Happy Kids

Happiness doesn't necessary belonged only to the rich, sadness doens't necessary fall only on the poors.


Little guy at Beng Mealea, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 38mm; ISO 200, 1/160sec at f/9


Little guy at Beng Mealea, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Nikon D80 with Tokina 12-24 at 12mm; ISO 200, 1/30sec at f/4


Little shy lady at Pre Rup, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Nikon D80 with Tokina 12-24 at 12mm; ISO 100, 1/15sec at f/9


Little lady at Pre Rup, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Nikon D80 with Tokina 12-24 at 12mm; ISO 100, 1/6sec at f/9


Happy kids at Ho Chih Minh City
Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 18mm; ISO 100, 1/250sec at f/3.5

Eveywhere I go, the kids always have the purest heart. No one is born evil-minded, we can make our Earth a better place.

Ray of Light

Nikon D80 with Tokina 12-24 at 12mm; ISO 200, 1/250sec at f/9

Ray of light shining through the dense foliage at Beng Mealea, Siem Reap, Cambodia, seemingly to be hinting the new born natural force of trees, nature, around the ancient magnificance, intelligence.

note: Beng Mealea, one of the most mysterious temples at Angkor, as nature has well and truly run riot. Built to the same floorplan as Angkor Wat in the 12th century under Suryavarman II (r 1112-1152), Beng Mealea is enclosed by a massive moat measuring 1.2km by 900m, much of which has dried up today.

Photography

I always thought that I love to take photos, and I want to capture every great moment came across my eyes.

But only when I had my D80 went down in Cambodia last week, I realised that, I do love to take photos, I do love to capture every great moment. Yet, I still enjoyed every scene that touched my heart, and amazed, stunned by the brilliant art piece of the ancient, throughout the entire journey, the memory is still the best camera I ever had.

At the moment boarding onto the plan, I understood that, the real force that has been pushing me so far, is the expression of myself through photography.

I am never a man with sweet tongue, and a talent of languages. With photography, I am able to express things I see, experience, and feel...And now losing my second expression of myself, I am feeling life is difficult...

May this be over soon.

I have found myself a new direction in photography.

Tea Plantation Abstract

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 105mm; ISO 400, 1/400sec at f/7.1

B&W of the Tea Plantation taken from BOH House, I love the texture, shapes, solid and void in the composition.

Simple Life

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 18mm; ISO 400, 1/3200sec at f/3.8

An old car, a peeled colours swing, and tea plantation...back to the basic, to the simple life.

Maybe that's the ultimate target of life? Haha...

Tea Plantation & Rainforest

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 105mm; ISO 400, 1/250sec at f/7.1

Composition of texture of tea plantation in Cameron Highlands, backgrounded by the rainforest of Malaysia.

I am so longing to be up at the hut.

Yellow in the Greens

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 105mm; ISO 200, 1/60sec at f/9

I found her lonely hiding in the shade, in the greens. However, it didnt stop her from shining.

So beautiful and elegant she is.

Kuala Lumpur Heritage Trails

It was a photography competition on 18th Oct 2009, Kuala Lumpur Heritage Trails, and these were some of my favourites of the day. They weren't the perfect composition and complying to the rules of thumb, however they did express my view and opinion towards Kuala Lumpur's Heritage wholely and truly.

KTM Berhad Interior Staircase

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 18mm; ISO 200, 1/8sec at f/11

A spiral staircase in the interior of KTM Berhad, leading the viewpoint towards the Islamic Deco on the ceiling.

KTM Berhad B&W

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 80mm; ISO 200, 1/800sec at f/11

A tight composition of the domes on the roof of KTM Berhad building, expressing the beauty of Ismalic Architecture.

Laid-back Temple

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 75mm; ISO 200, 1/200sec at f/5.6

I am trying to depict another side of religion. Religion doesn't really need to be that serious, easy, be responsible to whom you are, and adhere to the principles you think is right, that's it.

Masjid Jamek B&W

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 90mm; ISO 200, 1/1000sec at f/5.6

Harmony of Green

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 24mm; ISO 800, 1/10sec at f/4

A composition of colour inside Sri Maha Mariamman Temple

Forgotten Heritage

Nikon D80 with Tokina 12-24 at 12mm; ISO 640, 1/8sec at f/11

Wet market at Petaling Stree, the culture of "pasar", long forgotten inside the heart of KL city. What's left are only those who still believe the value of heritage.
I believe in the valur of heritage.

The Future

Nikon D80 with Tokina 12-24 at 12mm; ISO 200, 1/50sec at f/9

Who knows how our future world would be? Kids know, kids who knows the beauty of heritage know.

Glory to the God

Nikon D80 with Tokina 12-24at 12mm; ISO 800, 1/100sec at f/9

Heritage Trail, in the Steps of Advancement

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 52mm; ISO 200, 1/640sec at f/9

The heritage is lagging behind, and forgotten gradually in the steps of advancment of technology, and change of culture and lifestyle.

Abdul Samad's Clock Tower

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 28mm; ISO 200, 1/400sec at f/13

View of the Past, to the Present

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 58mm; ISO 200, 1/250sec at f/9

Raw surface of the railing, contrary to the clean white finished surface of the goverment building.

Glories of Nation

Nikon D80 with Tokina 12-24 at 12mm; ISO 200, 1/200sec at f/9

What makes up our nation? Nature(tree), Union(DBKL building), and Technology(LRT), with the strong believe of religion and ways of nature(framing of Islamic Architecture's arc).

1 Malaysia

Nikon D80 with Tokina 12-24 at 24mm; ISO 200, 1/10sec at f/9

1 Malaysia Najib said. And this is 1 Malaysia in my eyes.

Reflection and Layering of Times

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 90mm; ISO 200, 1/100sec at f/9

Reflection on the tinted glass, not the newly built buildings adjacent, however is the pre-war shophouses at the other end. As time goes, things changing and improving, yet, the heritage of culture, thinking and principles shall always lay the path to the highway.

Composition

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 45mm; ISO 200, 1/100sec at f/9

A fun composition of colours, cuisine cultures, and integration of races, foregrounded by the daily tools of people, motorcycles.

No Title

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 24mm; ISO 400, 1/4sec at f/5.6

A compostion of colours and shapes.

Balanced? Unbalanced? Abstract? Minimalism?

Your guess.

Wedding Dress Photography - SuBie

Had the first ever chance to try out outdoor model shooting, with SuBie, a sweet and very professional model in her purest white wedding dress.



















Here, for full set of album.

Rowing at the Horizon

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105 at 66mm; ISO 100, 1/4sec at f/16

It was a great weekend spent in Pontian. One day before I go back to KL, I went to the seaside trying my luck to capture the always visually-stunning sunset in Pontian.

Unlucky, it was an overcast sky.

Wandering around, I noticed this little boat sailing tough, at the horizon of the under-saturated colours of sea and sky, towards the island loomed through the heavy cloud.

Artificial that blends subtly into the great of nature's colours and settings, completing the overall balance of this capture.

Haze world in the microscopic perspective

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-55 reversed at 55mm; ISO 100, 1/100sec at f/8

Saw a white and transparent feather on the road shoulder while I was taking micro photos of the flowers.

The results is refreshing, setting a brand new perspective of me.

I thought the results would be as simply as detailed shoot of the fur, and some special texture, didnt expect to capture the special lighting effect caused by the density of the fur itself.

Another haze world in Malaysia in August? I just love the pic.

Making a Living, in Vietnamese Style

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105vr at 35mm; ISO 400, 1/4sec at f/7.1

It was in Hanoi, the first night of our 9 days Vietnam trip, and I noticed this girl was selling ballons in the middle of a busy main road, and got her first and only customer in my ten minutes observation.

I used a slow shutter speed to capture the hustle of the traffic and pedestrian, trying to portrait the toughness of this girl work for her living, in Vietnamese style perhaps.

First ever Micro Photography

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-55 reversed at 55mm; ISO 400, 1/100sec at f/3.5

Tried out my micro lens on ants, 2mm ants, and these are the results I obtained, a brand new world for me.

Suddenly it took me into the microscopic world of insects, and micro observation of the surroundings.

HDR, First time ever

It was 2 grey days in Cameron Highlands, all my shoots were either blown out in the sky, or underexposed at the ground. Frustrated, I took the chance to try out HDR, hyper dynamic range process.

And here's the results.

Underexposed, showing details in the sky

Overexposed, showing details of the tea plantation

How amazing it is!!!

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Though not really a good HDR due to rush of time, yet I considered this a successful one. :)

Little Girl thinking Big, thinking Deep

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105vr at 105mm; ISO 200, 1/250sec at f/5.6

Having lunch by the beach of Muine, and suddenly noticed this little pretty had been staring out to the sea statically for quite some time.

I captured this shoot, seeing that she was thinking into the present, the future, and the unknown that lies before her.

Little girl, big thinker.

个子小小，理想大大。

望着远方的大海，天空，不知他单纯的心理是不是也在憧憬着未来的彷徨，历练，挫折，精彩，以及人生中的彩色世界？

History, in the Music 音乐旋律中的过去

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105vr at 105mm; ISO 3200, 1/10sec at f/5.6

It was a local musical performance presenting the stories, myths and history of Hue, on a special ferry floating on the Perfume River.

The elder's singing the history of Perfume River and Hue, coupled with surrounding traditional music. Resounded were the glory of Hue, in the background of Perfume River Bridge and modern lighting.

唱着顺化的历史，演变，人文，事物，照在他脸上的是现代香江上的霓虹灯，而浮在脸上的却是对于过去的陶醉，思念及感慨。

Desert Muine

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105vr at 18mm; ISO 400, 1/500sec at f/11

The shimmering dunes in Muine, giving a spectacular sight that rear up from the shore of a lake with the changing shapes, and varied colours over the day, month, year.

It was a surpisingly nice shoot, as I didn't expect the results to be that breath-taking and full of details, in term of the colours, texture, ambient and the overall environment.

I did B&W conversion to accentuate the texture and contrast of the ground and sky, the magnificiant of the desert.

Framing of View

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105vr at 18mm; ISO 200, 1/10sec at f/9

It was in Hue, the historic city of Vietnam. Being the capital of ancient dynasties hundred of years ago, the traditional architecture of space planning, construction and detailing are revitalised in front of my eyes.

The use of architecture language, framing of view, is intensively used in the overall planning of the palace; inside to outside, outside to inside, landscape architecture, and the transition spaces.

Heavy rain just stopped, and this frame of view, with the reflection of the tree caught my attention. I indulged myself in the serenity presented, blended into the integration of balance and symmetry of forms and lights.

顺化,越南的三朝古都
沉淀着层层叠叠历史痕迹的古老皇城
当代传统建筑学里的空间规划,构造和细节
仿佛时空交错,一一从现在我眼前

建筑学的优美描述,建筑结构的敏锐观点
被广泛运用于这座历史皇城的整体规划
从内到外,从外至里
充分体现出整体环境的建筑美学与空间变幻

雨过天晴的午后
老树的倒影在成滩的雨水里悠游嬉戏
微妙的构成一副赏心悦目的画面

放任心灵游荡于眼前呈现的那一刻平静
沉醉于形态与光线的平衡与匀称表现出的综合美感

Harmony, colours and balance in Putrajaya

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105vr at 105mm; ISO 100, 1/320sec at f/8

It was a late start during the 1st Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloonn Fiesta, and I noticed this family of mum, and two kids were waiting by the lake looking up to the sky. Loving the harmony of the mum-children bond presented within this tranquil scene, and also the balance of colours.

I took the first shoot, the girl heard my shutter and looked back, I quicky snapped this shoot.

等候布城第一届国际热汽球嘉年华开始的同时
被不远处的这个景象给吸引了
妈妈和她的两个小孩
在湖边安静的等待

和谐的氛围,均衡的色彩
在宁静的画面里
彰显简单又温馨的亲子关系

忍不住抓起相机框起当下的感觉
小女孩显然听到我按下快门的声音
继而回头一探究竟
因而产生了这副有趣的画面

Way of life in Vietnam. 越南的生活方式及态度。

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-105vr at 30mm; ISO 200, 1/10sec at f/9

I was in Hanoi during my trip in Vietnam in May.

I was in Old Quarter, walking back to the guesthouse, and was amazed with the way they conserve the traditional architecture, which is widely known as "tube architecture", made known from the narrow ground floor planning and high building height.

Conservation of architecture, not only the physical, but also the activities, which they are doing pretty impressive. There are still active of old trades in Old Quarter, Hanoi, smitchy, carpentry, traditional coffee shops, tailoring and others.

It is a street of bamboo industry next to the guesthouse, hadn't started the business when I went out in the early morning. However it was then full of pedestrian, motorcycles along the street during evening time.

I enjoyed the vigor happening over there, which I noticed this static lady sitting in front of her shop in contrary. On the second look, I framing this composition of her husband working hard, while her daughter is playing around her.

Her face is emotionless, looking at the traffic, yet did not really have a focal point. Does it a depiction of the traditional life cycle of Vietnamese? Married at young age, settling down with family, yet, those aren't what they want to pursuit in life.

Maybe not only them, but many of us. But, that's life.

在五月的越南之旅，我的第一站河内，给我意想不到的城市规划，生活习惯，以及人与人的相处。

在马来西亚的文化，艺术及建筑保护与保存，都是很表面的涂上新漆，除了正面立面外，其他的重新装修过，重新包装我们的文化及艺术，但这些努力总是杂了些外国文化，全球化，不三不四。

但在河内，分成了新市区和旧市区。新市区的建设及规划虽有些零乱，但还蛮现代。而旧市区则几乎完全保存了越南的传统生活方式。建筑，交易，路边小食，遮着超过半条街的树荫，都是在传达着传统的延续。

照片里的她，坐在店前，丈夫在旁做着功，女儿在旁玩耍跑闹，而她却只是呆呆望着路过的行人及交通。这是不是我们都会有得无奈？当一切决定都作了，结果都清楚了，我们才后悔当初的不积极，不尝试。我想这是人生的不完美吧。只有主是完美的，而人类的不完美和不完全也是种缺陷美。