The Pixels in Pete's World

Making photography a career Part1

Peter Phun — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:57:54 +0000

The year was 1982. I was 22, fresh out of aviation school with a commercial pilots license, but working in the cabin as a cabin attendant. The bosses said it was a temporary assignment. 18 months was their best guess of how ‘temporary’ that would be. After 3 years, I decided it was enough so [...]

Happy Mother’s Day

Peter Phun — Sun, 12 May 2013 17:03:51 +0000

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there. My mum like most in her days stayed home and raised us. She prepared 3 meals a day, did laundry, went to the market daily and never had a day off. When my kids were born, she came from Malaysia and stayed for 6 months each [...]

Choose your webhost well

Peter Phun — Fri, 10 May 2013 02:01:45 +0000

Change is never easy. Sir Isaac Newton’s 1st Law of Motion, a body remains in a state of rest until a force acts on it, holds true not just for physical bodies. Around 1999, around the time of the Y2K hysteria when I was still working at the newspaper, my boss asked if I wanted [...]

Field test Photoflex’s OctoDome XS softbox

Peter Phun — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:31:21 +0000

I generally test my gear thoroughly before heading out and using it on jobs. In the case of a light modifier like a soft box, I would be wasting invaluable time assembling and disassembling it at every assignment. So with my Photoflex Octodome extra small, I keep it assembled. For my portrait session with UC [...]

Review OctoDome Extra Small Kit by Photoflex

Peter Phun — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:32:44 +0000

When you’re a photographer especially one who does portraiture, there’s no such thing as having too many light modifiers. They are, after all, the brushes with which you use to paint your subjects. If you work primarily on location, these light modifiers tend to take a beating from being set up, taken apart and [...]

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The portrait you make can mean a lot | The Pixels in Pete's World
A nice portrait can mean a lot. It doesn't need to be taken by a 'professional' or a fancy camera. Its value, as I found out recently, is tough to put a price tag on yet can be priceless.
Head games in portraiture | The Pixels in Pete's World
That successful portrait often requires more than just photography skills. It requires a sort of battle of wits, a collaboration between photographer and subject

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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 PST

Online privacy, Facebook and our pictures | The Pixels in Pete's World
Privacy as our parents knew it is dead. We attended its funeral when we ushered in the internet. Thanks to cheap data storage, search engines, and yes,

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Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT

21 Signs you're a photographer | Black Star Rising
In a day and age when anyone with an iPhone or a Flickr account can call themselves a photographer, it can be a little difficult to figure out when you've separated yourself from the pack to become a real photographer. After all, beauty — in photographs as in all things — is in the eye of the beholder. Here's some of the signs\r\n

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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PST

21 Signs Youâ��re a Real Photographer Now
In a day and age when anyone with an iPhone or a Flickr account can call themselves a photographer, it can be a little difficult to figure out when you've you’ve separated yourself from the pack to become a real photographer. After all, beauty — in photographs as in all things — is in the eye of the beholder.But here are 21 clues