An Amateur's Point of View

Usually the end of May and early June used to be the peak for most people to get married but occasionaly every month of the year there would be weddings happening here and there. Of course during this low peak of wedding season, most people are away in their own work or study place. Recently, my bestfriend got married to her soulmate, who's also my family close friend especially my sister and my mom's. They picked the date July 7, 2013 to tie the knot. The bride's brother knows me and that I love photography as much as he do. Since he will be marching together with the rest of the family, he asked me to help take pictures for his sister who was going to get married that day. I only had my Pentax but there were some friends who were present to take pictures as well. One of them offered me to use the Nikon camera attached to a Speedlight flashgun and the Tokina 11-16mm wide angle lens. Now I don't usually have experience using camera with wide lens because I just never ...

Recently I went with my uncle who's also passionate about photography to a dam near our place. Although it doesn't really look like a dam to me but it still does look like the water is being stopped by a long concrete wall and only allow water to flow at the edge of the river. The weather looked fine although clouds started swooping the sky above us. We only had a couple of hours before it started to get dark and the rain to fall. Although I took some time to take pictures, I found it difficult to stabilize due to the strong current. Finding a spot I managed to take multiple exposures to be converted into HDR later. Since the last time, my photos looked all green thanks to the sensor problem which wasn't repaired yet. As much I feel I want to send it to the camera shop I know I won't have the time to take pictures and besides I don't have the money to even repair it. Reading about the problem on the Pentax forum, I knew the model I'm using is prone to have this ...