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Capitol Theater © Martin Liew Photography Last Sunday I gathered two of my friends to join me for the exploration of the old Capitol Theater located near City Hall MRT Station. I was there a day earlier for location recce. Some of the pictures I took with my mobile phone camera can be seen on my other blog site. It's more than 10 years since the last time I visited the theater for movie

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Hereafter © Martin Liew Photography In early July, I received a message from a friend via Facebook. I was informed of his second trip to Singapore in early August. Yes he was in town last week and I showed him around. To my surprise, he discovered this abandoned dilapidated house (shown above), near the hotel he stayed. Make the jump and find out who our mystery guest is. Troy

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Abandoned House © Martin Liew Photographer Where have I been for the past 6 months? Not a single blog posted here for more than 6 months. Yes! This is really outrageous I know! Am I slacking? No I am not. I was busy with my digital portraiture projects; doing mainly fashion photography. Check out my new work over at my website. I've always consistently looking for inspirations and never

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About a week ago, I placed an order for this wonderful LED flash light, FENIX TA21 which I just collected it yesterday. This flash light comes with 12 modes of light output, with the lowest light power at 4 Lumens to the maximum of 225 Lumens. At 225 Lumens, it is pretty strong. Its cree XR-E LED (Q5)  has a lifespan of 50,000 hours. Previously I was looking at FENIX TK40, but I find it is way

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This is a follow-up to a blog I wrote on a green laser pointer which can be used as a good light-painting tool. I didn't really make as many experiment shots with it, but just one I did during the Singapore Night Hunt photo-marathon contest. See the result for yourself inside. I used the green laser pointer on one of the 4 themes given at the photo-marathon contest, i.e. Sound of Darkness.

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Lurking...© Martin Liew Photography OK you might ask what does a short film trailer got to do with night photography. Make the jump as I explain. Recently I bought myself a camcorder as I need it for my location recce or urban exploration prior to my night photography outings. The video recordings serve as a good reference in finding the best possible vantage points for my night photography or

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Sound of Darkness© 2010 Martin Liew Photography Tonight I'm going to share with you on my Night Hunt experience. Last Saturday night, there were reportedly about 160 participants turned up at City Square Mall for the first ever night photography marathon contest solely organized by Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF). Upon seeing the people who turned up and the sight had my

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Singapore International Photography Festival aka SIPF has organized the first ever Night Photography Marathon event, called Singapore Night Hunt. With Canon as the main sponsor, I wouldn't be surprise about this photo marathon event. It could be similar to Canon's Photo-marathon concept. Anyway I have registered for this event and I really like to see how it goes. I wouldn't miss this fun and

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75 Loewen© 2010 Martin Liew Photography OK here I am, writing this blog about the night photography outing with Troy Paiva and friends. How do I begin? It was the most amazing, exciting and fun night outing I ever had. An unforgettable experience doing nocturnes with Troy! Make the jump for the night adventure. This is Troy's first time in Singapore. Troy is invited to be one of the judges for a

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October 11 2010, Monday was the greatest and exciting day for me. I went to work as usual , pretty refreshing after recovering from a cold. I checked my mail box and to my great surprise, I received an email from one of my favorite and greatest night photographers. Make the jump to find out who is the night photographer. That night photographer is Troy Paiva. Yes you read it right. I received

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© 2010 Martin Liew Photography. I took a walk in Toa Payoh Garden this evening. It's been a long time since my last visit. I arrived at about 7:00 PM and the lamps were just lit on. I've passed by this Garden many times from work all the way to the Bus Interchange but didn't make effort to walk over. Walk with me, if you will. As I was walking about in search for some nice perspectives, I managed

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Photographs © 2010 Martin Liew Photography This month Singapore Art Museum presents Digital Nights @ SAM as part of the first edition of Digital Nights 2010, a grand showcase of visual and digital arts. Starting from 17th September to 26th September. Good news is, I'll be giving a talk under their titled event,  'Art of Dark Craft', where I'll be sharing my photography work and experience, and

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Last week I got myself a new light-painting tool. I bought a green laser pointer for S$52 as a set in which it comes with a free AAA size battery and a diopter lens adaptor. The diopter lens adaptor is this smudgy opaque lens that distorts the laser beam and creates some wonderful effects when fix onto the laser pointer beam head. Jump right in to see some of the results. "Scott, beam me in!"

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Last week I went for a location recce of these abandoned Nissin huts in the northern area. To my great disappointment, the whole vicinity is locked up and no entrance or whatsoever is possible. Read more on the Nissin hut story. A Nissen hut is a prefabricated steel structure made from a half-cylindrical skin of corrugated steel, a variant of which was used extensively during the World War II by

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A couple of weeks ago, I went to KTM Railway Station a.k.a. Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. As news broke out about the closing down of the station and will be shifted to Woodlands, I paid a visit at the station for the first time in my time. I was there one Sunday morning, and got to make some photographs and at the same time, thinking about the possibilities of doing night photography there. You

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Tonight I want to show you some interesting nocturne fotos taken by my long-time friend, Randall. We have known each other for 13 years now. Randall works in the airline industry and he used to do film photography for leisure and fun. Therefore he has the basic knowledge of composition and exposure. Recently he picked up photography again as digital photography has made it so much more convenient

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I can't say how much relief and joy I had on 27 March 2010, Saturday night that I was able to find time for my nocturne photography and to make some good nocturne fotos. At the same time it was a great pleasure to have a long-time friend to join me for the night outing. I've always wanted to do nocturnes in Labrador Park. It wasn't my first time there. In the previous week, I did a location recce

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Here it is. This is the third nocturne 360-pano on Clubmoss trees that Wee and I made on last Saturday night. Just click on the image title to view the VR format. Clubmoss Trees Nocturne in 360 panorama What are Clubmoss trees? Make the jump to find out. Clubmoss trees (Lepidodendron, in its botaninc name I guess). Lepidodendron is the name given to a giant Lycopod or scale tree which formed

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Here's another excellent panorama work by Wee aka etegration. Click on the image title to view the VR format. Trees of Stone nocturne in 360 panorama What are Trees of Stone? Make the jump to find out. Trees of Stone are "petrified" tree trunks, the preserved, fossilised remains of real ancient trees. In case some viewers are confused or do not know what are all these about. Nocturne 360

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Last night, I met up with Wee aka etegration, for another round of 360 panorama nocturne. We got to Singapore Botanic Garden's Evolution Garden. A nice quiet and dark place that's ideal for light-painting. Here's one of the 360-pano we did. Click on the image title to view the VR format. Evolution Garden Nocturne in 360 panorama In the 360-pano virtual reality view, you will see these colorful

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On 22 November 2009, I received an email from a fellow photographer, who is best known for his 360 panorama photography work. He is known as Wee aka etegration. A cheerful and chatty young guy who's passionate about what he does best. His reputation in making 360 panorama images has preceded him in my case, in the last 2 years. In his email, he expressed an interest to collaborate with me in

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My laser pointer. © 2009 Martin Liew Photography. I want to talk about one of the tools used in my nocturne photography i.e. laser pointer. It's a small lighting gadget and yet so useful. I came to discover its usage a few years back when I was doing nocturnes at a local botanic garden, in which they have a small park named Evolution Park. It's a man-made garden in the age of Jurassic with some

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Excavator. © 2009 Martin Liew Photography.In my last weekend night photography outing, a new friend joined us for the first time in making some interesting night pictures. I took them back to the same old location I did for the past few weekends.A minor and yet interesting incident happened. We were greeted by some young night dwellers who claimed they are also doing night photography in the

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Quiet Corridor. © 2009 Martin Liew PhotographyQuiet Corridor is one of the new set of nocturnes I made last week. On my previous night trips, I have covered 2 abandoned buildings in one of the areas and as the daylight started to break, I wasn't able to make any more photographs in this other abandoned building, just right opposite. I was so sure that there are many good opportunities for good

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Last night (23 May 2009), I stayed up for the whole night doing some really good nocturne photography in the north area, with a friend of mine. Not only was I making light-painting photographs, I was making some good black & white night photographs with my TLR camera as well.As I have always love the night atmosphere with its tranquility, I too experienced the most beautiful sound of the night

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Abandoned House. © 2009 Martin Liew PhotographyFinally I've came up with the right title for my nocturne photography work, NOCTURNES : The Art of Surrealistic Landscape.The photograph above was made on 9 May, Saturday night with a couple of friends. Each of us took a different vantage point and I did all the light-paintings. Pity we couldn't stay longer, so I decided to go back on my own on the

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Recently I came across this night photographer's work on COLOR, a magazine on collection of fine photography. His name is Frank Relle.Frank Relle (b. 1976) is a photographer born and based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the recipient of numerous awards including a 2007 International Photography Award and the Photo Lucida Critical Mass top 50 photographers.His work is represented in major public

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I would like to announce that I have created a Night Photography Group in my Multiply website.The main reason why I created this Group, is simply to create a platform for night photographers to meet and share their night photography experiences, to learn from one another and to showcase their masterpieces. There's nothing quite as motivative and inspiring to learn and develop one's night

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Well, here I am again. Back on to my night photography blog after a year of adsence. I'm back again this time for another series of my nocturnes. Here are the 4 nocturnes I did on 2 separate nights. The first 3 shots were made last October and the last shot was made last night, all at the same location. It was thrilling and full of excitement as I once again did it for this shot. And I thought to

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It's been 5 months now since my last night photography outing at Pulau Ubin last November. A couple of weeks ago I realised I still got a roll of Kodak slide film right inside my FM10 since the last night outing with a couple of friends at the Singapore Btanic Garden. Dated back October 2007. Well obviously the film color should have been deteriorated but what the heck. Since I'm doing nocturnes,

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I organized a night/nocturne photography outing last Saturday, 24 Nov 2007 in Pulau Ubin. It was a small group of 6, including myself. It was fun and every participant get to do the light-paintings. It was a full moon night and some of the images are illuminated by the moon light, which created such effect as if it was taken during dawn or dusk.Here are my nocturne images. Pleasant viewing. Mamam

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In August 2007 issue of Black & White Photography magazine (UK), I read an article on Chris Conrad's portfolio, Ethereal Days, in which the magazine featured some of his most amazing and stunning night photographs taken on the area around Moab, USA. Chris started a portfolio on the fleeting pools of water that exist in the redrock canyons after rainstorms, he began the Oases series. "I was

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Closing Ceremony of National Stadium30 June 2007 Saturday was the day Singaporean witnessed the closing ceremony of our National Stadium. I was supposed to go back there for some re-make of photographs I did in early June. Well I guess it's too late for me now. That evening, I received a call from a friend, who happened to have an extra complmentary ticket to the closing ceremony event. It was a

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Talking about making pictures of our National Stadium, it all started with news of the stadium demolition for a brand new design. The stadium will be officially closed own on 30 June 2007, Saturday. A closing ceremony will be held there to mark this historical event.News broke out since last September. I went there with a fellow night photographer, Selina. We did make a few pictures but we didn't

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Well what can I say? It's been a long long time since I last wrote blog or update this blog of mine. Almost 7 months. Where was I? You would ask. There are changes to Blogger.com as I have had to re-register by creating a new account in Google's gmail. Well I had thought of signing up before, but no action was taken. Procrastination.Anyway I'm back again and during all those times, I was still

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"It's Over!" © 2006 Martin Liew"It's Over!"What you see here is a sequence of photos I took on the same night in Chinatown where families and friends came to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival and taking memorable pictures with their loved ones.As I was taking photographs of the empty cans collector, I noticed the giant lantern lights on the road divider were turned off. I sensed something is coming

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Empty Cans Collector © 2006 Martin LiewEmpty Cans Collector6th October, Friday (Lunar Month 15th August) was the Mid-Autumn Festival. As usual every year Chinatown would be beautified with colorful giant lanterns. This called for celebration where families come down to take memorable photographs with their loved ones.Well due to the recent hazy air pollution caused by the forest fire in Indonesia

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Michael Busselle rememberedPhotographer and writer Michael Busselle has died at the age of 70. Having begun work as a photographic assistant he established his own studio in London working on commercial shoots for the advertising and publishing industries. His first book, Master Photography: Take and Make Better Pictures set him along a path in which his name became synonymous with photographic

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Two Orchids #1 © 2006 Martin LiewTwo OrchidsWho says we can only shoot floral photographs in the day time? Well of cuz we are making full use of the natural sunlight to make the best floral pictures be it close-up or macro format. What I did here was to make floral photography more creative in a way that I make the pictures in the night time, in dark area of the garden away from stray light

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Matilda House © 2006 Martin LiewMatilda HouseLocated at Punggol End, Matilda House was built in 1902 for Mr Joseph Cashin whose family history in Singapore can be traced back to the early 1840s. The building is a fine example of an early style tropical bungalow. The tropical style of the building is accentuated through its architectural features such as open verandahs, raised floors and the use

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Clubmoss Trees © 2006 Martin LiewClub Moss TreesLepidodendron is the name given to a giant Lycopod or scale tree which formed an important part of the coal swamps of the late Carboniferous which grew to heights in excess of 40 meters. The extinct genus of primitive, vascular plants were related to the Lycopsids (club mosses) and are sometimes called giant club mosses. They thrived during the

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Orchids Spectrum © 2006 Martin LiewOrchids SpectrumI first came across this art form of photography at The Nocturnes (www.thenocturnes.com) and I was really impressed by the works of many famous night photographers in US. I particularly like the works by Andy Frazer, Tim Baskerville, Troy Paiva, Larrie Thomson, Michael Frye, William Lesch and many more.I was so inspired and motivated that I got

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What is Nocturne Photography?As defined in dictionary, nocturne has two meanings:(i) a painting of a night scene;(ii) a instrumental composition of a pensive, dreamy mood, especailly one for the piano.The word photography comes from two ancient Greek words: photo, for "light," and graph, for "drawing." "Drawing with light" is a way of describing photography. When a photograph is made, light or

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Well after taking a 2-week break from blogging, I'm back. It was a hectic 2 weeks for me, busy working and rushing for deadlines. Of cuz I never stop photographying. I've joined 2 outings so far over 2 weekends i.e. last Sunday and today, basically just on street photography. Didn't really get any good subjects to shoot but managed to finish up a roll today.I used a toy camera, Holga, with flash

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Moonlight Huts © 2006 Stan KayStan KayLast week I came across Stan's night photos at a local forum and quite impressed by his digital works. I'm still pretty new in digital night photography as I shoot in film all the time. Though I've never met Stan in person, I decided to correspond with him, seeking his permission to feature his work at my blog site. He agreed.Stan Kay started out with film

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Man In The Park © 2006 Loo Gu TaiLoo Gu TaiLoo is a fellow member of PSS, whom I first met through Selina last year during one of the Photo Clinic sessions which is held every Friday night. She owns a Nikon F80 and she insists on using films and not interested in digital camera at all. After seeing some of my B&W night photographs, Loo got interested in night photography and since then she,

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Sentosa Park © 2006 Selina NgSelina NgSelina takes on any kind of photography except portraitures. She's drawn to subjects that catch her attention i.e. found-objects in the street, old buildings, sceneries, etc. Her approach in photography is quite comtemporary. Selina prefers to shoot in B&W more than in color. She takes infra-red photography as well and do all her own film developing and

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NDP2005 Fireworks by French Team © 2005 Martin LiewSINGAPORE NDP 2006 - Fireworks FestivalIt's that time of the year where we celebrate for our 41st Independence Day this year. Fireworks Festival 2006 is held in conjunction with our National Day Parade. Organised and managed by UnUsUal Productions Pte Ltd. This year's festival consists of 4 fireworks shows lead by 4 teams. It will be held at

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NDP2005 Fireworks © 2005 Vincent HauNDP2005 Fireworks by Vincent Hau, LPSSVincent Hau is a digital photographer and a fellow member of Photographic Society of Singapore (PSS) where he attained his Licentiateship distinction title (LPSS) in 2005. I first met Vincent at a night photography course we took at PSS mid last year. Later on we took up Studio Lighting course at PSS. Though Vincent is not

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A Shed In The Park © 2006 Martin LiewA Shed In The ParkA Shed In The Park was taken in the late evening during the last 15 minutes before the sky was completely dark. It wasn't my first attempt at making this picture and finally I found this one more satisfying. This is what I like about night photography. Going back to the same locations and you'll bound to see things differently with some

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A Night In The Park © 2005 Martin LiewA Night In The ParkThis photograph was made after a couple of early attempts which I wasn't satisfied with the results. Like landscape photography, night photography requires not only one-time exposure at a given time at one fixed vantage point of a selected location. Initially it requires the photographer to find the right vantage points and make a couple

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Doors #3 © 2005 Martin LiewShanghai TLR • KODAK TMAX400 • 3min 40secs

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Doors #2 © 2005 Martin LiewShanghai TLR • KODAK TMAX400 • 3min 40secs

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Doors #1 © 2005 Martin LiewShanghai TLR • KODAK TMAX400 • 3min 40secs

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Gates #3 © 2005 Martin LiewShanghai TLR • KODAK TMAX400 • 3min 40secs

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Gates #2 © 2005 Martin LiewShanghai TLR • KODAK TMAX400 • 3min 40secs

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Gates #1 © 2005 Martin LiewGates and Doors seriesHere's another mini-project series on gates and doors. All were taken during my Nite Projekt trips.Somehow in some way or rather with strange feelings, I'm always drawn to gates and doors especially in the night where each individual gate and door presents itself as the "guardian" or "protector" of the respective building. Not to forget about the

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Shanghai Hotel © 2005 Martin LiewShanghai HotelIt was a great challenge upon taking this picture, in terms of composing and finding the "right" vantage point/angle. The building on the foreground is Shanghai Hotel and River View Hotel on the background.I was attracted by the grandeur of Shanghai Hotel with all the spot lights shining upon its majestic building structure. As I wasn't able to frame

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Water Reflection © 2005 Martin LiewWater ReflectionI came across this water fountain at The Esplanade Park, formerly known as Queen Elizabeth Park. The fountain is named after a very wealthy but generous merchant, Tan Kim Seng who was the first Chinese magistrate in Singapore. His numerous contributions to the society include the suppression of the secret society riots in 1854 between the

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'TWINS' #5 © 2005 Martin LiewShanghai TLR • KODAK TMAX400 • 3min 40secs

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'TWINS' #4 © 2005 Martin LiewShanghai TLR • KODAK TMAX400 • 3min 40secs

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'TWINS' #3 © 2005 Martin LiewShanghai TLR • KODAK TMAX400 • 3min 40secs

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'TWINS' #2 © 2005 Martin LiewShanghai TLR • KODAK TMAX400 • 3min 40secs

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'TWINS' #1 © 2005 Martin Liew'TWINS' Projekt Series 'TWINS' Projekt was formed during my Nite Projekt series. As I travelled around the city by foot, I got to see more things than just riding a bicycle or driving a car with which one tends to oversee or miss certain things or details. I was intrigued by the symetrical patterns and identical structures of the subjects I photographed. Hence the

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Fountain of Youth © 2005 Martin LiewFountain of YouthFountain of Youth was made conventionally in fine-art style. The ambience lighting was so right and I couldn't resist this beautiful scene. The softness of the water certainly adds up more atmospheric mood which makes the whole image quite romantic.Shanghai TLR • KODAK TMAX400 • 3min 40secsPOINT TO WATCH• I could have move back more for a

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Homeless Man & No Littering © 2005 Martin LiewHomeless Man & No LitteringI paid a visit to the National Library today to check out Eye e City 2005 photo-exhibition. I took part in the event last year and one of my pictures was selected, as shown above. I know this is not related to night photography but I just wanna share my joy with every reader here.Here's how I came about making this picture:

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Bridge © 2005 Koh Boon WeiKoh Boon WeiBoon Wei owns a photo-printing lab business located in Bedok area. He inherited the business from his late father who had taught him photography and darkroom printing skill when he was young. I came across Boon Wei's work at a local online B&W forum early last year. We bumped into each other during the Photo-Imaging 2005 held at Suntec Convention Hall. A

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Empress Place © 2005 Martin LiewEmpress PlaceThis is The Empress Place. The government has certainly changed the buildings in that whole area Empress Place has turned into a western fine food restaurant and lately they have had just completed internal renovation. Perhaps it has changed management and into other sort of F&B business.It was a full moon night but the moon was obscured by dense

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Lonely Lamp Post © 2005 Martin LiewLonely Lamp PostI walked around the other side of this old parliament house and spotted this part of the building that's perfect for a night shoot. This night scene resembles a 19th Century street building with one lonely lamp post shining throughout the night. I was attracted by its light that created such great contrast of shadows and the ambience atmosphere

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'Head' © 2005 Martin Liew'Head' Sculpture (1999) by BoteroMost of you might recognize this sculpture, 'Head' by Botero. Botero came to Singapore in Dec 2004 alongside with Taiwanese sculptor, Ju Ming. Botero's work can be seen around the art center, Esplanade and in the garden as well. This 'Head' is situated right at the main entrance of the art & performance center, with 4 strong spot-lights

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'something in the Way' © 2005 Martin Liewsomething in the WayThis was the night when Cindy Tan and I went out for night photography in town area. As I used my Shanghai TLR for all of my night shoots, there is exception at times where I'd use my SLR. The above image was made under this highway flyover located at the Esplanade Garden. This highway is called Esplanade Way. Playing with the lines, I

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'Peak' © 2005 Cindy TanCindy TanIt goes a long way back when I first started out Lomography. I came across a Lomo forum where I got to know Cindy. Cindy plays with different type of compact cameras such as CX-A, LOMO FrogEye, Super Sampler, Holga, etc and she shoots more than I do. She has many nice cross-processed photographs I've ever seen which included pictures of her niece and nephew as her

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'The Great Monument' © 2005 Martin LiewThe Great MonumentThe last time I took this shot was on 12 Dec 2004 and it didn't turn out well. I set 'B' with aperture of f/8 and exposed for 3min40sec on Efke R100. Based on the developed film negative, it was over-exposed. This time, I used KODAK TMAX400 at f/16 and exposed for 3min36sec. I used the same exposure timing on a high speed film and this is

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'Quiet Alley' © 2005 Martin LiewQuiet AlleyThis image was made in a quiet alley behind a bus-stop along Moulmein Road. On the right side of the alley is a Chinese Temple. I used to bypass this bus-stop everyday to work and to home, and I had seen how the whole place looks like in the night time.It has this mysterious feel to me and so I decided to make some pictures there. It took place on New

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'No Parking' © 2004 Martin LiewNo Parking This is another place where I've long wanted to shoot becuz of the ambient light in that area which create this nice night atmospheric scene. I took this shot at 0045hrs on 14 November 2004. It was quiet except one or two vehicles drove by this narrow lane once in a few minutes. Fortunately I was able to take this shot without any cars passing by which

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'Under The Flyover' © 2004 Martin LiewUnder The FlyoverI bypass this highway flyover pretty often and it's near to where I stay. I can't help but noticed this spot - the underpass during night time. I thought to myself that it'll be good for a night shoot. So on 13 November 2004, I packed up my gears and walked to that place. It was a total different feeling when I stood there for a moment or

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Digital Night PhotographyAs I started out using film, I do not detest digital photography as we all know that it's more faster and convenient in processing and viewing via the camera LCD screen, not to mention post-processing and other digital manipulations which can take quite an amount of time. I do own a Nikon D70s but personally I still have an affinity in film. It just 2 different mediums

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History of Seagull TLR cameraThe SHANGHAI GENERAL Camera Factory is located in Song Jiang County, about 50 kilometres from Shanghai itself. This factory was formed in 1978, when the Shanghai Camera Factories numbers 1, 2 and 5 moved out from the city to the countryside location. Tha factory has 130,000 square meters of manufacturing area, with a like amount of space as housing for a portion of

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My First Night Photos © 2004 Martin LiewNight PhotographyNight photography generally refers to photographs taken outdoors between twilight and dusk. Originally night photographers had a choice between using artificial light such as flash units/torchlights or leaving the camera on a tripod and using a long shutter exposure, often for seconds or even several minutes to hours per exposure or

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'Lurking...' © 2005 Martin Liew 'Under The Flyover' © 2004 Martin Liew 'Quiet Alley' © 2005 Martin Liew 'No Parking' © 2004 Martin Liew Ngee Ann Photographic Exhibition NAPE 2006This was the second year Ngee Ann Cultural Center has organised such mass group exhibition where they called on all local photographers, young and old to participate so as to promote photography as an art form and

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Eye é City 2005:A Visual Account of the Last 24 Hour of 20052005年岁末二十四小时人文记录This was the fourth year of Eye é City. Through this project, the organiser encourages the documentation of social changes, recorded through photographs on the last day of the year to form the collective memories of Singapore from the eye of ordinary individuals. While for the past few years, they have had being collating

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'Lurking...' #2 《另途之期望》 三'Lurking...' #3 were taken on 02 Feb 2006. As part of the series, #3 have a different perspective of Life. #3 symbolizes leadership and self-improvement. With every single step on the stairs, one learns the Way of Life and be a better Man who leads and guides others to attain their own Life achievements.

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'Lurking...' #2 《另途之期望》 二'Lurking...' #2 was taken on 15 Jan 2006. As part of the series, #2 has a different perspective of Life. Individual's fate differs but when it comes to the end of the road, we are all the same. #2 symbolizes to those who lead a well-to-do and luxurious lives as the many lights from the lamp posts shown in the picture.

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'Lurking...' series 《另途之期望》 系列After making many successful B&W nite pictures, I'm proud to know that I have a representative series of work and I titled it 'Lurking...'. Yes I have it in Chinese titles too. It's pretty much in metaphors about Life. It's still ongoing and I'm planning to have a series of 12 monographs. So far I have 3. More coming soon.'Lurking...' #1 was taken on a Friday night

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Monograph title: Quiet AlleyNITE PROJEKTNITE PROJEKT is a personal photographic project which started out in late 2004. The objectives is to capture the cold and calmness of the night where time and space stand still. The scent, the climax, the beautiful night vision, and the most neglected night scenes that send off the sentimentalism or nostalgical value of one's own feelings to his/her

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