http://www.andylim.com/blog Photography articles and latest news on AndyLim Creative Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:58:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are some portraits from an amazing and at times hilarious pre-wedding session with a very enthusiastic and adventurous Lionel and Shea-Fee. These will be developed into a very interesting slideshow with a storyline later... stay tuned for the slideshow! http://www.andylim.com/blog/storyline-portraiture/ http://www.andylim.com/blog/yeewan-ck-prewedding-portraits/ Balbir & Sharuna's Punjabi-Sindhi wedding in Ipoh on 4th-7th June 2009. The festivities started with Mehendi, followed by a Sagri ceremony... and a Sangeet for the bride's side... The next day, an oil ceremony for the groom... And the groom's Sangeet.... Finally the wedding ceremony, the Anand Karaj at Gurdwara Sahib Greentown... And the final event, ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/balbir-sharuna-wedding/ Yen and Arvind celebrated their wedding on 9th May 2009 at the Carcosa Mansion in Kuala Lumpur.  Proof that a simple wedding fosters closeness and genuine emotions all round. http://www.andylim.com/blog/yen-arvind-wedding/ Wedding of Dr Subbiah and Dr Eshwari at Raja Rajeswary Temple on 5th April 2009 http://www.andylim.com/blog/subbiah-eshwari-wedding/ A recent FedEx event at the National Zoo http://www.andylim.com/blog/go-green-with-fedex/ Sim & Arisa's simply wonderful beach wedding at Gem Island Resort & Spa on 29th March 2009. http://www.andylim.com/blog/sim-arisa-wedding/ I will be in Melbourne from 1st to 11th October 2009, to photograph a wedding on 3rd October 2009. If you would like to have your photos taken by me within the Melbourne and surrounding areas from 5th to 7th October 2009, please contact me for rates. As I would already ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/saved-you-a-seat-in-melbourne/ John & Mei Sin's wedding at Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club on 8th March 2009 John played the violin during the bridal march http://www.andylim.com/blog/john-meisin-wedding/ A commercial shoot for Iyashi Herbs Therapy http://www.andylim.com/blog/wellness-photography/ Leslie & Angeline's portrait session http://www.andylim.com/blog/leslie-angeline-portrait-session/ Brian & Tanya's Wedding at Prego Italian Restaurant, The Westin Kuala Lumpur on 21st February 2009 Bottoms up! The biggest toasting glasses I've seen! Finally a short portrait session around the hotel http://www.andylim.com/blog/brian-tanya-wedding/ Weyn & Jun's wedding on 24th January 2009... the reception photos have now been added! A fantastic performance by Weyn's sister and friends at the reception at Saujana Subang And a very fun second reception at Courtyard Garden Weyn guessed the right handkerchief, to everyone's surprise The most whacky first dance I've ever ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/weyn-jun-wedding/ Trying out some experimental processing for Clarence and Ping's recent prewedding portrait session. http://www.andylim.com/blog/clarence-ping-prewedding-session/ Bernard & Melissa's wedding at the Church of the Visitation in Seremban, and reception at Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on 27th December 2008. A wonderful wedding which nicely wraps up 2008 for me! http://www.andylim.com/blog/bernard-melissa-wedding/ Mr and Mrs Mok's inspiring 60th diamond wedding anniversary reception at Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on 26th December 2008. The event was graced by dance performances by Malaysian dance champions. http://www.andylim.com/blog/60-years-of-wedded-bliss/ KK & Sothy's wedding reception at the Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur on 19th December 2008. http://www.andylim.com/blog/kk-sothy-wedding/ Alicia & Keong's wedding and reception at Prince Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on 7th Dec 2008 http://www.andylim.com/blog/alicia-keong-wedding/ Dr. Sanjay & Dr. Mena's Malayalee Wedding at the Batu Caves Temple Hall, and reception at Saujana Resort on 24th Nov 2008. Arrival of the bride Batman and Wonder Woman wedding cake! The couple's first dance And the guests join in! http://www.andylim.com/blog/sanjay-menas-wedding/ Sneak peek... a studio session for Yogaloft, a brand new yoga company in town. http://www.andylim.com/blog/yogaloft/ Hema & Ranjith's Hindu wedding at Sri Mahamariamman Temple in Kuala Lumpur, and reception at ISHQ Restaurant on 15th November 2008. The Bride's and Groom's respective waiting rooms before the ceremony. Blessing ceremony at Zion Cathedral, just love the way the neon cross stands out against the deep blue sky They even had ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/hema-ranjith-wedding/ If you've been emailing me without getting a reply for the past 1 week, I promise you that I'll reply within the next few days (there's a huge backlog of emails!). My wife Junnie and I were holidaying in Sabah, a much needed vacation :) We spent 3 days at the ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/a-much-needed-break/ A collaboration with Jon of Idealwedding, here are some shots from Sudesh and Hareen's week-long wedding celebrations. Starting off with the oil ceremony at the groom's home... The Sangeet celebration, a colourful event with food, music, dancing and singing... The day of the wedding ceremony... And a blessing ceremony the day after... And the ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/sudesh-hareens-wedding/ Steven & Suwalee's wedding on 18th October 2008, and reception at the Renaissance Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Changing into a traditional Thai costume Quickie portrait session nearby Suwalee, touched by the best man's words http://www.andylim.com/blog/steven-su-wedding/ Karen & Andrew's Wedding at the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe on 11th October 2008. http://www.andylim.com/blog/karen-andrews-wedding/ Desmond & Christina's beautiful wedding at the Holy Rosary Church and reception at the Equatorial Hotel on 20th September 2008. http://www.andylim.com/blog/desmond-christinas-wedding/ Kai Sum & Bee Ling's wedding up in the KL Tower, on 14th September 2008. http://www.andylim.com/blog/kai-sum-bee-lings-wedding/ Fresh out of the digital oven (my computer)... a brand new look for my blog! Long overdue, this redesign addresses a few issues that were bugging me. The earlier design was simply a hack of an existing Wordpress theme, due to a lack of time. I was (and still am) juggling ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/blogging-with-a-new-face/ A tastefully furnished bungalow in Valencia, an exclusive gated community by Gamuda Land. http://www.andylim.com/blog/classic-interior-contemporary-twist/ I love my job! After all, how often do you get the chance to do what you love, and earn a living out of it? Photography and web design are my two passions, and I'm blessed to be able to do both at the same time. I'm proud to announce the ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/exotic-escapes-to-malaysia/ Andreas and Eng Cheng's wedding day at E&O Hotel, Penang on 26th July 2008. http://www.andylim.com/blog/andreas-and-eng-chengs-wedding/ Elaine and Hean Kiat's wedding day at Eastin Hotel on 5th July 2008. Elaine, very touched by her sister's moving speech. http://www.andylim.com/blog/elaine-kiats-wedding/ Lalitha and Suren's Hindu wedding and dinner reception at Crystal Crown, Petaling Jaya on 14th and 15th June 2008. http://www.andylim.com/blog/lalitha-surens-wedding/ Ally and Andrew's wedding at Canaan Baptist Church in Sri Petaling, and dinner reception at Noble Banquet, Kuala Lumpur on 7th June 2008. Emotion welling up... http://www.andylim.com/blog/ally-andrews-wedding/ I spoke on travel and landscape photography at Nikon's Photography Talks and Tips roadshow at Ikano Power Centre in Mutiara Damansara over the weekend. Go check it out, you might even pick up a few tips from the speakers. There are also exhibition panels featuring prints from several photographers, including mine. That's ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/nikon-photography-talks-and-tips/ My recent commercial assignment was at The Nomad Sucasa Serviced Residence in Kuala Lumpur. Some of their suites have a great view of the KLCC Twin Towers. http://www.andylim.com/blog/sucasa-your-home-in-the-city/ Fresh from the camera, a recent shoot for Rohde & Schwarz Malaysia's corporate profile. http://www.andylim.com/blog/photography-for-rohde-schwarz/ A recent commercial shoot for Yoga Zone. http://www.andylim.com/blog/amazing-yoga/ This was a recent commercial shoot for Valencia, an exclusive gated community by Gamuda Land. http://www.andylim.com/blog/landscape-photography-for-valencia/ It's not often that I do pre-wedding sessions, as the bulk of my work is photographing the wedding day, so I welcomed the opportunity to do one for Elaine and Hean Kiat. http://www.andylim.com/blog/elaine-kiat-prewedding-session/ This is the 2nd part of Davinder and Shahlini's wedding celebrations. Here are some shots from the Hindu Wedding on the evening of 21st June 2008. The Sikh wedding was held the next morning on 22nd June 2008. And the grand finale at Sheraton Subang... http://www.andylim.com/blog/davinder-shahlinis-wedding-day-4-5/ I've just completed coverage of Davinder and Shahlini's grand wedding celebrations which took place over a period of 5 continuous days. As it was a Punjabi Sikh and Ceylonese Hindu marriage, the celebrations included a gold-melting ceremony (Ponnurukku), groom's party (Sangeet), bride's oil ceremony, groom's oil ceremony, a Hindu temple ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/davinder-shahlinis-wedding-day-1-4/ The joy that family brings needs no words to describe... http://www.andylim.com/blog/fun-in-the-outdoors/ Depth of field is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to the "out-of-focus-background" look that's very popular when shooting portraits. That is half-correct because it refers only to shallow depth of field. Going to the other extreme and getting the flowers, huts and mountains (and people too) sharply focused in a landscape ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/using-depth-of-field/ Johnny & Juliana's wedding at the Courtyard Garden, Kuala Lumpur on 17th May 2008. What do you get when everyone really knows how to have fun? A blast of a wedding! http://www.andylim.com/blog/johnny-julianas-wedding/ A recent commercial shoot for the Emas Kiara Industries annual report. http://www.andylim.com/blog/corporate-portraiture/ This was a photo shoot done for NESH, one of Malaysia's leading household brands. Consisting of a good mix of people shots and product shots, these images are used on their website: www.nesh.com.my http://www.andylim.com/blog/health-and-product-photography/ Michael & Eleena's wedding at Hotel Equatorial, Kuala Lumpur on 8th March 2008. This was Election Day for Malaysia as well! http://www.andylim.com/blog/michael-eleenas-wedding/ Kelvin and Karen's wedding Baba-Nyonya wedding in Melaka on 19th January 2008 For more weddings, see www.andylimages.com http://www.andylim.com/blog/kelvin-karens-wedding/ Lalitha and Suren's traditional Hindu engagement ceremony on 2nd February 2008 For more weddings, see www.andylimages.com http://www.andylim.com/blog/lalitha-surens-engagement/ Ever wanted to preserve your beautiful photos into high-quality albums? Here's an online service that lets you do just that. PhotoFun lets you create photo books, photo prints and photo calendars with ease. Just sign up online and upload away. Their photo books are called Zapbooks, which are printed on 4R ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/immortalizing-your-beautiful-photos/ I'm back in Kuala Lumpur after my honeymoon trip to Japan and Krabi, Thailand (yes I'm now married!). Though physically exhausting, it was refreshing for my soul and spirit. These were a few of the places my wife and I went to. Visit www.andylim.com/gallery/Japan for more photos! http://www.andylim.com/blog/back-from-honeymoon/ My PhotoClass is now known as Simple SLR PhotoClass. Check out the revamped website: www.simpleslr.com and the accompanying forum at www.simpleslr.com/forum The Simple SLR forum is a community of past and current participants of Andy Lim's Simple SLR PhotoClass. Photos can be posted for critiques, photography-related topics can be discussed, and more importantly ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/simple-slr-launched/ Landscape photography relies a lot on good lighting. Let me rephrase that... it relies on great lighting. Great lighting can be found if you know where to look, and when. Understanding the balance of light, or light ratio, between foreground and background areas will put you on the road to ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/light-ratios-for-landscapes/ I had the opportunity to photograph Josiah Ng, Malaysia's top national track cyclist, fresh from his gold medal win in the Korat SEA Games, during FedEx's opening of a new World Service Centre at The Weld, Kuala Lumpur. http://www.andylim.com/blog/josiah-ng-at-fedex/ June & Sami's Wedding at Traders Hotel, Penang 28th December 2007 http://www.andylim.com/blog/june-samis-wedding/ Photography at night can yield beautiful results, if done at the right time. This magic hour is called twilight, and it happens between 7pm to 7.30pm here in Malaysia, but this may vary depending on which part of the world you're in. In some parts of the world, due to ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/twilight-the-magic-hour/ I challenged myself to shoot heavy machinery images for my client, to be used on a website. Here are some of them. http://www.andylim.com/blog/heavy-duty-photography/ I recently captured some lifestyle images for Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) at The Weld. Here are some of my favourites. http://www.andylim.com/blog/lifestyle-photography-at-the-weld/ Here are some of my recent architectural images, commissioned by Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Berhad. http://www.andylim.com/blog/architectural-photography/ I'm starting a series of (hopefully) regular articles to help improve your photography. I'll start with the topic of lighting, which is crucial to photography. Photography is very much about using light. Very often, we take pictures without planning ahead. With digital photography, the temptation is to shoot first, then review ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/learning-to-see-the-light/ I will be conducting my PhotoClass at least once a month from now on. I will also be writing regular articles to help you improve your photography. Look out for them under the Photography Tips section in this blog. Here are the dates for upcoming PhotoClasses: Dec 22nd, 2007 (Sat) Jan 13th, 2008 ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/new-photoclasses/ Chitra & Niall's traditional Hindu wedding on 2nd November 2007. http://www.andylim.com/blog/chitra-nialls-wedding/ 29th September 2007 Yvonne & Gevin's Christian wedding at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Penang. Their banquet at E&O Hotel in Penang had a refreshing sixties theme, hence the psychedelic table setting. http://www.andylim.com/blog/yvonne-gevins-wedding/ If you've been visiting my blog or my wedding photography gallery recently, you'd have noticed that I haven't been updating them for a while. So here's my attempt to keep my blog as current as time constraints allow. This will be my first of a series of short photo ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/ee-lain-leng-hwees-wedding/ I've just switched to a new and faster server, so please bear with me while I iron out the technical issues. During this time, there may be some emails not arriving in my mailbox, so if you don't hear from me in 1 week, please re-send your email. Your patience ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/a-fresh-start/ AndyLim Creative secured several design projects in 2007, confirming a trend that has been steadily growing: clients are now increasingly aware of the importance of carefully thought-out design in websites and identity systems. Here are a few projects worthy of mention: Website, corporate profile and photography for Seaswift Group Corporate identity system ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/design-projects-in-2007/ The RAW format is a digital photographer's friend. If you shoot for commercial purposes (eg. to sell your images to a stock image library) shooting in RAW allows you to squeeze every single drop of quality from your shots. RAW or JPEG? Depending on which format you choose, the image takes a ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/the-raw-advantage/ Histograms are like road maps. You need them in order to see where you're going. Without them, you're just guessing. Ok, I suppose with some experience you can get a pretty accurate guess. But if you're a perfectionist like me, you'd feel way more comfortable if you knew you nailed the ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/perfect-raw-with-histograms/ Ahh...wide angle photography, probably one of the easiest types of photo to take; but also one of the hardest to excel at.Have you ever tried to cram 30 people into a single photograph? You'd try to stack them, have some of them on the floor or even ask some of ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/seriously-wide/ Ben & Kat's wedding and reception at Holiday Villa Subang http://www.andylim.com/blog/ben-kats-wedding/ Jennifer & John's wedding and reception at Ciao Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur http://www.andylim.com/blog/jennifer-johns-wedding/ Lisa & Gus' wedding at the E&O Hotel, Penang http://www.andylim.com/blog/lisa-gus-wedding/ Janet & Kang Wei's wedding and reception http://www.andylim.com/blog/janet-kang-weis-wedding/ Join the Guinness Pool Challenge at www.guinness.com.my/live/msn and win a trip for 2 to Bali! By the way, an image from my Bali collection was used to illustrate the grand prize. http://www.andylim.com/blog/win-a-trip-for-2-to-bali/ Visualtherapy, a collection of 46 favourite images from my travel and landscape photography collection, is now available for sale. All images in this book are my own, taken from my travels from 2004 to 2006. This is an A3-sized (40x30cm landscape orientation) hardcover coffeetable book. High-quality offset printing (175 line ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/visualtherapy/ The Internet is an inherently interactive platform. Beautiful design alone just isn't going to cut it anymore. To be successful, a website needs to be highly functional, with the end user's interest in mind. Web surfers have the attention span of a fruit fly. Don't make them have to figure ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/elegant-usability/ I'm using this short lull before the storm to write. The storm will begin in June... I've been booked for 6 weddings in June, 4 in July, 2 in each month that follows that, all the way till Dec 2007. I am concurrently working on 9 web development projects ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/genuine-clients/ I made a trip to Cameron Highlands and the Mount Brinchang mossy forest with Junnie over the recent long weekend, with 2 cameras and 5 lenses. Here's what we saw: www.andylim.com/gallery/CameronHighlands We also made a side trip to Pos Brooke, Kelantan to catch a glimpse of the rare Rafflesia flower, ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/photo-getaway/ Justin & Joanna's wedding and reception at PJ Hilton http://www.andylim.com/blog/justin-joannas-wedding/ Celena & Jong Sim's wedding and reception at Holiday Villa Subang http://www.andylim.com/blog/celena-jong-sims-wedding/ A garden wedding I photographed was featured on pages 192 and 193 of Bridal Guide (Vol 5, the December issue), a Malaysian magazine about weddings. The wedding that was featured was that of Alex and Grace: www.andylim.com/blog/alex-graces-wedding You can find this magazine at most Malaysian bookshops. http://www.andylim.com/blog/garden-wedding-in-bridal-guide/ Don't you? Especially if they're adorable, and make your day with just a smile: www.andylim.com/commercial/Portraits It was a pleasant surprise to discover that one of these portrait images was chosen to be used as a visual on page 81 in the June 2007 issue of Reader's Digest. See the accompanying ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/everyone-loves-babies/ Alex & Grace's wedding and reception at the Palace of Golden Horses, Kuala Lumpur http://www.andylim.com/blog/alex-graces-wedding/ Assuming the ISO setting is constant, correct exposure is controlled by a combination of aperture and shutter speed. In Program/Auto mode The camera will choose this combination for you. In Aperture Priority mode You set the aperture and the camera will set the shutter speed based on your choice of aperture. In Shutter Priority ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/photobasics-exposure/ Exposure compensation is what you can do to override the exposure settings set by the camera's metering system. The metering system in your camera measures the amount of light in the photo and tells you the aperture and shutter speed needed for a correct exposure. The examples below show the various results ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/photobasics-exposure-compensation/ Depth-of-field is the area that is sharply focused, which is controlled by 3 factors: Aperture (larger apertures give you less depth-of-field, smaller apertures give you more) Focal length (telephoto lenses have less depth-of-field, while wide-angle lenses have more) Distance between subject and camera (the closer you get, the less depth-of-field you'll have) Aperture:  f2 Focal ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/photobasics-depth-of-field/ For simplicity, we can refer to lenses with short focal lengths (less than 50mm) as wide-angle lenses. Lenses with longer focal lengths (more than 50mm) are called telephoto lenses. Zoom lenses offer a range of focal lengths in a single lens for convenience. Wide-angle lens Focal length: 28mm Standard lens Focal length: 50mm Telephoto lens Focal ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/photobasics-lenses/ On consumer digital cameras, the terms optical zoom and digital zoom are common. When shopping for a digital camera, ignore the digital zoom. What you should look for is the optical zoom capability, because what is captured using optical zoom is what the lens actually sees. Digital zoom is basically using ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/photobasics-optical-vs-digital-zoom/ The ISO rating refers to the sensitivity of the media used to capture the photos. In film-based cameras The ISO rating refers to the film's sensitivity. Lower ratings like ISO100 mean that the film is less sensitive (needing more light), but able to produce photos that contain less grain and more saturated ... http://www.andylim.com/blog/photobasics-iso-and-digital-noise/