About the Fotogelafer

Welcome to Fotogelafer.com. I am Wan Cheng Huat AKA the Fotogelafer. Here is a short write up about how photography came into my life.

All my life, I can say that I have always been attuned with art. When I was much younger, I loved to draw. How did I know that? Well, I never could stop picking up a pen or a pencil to start imprinting what I saw. Drawing became a part of my life. As years pass me by, I soon realized that my ‘addiction’ actually soothes me, my feelings, my emotions and most of all my soul.

When I turned 16, I decided to join my school’s photography club and loved it almost instantly. Photography, in many ways, was and still is similar with drawing; instead of capturing images with my pen or pencil, I am now able to capture them with my camera.

I was overwhelmed with enthusiasm and learnt all I could from wherever I could. I remember reading through all the Reader's Digest I could get to obtain photography tips which were usually the advertisements of Kodak or Canon or Fujifilm. At that time, it was my only source where I could learn about shutter speed, aperture settings and how to play around to get my intended effects. Even now, after over 10 years, I still keep those files which still have those Reader's Digest pages.

I could remember the moment when I first picked up a camera; I knew that there was no turning back. Cameras and films were my new tools to express my new found identity.

But as time pass, technology became more advance and soon enough photography became digital. Only after 10 years, I finally abandon film photography; as it became more and more expensive and obsolete. However, I will cherish all those negatives which are now lying in my dry box. Nothing can replace them.

Enjoy my photographs.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Actual Day Wedding - Regis & Joanne SDE

Creating this slideshow was a true challenge of focus and planning. We had only less than 1 hour to complete the slideshow which needs to be put up during the wedding luncheon. Straight after the church ceremony at St. Ignatius Church in Taman Mayang, I flew back to my place which is, according to Google Maps, around 9.8km distance. Took me a good 15 minutes to reach back home.

In an instant, the photographs were already plugged in and download was already on the way. Took almost 10 minutes to transfer close to 1,000 photos from my camera to my workstation. At that time it was already close to 11.25am and I haven't even started choosing the photographs. Once the photographs from my 5DMII finished transferred, I begin downloading the D700 photographs (Liew's Camera). While that was going on, I began selecting the photos.

As I reached 50 photos out of 100 to be selected, I realised that it was already close to 11.35am and I need to be back at the restaurant at 12 noon. Managed to go through 1,000 photos and select 105 photographs. Rendering and burning took another 10 minutes.

At that time I was ready to head back when suddenly ERROR came up the screen. I had to restart my comp, re-pick the selected photographs, insert the selected soundtrack, re-render and re-burn. But this time it got through. Looked at my watch and it was already 12.20pm. Well after all that hassle, I present to you the same day edit actual day wedding slideshow for Regis and Joanne. Enjoy~~!

Actual Day Wedding - Regis & Joanne SDE from Fotogelafer Dot Com on Vimeo.

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