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Busy colours in black and white Capturing image in black and white is much more challenging than in full colour as the variation in colours will only be captured with different levels of grayscale. The following colour combinations will be difficult to differentiate: white and yellow, white and light blue, green and red. As such, textures of the cloud and sky, flower and foliage, sun, sky and cloud at sunset, lips and skin tones will not show any distinct contrast in a black and white format. Yellow filter to enhance different tones of white To further highlight these contrasts, filters are available for this purpose. For the old SLR cameras which using 35 mm film, filter can be screwed in-front of the lens to achieve this. For current DSLR cameras, these filters are available in the monochrome adjustment. The filters pre-set are available in yellow, orange, red and green. Yellow filter is used to make the blue sky looks more natural and the white cloud looks crisper. Orange ...

Celebrate!!!! Birthdays are good for you. Research has shown that the more you have, the longer you live.

Some of us simply pick colours for our home interior from tiny sample printed in the paint sample book or catalogue. The colour looks very nice in the catalogue, BUT when the colour stands on the big wall, some might get shock or even a heart attack. Do not confuse your eyes with other colours that were printed side by side. Cover other colours with white or black paper to understand the full impact of one particular colour. Before choosing the colour, think about the effect of the colour when it goes to the wall. Does it match with the mood that you are trying to create? What will be the colour look like in a very bright light and at night. If all of the four walls of a room were painted with bright colour i.e. orange, fluorescence pink or green, you may want to spare some sun-glasses or paracetamol for your guest, as they can get BLIND or even developed severe MIGRAINE. Soothing combination of colours: duck egg blue and cream Usually each room will be painted with 2 colo...

A Good Point Why do ballet dancers always dance on their toes? Wouldn't it be easier to just hire taller dancers? Source: 1001 things to make you smile (Marion Kaplinsky, 2005)

Too dark or too bright.....this is due to poor exposure of the sensor to light. Is it a problem if my photo is too dark or too bright? May be yes and may be no, depends on what you want in your image. If the photo is too dark (underexposed), you will loss the detail of the shadow. If the photo is too bright (overexposed), you will loss the texture of the cloud and sky. Exposure is a combination of two fundamental settings: the aperture opening and the shutter speed. Aperture opening is the function in your lens and the shutter speed is the function in your camera. Optimal exposure can be achieved with many combinations of aperture opening size and the shutter speed, BUT each combination will have differences in depth of focus, motion blur and etc. How this exposure can be controlled? The answer is by having a good understanding of the combination of aperture and shutter speed. Shallow depth of focus, focus point was on the middle broccoli, focal length of 50 mm, large aperture ope...

This post will be the first part of sharing related to colour in interior decoration. How we use colour in our homes depends on several factors i.e. space, light, proportion and texture. Small room is best decorated with bright colour. This statement is usually justified decorating the room with neutral colour. I personally believed that very bright colour is far better for the limited space as this colour will stay brilliance and rich with the low level light. Warm colours such as REDS , YELLOWS and ORANGES are welcoming and uplifting, thus suitable for hall way, stair and door way. These colours may scream out loud, but do not worry about this because time spend in these areas will be very short as people only passing through these areas. You may want to combine these colours with darker colours to tone down the screaming note.   Combination of brown and orange If you are worried to use these colours then try natural light colours such a...

What I did today is just burned a big hold of my pocket. Just because of my interest in photography. The EFS 15-85mm IS USM has been added to my lens collection. Hope to capture more interesting photos with this lens. This is an investment for my new project, just wait and see. The 15mm really gives a very good wide angle view with  f3.5 and the 85mm with f5.6 is appropriate for full frame portrait. With crop factor 1.6x, this lens is equivalence to 24-136mm. The body is quite sturdy and quite heavy too. Filter for this lens is quite expensive as the diameter is 72mm. This is a good lens for travelling as it is less hassle compared to the multiple lenses which require frequent changes for different compositions i.e. landscape to portrait or vice versa.