Portraits: Hitomi

Posted By Michael Yip / August, 10, 2009 / 16 comments

Hitomi asked me recently to help her take some portraits of hers and at a recent session, these was what I took. What do you think?

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My Journey In Photography

Posted By Michael Yip / August, 5, 2009 / 7 comments

Something just sparked in me while reading some fellow photographers’ blog about their progress in the world of photography. I found myself asking the question How far have I gone with what I’ve done?  It might not be the wisest or smartest question out there but truly, eventually, this question needs to be answered. Right?

My interest in photography was sparked by my dad when he used to bring out his SLR to everywhere we go and capturing every images we could to print as memories of our journey as a family. I started picking up from there, eventually owning my own Nikon FM10 in college as part of my studies. Taking photos of this and that, not only as part of my assignments but also for fun. Eventually, I ‘graduated’ to the world of film as in moving images and found myself working in a production house producing TV programs for TV stations. (more…)

Portrait: Adele Chow

Posted By Michael Yip / August, 3, 2009 / 22 comments

It was a nice Friday afternoon when 3 bloggers, jloi, cwken and myself decide to take some portraiture and roped in Adele to be our victim Model. The location was this place I’ve previously used for my shoot before and so I thought why not bring them there and let them have some fun in the place. Here’s my favorite photos from the shoot.

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Gerbera

Posted By Michael Yip / July, 11, 2009 / 0 comments

Gerbera (pronounced /ˈɡɜrbərə/) is a genus of ornamental plants from the sunflower family (Asteraceae). It was named in honor of the German naturalist Traugott Gerber, a friend of Carolus Linnaeus. (more…)

Nuffnangers’ Indecent Exposure

Posted By Michael Yip / May, 18, 2009 / 30 comments

This was planned about 2 weeks back after some on the shoutbox was asking about doing portraiture and so forth and so forth, so with a mass email going out, some suggestions bouncing about and all and next thing we knew, the day arrived where we met at the bus terminal heading to the location of choice to snap some photos.

The Victims

AndyStorm, Ying Zhi and Joanne Chan. (more…)

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