When I was back in Penang recently, I finally learnt how to use my beginners’ SLR camera. It was great finally learning how to fix the exposure and shutter speeds manually on the huge ass camera. However, although the pictures came out sharper than I would normally get on a normal point and shoot, I felt it was lacking the oomph that I see in professional pictures. I figured my camera just can’t beat the $10k ones which photographers use.
That is, until I discovered the world of post processing. I have been using photoshop and adobe lightroom to edit some of my pictures and it’s amazing what these programs can do to the simplest pictures. I feel like every picture I take now has huge potentials to look amazing! Even some of the pictures I took with my point and shoot camera came out looking great.
this was taken using my point and shoot
Since then, I have worked on a few of my favourite shots and I must admit I am amazed at how well they have turned out. More pictures are available on flickr. Please feel free to tell me what you think. I am always open to feedback!
When I started playing around with the programs, I got slightly carried away with the vibrance, brightness and contrast tools. My pictures ended up looking a little stronger than it should but because I was so amazed at how I could change it from such a bland picture to that, I just kept on doing the same thing to all my other pictures.
After a while, it finally hit me that the sky should never look purple so I started toning down the pictures abit. Photography is such a fun hobby to have and now that everything is digital, it can be quite affordable too (minus your initial investment of the camera and thereafter when you think you deserve a better high tech one ).
I am looking forward to going crazy with my photography during my travels this year 
