Recovering From Holiday?

I have just returned from a short holiday trip to Perth, Western Australia, and man I have not felt this exhausted in a long time. I feel physically and mentally drained, and I suspect something else could be happening. One day after returning from the trip, I tried making a full video for the YouTube channel. I finished filming the video, and as I was about to start editing the video I was so tired I could not even open my

Lily Portraits Part 3 - Explosion of Colors

This blog entry showcases the last of the series of portraits taken during the test of Brightin Star 50mm F0.95 on OM System OM-3. The model was the ever-amazing Lily (IG @lilyayumiii). For the final look, she changed to a more casual looking outfit, and we contrast that faded, pale overall colors against bold, bombastic rainbow themed stairs! Of all the locations we were shooting Lily, this was the most fun to me personally, I enjoy the loud, bright and vivid

Lily Portrait Session Part 2 - More Bokehlicious Goodness

Continuing directly from the previous blog entry, this is the second series of portraits taken during the test of Brightin Star 50mm F0.95 on the OM System OM-3 camera. The awesome model Lily (IG @lilyayumiii) was on her second outfit of the day. All images were shot with available, natural light, and it was a cloudy day with the sun light diffused heavily through the clouds, creating soft overall look which was working on our favor for this portrait session. I

Super Bokeh Portraits - OM System + Brightin Star 50mm F0.95

Brightin Star sent me their latest 50mm F0.95 lens for Micro Four Thirds mount, and I had the opportunity to test it on the OM System OM-3 camera which was on loan from OM System Malaysia. I had the wonderful privilege to shoot the beautiful model Lily (IG @lilyayumiii) who was such a pleasure to work with. The Brightin Star 50mm F0.95 was so fun to shot with - it was so sharp wide open at F0.95 and can create razor

One Last Session With Tamron 90mm F2.8 Macro III

I have had the Tamron 90mm F2.8 Di III Macro lens on loan from Futuromic Malaysia for quite some time now, and I must return it soon. However, I managed to squeeze one last insect macro session at the park nearby. Since I did not spend that much time in this session, I was not expecting to get many exotic shots, but there were some really cute and pretty jumping spiders that made my day. I mounted the Tamron 90mm Macro

About Creative Burnout

I have been asked many times if I get creative burnout, and if I do, how do I circumvent it and is there any good solutions I have tried? Well, the answer isn't very straightforward, depending on several factors like - who is asking, the burnout happening on which front, whether it is the photographer side of me shooting images, or the writing and content creating side? There is no one answer that fits all. I personally admit that I have

Why Pay More? This 50mm Equivalent Is So Good!

This is a continuation from yesterday's blog entry on the TTArtisan 35mm F1.8 II lens. The lens gives an approximately 50mm focal length when mounted on Sony APS-C (E-Mount) Mirrorless camera body. In this case, I used the TTArtisan 35mm on my old Sony NEX-6. It is just so incredible to see how third-party lens makers can do so much with so little. Retailing new for just USD125, the lens can deliver really impressive results. I am pleased with the rendering