The Petronas Twin Towers glisten in the sunset just now. I changed the camera’s white balance to the tungsten preset for a cool, bluish moonlight hue. To better expose the pearl-like highlights, I used spot-metering on the shiny parts.
Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f6.3, 1/1000 sec.
The Temuan indigenous people from the Bukit Lanjan Orang Asli Reserve were relocated into modern bungalows as their jungle homes made way for development of Damansara Perdana. Consisting 147 bungalows, their little prime enclave of Desa Temuan is like a surreal world of its own. Originally kept as hunting dogs, some of their usually slim pets are now replaced by fatter, fluffier toy breeds.
Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f7.1, 1/100 sec.
Char Kway Teow is stir-fried ricecake strips with prawns, cockles and bean sprouts. It is a popular local hawker dish, notably from Penang. Think of it as Chinese fettuccine.
Some of the best things in life are not free nor cheap. Such as this delicious Char Kway Teow from Penang One Restaurant. But there is one thing that is still free. If you eat out in the daytime here, there is plenty of available light for food photography.
The trick is in finding the right position. Sit facing the door or window. Most people avoid it because they feel the back light may be too strong. What you want is to let the light skim the food surface and bring out its texture.
There may be a temptation to photograph a dish such as this from the top, try not to. The lower you go, the more three-dimensional the food appears. See how the bean sprouts jump out because there is depth? Let the light skim the shrimps (prawns) to make it succulent. Lai Chiak.
Olympus OM-D, ISO 640, f3.7, 1/30 sec.
