Category: Altered Reality

Full Speed

Lip Seng

Since the sixties, I have been doing image manipulation using “Colour Derivations” technique on 35mm format. Nowadays, with IT, the process has been made much easier. I manipulate only when the effort results in an enhancement of the original image. I will never alter any image intended for photojournalism . The above image is one of that I have manipulated with Photoshop. With readily-available IT processing, creativity has become a much easier task than the tedious darkroom procedures that took place a few decades ago.

Curious

Lip Seng

I was invited by the Shen Zhen Photographic Society as a Guest of Honour for the opening of the 10th Fuji Cup (1996) Top Ten Prize Presentation cum Exhibition in 1997. I was given the opportunity to visit Fujian, China to capture this candid image. I like the expression of the little girl. She was obviously puzzled by the lion dance performance in the surrounding area. The only manipulation here is the partial desaturation with PS for the black and white effect. This picture was one of three prints that I exhibited at the 1st “Month of Photography in Singapore on Humanist Photography”, an event of the Singapore Arts Festival 2002.

Clear All the Way

Lip Seng


The International Fountain in Seattle is a good location for photographing people, especially children at play. This was taken during my first visit in 1999. The image presented here is the result of manipulation with Photoshop. The colour print of this image is still circulating world-wide for the “Best of International Representative of PSA” exhibition.