KK In Memories

Still remember last year, we went to Kota Kinabalu for our friend's (John) wedding..
This was the first time we coursemates gather again after graduated from university, and that had been about two years since that.

We also went visiting other places at KK, besides attending John's wedding.
Places we went are such as the hot spring and island hopping. Here are some of the photos which i consider nice shoots. :)







The buddies~...

I 'shoot' them, you 'shoot' me?


Us...

Basic Knowledge On Photography

Here comes some basic knowledge on photography...:)
The very first thing i get to learn is...how does a picture form?
Oh..actually it's to let the film being exposed to light, to capture the light of that particular moment.
For a beginner like me, the first thing to learn, is this "Exposure Triangle".


ISO, Aperture, and Shuttle Speed

We've been always seeing this ISO values, such as ISO50, ISO200, ISO1600 and so on.
This ISO means the sensitivity to light of the film. The higher the value of ISO, the more sensitive it is to the light.
So, this would mean, a camera with the higher value of ISO, would have better feature/ability to sense the light, thus producing better picture quality, especially in the dark.

Secondly, the aperture. Aperture can be said as the 'window' in the lens of a camera. It controls the amount of light to enter the camera. The aperture value, comes in times of (surd2), such as F1，F1.4，F2，F2.8，F4 and so on...
The smaller the value of F, the bigger the 'window' is, meaning it allows greater amount of light to enter the camera, thus producing a brighter photo.
Besides, this aperture also affects the field of depth. The greater the aperture, the brighter the photo is, and the lower field of depth the photo has-- it has blur background. This would 'emerge' the main subject in the photo, making it more obvious and attractive.

Next, is the shutter speed. This would mean, how fast the aperture opens; the longer the time, more amount of light is allowed to enter the camera.
Shutter speed of a camera comes in units of 1，1/2，1/4，1/8，1/15,..so on seconds.
The lower the shutter speed, the brighter the photo is, and it will have smear effect, and easily blur,if you shake.

Therefore, the very basic thing of gtaking a photo, is adjusting these 3 ISO, aperture and shutter speed to get the best which suits your taste and feel. :P

This is one of the site i learn some basic sklls from:
http://www.fotobeginner.com/

Journey to Photography Starts Here...

It's all started when i found that...actually i'm quite interested in shooting photos! :)
I got my very first ever camera when i was in my 2nd year of university. I like taking photos as i think it captures the memorable moments in our life. Hence, and so...there goes my journey in photo-taking~
All the while i'm using this Canon A400 compact digital camera. Up till now, it has been about five and a half years. For me, this model of camera is already satisfying and good enough (moreover, i spent about RM700 to get this thing, you expect me to regret?? :p)

To start off, i've learnt some photography technique and skills from some photography websites. As a beginner, i start to take photos in the way of more profesional like :p (rather than just normal-shooting type)
These are some of them, which i considered quite good pieces of photos... :)


Taken at my rented house at Kulim, Kedah.




Taken at Venice Beach, LA, US (29 Sept 2010)


Taken at Portuguese Settlement, Malacca (24 Dec 2010)