At the risk of sounding ‘old-school,’ I really believe shooting images in BW can help your composition.
No, I’m not suggesting you set your camera to capture only in BW jpegs.
See this explanation why not to shoot BW jpegs.
Actually what you should do, if you have access to a raw image processing software, is to set your camera to capture in RAW but set the camera to display BW on your LCD monitor.
Mornings around the Phun house on a weekday is no different from the typical household with school age kids.
There is the usual yelling, “Time to get up”
Followed by “Light’s coming on”
“Move some body parts”
Continue reading Correct exposure is relative
The Lunar Festival for 2012 took place on January 28 in downtown Riverside, just like the previous year.
This time though, we had gusty winds for most of the day.
The crowds didn’t seem to mind as visitors arrived throughout the day.
They didn’t even seem to mind the long queues for food.
Continue reading Riverside’s Lunar Festival 2012
Last year I only got to spend two hours at Riverside’s Lunar Festival.
I missed a lot of acts and performances.
The one I wanted to see were the Sumo wrestlers.
This afternoon, try as I could, I couldn’t get through into the inner ring of people. Continue reading Sumo wrestling at Lunar Festival 2012