Washington D.C.

A young girl stands with me.. about 200m further from the white house fences than usual (yes that's the white house in the distant) as we were instructed by stern officers to do so (for reasons they would not reveal).


A visitor reads Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address at the Lincoln Memorial


A young family enjoys the view on top of Lincoln memorial as the evening sets in (shame the Reflecting Pool was under renovation)


Lincoln memorial lighting up for the evening..


Atlantic City - casinos, booze & beach

Marriage

My beautiful bride

New York

Time Square's dazzling billboards & hordes of tourists

A buzzing Grand Central station, to me - nothing epitomizes New York more than this place :)

Riyadh

I have never thought of myself as a big fan of the dessert sands.. but the warm smiles of these camel herders in Riyadh had totally changed my perspective. That evening spent in their warm hospitality was easily the highlight of my trip.

Beirut Sunset

Stunning sunset over the Mediteranean sea. This was our view as we enjoyed our evening tea in Petit Cafe in Beirut.

Abandoned

Wanted to achieve a sense of dereliction & abandonment with this shot.. this was a burnt-out car in ipoh & was really tempted to re-shoot this in the evening when the sun wasn't directly in front of me. But i think my cause was helped by overexposing the background further & neutralising all irrelevant colours - leaving just the details of the horrids that has besieged this car.. hopefully enough to lead the audience into wonder what possibly happened here.. hmm.. wonder whether how that evening shot would've turned out tho.. !

The Bull..

It's a resolution this year, to attempt to revive this blogspot with more postings, predominantly photo reviews, tips & tricks & likes - really just to take this "journey with photography" a bit more seriously!

for first postings ~ i'd like to share this shot of a lone bull we (me & vons) saw while cruising on the s'pore night safari mini open-air bus thingy. i would say it was futile attempts throughout the whole journey to even try to snap anything - as we were constantly in near total darkness, with no tripod, no flashguns, all our shots were clearly "shoot & miss" efforts..!

nonetheless i couldn't resist a shot of this lone bull. standing there like a statue in the quiet of the night, partially illuminated by the artificial moonlights the safari have set up.. it did it for me, a certain safari magic. I took 2 shots as we slowly passed by, trying my best to ensure the bull remains in focus throughout that few seconds of exposure ~ only hoping to capture the atmosphere of what we were witnessing.. & with the help of some post-processing, i do hope i managed to do just that with this shot.. (i think it did enough anyways!)