Swee Ching Photography

A friend of mine just sent me a link to this blog article from Brooks Jensen at LensWork. I find that his thought of working backward base on the result you want to achieve in your photo, to determine the appropriate photographic tool for the job is the more feasible and sustainable way to do photography. So if you suffer from gear head mentality (like I once did, maybe I still do...), go read it now.

It's been 4 months since I sold my DSLR, Nikon D300. Although without it, I'm finding myself shooting even more photos now than before with my Panasonic LX3. Finally, I'm doing what I suppose to be doing, enjoying photography and capturing more photos on my friends and family. Overall, this transition has been going well for me. On top of that, I've been bringing this camera around Kuala Lumpur on a few occasion for some street photography, together with my photography buff friends, just for fun. Two main area that we visited is around Petaling Street, the other is at Pudu. It's definitely more suited for the job, as it's small and being able to be discrete. Below are some of the shots that I like taken at Petaling Street area. Busy crossing at Jalan Tun Perak during rush hour, where people crosses the road when car stops due to traffic jams. Lots of nice Grafitti can be found along the klang river in KL. This particular show is taken from the Pasar Seni LRT sta...

Friday evening, 18 Sep 2009 Ahhh… Nice long weekend. Four consecutive day of bliss, and a wedding to look forward to on Sunday morning and evening. Usually I would get my DSLR gears ready for action. But since I've sold mine, I left with the Panasonic LX3 P&S. As I remove the camera from the dry box, I notice the dormant Nikon F3 sitting at the corner, shy from light within the red leather casing cocoon. With the D300 away, it's far easier to get noticed. Recalling back, the last time I used it was probably 10 years ago, when I went out with my high-school friends on a day trip to a waterfall at Ulu Langat, Selangor. After that, I probably still shoot film, but with a simple P&S, up until the year 2001. After that, I started shooting in digital, first with FujiFilm F601z prosumer, then Nikon D70s, then Nikon D300, Panasonic LX3 and Fujifilm F11. This gave me a thought: why not I take it out for a field test this Sunday? There's plenty of people returning to shootin...

After posting my Nikon D300 and battery grip for sale for two weeks on a local online photography forum, I finally found a suitor which propose the right market price. With that, we arrange a place to meet, and I bid "farewell" to the best digital camera I ever had for 18 months. Good condition Nikon D300 camera. Unfortuantely, digital products loose it's value too soon. Battery grip MB-D10, seldom used. It's been two weeks since then, and within this two weeks, there was this withdrawal syndrome I experienced, where I felt the tendency to grab a new camera ASAP. However, I've constantly reminding myself not to position myself in a situation, where 18 months later, I have to go through this same cycle again, painful, due to the depreciation of the gears is so damn fast. It's time for a "time-out" In my opinion, the D300 is a very good camera, capable of shooting various kind of shots. I've done lots of weddings with it, and a dozen of other thing...

I have left Kuala Belait and are now back in Malaysia. Only thing I miss from there is the walk at the beach during the evening. Being a city person, I did not have the experience of living close to a beach. Therefore, each day being there provides me a unique oportunity to capture a different sunset. Below are some good ones taken with my LX3, over the course of one month. My work in Brunei is not done yet. So I will be back there soon for more work, and more evening walks by the beach...