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Where2Eat Episode 2 (HP Towers)

Chia Wei — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:23:36 +0000

It’s been a while

Chia Wei — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:47:53 +0000

Portraits photographed at Jelatek station, the row of abandoned houses.

Su Ting and Stella as models, with photographers Jeremy and Ezrul.

Shots were from my A55/Tamron 1750/2.8. Still learning how to use it nicely.

More projects coming up, hopefully more stuff to show soon

Stay tuned.

Noise and detail perception

Chia Wei — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:05:41 +0000

Noise increases the perception of detail in a particular photo.

Both are converted from a digital color image to a black and white image. One has noise added to it to simulate film grain, one is clean, as is converted from the original image.

Noise helps trick the eye into thinking there is detail in areas which seem very “clean”, such as skin, walls, and fabric. We typically perceive very fine patterns in these objects which might not be apparent in photos taken digitally, and so adding noise can serve to “fake” the texture of these objects.

Cleanly converted

Added noise

Headphone Stand

Chia Wei — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 07:15:25 +0000

Headphone Stand for my AD500 and earphones. Made by me, assisted by my dad.

It’s nice to have that feeling of satisfaction of making something using your real hands every once in a while. I think it’s innate in my blood to make stuff. Or deconstruct stuff.

Try something new for 30 days

Chia Wei — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:34:29 +0000

I’m thinking of starting a project of my own for 30 days, right after my final Atypical Psych exams. Hmm what should I do for 30 days?

Sources of inspiration: TED (embedded below) and StevePavlina