http://askthegoodman.com/blog Hunger for photography, knowledge, consulting, mentoring, networking, netpreneurship Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:56:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do you like this watch? I made it digitally. We went to Giverny, France to visit the home museum and garden of this famous French Impressionist painter. Now run by a foundation, Monet's Garden is one of the most beautiful gardens we have seen to-date.  I made this watch souvenir to remember ... http://askthegoodman.com/blog/photography/a-souvenir-from-monets-garden/ We visited the new Vermeer Centre in Delft, Holland. We had earlier seen his "The Girl with a Pearl Earring" in the Maurithuis Museum in the Hague. The Centre has a studio which simulated the window light that the Dutch painter used for most of his paintings. I took the opportunity to ... http://askthegoodman.com/blog/photography/in-the-style-of-vermeer/ I took these shots of lilies in Keukenhof, Holland, last May. We arrived in late spring and by that time, most of the tulips had been cut. We were fortunate that in Keukenhof, they were exhibiting other flowers as well, such as lilies, amaryllis, callas and orchids. This is the first time ... http://askthegoodman.com/blog/photography/lily-3d-photocube/ At the advice of many gurus, I decided to use WordPress instead of Blogger. However, I found the WP suppport forum and documentation quite confusing for a non-techie like myself. I searched for more information in the Internet and physical books. I posted a few blogs initially, then stopped and continued ... http://askthegoodman.com/blog/think-and-grow-rich/easiest-way-to-learn-wordpress/ They had been dancing non-stop for an hour, during a videoshoot for a tourism promotion documentary in Bangkok. The police were kind enough to allow me to shoot close. After playing back the image, I knew I had to do something to the background, as it was distracting attention from the ... http://askthegoodman.com/blog/photography/finally-over/ This Rembrandt tulip was taken at Keukenhof last spring. I used a zoom lens, at a focal length of 360 mm (at 35 mm film equivalent). Because it was a bright afternoon, I knew I could use a smaller aperture (f11) and a slower speed to keep the centre of ... http://askthegoodman.com/blog/photography/falling-asleep/ She was a participant in an annual parade in Singapore called Chingay, held during the Chinese New Year period. Her dress and hat were full of flowers. She was sandwiched in a group of 50 other participants. Instead of shooting her with the others, I approached her and asked if she ... http://askthegoodman.com/blog/photography/flower-lady/ I had arrived early at a month-end open-air Thai classical dance concert in Bangkok. There was a mini-fair on local handicrafts and delicacies. I spotted two ladies wearing festive costumes and doing embroidery. I approached the owner of their stall for permission to take their photos. Although my spoken Thai  is ... http://askthegoodman.com/blog/photography/lady-fair/ As I view this again, Ono Lisa's bossa nova version of 'Smile" is playing in my mind. I had just finished taking photos of my wife at this spot. This young lady, with her aunt, asked me to take her photo with her camera. I said yes but provided she allowed ... http://askthegoodman.com/blog/photography/smile/ This was taken at the Palace of Charles V in Granada, Spain. Flash and tripod were not allowed. I had to be very careful in balancing the light and shadow portions of this image. I put my handheld camera at its widest aperture (f4.5) to compensate for a fast speed (1/160). I ... http://askthegoodman.com/blog/photography/light-and-shadow-play/