So after I was done with my friend’s site, i decided to do up my own.  Just pay S$87 to purchase the template and then tweak it a little.

The website is javascript and the blog is really minimalist now.

Totally worth it!

]]> http://www.colinsphotograffi.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=2264 0 http://www.colinsphotograffi.com/blog/?p=2260&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=update http://www.colinsphotograffi.com/blog/?p=2260#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:50:28 +0000 Colin http://www.colinsphotograffi.com/blog/?p=2260 Its been a while since I have updated my blog, so far nothing much to say because I’ve been pretty busy doing the same old thing.

I usually update my gallery more often since that is the more important part of the website.

Anyway, here is what’s been happening :

1) Finally bought myself a PS3

2) I’ve been playing Battlefield 3 almost every day since it came out. I must say that I am addicted to it.

3) Got a bus ad to shoot sometime this month

4) Still doing the usual retouching and shoots

Boring eh?

(Such a simple layout, I kinda like it)

The rain has just stopped and the sky was just a patch of grey.  No problems there, I just threw in some evening sky, some light and the usual gaussian blur.

this photo was actually edited after I did a few, so I kinda got sick of seeing green all the time.  I decided to change the colours of the leaves just so see how it would look.

Besides gaussian blur, I felt that the back was lacking any interaction with the subjects in front.  So I put in some light to “hit” the couple.

The kids were pretty fun to shoot but not with all the people standing around.  Had to clean them all up!

The following is pretty much work in progress.  The original idea was to take the image and blend it with the painting.  After a while, the idea was changed to putting wings on her.  The more I look at it, the more I keep thinking “Chinese Music CD Cover”.  I know I can just clean up the original image but it doesn’t hurt to play with photoshop a bit more eh?

(original)

(first idea)

(second idea)

like I said, its still work in progress.  I’m sure there will be tweaking here and there.  Gotta see what the art director says.

update 24th June

update for 25th June.

update for 27th June

I haven’t shot weddings for a while and this is probably my last one for 2011.  Any other wedding shoot I do will be for my friends only, unless somewhere along the way some client convinces me to do wedding photos.

Anyway, the rain just stopped and the seats were wet.  I couldn’t get the bride to sit on any seats and risk getting the dress stained.  Because of the rain, it was very humid too.  I don’t know the botanic gardens that well and I didn’t manage to find the band stand.  The shoot was supposed to last about 1hr and I thought I’d try to get 5 shots.  We were there for 1 1/2hrs and I had 13 photos.

So here it is, my version of weddings and its not a bridal shoot.

(paparazzi)

(team botanic gardens)

The following images are based on client requirements.

Man Utd simply did not have an answer to the best team in the world right now.   I stayed up to watch the match and it was worth it even though I lost $20 for betting on Man Utd to hold onto a draw for 90 minutes.

Football season is over, life will be meaningless till August.