Photo Tips: Lighting Reference

1/640 sec, 17-50mm f2.8 @ f5.6, iso 200
it is a cloudy day, and i use stronger flash power to push down the sunlight to make the background slightly under exposure to create mystery atmosphere.


1/200 sec, 17-50mm f2.8 @ f8, iso200
fill in flash light at left hand side to compensate the exposure which sunlight cannot cover.


1/80 sec, 17-50 f2.8 @ f4.5, iso 320
it's cloudy day, however the subject is under a kiosk and the surface of lake is reflecting light, hence the exposure is not balance. flash light fill in to compensate the exposure.

Photoshop Tips: Film Effect

Digital SLR is flooded in the city nowaday, then there is some ppl start to thinking bout film slr. However, not everyone dare to step into film world. So, now photoshop can help u to create a fake film photo by few click =)


select gradient map. (click to see large image)


double click on the color bar, the gradient editor window will pop out, and then select the blue, red, yellow preset gradient. (click to see large image)


change the color bar into orange, blue, red and yellow, then click on ok. (click to see large image)


change the opacity into 10%. (click to see large image)


change the saturation into -20. (click to see large image)


at the layer side, select the background. and then click on filter > noise > add noise. (click to see large image)


set the amount as 5%, done. (click to see large image)