Happy Lunar New Year 2009!

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Happy Lunar New Year of the Ox 2009 to everyone!

Photo taken at the office lobby with the Panasonic Lumix LX3.

Merry Christmas!

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Portrait workshop

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Attended a portrait workshop organized by Zamrud (nickname in Shutter Asia). Learnt some of the basic studio lighting techniques and the various type of lighting in portraiture. Some tips on photoshopping was included but we ran out of time to get more tips from Zamrud.

This shot of Nadia the model for the day was done using "glamour" lighting. Basic skin smoothening applied on the final image.

Villa Illias

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This was the night scene looking out from our room balcony at the Villa Illias in Santorini Island. On the right is a cruise ship anchored for the night.

Santorini Island

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Post guided tour, we flew to Santorini island, one of the many that dot the coastlines of Greece. This part of the vacation was probably the best. Santorini is so picturesque that it feels like almost heavenly.

These blue domed churches are all over the island. We were told that in the past each time a fisherman goes out to sea, he would pray for a safe voyage and to be able to come home. In return, he would build a church as a gesture of gratitude. So over the years so many of such churches were built.