Experiment with Clamshell Lighting
Last week I experiment with clamshell lighting – a lighting setup that only utilize two big light source placed in front – above and below the model, where both light pointed towards model’s face. Since I only have one light, I use a flash with umbrella for the top lighting, and a reflector just below … Read more
The Super Cute Gillian
My supercute niece: Gillian! Note: The cute flowery headband is hand made and ready for order :)
Labor Demonstration
This time, I was on 25th floor at my office and I saw that a labor demonstration is just gonna cross the road in front of my office. As it is just about time for lunch, I promptly going down hoping that I arrive in the front gate in time, before all the action is … Read more
The Genie Glass
I do my first attempt to play with still life photography. For main light I used a Canon speedlite with softbox and a reflector, while for the background light I use a small LED flashlight covered with magenta gel, pointed towards a yellow background. Here’s the result.
My New Sidekick: The Canon S100
It has been a month since I bought the Canon S100 to accompany me as ‘anytime-ready’ camera. Overall, I’m pretty much satisfied with it. The image quality is good, easy to use, and the handling is nice. Talking about the handling, I feel it was a good decision that I pick this up instead of … Read more
Chinese New Year Eve
On last Chinese New Year, we went to a temple called Jin De Yuan. This is not my first time took picture there, so I kinda familiar with this temple. The temple was really full of crowd praying and burning candles and incenses (called ‘Hyo’ in our country). Due to the fully smoked room, some … Read more
Forrest Gump, Memento, 500 Days of Summer
So now it’s not like I’m going to open up a new spot for movie review in this blog. It’s just, I feel that every time I watch a good movie, it somehow enrich me. I just don’t wanna waste this, because I know I have problem with my not-so-good memory. So, instead of let … Read more
Salida del Sol – Dieter Kreidler and Udo Kamjunke
I’m so glad that finally I successfully push myself to do recording again. Yeah! So, this piece ‘Salida del Sol’ is a simple one, yet really beautiful. It means ‘Sunrise’ in Spanish. I never touch this piece until one day I gave this piece to my pupils. It’s technically easy, and allows them to explore … Read more
Baby Gillian
Yesterday I just went out with my family, and I took these picture of my niece Gillian and her Mom (my sister). Actually I have no intention to do photo session, but it turns out many shots of Gillian looks cute and I decide to upload some of them :)
The Revival in Ha Noi
Hi all! First of all I apologize if you think this post will be about ritual related stuff in Hanoi. No it’s not. It’s about me. If you are looking for the Hanoi stuff, just go to the gallery at the bottom of the post :) So, it’s been a while since my last post … Read more









