I personally like fish, although my favorite is the Red Arowana but it is still quite far-fetch now due to space, time and money constraint. But it will be one of my goal. Nonetheless, many other types of fishes also fascinates me especially the ones with nice shapes and colors. I like colors, strong contrasty colors fuels my excitement and desire to look for more.

These are called ‘African Prince’, a species of African Chillids.

They come in mainly white and yellow. Very cranky, aggressive and high-appetite fish. Feeds on simple fish food but a lot. They maneuver skillfully and quickly through the aquarium at high burst speed. This post quite a challenging situation if your camera cannot handle high ISO.

With the aquarium lights, I have to set ISO1000 to get a constant shutter of around 1/125 to 1/250 at F/2.8 – F/3.2. Of course my trusty Canon 30D makes this process quite effortless.

I noticed that these fishes are quite camera friendly and sometimes aggressive too as they try to peck at my lens. Unlike the guppies and neon-tetra which are quite camera-shy in this sense.

A tripod helps in this situation but make sure your ball-head is set moderately loose cause you might be constantly chasing these African Prince can you may strain your ankle.

Well, it is pretty simple process and the most important ingredient is of course to have a lots of FUN. With practice, you will be rewarded with beautiful unforgettable images of your pet fish.

Malaysians celebrated Olympics 2008 with its host China that day. Beijing has chosen Kuala Lumpur as one of the destination to have this historical event to celebrate the greatest sport event held every 4 years. The last time KL folks saw this was back in 1964 when Japan played host to Olympics.

The event started from Merdeka Square, KL and ended in KLCC (Malaysia’s landmark) with tens of thousands of local and international supporters mainly of China origins. The Star reported a small incident but overall atmosphere was peaceful and fun where sponsors of different origins like coca-cola, samsung and lenovo took advantage for their own promotions, students of china origins chanting away in support and also locals came to witness this historical event.

Photography opportunity was not good at all due to a few factors namely:

• Torch bearers have more than a dozen of FRUs and other staffs surrounding at all times.
• Torch relay was done at un-strategic locations where clear view is impossible.
• Lack of info of the exact route of the run.
• Some if not most bearer only run for a mere 100m or less. What is the point???
• many more

I can complaint till the cows come home but it is already done with and only god knows when we will be chosen again to run this event. One suggestion to the organizing committee is that they could have emulate the organizing style of Le Tour De Langkawi. I can imagine how difficult it was for many photo-journalist who has to scuffle with so many parties so that they can deliver that shot!

Full pictures here : Beijing 08 Torch Relay KL

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To get good colors, exposure is important. Any over or under-exposure may not give you the desired results. It is good to learn Spot Metering in your camera. The sweet spot should be about 10~15cm away (through the viewfinder) from the brightest spot. Shoot more with different exposures for different results then edit with your software.

Locations of pictures taken are surronding of Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong Kowloon, Hong Kong Airport, Puchong, and FGS Jenjarom.

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Blue skies dominated the atmosphere and it was easy shooting with a hint of fill-in flash. Locations included Genting Highlands and Putrajaya.

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A camera functions with a lens that draws in light to the recording medium with the desired combination of the ISO speed, aperture and transmission value. In different scenario, different combination of these 3 values are used to give you the desired results. A shot taken at the Sepang F1 track during last year’s A1 GP championship.

Modern day digital camera comes with different types of settings to help you with these. Knowing what, when and where to use it will definitely make you a happier person and not to forget how to activate it.

Every click takes into the account of the right combination of the ISO value, lens aperture, and shutter speed. Different combinations will render different results. Each of the values will be explained in series from time to time.

In view of the advancement in technology, taking nice photos is getting easier. However, it helps to learn up the functions and features of the camera to get desirable results. Even some camphones can give good results when use correctly. As depicted from the picture below “St. Andrew’s Cathedral” taken with my trusty 2mp Moto V3x using some simple set up.

Photography is meant to be an enjoyable hobby. Learn the ways around it and you will be having tons of fun.

I hope you will learn some valuable tips through our tutorials and hope to have your comments here. You could also leave any questions related to photography and we’ll try to give you the answers.