Experimentasi Bulan Purnama (Full Moon)

Date: 9 - 11 December 2011
Event: Full Moon Shooting
Location: Kg. Bkt Sg. Putih, Ampang

This is an experimentation on shooting full moon.  I've tried a direct shoot of full moon before and this time around, I'm experimenting shooting with slow shutter and adding some elements in it.  As a start, I being shooting the directly to the moon to get the texture of the moon's surface.

Full moon and its surface texture.

Then, I added a tree branches as a foreground to it and focus straight to it instead of to the moon, thus eliminating the moon's surface.

 Full moon partly framed by the tree branches.

Then, by maintaing the focusing point and aperture (f20), and with a moving cloud around the moon, I set the shutter speed to 20 sec.  I got 'blurry' background as follow:

 Full moon with blurry background.

Finally, I reduce the shutter speed to get different effects.  Luckily enough, I managed to get a more dramatic image with different shutter speed.

Full moon with a more dramatic blurry background.

Don't forget to set your camera on tripod for the slow shutter shooting.  I'm a bit lucky as the element (tree) is in focus due to lack of wind around the tree.
 
Happy trying...!!!

PENJUAL APAM BALIK AT CHOW KIT

This is a story of a 'Penjual Apam Balik' in the Chow Kit Market. Taken recently on 15 January 2012 during an Art of Seeing Workshop organised by Saiful Nang Academy of Photography (SNAP).

 Stirring the ingredients to avoid bubble on the surface of the apam balik.

 Pouring the ingredients.

 Putting the fillers (sugar, peanuts and corns).

 Wiping margerine on the newly baked apam balik.

 Packing.

Passing to the awaited customer.

PENJUAL MARTABAK AT CHOW KIT

This is a story of a 'Penjual Martabak' in the Chow Kit Market. Taken recently on 15 January 2012 during an Art of Seeing Workshop organised by Saiful Nang Academy of Photography (SNAP).

 The shop.

 Preparing the ingredients for the filler.

 Tossing the dough.

 Tasty filler.

 Flipping the martabak.

 Packing.

 Putting the onion into the pack.

Handover to the customer.