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People shooting is very challenging especially when the person is aware that he or she is being photographed. That said, it is important for the photog to have good rapport with the subject before the start of the shoot. If the subject is a stranger, please try to obtain permission and spark a conversation with him. You will find that the subject is more willing and relaxed if you took the effort to understand his background. Also try to present him as a fellow human being worthy of your respect. Eye contact is important especially since the eyes are the windows to the soul.
This gentleman, I met him at an old Hindu temple in Sentul. I had approached him as I felt his wizened visage held a ton of memories and them eyes had seen better days. I was indeed sympathetic when I saw his abode and I offered him a little money after taking his photographs (of course with permission).
You will notice that I converted the photos to monochrome. I shall elaborate on my conversion process in future but I chose to relay the scene in mono simply because I wanted to enhance the atmosphere.
While I had taken many shots, my favourite one was this particular one where I managed to eke out a little hint of smile from his otherwise melancholic features. I would have preferred the portrait format but nevertheless, I felt that it did not diminish the effect of the shot.
P/S In relation to the comment made by Wong below…
My subsequent shots of him in the ‘correct’ portrait format did not hold that precious smile…
Taken this at Masjid Jamek STAR LRT station, on the way back to my place couple of months back. Saw the reaction of the people across the station, seeing the oncoming train towards their direction and decided to take photos them lah.
Movement can be captured if you use the right shutter speed. Too fast, then the photo will look dead, no movements at all. Too slow, then the photo will be overexposed and the movement could not be seen.
You can try this on your own too. Just set your camera to S(or Tv for Canon), and just set the shutter speed that you want, dont worry about the aperture value, the camera will do it for you. Once you’re comfortable with it, how about trying to take similar photos in manual mode?
Have fun shooting 
Well one day shortly after I’d got my camera about 2 weeks ago, I was planning to go to FRIM to take some nice landscape shots and waterfalls and all that green business..
But it was horrible overcast rainy weather, so I washed my car and hung around, then decided as my car was so shiny I should take some pictures of it!
When shooting a car, diagonals are good, appreciate the sweeping lines of the car.
And one of the first things I learnt, was always turn the wheels to the side, it looks a lot better.
If the car has any interesting details, you can focus on those, decals, badges, bodykit etc.
Proton Boleh!
The weather wasn’t great but I’m pretty happy with the pictures.
Make sure your car is nice and clean!
While waiting for ST/DS to add a calendar module to this site, I’d like to share the fact that there’s a landscape/flower festival at the Lake Gardens until 16/7/06. I’ll be going early morning this weekend. Hope to see you there!
Details at http://www.laman2006.com
