Selected Excellence: Fair Face in Cafe

The photos featured today were the works of DaDa'r from Taiwan. In her camera cabinet, there is the new acquisition: Ricoh GXR.

I have found the 16:9 mode of the GXR exceptionally impressive. As discussed eariler on, the 16:9 images took with the GXR boast an unspeakable Japanese-style aesthetic quality.

These few photos taken by DaDa'r caught my attention because of this same aesthetic quality. The second thing is that the model looks really relaxed with a good natural expression on her fair face, giving the portraits the atmosphere just what one may feel in a cafe.

I am really fond of the tone of the image below even though it is a bit blurred. The tone and the ignorant look of the model match the overall mood of the image which seemingly belongs to a certain historical time.

Responding to the question about her impression of the GXR, she says, " GXR is a handy piece of photographic tool to me. It produces images of great quality. To me, it is positioned as a tiny DSLR.

"But," she continues, "there are some unstable drawbacks about the camera. Maybe the newer module will improve in those areas." She gave no details of the drawbacks but the focusing speed could be one of the shortcomings she talked about.

(Courtesy and copyright of DaDa'r)

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New Low Prices

The window shopping some hours ago has almost provoked my AgIDS illness. Just in case you’re in Hong Kong or are coming here, and have the money to burn (All in HK$/ body only): GX200 = $3,280 GRD2 = $3,380 LX3 = $3,180 G10 = $3,280 Prices are available form a gear shop on the 1st floor of the Mongkok Computer Centre. Besides these new low prices, I found that Wing Shing Photo (55-57Sai Yeung Choi St., MK Tel: 2396 6886/ 91-95 Fa Yuen St., MK Tel: 2396 6885) is offering a Sony A700 + Carl Zeiss Lens package for HK$9,980 (hopefully, a bargain will make it some hundreds cheaper).

Ricoh Camera Giveaways and the New GRD Bet

The recent months have seen Ricoh’s heavy-handed promotional efforts. Apart from the photo contest in collaboration with Greenpeace concluded some weeks ago in Hong Kong, there are three more chances for aspiring photographers to get free Ricoh cameras. There are lots of Ricoh's cameras to be given away. (A poster about the photo contest co-organised by Ricoh, Greenpeace and Jurlique for Hong Kong only, which was concluded in May. Winners are to be awarded with airtickets plus hotel accommodation, several fully-geared GX200 and CX1 cameras) Ninth Ricoh Photo Contest The first one is open to contestants from around the world, namely, the Ninth Ricoh Photo Contest to close on 21 August 2009. The theme of the contest is easy on the surface, but actually requires some effort to ponder on and express in the final image. The prizes are: Main Award: GR DIGITAL II + optional lenses and accessories (one person) Special Award: GR DIGITAL II (5 persons) Photo St

Eye Contact

(Leica D-lux 5) The digital era may make it easier to end up with fave shots. Even lousy photos may be turned likable after a few clicks in the post-processing workflow. But if digital advancement or amendments have any bearing on the cultivation of personal style, no photographers will need to discover his or her own photographer’s eye. Undoutedly, this is out of the question. Only with a trained photographer’s eye can we give a thinking gaze and capture an eternal moment, in our unique style. Style is the soul of a great photo. A few posts have been written in GXG to touch on the topic of photographer’s eye. Instead of finding an answer, which would require academic discussions, the posts are intended to give my general reflections and spark interests in moving towards further exploration of the topic. The posts can be viewed after the links: 1) Photographer's Eye: Storytelling 2) Photographer's Eye: Little Show of Observing 3) Photographer's Eye: Sight-Worthy 4

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