Remember those time when you were in this warmth, romantic, nicely lit restaurant, you took a picture with your camera, and what happened? The subject in the picture is washed out, and the background is dark, or in some other occasions, It’s evenly lit, but the subject is blurred. It’s frustrating, but it seems like [...]

What is bokeh? Bokeh or blur is created by the distance of the object and out-of-focus area. This is the example. And this is the original image. How to create easy and nice round bokeh and by using almost any type of lens? Here are the steps: Mount your camera on tripod Aim it at [...]

Continuing last week’s topic, I’m still a firm believer that ‘the best camera is the one that’s with you’. But there were cases where people start thinking “ah, my camera sucks, I wish i had a Digital-SLR camera with me”. They bought one, use it for couple of months, -in most cases without reading the [...]

Good morning beloved readers, Today, for me to be able to see you all again here at VanillaSeven, its truly a blessing. Yesterday was the saddest day of my blogging life. I believe some of you tried to visit my blog and greeted with a plain white page with a large FORBIDDEN letter. Well, thank [...]

… is the one that’s with you. It’s a book title from Chase Jarvis, a renowned photographer in the United States. I’ve never read the book, but I got the iPhone apps with the same name, which I use quite often for daily snaps (I’d like to show them, but I guess it’s another topic [...]