simply a photo ?

many of us understand before we press the shutter , we should plan for technical/art compo, horizontal, 2/3 …. etc ….

but there is something more important for landscape photographer

UNDERSTAND the NATURE and PLAN for the shot …

for landscape lover, it is not just photography but there are more to understand/know … e.g. tide, direction, timing, weather … etc ….

if you want to be serious then start ask yourself

1. must facing east for sunrise ?

2. is good to shoot this at low tide ? or high tide ?

3. what’s the tide level at beach near by ?

4. what time moonrise/moonset/sunrise/sunset

5. are all countries having same sunrise/sunset/moonset/moonrise time ?

etc ?????

e.g. are these plan or just shot what I see while I was there ?

so do you think planning is important for a landscape photographer ?

June 22, 2011June 23, 2011

my first photography trip to Sarawak – Bintulu

finally I was step into abeautiful Sarawak after long waiting .. I was invite by BINTULU VISUAL-ARTS COMMUNITY (BVC) to share some knowledge on MACRO and Landscape and have a Mega Outing …

even I only there for 2 day for BVC and found you guys rock … patient and the effort to group all the people are well done …

and I spend another 1.5 days with my long known Bintulu friends (Goh, Tony, Ai Ting ….. ) and most of their friend came out for meet up and we went a dark place for star, long house, jungles for mushroom adventure … and your patient on photography especially mushroom, nature got my FULL respect ….

I am still busy after continous working , outing … and I didn’t shoot a lot .. but here is one of the beautiful view at Tanjung Batu, Bintulu, Sarawak …

update 23 Jun

... the wait ... — ... the wait | Tanjung Batu, Bintulu, Sarawak ...

will share more slowly …. especially many beautiful mushroom pictures

June 7, 2011June 28, 2011

2011 Jul – Aug – Nightscape photography and Correct Exposure workshop

feel free to contact me for further enquiries ..

(all previous workshop and outing participiant have special discount… )

2/8 seats have been fill – update 8 Jun 2011

4/8 seats have been fill – update 13 Jun 2011

1. Kenny

2. Tay

3. Erica

4. Erica friend

5. Amin

6. LzPanda

7. Siah

8. George Wong

9. George Wong’s friend

10. Anxxx

11. Dennis

(update 16 Jun 2011)

May 31, 2011August 10, 2014

my gear : Tripod – Fotopro

tripod is my GOOD friend … I always say this and for my last trip, most of my friend look at me and ask why you bring your tripod any where … my answer is “I do not want to miss anything”

a good tripod for me should serve me few objective

1. sturdy
2. lowest possible angle
3. highest possible angle
4. the leg connection design, I had few experience with other brand tripod all failed on the leg which sand went into the connection cause the failure
5. size
6. weight
7. cost

we invest thousands of dollar on our equipment and I don’t think it is good idea to put it on a tripod that risk your equipment …..

I need my tripod to be stable because I do not want it to fall

I need my tripod have lower angle, because I know I need it

I need my tripod to have light weight because I bring it any where

I need my tripod to be durable to sand attack as most of us go beaches know it kill our tripod

I wish the price is cheaper, everyone wish too

I wish it can be multi tasking … yes mine can use as monopod

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some sample places I use for my tripod and it never failed me like previous tripods (which cost me RM300-2000)… it still serve me GREAT after 1.5 year heavy utilise (only clean once) …

Fotopro PGC-78c – Bigger for wildlife, bird .. taller

Fotopro M-5mini PRO – easy to carry …

FLM Fiction Ball head – stability, fiction control … firm angle without fall down after lock ball head

and I trust my TRIPOD … view the movie how I trust him 😀 click HERE see HOW I trust him …

e.g.

i. all the leg still work great

2. for the same size price is good

3. it can go as low as

I am using both

MGC-684N

C-5C Carbon

do let me know if you interest to have a try or look … or contact me for the price of fotopro tripods brought by leephoto

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Fotopro M-5mini PRO – easy to carry and pocket size …

FLM Fiction Ball head – stability, fiction control … firm angle without fall down after lock ball head

Fotopro CT-5A – a new concept of tripod combine Mini M5 I share previously and MGA-584N … = CT-5A

Fotopro PGC 484 – a travel tripod only <850gram only (without ball head)

Fotopro T-series T64c/T74c/T83c – new design better stability, better sand proof …

we have trust our tripod

May 15, 2011

new picture update to Black & White gallery @ http://www.liewwkphoto.com/image-viewer.htm?Fgallery7-3

getting slow to update my own site … too busy with all the activities …

here is one of the update

April 21, 2011April 21, 2011

Simply Stars chasing Outing on 30 April – 1 May…

Let’s have fun to shoot some nightscape, stars, star trail ….

or you want to increase some of yours shutter … you may able to make this

if Lucky, we should able to see this

I will disclosure the location to those confirm attend ,,,

the location should be ~2-2.5hours travel north from Kuala Lumpur

do drop me message or comment if you interest

1. liewwk

2. shunfa

3. Seesy

4. Carmen

5. Nick

6. Abah

7. Melvin

(due to the location stand place limit, will have some control of the number …. ~25 max)

what to bring …

1. camera

2. wide angle/kit len (widest aperture)

3. tripod

4. shutter release cable

5. small torch light

6. snack

*** special pririty given to www.photomalaysia.com member .. and please provide me yours nick

for details please refer http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=160658

April 7, 2011August 24, 2012

Milky Way again…

this is not first time I shoot Milky, but this is my very first time see it clearly … it was just above us and we can use our eye to see it … am happy able to make this outing [my East Coast visit | April 20100] and thanks for my friends going with me (Shunfa, Jason, Siah, Seesy, Xiao Yi, Ismail, Norhana & Lio) . We had wonderful trip … and could be most memorable trip for me ….

My very 1st Milky was post before here

and here was picture capture few steps out from the homestay …

5dm2 + SIGMA24F1.8

# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 10/1 second ===> 10 second
# Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 18/10 ===> ƒ/1.8
# ISO Speed Ratings = 1600

how to capture this, simply same how I shoot stars which I share before here… except we need higher ISO to get it clearly ……….

Update later

March 27, 2011August 18, 2015

Lee Filters, HAIDA filter, Singh-Ray filters for sale

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update 2015 Aug 18

we are now offer 150mm filters solution for Nikon 14-24mm F2.8, Canon 14mm F2.8 mark2, Samyang 14mm F2.8, Tamron 15-30mm F2.8, Canon TSE 17mm

150mm Filter for CANON 14L , NIKON 14-24 F2.8 …etc

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update 2014 April 22

ADD on Lee Filter little stopper (6 stops ND) for sale … VERY limited stock

http://www.leefilters.com/index.php/camera/bigstopper

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a good GND that everyone should own one

few samples from the filters

update 2012 Aug 3

Golden flow | Amed
– Lee Filter 105mm CPL
– Singh-ray RGND 2 stops

flow | Amed
Lee Filter 105mm CPL
Lee Filter .75s

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... the light/moment that I miss ... — … the light/moment that I miss …

... never give up ... — … never give up …

... the magical moment ... — … the magical moment …

contact me for the price and further details what holder to use with it ..

and if you need other Lee Filters.. e.g. Big Stopper, ND8 … do feel free to contact me and drop me a message …

Update page for what filters are available for pre-order and sale

http://www.liewwkphoto.com/market/leefilters/

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Beg solution for 100mmx150mm filters

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=1438

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Lee Filter Big Stopper sample

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=1347

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Lee Filter Glass ENhancer

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=1329

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ZHolder for 100x150mm filters

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=1298

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Stock update 27 July 2012 2:00pm

Zholder 77mm

Lee Filter UWmm77mm

SOLD OFF (contact me for pre-order)

1.2ND 100x100mm Un 2mm [NEW STOCK Arrive !!!!] 2013 Aug 15.9ND Grad Soft 100x150mm Un 2mm th.

Big Stopper 10 – 100x100mm Un 2mm th

.9ND Grad Hard 100x150mm Un 2mm th.

.6ND Grad Soft 100x150mm Un 2mm th. New Stock arrived

Circular Polariser 100x100mm Un 2mm

1.2ND Grad Soft 100x150mm Un 2mm th.

.75ND Grad Soft 100x150mm Un 2mm th.

.6ND Grad Hard 100x150mm Un 2mm th.

Linear Polariser 100x100mm Un 2mm

Pro Glass Filter 100x100mm 0.9ND New Stock arrived

.9ND 100x100mm Un 2mm th.

.45ND Grad Soft 100x150mm Un 2mm th.

Enhancement Filter Glass 100x100mm Un2mm [no more in Production due to Material shortage by Lee FIlters]

Circular Polariser 105mm Screw-in

105mm Front Holder Ring

Mist Set

.6ND to 81A Grad 100x150mm Un 2mm th.

.6ND to 81B Grad 100x150mm Un 2mm th.

SW150 ND 0.9 Grad Soft 150mm x 170mm

SW150 ND 0.9 Grad Hard 150mm x 170mm

Coral Set

SW150 ND 0.6 Grad Soft 150mm x 170mm

SW150 Filter Kit for Nikon 14-24

RF75 Polariser

RF75 Digital Basic Filter Set

RF75 ND Grad Set Soft

RF75 ND Grad Set Hard

RF75 Digital Advanced Filter Set

Coral Stripe 100x150mm Un 2mm th.

LEE FILTERS Triple Filter Pouch

LEE FILTERS STARTER KIT

LEE FILTERS Multi Filter Pouch -10 Filters

LEE FILTERS Inspiring Professional Book

March 22, 2011March 29, 2011

2d1n Long Exposure & Stars Tour + mini Workshop [16-17 April 2011]

When

16-17 April 2011

Where

Muar – Batu Pahat

I will have a mini workshop for long exposure so I decide to make one South (Muar – Batu Pahat, Johor) …

this is not a full Workshop but I will share some tips

1. what tools - filter explanation  - which filter to use

2.     how to shoot Long Exposure
–      how do we calculate the exposure time
–       some experience what setting
–       what’s best exposure for different effect
3.     what accessories require for Long Exposure
4.     Post Processing tips (my Long Exposure and Star PP workflow)
5.     How I shoot Stars

this trip will limit to 4-6 participants and now 2 have been fill …..

*** update 23 March 2011 , 4 seat had been fill …..

*** update 28 March 2011, 6 seats had been fill … and this is close now !!!

RM499 will include

1. travel from KL
2. accommodation (we will have quick rest after sunset) (3 stars hotel 2 share 1room)
3. monitor calibration, if you bring yours notebook along

*** this is not a basic class, will assume participant already know basic of DSLR, A-mode, M-mode, exposure, Aperture, ISO, Bulb-mode (will share how to calculate for right exposure)

Contact me for different fee, if you arrange yours own transport …

liewwk@liewwkphoto.com or Contact me

March 15, 2011January 8, 2017

Mosque collection | liewwk

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. If you ever travel to Malaysia, Mosque build up are different and most of them are beautiful .. I love to see their beautiful architectural characteristics and most of them are build near lake and sea ..I am yet to have many good collection but think is good enough to start share my collection so far

1. Masjid Tengku Tengah Zaharah atau Masjid Terapung @Kuala Terengganu