Samyang is one of the lens manufacturers that offers affordable lenses with top notch quality. I have personally owned 3 Samyang lenses and I never regret it, in fact I recommend them. So far, they have never let me down. The Samyang 14mm is an ultra wide angle lens, if you haven’t tried an such focal length, it can be overwhelming to use. This super wide angle can easily introduce distortions, but once you get the hang of it, you […]
If any of you are at Bahrain on May 21, 2016 and at Muscat, Oman on May 22, please free to check out my Car Photography Workshop with Nikon School. This is going to a FREE workshop! Absolutely free of cost.. so please drop by and say hi 🙂 I will be sharing: composition tips essential equipment used in car photography camera settings different lighting techniques post processing workflow BAHRAIN: Register here: https://nikonschool-bh.com/workshop/Essentials-on-Car-Photography OMAN: Register here: https://nikonschool-om.com/workshop/Car-Photography-Workshop
The kind folks from Nikon Middle East let me borrow the infamous Nikon D810 with some lenses, namely the 14-24mm f2.8, the 24-70mm f2.8, 85mm f1.4 and the 16mm fisheye lens. I have been a Canon user since the beginning of my photography journey and in 2011, I became also a Fujifilm user. As a Canon user, I always wondered how it is to be on the other side of the fence. There has always been a Nikon-versus-Canon debate and […]
Feb 16, 2015, I sold my 2013 BMW X5 x35i and got this… A Jeep?!? Let me backtrack, before I purchased the X5, I was driving a 2009 Toyota FJ Cruiser for 4 years. I loved the FJ Cruiser, its a no-nonsense car that can go anywhere and I loved it; helped a lot with a lot of photography projects and shoots. Since it doesn’t have a lot of “luxury” features, I guess, you always crave the thing you don’t […]
This is my rental car in Iceland, looking great isn’t she?! Well, this is not actually the car I booked online but when I arrived, the rental company (Cars Iceland) told me they upgraded my car from a 2014 Toyota RAV4 Diesel (the car I booked) to a brand new 2015 Mercedes GLK 220 CDI 4-Matic Diesel. At first I was like, “Really? Why? Any additional Charge?”, they said no, same cost, same everything, it also comes with a free […]