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Aug 7, 2020
3 min

How to get the correct Milky Way colour

Recently, I received a question from one of my students regarding what’s the right colour of the Milky Way. I think it is a good question. It also makes me want to share the answer with you all and how to get the right Milky Way colour. We have seen countless photos of the Milky Way in different colour variations, orange, magenta, blue and even white, but which one is correct? From an Astronomy perspective, the colour of the Milky Way should be yellow and orange. Like the bel

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Mar 5, 2020
1 min

Photograph the Milky Way at Tasik Beris

I always think that being able to share my actual photo shooting experience with you all would be a good idea. With that, you can understand more about the shooting condition and what camera setting that I used to take a photo. Here’s my first attempt at vlogging in the year 2020. I combined videos from my Nikon D610, iPhone 11 Pro Max and some drone footage from my friend. The edited photo was taken using Nikon Z7 + 14-24mm f/2.8 lens. There are more for me to improve in vlo

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Jan 22, 2020
1 min

Best Shooting Locations In Malaysia

To help everyone in planing their photo shooting, I have compiled a list of my favourite shooting locations in Malaysia. 🙂 If you think the video is helpful, feel free to share it with your friend. Join our Photography Masterclass Community & improve your photography skill. Subscribe to receive photography tips & tricks and update from Grey Chow Please feel free to share this post if you enjoy reading it! :) #putra #shooting #selangor #location #petronas #seremban #hotel #gr

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Aug 21, 2019
5 min

52 Week Photo Challenge

You may have heard of this challenge before, but have you tried it out before? In 2014, I had committed myself to this 52 Weeks Photo Challenge, and my photography skill set has greatly improved since then. Because of that, I want to share this with you. What is 52 Weeks Photo Challenge? The challenge is basically required you to POST a photo once in a week and continue doing it for a total of 52 WEEKS, which also means ONE YEAR too. How is it compare to the 365 Photo Challen

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Jul 9, 2019
8 min

Best Shooting Locations In Kuala Lumpur & Selangor

When I just started my photography journey, I realized it could be very challenging for finding a good location for photo shooting. To ease my fellow photographers in shooting, I have compiled some of the easy access locations into this article. Hopefully, this will help you all with better planning. On top of that, I also encourage the beginner to connect with other photographers via social media. It is more enjoyable to take photos with those who share the same passion, and

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Apr 22, 2019
5 min

Protect Your Work From Photo Theft (Malaysia Copyright Law)

Have you had an experience that someone using your photo without your consent? Using it on their own blog post or website for personal or commercial usage, and in the worst case, causing damage to your photography business. It happened to me before, and I would not want the same thing to fall on any one of you. The purpose of this article is to share with you all what I learned from a recent Copy Right Law workshop that I attended. The workshop was conducted by a practising l

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Jun 20, 2018
6 min

Best locations in Malaysia to photograph Milky Way

One of the most frequently asked questions that I received is where to photograph the Milky Way? Well, no doubt that finding a good shooting spot for Milky Way can be difficult. The place has to be very dark with at least minor light pollution also preferably with a good foreground subject. Most people failed to capture Milky Way on their first attempt because they were shooting in a not "dark" enough place. The place has to be far from the city, with at least minor light pol

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Jan 10, 2018
3 min

Putrajaya Light Festival

In the year 2017, my last outing was going to the Putrajaya Light Festival. It is known as Light and Motion Putrajaya (LAMPU), “LAMPU” is a Malay word that means lamp. It was in its fifth year but my first time ever to attend the Festival. I’m the type of person that tend to avoid places that filled with large crowds, so it took me a few years to urge myself came here for the photos. Even so, I’m still picking the less crowded day by avoiding the weekend and be there on it’s

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Dec 21, 2017
4 min

7 tips to photograph stunning New Year Eve’s Fireworks

It is almost the end of the year, I believe that some photographers are already started preparing for the New Year’s Eve fireworks show. If you are new to photographing the fireworks or looking for some tips and tricks, I have 7 tips here that I would like to share with you all. 🙂 1 – Using a tripod Tripod is crucial here. You will be taking photos with Shutter Speed at least several seconds long and you’d want to avoid any handshake that can cause a blurry photo. Good news

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Jan 28, 2017
2 min

Kek Lok Si Temple Fireworks

On 22 February 2017, I and my friends decided to make a day trip to Penang Island. It was 4 hours drive and the purpose of us coming all the way there is just to photograph the fireworks show with the famous Kek Lok Si temple, it is the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia. I had wanted to photograph the temple years ago but only possible to do it this year. The fireworks show normally held a few days before the Chinese New Year and at the same time, the Kek Lok temple is also

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Jan 25, 2017
2 min

Creative Blending: How To Add Multiple Fireworks Into Single Photo

1st January 2017, I celebrate the New Year’s Eve by photograph the iconic Petronas Twin Tower from a high vantage point at Quadro Residence. I am lucky enough to get invited by one of the residences there to welcome the new year, great thanks to my friend! Me and my friends reach the place at around 9 p.m. and start to setup our gears at the sky pool to secure the spot before the crowd starts showing up later. While waiting another 3 hours for the fireworks, we actually havin

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Nov 22, 2016
2 min

Federal Mosque: Extend your composition with panorama photo

Extend your composition with panorama photo Sometimes at some point, we all facing a situation that our lens are not “wide” enough to capture what we want, even at a super wide focal length 14 mm or wider, and that’s the time you should give a try in Panorama photo. It is simple, if you can’t get it in one photo, then do it with 3 or more photos, what you need to do is put all those photos and merge it together in any software that provides panorama merging features, such as

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Jan 13, 2016
2 min

Colors Of Cameron

Cameron Highland, one of the favorite landscape spot of mine in Malaysia. It have the largest Tea Plantation in South East Asia, covering a total 8,000 acres planted with tea plant. Driving along the road here, you will see the neat tea plants covering up the hills, forming a beautiful and refreshing view. There are several sunrise angle here, this one that I took, is a angle that famous among the local wedding photographer, mainly because it is easy access, and there a place

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Nov 26, 2015
3 min

King Of The World

Last Sunday, me and my friends were hiking up to the Crystal Hill (Bukit Tabur), it was 4 years ago since my last visit, until recently, when my friend Alan reminded me again. Before this, I have seen some sea cloud photos from others but myself never meet once, at the same time, due to the monsoon season, there’s are raining almost every night, which I hoping that this will generate enough humidity for some sea cloud. With a strong hope in mind and Alan as our guide (he is a

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Nov 5, 2015
2 min

Twin Tower Rush

This angle was in my list from quite some time ago, it is taken slighter behind from the usual tourist spot, there’s a junction for some good light trail photo with Kuala Lumpur Twin Tower in the background. The weather was kinda hazy during the shoot, but since I am very close to my subject (Twin Tower) and aiming for the night scene, the effect of the haze are minimum. During the shoot I try several different composition moving from one side to another side of the junction,

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Sep 27, 2015
2 min

Batu Cave – The Before & After

Batu Cave, locate in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is a sacred place of Hindu shrine that worship Hindu deity Lord Murugan. During every year Thaipusam Festival, over millions of Hindus from local and all around the world will gather here for the celebration dedicated to the Lord Murugan. A procession begins in the wee hours of the morning from the Sri Mahamariamman Temple leading up to Batu Caves as a religious undertaking to Lord Muruga lasting eight hours. Devotees will carry

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