From the monthly archives:

April 2010

d700 – reviews and comments

April 29, 2010

The Nikon D700 is Nikon’s, and the world’s, best serious digital camera. – Ken Rockwell
So, how awesome is it?
Oh, if you are upgrading from d80, this crazy camera is really the best ever. I really love the feelings on my hand. Here I will list some of the difference that I felt when I [...]

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Difficulty of Using Adobe Lightroom, or Lack Thereof

April 17, 2010

Today, I taught a workshop about photo post-processing with Adobe Lightroom beta 3 to several Monash University student.
It was quite fun.
Most students never used Lightroom before, so we gotta go from the start.
I covered:
- Importing
- Flagging (Pick, color, star)
- Croping, Brush, Graduate Filter, Spot removal
- The basics of sliders on develop module
- Exporting
- Develop presets [...]

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New Portfolio Website

April 12, 2010

Yeap, I just redesigned my whole portfolio website. It used to be flash based, now its jquery based.
Mainly because the old flash website doesn’t play on iPhone or iPad . And flash is slow, and it hogs the memory, and i’m using a lot of ands.
anyway, let me know what you think, and how does [...]

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My Studio Setup

April 7, 2010

Yeap, I set up the studio to replicate Zack Arias ‘White seamless’. It was awesome.
The white seamless cost US$40 in Adorama, but I got em at AU$120 at the Dragon Image store in Melbourne. So yeah, if you can find a cheaper price or willing to wait for a long long shipping time, feel free [...]

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Photographer Series #1: Teddy Tan

April 7, 2010

You know, I rarely post about other photographer. The first one I did was about Yann Arthus bertrand.
As I met and interact with more and more photographers, I’m planning to make a series of review and recommendations on this subject.
Okay, the lucky number one is: Mr. Teddy Tan
Who is he?
I met Teddy at Monash Photography [...]

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New photos from my studio.

April 3, 2010

Click the link below for the whole album
http://www.flickr.com/photos/augusteo/sets/72157623740280368/

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30 DPI #4 Basic Studio Lighting

April 3, 2010

Victor Augusteo’s30 Days to Photography ImprovementDay #4
Topics:- Light Stand, Umbrella, and Speedlight- How to use them to produce properly exposed, shadowless, and diffused photograph
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New Studio, New HD DVR, and future d700

April 2, 2010

Victor Augusteo’s Vlog
Episode #2
- How I got a cheap studio space
- New cheap 1080p DVR that cost $140 only
- Cold call from my dad asking if I need a new camera, SHOCKING!
- Possible future workshop
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