Diary - new discovery "Blog Search"

Big surprise today, that's to find out a Google service "Blog Search". How amazing tool to let you find out many blogs with the content that you're most interested in. I searched the "cinematic", "cinematic photography" immediately. Then, find a GREAT GREAT wedding short film I have ever seen.

Original website: Cinematic Tide
(link the film here just for fast reviewing and bookmark, if not-allowed please tell me to remove it)

Today's Photo Retouch

Beautiful original image from the Tutorial

It's good to practice the retouch skill everyday by following online tutorial.
To imitate what teaches did and to summarize what I have learned are the ways to grow.

Tutorial steps from upper-left(Ori.) to upper-right: 
》Channel Mixing (Bias green)
》Blur->Surface Blur
》Curve to lighten
》Render->Lighting Effect (spotlight) with Soft-light layer blending

Tutorial from: Retouch A Girl with Lighting Focus

And the others are some works I like during the learning..

Sulfur Valley in YangMingShan National Park

This beautiful scenery is named “Sulfur Valley”, also called Big Sulfur Mouth, in the YangMingShan National Park in Taipei, Taiwan. We visited this famous place last weekend, at the same time, there’re some people to go on a picnic or to take bridal photography.

Taiwan Old Railway Stations #1 - Tanwen Station

▲ The old, wooden station main building.

There're many old railway stations in Taiwan, some of them still do the simple pick-up service, and the others transfer to be tourism use. The first one I wanna introduce is Tanwen Station. It locates at Miaoli County, and it's one of the stations on Western Line(Sea Line). Built in 1922 and renamed to Taiwen at March 1, 1955. The old style buildings are always good for me to take photos.

The image for 0315

Friday night, don't wanna care whether the color will be strange. Just play, use all the tools I understand to create the pictures in my mind. Felt relax at that moment and NOW.

》Canon 60D w/ Tamron 28-75:2.8, @50mm

miscellaneous styles

Good or bad to like many kinds of image styles? I guess the answer is the second one. Sometimes feel so jealous of those great photographers on flickr, how did they find out their personal styles?

》Canon 60D w/ super-multi-coated Takumar 28mm:3.5, @F3.5, 1/80, ISO800

Wanted Tone

Some pictures you know how they should be rendered at the first glance. The feeling could be positive, and I hope that becomes stronger. 

》Sony a100 with Minolta Beercan, @F4, 1/800, ISO400, 210mm.
》Photoshop CS2