The power of Image Stabilizer!!

Got myself a new lens today, Canon 70-300 F4-5.6 IS USM.

It is my first lens with Canon's anti-hand shaking function, the Image Stabilizer. People have been talking about how helpful "IS"is. I didn't realize it's real power until I eventually got one.

See the images below and pay attention to the specs.

ISO 1600, 1/13 sec, f5.6 at 300mm
Without IS

ISO 1600, 1/13 sec, f5.6 at 300mm
With IS

ISO 1600, 0.4 sec, f5.6 at 300mm
Without IS

ISO 1600, 0.4 sec, f5.6 at 300mm
With IS

Don't listen to me. Just go and get one for yourself and you will no longer worry about your shaky hands!!!

Gosh I just wish that I could have this lens much earlier!

Karis & Gabriel

My first time taking photos for babies!!

Thanks Eddie and Brian for offering me such a nice opportunity to take photos for Karis and Gabriel. While Karis keep posting as a little lovely princess, Gabriel had tried his very best to draw my attention by doing a lot of cute faces.

Gabriel, you had certainly drawn our attention in front of Karis!

It's extremely hard to capture the motions of babies. You can never predict where they will look at and when they will burst into laughters. I guess the only hint in making a good shot is to shoot more and choose the best. Of course, you also need a decent camera with big aperture to blur the background, right Sandy and Eddie?

More from my album: www.fotop.net/tamwaikay/karisandgabriel

Home Balcony

We made ourselves a nice balcony at home during the renovation 2 years ago. We knew that it's an illegal structure but as 94 out of 96 units at our building made such a balcony, we've decided to take the risk. In any event, our buildings are full of senior officers from the government and we thought it's unlikely that the Building Department will investigate our building in the near future.

Unfortunately we've got an Order from the Building Department a few weeks ago, which means that it's time for us to remove the balcony and reinstate what our apartment looks like. It's quite sad for us as the balcony did add a lot of lighting and freshness to our home. Anyway what we can do now is to take some nice photos for the balcony while it still last.

More from my album: www.fotop.net/tamwaikay/balcony

Janice & Fai's wedding

It was such a wonderful day filled with love and happiness. Thanks Janice and Fai for letting me to shoot at the memorable day.

More from my album.