i’m lost … blank & stucked!

Thursday, March 31, 2011 | Blog Post

This time its gonna be short! … Just so you know – i’m switching back to my programming mode this year. Been learning new programming stuffs lately and im actually stucked … kinda need (longer) time to learn and recap but im sure i’ll get there … anyway, i found these somewhere on the internet and thought i share them with you …

*All copyright goes to the rightful owner.

It’s not them, It’s you …

Monday, February 28, 2011 | Blog Post

Ok, first of all i just want you to know that i actually planned to have this post titled “If you think you’re right, You are.” Infact, when i first thought about writing this post, i was thinking of writing about “making decision for yourself and feeling good about it”. But as i was sorting out my resources (in my little brain), i realised that i dont have much thing to write on. And a quick note on “making decision” – i must admit here that i am indeed very bad at it too, so i have to scrap the whole idea … but i kept on thinking about the “if you think you’re right, you are” phrases for a very, very long time … not sure why, but i kinda like the phrase that really stand up and give you the feeling that you are always right no matter what the outcome gonna be … but hey, maybe i think too much …

I remembered reading some articles on our local newspaper early last year with the same title as this post; “It’s not them, it’s you” … The article discussed about people’s reaction towards ladies who uses perfume; some likes them; while others who has sensitive nose can get different reaction. While reading them, i then remember on why some Europeans cannot stand the smell of a “Durian” while most Asian just go crazy about “Durian” … and why some people with certain religious belief (pardon me) uses cow’s dung on their forehead and still can stand the odour that comes from it;  some East Timorese men have very bad body odour when they sweat but surprisingly their ladies are not affected at all … and guest what – look no further, some girls here in KK infact stands to their stinky smoker boyfriend without complaining … No! Love is not blind. The girl is!

So, next time when i said i have a problem with certain thing, i am indeed having problems with it – but you cannot blame or say that im wrong; its all goes down to my preferences or maybe im biased because i disagreed with the course / nature of it.

Coming back to the whole point, i love colors – i love bright, striking colors. That is how my eyes programmed. So when i see some portrait photos or wedding photos which has a little off from the normal colors i know all my life, i cant help but to think of 2 things; either it is an art or merely the end result of a bad editing. If it is an art, im a bit skeptical when looking at some “art” photos where the colors are a little odd especially supposedly an art becomes a whole different stories – you know what i mean? Please note that the below images are all wrong to me (personally). PERSONALLY! And i imitate some photo editing styles which i think is wrong. Also note that all the images are obtained from Google.  Purely for explanation purposes.

*Trying so hard on vignetting killing the background and making it look like cut and paste.  Editing using a cheap plugin making the face looks like plastic. Original photo here

*Skin tone is not totally wrong but she looks like sick/death. Original photo here

*Pale sleeping beauty. Original photo here

OK before you snapped, let me just tell you that anyone who is color blind does not know or realised that s/he is color blind until they get their eyes checked. So, there i said it – its about Color Blindness.

FYI, i used to “disliked” any photos which to me are “off” from their natural color. But I have toned down myself a little bit now, and i pity for them who cannot see many colors thru their eyes. Its how i look at it – dont blame me for wanting a red, red and a blue, blue. When some photos of beautiful lady looks like death people, it is definitely wrong (to me).

*Zombie skin tone. But maybe acceptable for product brochures. Original photo here

So now, imagine yourself working with some Color blind photographer who doesnt know that s/he is color blind. How would you tell him/her that the apple is suppose to be red and not brown … and a rose is red, not pale purple or something. How would you tell the photographer without hurting his/her feelings?

And what happened if your wedding photographer is color blind? Chances are all of your wedding shots look like zombies … How would you expect him/her to edit your photo according to your preferences when all s/he sees was less than 50 colors?

*Original shot here. The correct skin tone should be like the below image.

But again to all photogs out there, when someone tells you that they having problem with your photographs – listen to them. Because it’s not them, it’s you (whose having a problem) …

I agree that Art is very subjective and everybody has their own interpretation – i totally respect that. But as i’ve said earlier, i would definitely prefers the image below as compares to the earlier version … No heart feeling, but i won’t buy images like all mentioned above

Further reading at http://www.colourlovers.com/web/blog/2008/07/24/as-seen-by-the-color-blind

One thing about people who doesn’t see too many colors in love are definitely the best among us all! They turn our world into a beautiful place to live in and they just shined through.

Definitely Beautiful !