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New Plymouth Bridge Do you watermark your photos?  If not, why?  It's a personal thing about photographers and there are no right nor wrong answer.  The important thing is, you know what you're doing. Why NOT to Watermark Some of the reasons I've read about NOT to watermark are: Distracting Destroys the Overall Quality of the Photo They'll just steal it anyway For total protection, you should not post it on the internet If you ask me, these reasons are valid.   If you go to popular photography sites that mainly showcases photos (e.g. Flickr, 500px, Picasa, Photobucket etc), you can find heaps of photos with different types of watermarks.  Some watermarks are tasteful, simple and elegant.  Some are big, bold, distracting and to the point that the watermark is better to look at than the photo itself.  It depends on what kind of watermark you've created. Why I Watermark my Photos There are 2 reasons why I watermark my photos: Copyright Branding  Although they can grab

Paolo Baja, Alan Aragon, Robbie Frame Alan Aragon  is doing his Australian tour.  Despite his busy schedule, Athletic IQ managed to grab some of Alan's time to do an interview.  Paolo manages to arrange the interview and includes the Phenom Robbie in the scene.   The Actors They're not really actors.  It's just a cool name I put to the subjects of my video. Interviewee:  Alan Aragon Interviewers: Paolo Baja, Robbie Frame I ensured that these guys are very relaxed.  I want the interview to go as smoothly as possible without any consciousness on the camera.  Both Paolo and Robbie are very good as well accommodating Alan and made all the interview relaxing.  All I did as sit and learn. Gear List In doing the interview, I have specific items that I used.  I broke it down to 3 categories to easily identify which items are missing and which items are needed.  The categories are video, lighting and audio.  Please refer to the list below: Video Nikon D800e body Sony A7s body Meta

Paolo Baja, Alan Aragon, Robbie Frame Alan Aragon , a renowned figure in evidenced-based fitness, nutrition and body building is doing his seminar in Australia.  Seminars will be held at Sydney and Melbourne.  In conjunction with these seminars, Athletics IQ  wants to do an interview with Alan on some of the topics being discussed in the seminar.  It's very concise and straightforward.  As a cinematography, I did enjoy watching the interview as it's more current and modern. This video can refresh your memory or gain more insight about the seminar. For those interested about this seminar, please refer to the flier below.  I know the dates are pretty tight as I only made this plug during the seminar week, but it's still good than never. Alan Aragon's Seminar at Australia (Sydney, Melbourne) For more information, you can contact Athletics IQ as well.  They'll have more information than the flier shown above.

LowePro Inverse 200 AW Belt Bag One of the bags that I was eyeing for was belt bags.  Back then, I was a fan of buying small bags to limit myself from carrying the house.  I wanted a hand's free option that is very easy on my back. I bought a Lowepro Inverse 200 AW when I got the chance and this is my review. Belt bags are not for everyone, unlike backpacks that almost all photographers have (or have used before).  This is a personal choice of the photographer.  It depends on what you want and what you want to put inside.   Unboxing LowePro Inverse 200 AW I bought mine without any box - it's just the bag itself.  But there are several major items that comes along with it: 1 x LowePro Inverse 200 AW bag 4 x Dividers (2 major-central divider, 2 smaller section dividers) 1 x Detachable Shoulder Strap 1 x Rain coat There's only a few items but they are vital.  There's not much bells and whistles so it's easy to lug or pick up whenever you're ready to shoot. Looking

Harbour Bridge, Vivid Sydney 2014 One of the most anticipated event in Sydney mid-year is Vivid Sydney .  During it's inception, it's more about light - the colours of light, the shaping of light and the quality of light.  As Vivid Sydney progresses, it's not only about the fancy lighting arrangements, but also talks, seminars, events, music and many other interesting feats. I love Vivid Sydney.  It's where I can surely get colourful, vivid, high contrast scenes. Water Drop, Vivid Sydney 2014 Vivid Sydney 2015 For the last 5 years, I only missed one Vivid Sydney event.  I don’t know, probably I got lazy.  But my excitement grew and I wanted to be present on every Vivid Sydney event!  This 2015, it will roughly run for 2 full weekdays and 3 weekends.  Below are the dates: 22 nd  of May 2015 to 08 th  of June 2015. This maybe enough for those curious folks, but for those who wanted to see all of what’s in Vivid Sydney, it’s a short span.  If you’re working, then it’s a ch

Yongnuo YN-300 II LED Video Light One of essential things to control is lighting.  You don’t leave this part unchecked.  It doesn’t matter if you have great ISO performance, if you don’t have enough lighting, you don’t get the video.  Even if you try, you’ll get dirty, smudgy results.  Thus I’d prefer to have some sort of lighting control in my bag.  Since I’m now doing video, I need continuous lighting.  I would prefer the LED lights compared to any plug in, bulb-sourced lighting.   The Requirements You buy for a purpose.  You buy according to your requirements.  This will be my first video light and I listed below what I need: I'm going to use it for weddings, interviews and MTV's .   I want them to be small and powerful.   They should be light (hopefully still powerful) I don’t want to be plugged into a wall socket.   I want to be mobile!   I want lights that doesn't  give off too much heat but are bright.   I think this sums up to be LED lights.  Some batteries could gi

Contemplation This is my tale of a photographer wanting to become a cinematographer.  It’s photoraphy to videography.  They do seem related.  It's like: if you know one, then you should be able to manage the other with ease.  Most people might think that it’s an easy transition, but it’s not.  It’s different, expensive and it’s a world of its own.  Of course, you have to be there to know these. This is my story. DJI Phantom 2 It all started with a drone.  I bought a drone last December 2014 to add to my arsenal in getting landscape photos.  I also wanted to grab some landscape videos as drones can go to places humans cannot (or even manned-helicopters cannot).  The perspective I get is just crazy.    I did several videos of places I’ve visited before and was captivated by the footage I was getting.  Aerial views and aerial compositions are just different.  Up until now, I'm still organising trips so that I can bring my drone to previously visited places to film and fly around.