The Moment of Light

I always wanted to improve the very raw version of 0.1 but not until recently. So now I give you the ALPreset ver 1.0. The version fine-tuned to make better natural color, especially better control of the highlight and shadow clipping. If you happens to own a copy of ver 0.1, do consider “upgrade” to this version (replace). Continue reading →

There’s a trick that I’ve learned sometime back on the internet (can’t recall the website) show how the Color Match in Photoshop can be useful to tweak your photo to match with famous art work. I have trial and find it really useful. It really change the photo characteristic and sometime it spike my creativity and bring the photo back to life or give it another level of altitude. Continue reading →

While I’m struggling looking for my next photo assignment, I took a break tonight and spent some great time consolidate my customise Lightroom preset. ALPreset (beta version) is my first Lightroom preset, available for download. Continue reading →

Recent volunteer work for an exhibition on large size printing work allowed myself better understand of digital files and final print output. There’s more galleries or exhibitions today are acceptance to inkjet printing with it’s fine and flexibility output. While inkjet technology today give a huge advantage over the large scale printing, advanced amateur photographer who want to make the large print may still find themselves trapped in the image size limit of what Digital SLR provide today. Continue reading →

It’s always a fun discussion about gear we used to do photography, even for some who denied and claims stand still for the film in the digital age, or others that into the alternative photography, the truth is that they’re still using a more then decent photography equipment, perhaps it’s just not the latest technology. Continue reading →

Experience could sometime be your biggest obstacles, especially when you are leading into new technologies, digital photography has no exception. Continue reading →

It’s been 15 years since I start doing photography, but I don’t feel good to tell anyone especially friends among photographers. It’s a simple reason, it doesn’t show of 15 years experience when I look at my photographs. Continue reading →