Photography Musings

We made a trip to Decatur last Friday! Here's two photos I took.

The Emory University Photo Club is going to hold a workshop for people who are new to photography. So I made this Prezi as a visual aid for the workshop that we are going to have! It might be useful for people who wants to explain basic photo concepts, or maybe for people who wants to learn! Link to the Prezi I made for a Intro to Photography workshop! (some of the pictures & content are taken from websites listed below:) http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm http://news.deviantart.com/article/42049/

So I was asked to be the second photographer at a wedding a few weeks back.  I though this would be a fun experience for me, so I went! Here are some of the tips & techniques that I learned / observed from the main photographer. I hope it will be somewhat useful for people who are shooting weddings for friends & relatives...etc. So here it goes: 1. Location, Decorations, & Setting Wedding photographers usually have to come 1-2 hours before the ceremony starts, to take photos of the still objects (cards, flowers, all kinds of decorations), and also the bride and groom preparing for the ceremony.  This is the part I love most.  Just make sure you have ample time to look at & compose wonderful photos of the place the event is taking place and all the small stuffs that are interesting. Take your time when taking these photos and make sure they're good because once the ceremony starts, the overall pace becomes much faster.  This is the part where I...

One morning my uncle and I drove into the mountains near Tainan city.  It's a known location for photographing sunrises because the fog and trees create a really special look. This is the normal version, and it was taken probably 10 minutes before the sun actually comes out.  From the platform that I was taking the picture from, there wasn't much I can change for the composition.  I eliminated an empty space below me and also other distracting elements and only focused on the sunrise and the fog.  The rule of thirds, although it's cliche, still works.  I put the line that separates the sky and the mountain on the 1/3 line in the photo. You probably noticed that this picture has a much wider dynamic range than the "normal" version above.  After taking a few pictures.  I decided to try out HDR.  I used to be very against this technique because I don't like the artificial feeling of the photos made from HDR, but it does help in extremely c...

Took a brief trip to Japan this summer before heading to India.  I stayed around Tokyo and Tateyama Kurobe Alpine for most of my trip.  These are some photos that I would like to share with you! This is taken at a traditional market in Tokyo.  The grandfather rode a bike and took his granddaughter out for a stroll. I saw the grandfather pointing out some dolls in a display cabinet, so I quickly took a shot of it.  There wasn't much time to compose the picture, but I included the out-of-focus racks on the left to give the picture more elements, and also gives the viewer a sense of the viewpoint I was shooting from. This is a temple in Tokyo.  There were events raising money for earthquake relief  in the temple.  What captured me was the smoke from incense coming from the small temple on the right of the picture.  I only included the roof of the small temple because this simplified the picture, letting the viewers focusing on the smoke ...