Iceberg's Photoblog.

Wilsons Promontory

2015-08-16T16:42:00.001+08:00

Approximately 3-4 hours drive away. The weather was dry, albeit cloudy. Highlights of the trip:
Up close with Wombat (a few of them actually)
Caught the milkway
View of beautiful sunrise right outside of the cabin (Sun rises over Wilson Prom!)
Walked on super fine sand.

Cloudy day over Tidal River

Black & White version of Tidal River.

Sunset along the road from the Prom

Milkyway shot right outside the Cabin.

Needless to say, the light pollution at this end of the earth is extremely low.

What a view to wake up to! The sun just rises over the Prom.

Phillip Island

2015-06-21T18:53:00.002+08:00

Made a road trip to Phillip Island on Saturday. It drizzled a little bit when we reached. Made a pit stop at the Koala Conservation Centre & The Nobbies before going to the Penguin Parade. Alas, no photography permitted at the PP, but it was a great sight nonetheless! Penguins were literally within reach. That made the long wait in the cold totally worth it.

Portfolio - Product Photography

2015-04-20T15:37:00.003+08:00

Following are photography samples of product, both commissioned & non-commissioned.

Mount Macedon, Lavandula

2015-04-19T06:46:00.001+08:00

Source: http://www.visitmacedonranges.com/natural-attractions/hanging-rock/about-the-reserve/

"Hanging Rock is said to be one of the best examples in the world of a volcanic feature known as a mamelon (French lit. nipple). It was formed six million years ago when a particularly stiff type of lava formed a rounded pile of layers on the surface as it was squeezed through a narrow vent in the earth.

The lava in Hanging Rock has a particularly high soda content and the action of rainwater has resulted in an unusual rock known as solvsbergite, or soda trachyte, which is the same rock found at the nearby Camel's Hump on Mt. Macedon.
(This type of rock is only found in outside of the region in Norway & Sweden.)

Since its formation, the mamelon has been exposed to considerable weathering and erosion, resulting in the unusual rock formations that can now be seen on the site."

On to the photos..

Hanging Rock Reserve @ Mt Macedon

Greenery along the summit walk

Challenging to climb up this mamelon

More close up of the mamelon, backed with great weather

View from near top of the summit

Lavandula Lavender Farm near Hepburn Springs

One of my favorite photo

Great opportunity for selfie

Another one of my favourite!

Portfolio

2015-04-17T09:15:00.003+08:00

Following are display of portfolio which will be updated periodically. These serve to portray skills and technique used and is not exhaustive as some of the works are restricted by client privilege.

Commissioned food photography by a restaurant for new menu

Photography of shapeless object with lighting controls

High speed interactive photography for canvas prints

High speed, time sensitive photography for canvas prints

Commissioned product photo for poster print

Landscape photography to compliment subject with nature

Landscape photography by use of filters & natural light

Mornington Peninsula

2015-04-12T20:17:00.002+08:00

Had a weekend trip to Mornington Peninsula (April 2015)

Vineyard @ Montalto

View of bay @ Mornington

Bathing houses @ Mount Martha

Self-portrait shot!

Taken with polarizer. Notice the bluer/darker sky, less glare on the bathing houses.

Bathing houses closeup

Someone disturbed a flock of seagulls feeding on the ground.

Bathing houses @ Mount Martha at spur of the moment

Met lots of groups of wedding couples with photographers. By my count, I saw 4 pairs. There was a nice walk to the tip of the peninsula, as well as a lighthouse overlooking the cliff & Bass Strait.

Close to sunset @ Cape Schanck

More sunset @ Cape Schanck

Sunset at near Fort Napean. This gulf overlooks Port Philip. The land opposite the mass of water is Queenscliff.

Sunset @ Fort Napean

Rings

2014-05-18T22:23:00.001+08:00

Was asked by a couple friend to help take some ring shots for their wedding collage. I must say the bulk of the time spent was setting up, placement of rings. Actual shooting time was much less than expected. There is definitely room for improvement and I have identified a few points in private.

Here's the outcome nonetheless. No serious PS besides curves and crop. As the image will be cropped out for further use, I didn't bother too much about the shadow, dust, reflections (or lack of) and color of background.

[Setup and review here]

Singapore Night Festival 2013 Aug 24

2013-08-25T10:42:00.000+08:00

I missed the SNF last year, hence decided to make it a point to go for the installation this year. We went to National Museum, since it has a series of performances lined up from 8ish to 9ish. It was crowded!

I couldn't take much photos either. There were so many cameras at face height that it was already difficult to view in the first place.

Pyramid of Void

Starlight Alchemy: Redux

Performance at Peranakan Museum

Australia Apr 2013

2013-04-26T22:17:00.002+08:00

Destination: Melbourne, Sydney. Apr 2013.

Best photo location we have been in Melbourne was at Twelve Apostles. The drive along Great Ocean Road was covered with grey clouds. Not too photo-scenic. Luckily the weather cleared up slightly, to catch a glimpse of the sunset, right behind what remains of the Apostles. The back-lit photos below were shot with 2 stacked ND Grad filter (2x & 3x).

Twelve Apostles

On the drive back from Lorne, we saw this scenic view. The place where we got the infringement notice for illegal parking. An appeal was lodged, but no news yet. Hopefully this photo does not result in getting the AUD141 fine.

Lorne

At Sydney, we traveled to Yarra Valley for the wine tasting. Weather was nice and sunny. We stopped by De Bortolli, Chandon and another one.

Chandon

With a trip to Blue Mountain, we stayed at Katoomba. One of the scenic view was at Echo Point with a view of the Three Sisters.

Katoomba, Echo Point (Three Sisters)

We stayed at In My View B&B. The sunset view was breathtaking. A tad lacking in foreground, but a good place to just view in peace.

Sunset @ Katoomba.

A HDR from 3 Photos.

Sunset @ Katoomba.

Alas, what is Sydney city trip without the Sydney harbour! Excellent sunny Friday. A real difference versus the next day which was stormy for almost the whole day.

Sydney Bridge.

Sydney Opera House

Brownian Motion

2012-05-19T22:44:00.001+08:00

This was shot for a project themed: Green/Black. Well, variations of the photos do come out. Some brown, some colorful.

New Zealand - Nov 2011

2011-12-18T22:42:00.003+08:00

New Zealand trip started from Auckland, then to Queenstown. We stopped at Te Anau first, visited Doubtful Sound, Milford Sound, then headed to Invercargil, Dunedin and then Queenstown!

Most of the places we went was raining. Locals everywhere almost say the same thing: "Yesterday was bright and sunny!"

Took 1059 shots. Filtered down to 79 pictures for first pass. And posted 17 here. Will definitely work on having a PDF/PPT version to document the travel from Day 1 to last day!

Willy the Wanderer

2011-10-20T23:52:00.017+08:00

Meet Willy.

"Hello!"

He was adopted just 2 days ago from a nearby shop which seemed to have eluded me for 1 year, for just $7.90. He even has a functional magnifying glass!

"Watcha looking at!"

Willy is an addition to bring to light the 3D Models that we have been building for the past weeks/months. Willy the Wanderer.. for obvious reasons.

At first, he wasn't sure whether he was dreaming, or really visiting places. He started off at Tower Bridge, London.

Scrutinizing closer, it seems real enough. And the journey commences!

Willy was at Burj Al Arab. Right where Agassi played tennis a few years back. But somehow, he sees the Petronas Twin Tower not too far ahead!

It's nice to hang off the Petronas Twin Tower bridge once in a while it seems...

Moving on, there was Paris...

Then there was Pisa....

"Whoa"... leaning as much as Willy can go...

Moscow...

Trying to blend in to the Kremlin.. playing Spot Willy instead of Find Wally...

China....

"Yippee!!" on top of the Great Wall.. or part of it...

Taj Mahal...

After a long trip, he rested.

But it was too hot, so Willy got into the shade!

Moving on... Willy came to the Himeji-Jo!

Try to Spot Willy...

Looking out of the Himeji-Jo... Willy is getting tired..

As I try to take a bird's eye view...

Willy sits back and rest...

Completing his tour... Willy went Down Under

Where else to go then the Opera House!

Exploring the Opera House...

It's time to take a break. Willy sits back, stretch out, gear down. It's time to conclude this journey segment of Willy the Wanderer.

La Trappe

2011-09-25T14:21:00.003+08:00

Went to Little Part 1 Cafe at Upper Thomson for Friday dinner.
Second time there, and second time having the La Trappe!

This time round, I took the bottle home (with consensus of the Cafe of course) for a photo shoot.

Nice strong beer. + the bottle looks good. Deserving of the effort to setup and shoot!

p.s. I realized my watermark for the product shoots were far too much at the bottom corner (like the Lomo Recesky), so for this round, I shifted it to overlap with the product.

Lomo Recesky

2011-09-18T17:56:00.002+08:00

My New Toy!
The newest addition to my toy collection - Lomo Recesky..

A DIY TLR for the price of $33SGD. This price is pretty flexible depending on where or who you get it from. I'm not sure whether I will be passing any roll of film through this, but it is definitely a cheap and good deco to be used at Halia.

Casio G-Shock

2011-09-04T19:29:00.003+08:00

Got a new toy for Friday.
Wanted a sporty watch, probably hoping that I will get out and do more sports!
Casio G-301BR-1ADR 2737
Quite different from my previous watch shoots. (Check out here: Product)

Glass and Asparagus

2011-08-11T22:39:00.003+08:00

Another set of photos not uploaded! What has been going on!! These were taken when the thought of concept photography was lingering... hopefully more inspiration will return. Shot in June 2008 as well.

Tree in solitude

2011-08-11T22:34:00.004+08:00

Essentially.... broccoli.

This came up during lunch today. I tried to find it on this blog but realized I didn't post it... taken in 2008 June, close to when Ripples and Cherry was taken. Couldn't remember whether it was Australian or China Broccoli though...

Singapore KTM Tracks

2011-07-30T21:29:00.005+08:00

These photos were taken before the Hanoi trip, but I only sat down to go through them in LR after the Hanoi trip.

The KTM tracking trip took place on 16 July, Morning. The idea was to track from track close to Rifle Range, and end at Rail Mall, with a hearty breakfast at Hatched. Luckily the weather was good, not too sunny/hot, not moody either. There were a lot of people. I would have described it as half of Singapore who were not at shopping malls were there.

And of course, there was the breakfast @ Hatched and coffee @ McD after that.

Hanoi 2011: July 23-26

2011-07-29T22:44:00.032+08:00

My first post via email! My plan is to type out the text in email then add in the pictures through the dashboard later.

Day 1

We reached in the afternoon, checked into our hotel, Tirant Hotel. Here's some room pics.

Then we went for a quick walk before heading for spa. Nearby the hotel lies the lake which is like a landmark to me.

We passed by the place where we would watch the show later, Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre. We had the hotel staff to help secure the tickets less it were sold out.

Dinner at Green Tangerine.

Food pictures!

At the Water Puppet theater, apparently need to pay 1USD for photography. I didn't pay, so only took some shots before the show started.

After the show, we headed out to the night market, which only runs on weekend nights.

Crossing the road is scary! Tons of vehicle horning, people etc

View of hotel at night.

Day 2

Halong Bay!
We booked a tour for 30USD per pax. A van came around to pick us up.

Halong city.

At the pier.

On the boat.

View on water. Splendid.

Inside Cave @ Halong Bay

Day 3
Food day!
Thanks to Ben, We were spoilt for choices on where/what to eat.

Bun Cha

Ordered 2 persons' share and a coke for 180k VND

Bun Bo Nam Bo

Went there right after Bun Cha and just couldn't eat as much anymore! So had to share one.

Zooming to dinner time.... Quan An Ngon.

This was good. Really good. Wrap-it-yourself with pork.

After the heavy lunch, we couldn't really eat much. Was looking around on what to order. The following is Rice Cake with Pork. Didn't quite like it, so just took a nibble.

Looking for a place for drinks, especially forgoing the usual Highlands Coffee, we sought advice from the local stall keeper. She pointed to across the street, an alley with little light, only to see something bright at the end. We walked through. It first seemed like a residence, then a temple, or it could be both. Finally a lady asked whether she can help. After knowing our intentions, she used some effort to switch on the lights, and handed us the menu, waiting to take our order.

View from the other end of the alley

This does not seem like a drink place in any sense!

The part where it feels like a residence. There was someone watching tv in the room.

After having taken the order, we headed up. There's a straight stair and a windy stair just to reach the 'cafe'. Then there's another flight of stairs going to don't-know-what.

The inside view of the top. We sat outside, with 2-3 other tables of customers.

View of the lake while seating outside

The signboard at the entrance of the alley.

Bishan

2011-06-17T22:08:00.005+08:00

Reached home earlier today. Was feeling a bit flu-ish, but think that it will be good to try to catch the sunset @ Bishan. Sunset was not exactly wonderful today. The process was over by the time I got to my spot. The clouds weren't fantastic as well. Here's just some shots of the neighbourhood.

Earlier shot of the HDBs. Before the sky turned darker.
There are actually some stars if you stare at the photos carefully. Those are not pixel noises.

Stadium - Good to have the flood lights turned on. Just something to add to the photo.

Mad for Garlic

2011-06-08T21:10:00.003+08:00

One idea to shooting more has to start with bringing the camera with you more often. So, I brought the cam to work, and then to the dinner appointment @ Mad for Garlic. I brought the 50/1.7 only because it's compact, useful and has good aperture.

Some food for thoughts:

After dinner, we hunted for McCafe. This one was at Center Point.

Mocchachino

PS Cafe

2011-06-05T17:47:00.006+08:00

Went for brunch today. It was pouring super cats and dogs today. Even as we ventured after the thunderous rain, it was still pretty heavy. But brunch was pretty good, albeit pricey.

PS Cafe at Palais Renaissance.

Table setting:

Cappuccino with love.

PS Big Bacon and Egg. I chose poached egg. It comes with chorizo, herb bread, baked tomato, mushroom and of course bacon.

Brunch burger. This would have been my choice if poached eggs ran out! Very good burger, though this plate was pretty exp, but beats most burger I've had hands down.

Egg White Omelette. Comes with spinach and mushroom.

Labrador Park

2011-06-04T23:19:00.003+08:00

Having realized that

1. I have not been utilizing my camera much
2. This blog has long been neglected

today, I made a trip down to Labrador Park, hoping to catch the sunset. However, the sky was a bit too cloudy, so had to miss the eggyolk in the sky... Not a very fruitful trip, but, it's a good start. Hope to go out shoot more, post more in the future.

2 pics for today..

Cambodia

2010-11-29T23:43:00.005+08:00

Realized I have not uploaded the photos since my trip in Dec 09!!
It's almost going to be a year.. so here goes..

Star Search 10 contestant photoshoot

2010-10-03T19:32:00.003+08:00

Today I had the opportunity to take part in Mediacorp's Star Search 10 contestant shoot. This was a 1hour thing, with each photographer having 10min to shoot per couple. 5 couples at 5 stations.

After the debrief, I went to my first location. I had a less than ideal flow. 5 stations were located at 3 location. 2 location had 2 stations. Just so happen that according to my flow of stations, I had to start and end at the same location.

Also, we started late, around 2:20pm. By 3:10pm, when I finished with the 4th couple. It was time out. Below are what I have come up with. Thanks to Cathay Photo, we had strobes to use at 1 location.

On with the photos!