Category: Long exposure

Slow-shutter pictures with motion-blurring effect

Surreal Evening Colours At Coles Bay

Surreal Evening Colours At Coles Bay
I am back from a long overdue family vacation to Tasmania, Australia. Serious photography and family vacations are not the best possible combinations especially with the young children we have. I was lucky to squeeze in some decent photography along the way. This was taken just at dusk at Coles Bay within the Freycinet National Park making full use of the “blue hour”. I was surprised that I managed a decent long-exposure shot without a tripod (I stabilised the camera on the railings overlooking the scene), resulting in the final surreal effect. This is one of my favourite shots from our trip.

Late Afternoon At The Millennium Bridge

Late Afternoon At The Millennium Bridge
Manchester, UK has a special place in my memories. It was the place where I was trained as an obstetric emergencies instructor nine years ago. It is also the place that I have taught on such courses the most. We returned to Manchester again this year to teach as well as to re-certify as instructors. Of course, having travelled all the way there, there was no way I was not going to indulge in some photography along the way :p I had some fun this time round doing some daytime long exposure photography using a 10-stop neutral density filter. I like the surreal effect I was able to achieve 🙂

The Coliseum at Dusk

The Coliseum at Dusk
A picture from our recent family vacation to Hong Kong… I deliberated before our trip which camera to bring along, the 5D Mark IV or the Lumix GX8. Ultimately, I decided to bring the Lumix GX8 because of the need to convert half of my camera backpack into a toddler’s supply pack 😛 The size of the GX8 was handy especially since I did not have the luxury of bringing a full-size tripod with me. Using a tiny pocket tripod, I was able to mount the much tinier GX8 onto a hand railing to catch night scenes from the comfort of our hotel swimming pool deck.