cafe is one of the new hangout place in Kuching. Most of you in Kuching should have been there by now. It used to be Tao Cafe, and is now run by my friend Anson.

Prior to this, I have been there two times. Now, it’s my third visit, second with Evelyn. In my previous visit, I didn’t have my camera with me, so no chance to snap any shots or so. This time round, I brought my camera along. (Sometimes I wish I have a compact camera, it’s so much easier to carry around in occasion like this). So, here are some random snaps from that night.

All of the photos were taken from the 1st level of the shop, again, our first time being upstairs.

Spot metering + On camera monochrome mode

Av mode + Spot metering on the lanterns

1st Floor, 175º Cafe

We played some board game, which I actually lost! -_-” haha, never mind.

Mini board game.

Rich Chocolate Cake.

Dice

Evelyn hiding in the dark.

175º Cafe

175º Cafe is quite a nice place to hangout, nice and cozy. They have free wifi internet connectivity, as well as free fish spa. If you haven’t been there before, you can pay them a visit.

p/s: Happy Birthday, Evelyn.

Green International Festival Kuching 2009

allen — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:09:41 +0000

The convention center is opening, and there will be an event brought to you all this weekend. The Green International Festival Kuching 2009. One of the highlights to the event is a charity concert by local bands on the 8th of August 2009. The concert starts at 7pm till 11pm.

Green International Festival Kuching 2009

You can check out the event details in their facebook here.

Here’s the description taken from the facebook event page:

Highlight Of The Event:
Charity Concert by Local Popular Bands & Artists on 08th August 2009 from 7pm till 11pm

Tickets priced at RM15 .. and since this is a charity concert, monies will go to Green Ribbon Association.. So do grab your tickets now from Edwin @ 014-6866272 (no prank call or sms please *LOL*)

and for your information, this is not about Charity Concert only. We have got more to present to you in this newly built BCCK. I believe you have never seen a concert with a fashion show together, have you?

Lim Kok Wing will be taking part in this event and what’s better is that you’ll be seeing Breeze models there too

and a little bit more teaser, LKW will be designing the attires worn by Breeze Models using ….. (that’s for you to find out on that particular evening)

and of course, like we said, this event is not only on the charity concert itself.. You can actually visit BCCK before it’s actual opening too. Not only that, you will gain FREE ENTRANCE for the exhibition held on both 8th and 9th of August from 10am to 7pm

and the exhibition will be on Environment, Organic, the popular Enzyme, Health, 3R, Art, Technology, Energy and there are competitions not only for adults (Green Poster Competition) but also for children aged 6 to 12 years old(Card Design Competition)

..

Do post up your enquiry (if any) and we will get back to you soonest possible

Do support this event. Cheers!

Kuching Festival Food Fair is here again.

allen — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:59:28 +0000

I was told that there was to be a customary parade at the Kuching Festival Food Fair, hence, I stopped by to check out the parade and the preparation. I was hoping to snap some shots of the parade, but end up snapping aimlessly in the food fair.

Anyways, here are the few shots I took that evening. I shot what I thought was interesting that came into my line of sight.

Balloons

Drawing attention despite being on phone.

EOS 50D + EF 90-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM

Smoke trails.

EOS 50D + EF 90-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM

She's a shy baby.

EOS 50D + EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Another Father and Son shot.

EOS 50D + EF 50mm f/1.8 II

"Sir, would you like one of these?"

The Duck Shop (鸭店), anyone?

EOS 50D + EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Bokehism EOS 50D + EF 50mm f/1.8 II

EOS 50D + EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Evelyn in the background. This is a result of a "no-look-snap".

Grandfather & Granddaughter

That is all from 1st August. Kuching Festival Food Fair runs from 31 July – 21 August 2009. (Please correct me if I get this wrong. )

p/s: I was told that there is no parade this year, as the organizers decided to go for cost saving measures. What a disappointment! I have never seen the parade myself before. Never, ever!