A while ago I posted an article about photographing children, now in this opportunity I’d like to write another article about photographing pets. The reason is mainly because both subjects have at least one thing in common, they cannot really be directed to do a certain pose or to smile to the camera, or even just to stand still, hence I think it’ll be interesting to write about it.

Photo By Canuck

In this article I am going to focus on photographing dog and cat since they are very popular pets. Pretty similar to children in terms of photographing, to take a good pet picture it’s best to make them do something interesting and waiting for prime picture-taking opportunities. Says you want to photograph your dog, try to give her a bone to chew or play with. I know there’s a possibility that your dog will be too excited playing and ignore you all together, well here’s another toy comes in such as squeaky toy, surely it’ll draw her attention. Try this, when your dog is playing with the bone, with your camera set to multi-shot feature and ready to shot, squeak the toy behind the camera and start shooting, hopefully she’ll still chewing the bone when she tries to find where the squeak come from. Read More

A few days ago I browsed around flickr and stumbled upon a very interesting photo taken somewhere in Jogjakarta, Indonesia by javajive. It was a photo of a moving “becak” on the street, the interesting part was I can really feel the movement, you can see the photo here. I learned that photo is taken using a technique called panning shot.

What is panning shot?

Well in plain english it means shooting a moving target where the moving target is Read More

These are another photos taken during my posting at the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam Part 4.

Some of these photos are tourist attractions you should visit if you come to Hanoi, Vietnam, some are the area where I live and work, some are stuffs, moments, people, views, etc I found interesting, and many more.

So have a look and please please please leave your comment, I’ll really appreciate it. Read More

In this guide to photography post, I would like to talk about photographing children. As we all are aware photographing children can be very chalenging, you simply cannot tell them to “pose and smile” to the camera, it just won’t work, instead you need to “warm them up” first, make it fun so they’ll enjoy it.

Generally there are 2 factors you’ll want to prepare before photographing children:

1. External factor, things that are not involved the subject which are: camera, location, props, timing whether it’ll be in the morning or afternoon, and camera’s equipments such as batteries, sufficient space on memory card, etc. Read More

Picture	Description	Price
	Zebra Jasper, Swarovski Rondelle and Cube Purple Velvet Crystals, Sweet-water Pearls, Bali Silver Beads and Toggle Clasp. Beadalon 19-Strand Beading Wire. Finished length: approximately 45cm/18inch long	US$80
	Details on Pendant
	Jade and Jasper beads make perfect harmony in this necklace. Bali Silver beads and Toggle Clasp give an extra touch, but it’s the Pendant that really steals the attention. Finished length: Approximately 50cm/20inch	US$80
	Indian Silver Pendant. Diameter 5cm. Using Wire Wrap Technique on Amethyst Rocks with length varied from 2.5cm until 2cm long. Finished with Sterling Silver Spacers and Toggle Clasp. Approximately 48cm/19inch long.	US$100
	Approximately 45cm/18inch long. Tiger Eyes, Mixed of Swarovski Crystals, Gold Plated Components on Beadalon 19-strands Beading Wire.	US$80
	Matching Bracelet:Approximately 18cm/7inch	US$35

Have you check out my Jewelry Collection 2 ? If you got a question or two, simply leave comments and I’ll get back to you ASAP, thanks.