Candid portraiture of Sue @ Yishun Dam

Took this candid portrait of Sue while we were hanging out at Yishun Dam.

I took time to process this shot as I liked the angle as well as her expression she had. I have always told my friends… “Don’t pose for me, just be natural and carry on what you are doing…” And well, as you can see, she simply took that cue and walla! I got the shot I wanted and liked. Hope you peeps enjoyed this shot as much as I did.

I did portraiture touchup on this shot as well as cloning away 2 bits of harsh bokeh at the extreme right of the image. I also raised the contrast of the shot so that she would POP.

A portraiture of Raj (Updated 03 Aug 09)

Her love of her life and their ride: The M3.

My Portraiture titled “The Angry Paparazzi”

Was toying around with Photoshop CS2 to postprocess a shot of me by Kelly Sim (taken on 28 June 09 during our outing)

Was using Selective colour to draw attention to ME (of course!) and cropping and darkening e background so that the subject (Me again, of course!) stands out more.

I am sorry if the little red speck of color left on the camera distracted you but… I am so Nikonian that I had to leave Nikon’s Signature there haha!

What I left alone was the skin texture so that it doesn’t look too fake here ( I did lighten my eyebags though)

Added a border to make it look more cinematic too..

So, did it work for u? Lets ignore how does the subject look but instead, how was the thoughts on editing… haha

Original image

Image after post processing.

My free model of the day: Aunty Felicia

For some reason or another, this post of mine was deleted.

This was a mini shoot for Aunty Felicia who wouldn’t mind being a model for me under e hot sun after seeing the previous shot I took of her previously. 

Here’s e images for viewing again. Enjoy

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Again, for some reasons if you realised there are patches within the dark areas, I concluded it to be due to Nikon’s Active D-lighting. When turned on, it seems to under expose some areas to provide a dynamic range in 1 single shot. I will switching it off from now onwards. It compromises my images man. ShrugsZ~