Cinematic Style Photography.

The are many style in digital photography world.......one of them is cinematic photography. It’s quite popular nowadays and many photographer adapted this style on many occasion such as fashion, wedding , portraits and even just for fun. What is important in cinematic photography is the post production setting ( or “photoshopping”) to get the result that we want. The are a couple of step in this technique :-

Desaturate Colours - Reducing the colour intensity makes the photo, “ film-like” effect.

Use lens blur to create shallow depth of field - Using wide open aperture (such as f/1.8 or f/1.4) to get the blurry effect or bokeh to match the film/cinematic lens effect.

Adjust colour balance – the are many type of colour scheme for cinematic effect depends on invidual style but mostly we can use cool toning setting using more bluish in colour balance( different with b&w cinematic style)

Add black bars top and bottom for Cinemascope effect – What can we do more? Just add the bars for immediate effect to finish off the photos.

*The most important thing in this style is how to capture the moment and transform the photos into the “cinematic style”.....the creativity is yours.....happy shooting and Assalamualaikum.

Landscape Photography

Landscape one of the most popular subject in photography, for me I’m enjoying travelling(even though it’s tiring) because it’s good for photography. Even in couple of hours after doing some works, it’s worth it. Last Friday I went to Johor Bahru for marketing program for my college.I just got a couple of hours ( 6.30 pm to 9.00 pm) time for a photo session with my friend, Mr. Hamzah Hambali around Danga Bay area. Even in a tight schedule, I’ve a got a couple of photo that I’m really satisfied. In landscape photography there are couple of rules that we mustn’t forget and this is a couple of tips from me to shared with you.

Choices of lens – for this session, I’m using my humble Nikkor AF-S 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 VR for wide angle view( not as wide as Tokina 11-16 or Tamron 12-24) but enough to get a very good wide angle photo.

Tripod – In this case, I’m forget to bring my tripod, just using my camera bag to get a steady position (almost like a bean bag I think...hah....) to ensure sharpness, especially in low-light conditions.

Shooting in “golden hours” – There are not quite right timing for the golden hours, depending on where you’re for example :- the right timing in Malaysia is around 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm and it’s vary in other continent.

Setting – The normal approach in to ensure a good photo is using smallest aperture setting to get a maximum “depth of field” and set to the lowest ISO as possible.

For a good photo, just wait for interesting lighting and timing to get a memorable photograph. Happy shooting.......peace.

Candid In Action.

Last Tuesday, another 3 hours in IKIP 3 photo studio with my students. Same as every semester, they had to learn about studio photography and basic lighting for studio portraits. For this class we have another new comers in the modelling world......Seri and Farah as a new star for this photo session. Just for me I’m into candid world...and I just like to shoot them in their sincerely act......... enjoy

A Sneak Peak......


Seri
Nikon D80 + Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6

Farah
Nikon D80 + Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6




Just a happy face.......


Nikon D80 + Nikkor AF-S 18 -55mm f/3.5-5.6



This isn' t a candid.....hurrahhh....


Made In Thailand



Malay Version of Hang Li Po

To The Peak Of Fraser’s Hill

photo by Mr. Azizul edited by Kairul Abas

I want to take three months off to the place that I can rest and clear all the burden in my mind, but that is just in my imagination. But for sure last week a memorable 3 days journey to Fraser’s Hill with my partner in crime, Mr. Hamdan and rest of the IKIP 5 team Mr. Jai, Mr. Azizul and Mr. Amir. What is changing in your life right now? For me, my passion in photography give me something to enjoyed at least for a couple of days. In this program ( organized by Omar Dani and BBA student ) we have a good 3 days of adventure(but I skip some activities.....hehehe) and my main objective is street/candid photography. What’s about a street/candid photography? For me, I’m capturing real moment in a real time of human behaviour. I spend a lot of time observing people around me just to generate my creativity and to enhance new ideas. I remember that I’ve been warning just because I’m shooting someone’s couple and that was just some of my memories back then. Okay we go back to my journey, Fraser’s Hill is a good place to clear up your mind and eyes. The green scenery and birds flying around you (and almost 1 ft. toad) that just give you a sense of harmony even though there are very limited activities such as horse riding, archery, jungle trekking and bird watching. What can you get for 3D2N in Fraser’s Hill? A sweet memories that are priceless.

Unpredictable Wildlife

Marvellous Landscape

Beautiful Flowers

Great Activities

and my favourite's.......candid/street photography

What’s in my bag?

Fancier Slingbag.

Nikon D80 + Nikkor AF-S 18 – 55mm f3.5/5.6 VR (attached), 70 – 300mm f4/5.6 AF

& Nikkor 50mm f1.8 AF with Nikon SB600

2 EN-EL3 Battery & couple of memory card

TR300 Tripod & Slik 6009 Monopod

Lens cleaning kits(Blower and Cloth)