Moving soon

Due to growing hectic work schedule, I've made the decision to shut down this site and concentrate on maintaining just 2 sites, i.e. seanliew.com and my company site, pixelagent.com. Over the next few weeks (months perhaps) I'll migrate some files to seanliew.com, mainly the free downloads, if anyone is still interested in them. Future updates, file downloads shall be on the new site. Thanks for your patronage. See you on the other side.

Transformation almost complete

Over the weekend I've been busy setting upseanliew.com, in the next 1-2 weeks I'll be moving over there. Benefits of doing it on Wordpress: more timely updates, quicker photo updates via Flickr and generally just more Web 2.0-ish goodness. Head on over for a sneak preview. I'll be announcing the house-warming party when the time comes. Just mind your hands and watch out for the patches of wet pain there.

Mother of Updates

Major updates on Nikonian's website, with photos of Fotokem Digital Fair, KLGCC D60 Workshop and the Basic To Intermediate student gallery uploaded. Check them out, now, quick!

Some thoughts on the recent KLGCC workshop: great to know that despite the rain on a fine Sunday morning, a huge number of participants turn up for a whole day of fun and learning (hey, I'm learning too!). For those of you who manage to "massage" your home TV or DVD player remote control to activate your D60, do detailing how you did it and what model of remote control you use. I'll post them up to share with the rest of you guys.

Great Kick Off @ KLGCC D60 Workshop

Last Sunday marks the first D60 public workshop conducted by Nikonian Academy, organised by Nikon Malaysia. A strong crowd of 60 participants turn up for the full day workshop, and captured some truly awesome photos. Check out the full gallery here.

8 Legged Freak

Shot this guy (from angle below) during my recent trip. Wish I had my macro lens with me at the time but the 18-200VR did a fairly good job at it I thought. Used the SB800 to fill in on the head a bit of light (sun was shining bright on its abdomen and the web). Shot in RAW, with minor tweaks using Capture NX. Click to view bigger image.

Thaipusam photos

Just posted some photos from the Thaipusam shoot. No commercial work is ever like shooting events like this, where you move around the people and try and capture the best possible moment and angle, without the luxury of setting up lights, pose models and direct the scene, so to speak. Going on shoots like this reminds me how much fun to it is to shoot with available light (and sometimes a speedlight) and let chance take over. Enjoy.

Too painful to watch

While all of us are still drooling over the prospect of owning a D3 and think of better ways to make use of it, this guy decided to test the solid construction of the D3 body by *gulp* dropping it 15 feet onto bricked walkway. Ouch! Dummy set? Dumb owner? You decide. Apparently it survived the fall. Being a Nikon and all, natch. And if that didn't make you faint, check out the other tests.

Other bits of update:Nikonian D60 review now online. Nikon Capture NX class now open for registration. Can't wait to share some cool tips with the participants on this class.

Quick update

Just a brief update as work is really catching up on me since CNY. Couple of events and happenings worth noting in the recent weeks, check this space for meatier update complete with photos and comments, but in the mean time, here are some newsworthy bits:

• Nikonian Academy, in collaboration with international supermodel and actress Amber Chia, is proud to organise the first ever Modeling Photography class for all you portraiture lovers out there. In this class, Andrew and Amber will be sharing lots of tips and tricks with participants relating to shooting, posing and being a model. Don't miss this exclusive class as only limited seats are available. More info here.
• Nikonian Academy's got itself a first-hand look at the new Nikon D60, one of the first few to arrive on our shore and boy are we liking it. Look out for our review on Nikonian's website soon.
• NikonUSA has just updated its website with spanking new design (love that customisable main photo complete with EXIF and photographer info). Loads of cool photos and information, don't miss it.
• Did a couple of photo shoots lately, commercially and leisurely; including one that involves a pedestrian tunnel, 6 Nikon speedlights, a handful of colour gels and a bunch of light stands at 3am in the morning. Definitely a psychedelic experience, that one. Watch this space for the photo, and other cool shots by the other Nikonian gang that were there too.
• More updates soon. Stay tuned.