whats the theory for that?

Is this better? hmm.. after u guys mentioned it's too warm.. i also think so too....

thank you for ur advice there.. yeah... i understand what u mean.. I myself know what i want... the most important part for me, is to take a picture which looks like taken from a dslr. that's the only point of buying a dslr. and i love sharp colours.. really love them.. like what bbtat's(kevin loh) pictures.. his colour of pictures are really nice.. i believe he uses Nikon but i also believe that Canon can have those kind of colours too... haha...
BTW i dun have my own dslr now... all pictures are shot using my friend's 400D, that's why i cant really get to do trials and error with it, but my 350D is coming soon. haha... getting it next tuesday. got it for RM1900, an offer from Lim Kok Wing. planning to buy a 50mm f1.8 prime lens too.. Is it advicable? haha... i heard that it's a very cheap and good lens.

apply rules of third, dof, try diff angles.... i always see the same comment in other threads but very little constructive advices. If u have asked me who gives the best advices and tips, i would say compmac, snowmei, goldfries, shinchan, ac98 , mavik and there are somemore i couldnt remember their names. Looking on the surface only, they look like casual forumers which post forums and chit chat about their pictures and other ppl's pictures. But when u really go in to depth asking them serious questions, they will try their very best to answer your question and to make u clear about things u do not know. Especially compmac, most of the time i see him posting constructive advices on how to understand photography. Come on ppl this is a forum, the reason of posting pictures here is to share... share ur ideas... share ur techniques, share ur knowledge.... share everything u've got in mind. Help others, dont just leave them with their unsolved confusion..

So i think this is what i wanna spit out... Thanks.

Yes of course in life. But im sure everyone who post their pictures here is to hope for ideas and advices from others to improve right? Yeah, and i understand in real life there's no more spoon feeding like what we were in kids' age. You really have to make the step urself to improve what u are doing. That's why im typing such a long reply to share my thoughts of what to think before giving out a comment. Comments means a lot to begginners. Learning is never ending, So is photography, you will never finish shooting. I could even do something like shooting the same thing again and again, with hundreds of different ways to get the best out of it.

SO and again, u got it all wrong, the purpose of posting my gf's pic is to let u guys determine which technique is the best to use in a situation like that. Im sure you will also use ur camera to shoot ur family which are not celebs, ur camera is not only for shooting models right?

So when it comes to times like that, what's the point of having a CAMERA not mentioning dslr, when u cant capture the best picture of ur family on casual outings while u can only capture great pictures of model posing for you to shoot while u can do a lot of trials and errors because they are posing for you to shoot, bear in mind. Anyway, im still in a learning stage, this is why i post normal human being's picture to learn more and to be more mature in photography before i go on a special photography planned session with a model. Either a female or a male model, i do not want them to be dissappointed of my photography skills after posing for a day.

And yes, im planning to take her into parks, beaches, scenery to take pictures, and it's because i want to learn to utilize with whatever photogear u have in different situation/environment.

Anyway, travis, u were my first inspiration in photography, because ur gallery was the first gallery i browsed taking pictures with dslr.  Not only u inspired me, others too.. i dun need to mention their name. You guys know who. And thanks for taking your time venturing in my gallery, trying ur best to give both negative and positive comments which sometimes helped me.

OK.. i went to PD.. so i have made up my mind... i really need an external flash... damn... it was hard filling in flash with the pop up flash... 

here are some pictures.. comments and critics are most welcomed. just spit out anything u guys want to la..

WoW... sounds fun.. lol... canon, olympus, Nikon.. lol... but the travel distance would turn me off.. rofl..

hahaha... im ok with that if u join... but... im also not sure whether im going or not.. LOL!!!

wonder how many of you all are from PD.
I used to stay in PD, but i moved a lot around Malaysia.
Last time study primary one and two at Lukut. the move to some place else.
Then came back and study form4 & 5 at Sek. Men. Abd. Samad...if i not mistaken the school name  . The one before PD high school.
PD is like a cowboy town, but i love it. 

hmmm... colour and contrast and skintone... how do i have a consistency of those? i mean like i'll use different WB in different halls. different ISO in different light situations. Im using contrast +2, sharpness +2, saturation +2, and color tone +1 parameter. Is there something wrong with that? i noticed that if i dun use this parameter, i'll have to pp a lot. A few WB tweaks and brightness are done with those pictures, din use any photoshop tools. So i really would like to know how do i control colour, contrast, skintone with the camera besides using WB.

For me, i dont like warm pictures, so for the grandballroom, tungsten WB is used for the pictures. For some of them, i used fluorescent, and rarely AWB.

Thanks for ur comment, would appreciate if u can explain more. Thank you.

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Added on December 10, 2007, 1:20 pm

Shooting at 1/50 is nothing. Im only using the 1/lens' mm rule as im using 50mm lens. 

Anyway, thank you for ur compliment.

Actually im quite dissappointed with my batch of pictures, coz im using ISO1600. I DO NOT LIKE TO USE above ISO 400, coz the pictures will lose a lot of details. I bought a flash that week, i have learnt using it before going to pc fair, tried a lot of experimental shots, but still i failed to use it in the pc fair. And also one thing, i dun have my diffusser, coz i just got the flash. LOL. AND one more thing. i dun like pictures which show that flash is obviously being used(having dark backgrounds and harsh light on the face). So that is why i ended up shooting at ISO1600. ><