Understanding Exposure

"Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera" is one of the best books on photography I have ever read! It gives a guideline to make creative correct exposure. After reading the book, I turned my digital SLR to manual exposure mode. I brought it from Amazon.com.

Nikon Capture NX and Adobe Photoshop

I use Nikon DSLR camera and I highly recommend the Nikon Capture NX software. I usually use Nikon Capture NX to:

1. Batch convert photos from RAW to JPEG

2. Change the white balance of photos easily

Original photo


WB changed to Standard Fluorescent Warm White


3. Edit the color using control point

Original photo


Changed saturation of a color control point in water to 50%



Recently, I took a course on introduction of Photoshop. It's quite interesting and I have learnt some basic retouching techniques and Photoshop concepts like layer, mask and channel.