Photography

I picked up Photography as a hobby since my days in the army, when I was serving National Service, to cover events for the unit. I have my NS days and my supervisors to thank, for giving me the opportunities and responsibilities to participate in various events. This gave me a taste of providing photography coverage for occasions. Back then, I operated a Nikon system. As I embarked on my undergraduate studies in NUS, I began to do more reading up on the subject and became really interested to develop that photographer's eye, and capture the essence of life in its full glory. I also hope that with my lenses, I'm able to capture the wonderful creations of God.

Currently, I do freelance photography locally in Singapore, depending on nature of assignment and my schedule. If you do need my services, feel free to contact me.

Feel free to take a look at my portfolio. The quality is not as good as the original prints as they were scanned from prints via an entry-level flatbed scanner, with some at low resolution.

Equipment:

I've been using the Minolta Dynax 404si since April 2001, which is also the 1st SLR I own. Although it is only an entry level camera, it allows me to learn the basics of photography, albeit without those wonderful bells and whistles of professional cameras.

In 2003, I acquired Minolta Dynax 7, a high-end amateur camera comparable to Nikon's F100 and Canon's EOS 30. Here's a review on it.

In truth, the essence of a good picture lies not in the camera, which is only a black box, but depends on the eye behind the viewfinder. A tool is only as good as the operator using it. Of course, at the end of the day, I hope to improve my skill to justify the use of this high end camera. :P

Some helpful links:

Forums/clubs:

Clubsnap - very active forum page, especially in the local Singapore context
Offstone - another local forum, but more critical in critiques and good articles to improve your photography
Nature Photographic Society - wonderful website if you like to shoot animals, plants.
National University of Singapore's Photographic Society
Photographic Society of Singapore - largest and oldest photographic society in Singapore, which I'm also a member of.
Photography Singapore - an alternative forum for photography in local context.
Photo.Net - wonderful international critique website.
Phototalk.Net  
Photocritique.Net  

Equipment info:

B&H - 1 of the largest photographic shops in US, with a wonderful online website to get your photographic equipment.
Cathay Photo - the most comprehensive photography equipment shop in Singapore, but not necessarily the cheapest)
Lowepro - the brand name for bags to log your camera equipment with
Minolta - official homepage of Minolta
Minolta Photo World - an online photographic journal by Minolta
Photography Review - my favourite site to do my research before making up my mind to buy whatever equipment)
Photozone  
Sigma Homepage  
Tamron Homepage  
Tokina, Hoya, Kenko, Slik, Nissin  

Photography resources:

Agfa net- Photography course
Britisih Journal of Photography
Fodors- Focus on Photography
National Geographic Society - the world's most renowned photographers gather to capture images of the world.
Peterson's Photographic Online
Popular Photography & Imaging - a wonderful magazine now comes with a website!
Photography Monthly
Fotopassion - by 1 of PSS instructors
Sandven Image House - by 1 of PSS instructors
Studio Workz

Photographer's websites:

Art Wolfe- Nature Andy Ho's homepage
Ansel Adams- B&W landscape James Wong's homepage
Juan Buhler- Street photography Victor Wong's homepage
Polking, Fritz & Gisela- Nature Wee Keng Hor's homepage
Steve McCurry- National Geographic  

 

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