About me
A picture says a thousand words. A cliché?
I choose to believe that while you can paint pictures with words, a well-taken photo should be able to speak volumes & communicate across language barriers. Photos can portray love, humor, controversy all within a glance and I choose to travel on this road of writing through photos, focusing on weddings and other expressions of love
Excellent cook Sheep shearer Explorer of the mysterious unknown Also good at: • Translating the reality into a medium shared across by many, a.k.a. taking photos • Getting points across via presentations – FLASH (and I don’t mean jumping out of bushes at strangers) your love stories at weddings with my Macromedia skills.
Started photography at a very young age, then it progress into a hobby. Back then i was using a Minolta Dynax 8000i (limited addition) and a Nikon FM2 (they are still in my possession). I still remember selling my bike to buy a camera….that was the old time…After i graduated from School of Art & Design in Otago, Dunedin and return to Penang, the opportunity to practice what I have learned was limited. So i made some unfavorable decision that force me to move away from what I had studied. For 5-6 years, I have not talk about photography so passionately. Until recently, my wife decided to surprise me with a DSLR – Nikon 5000. From there my journey starts…..
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
Painting With Light by Chris Tan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Hi Chis, I’ve just started exploring your blog. I found it with a Google Alert about your new flash. There is a lot of good info to read. I’ve already learned something about Penang today. Then I see that you lived in Dunedin for a while! I’m from Wellington and live in Auckland. Perhaps I will try out HDR. I’m keen to get a second flash so I can try out some Strobist techniques, but also am keen to get some better lenses. Kinds regards
Keith
Keith, sorry for late reply. Stuck with my work project recently but still trying to update my blog daily. Yes, I lived in Dunedin for 3 years, I was a student there. Before that I was in Timaru & Temuka, lived with my host parent for a year plus. I was a great country and I really like to go back and visit some time. Yes, photography is a expensive hobby. Btw, I am getting my 35mm 1.8f fast prime lens