Vagabond’s Caravan

Mar 28

Hands-on Review: Photoshop Express

Posted in: Photo-Sharing, Photoshop (web and gfx designing), Web 2.0

The long awaited, online browser-based, ‘express’ & free version of the popular photo-editing software titan, Photoshop Express is finally here!

I signed up and gave it a test drive. I am quite pleased and happy about the whole thing actually, provided that:

I never expect miracles from it, it’s an online browser-based application, and it’s FREE. So, no layers, no fancy masking, only some basic but useful tools (but they threw in the Sketch tool, I wonder why).
I understand that it’s not so ‘express’ for me because of the terrible connection of our local ISP.
You get 2GB free storage (I don’t need it tho, I have my Flickr). I notice the “account type” option in My Account page, and I think we can expect a paid version soon, perhaps something like more features (especially in the “effects” section and more storage).

I am not very good in writing, so I’ll just use a bunch of screenshots to give you guys some preview (like what Physics teacher said, when you need to describe something, draw diagrams, in this case, use screenshot!).

Mar 16

Resuming My Random Shooting Habit…

Posted in: Photo-Sharing

My camera had been left unattended for a couple weeks, since the end of all the Chinese New Year gathering I guess.

Time to start some random shooting again, =p

Here’s what I stumble across when I was digging for something in my drawer - a class photo taken back in ~~2001~~ 2002, Form 1A (I hope I am right with the year). Brings back lots of memories, huh?

And oh, I hope I didn’t over edit it, lol, trying to add a certain degree of vintage feel to it. =p Ciao!~

Jan 25

First Visit to CHMS’ New Building & Charity Night 2008

Posted in: CHMS, Event Photography, Gathering with Friends, HDR, Landscape Photography, People/Portrait Photography, Photo-Sharing

Tada!~ Here you go! 35 41 shots from last Saturday night - CHMS’ 爱校之夜, as well as our first visit to the new building! Continue Reading…

Nov 30

Dilemma: SmugMug or Flickr?

Posted in: Candid Photography, Event Photography, Gathering with Friends, Global Warming / Save Our Earth, Inspiring Websites, Photo-Sharing, Web 2.0

I just degraded my server from a $5/month Small Orange plan by AsmallOrange.com (400MB space, 10GB bandwidth) to a $25/year Tiny Orange plan (75MB space, 3GB bandwidth). I bought the Small Orange plan (which I don’t need) at first due to my wrong valuation of space/bandwidth usage. Until today, I haven’t even break the 50MB barrier on space usage, and barely hits 2GB on bandwidth usage.

P.S: Notable customer service from ASmallOrage.Com. The guy degrade my account instantly (after he confirms my need/want) and they refund me all the price differences between the two plans for this month.

Since I saved (when I decided to buy something, I allocate budgets, if I get that particular thing at a cheaper price, I’ll assume I ’saved’ some money, just my own policy) $35 per year now, I decided to get myself a paid photo-hosting account. For all this time, Flickr is my first and only choice. I was impressed by Flickr for long, but I found Smugmug.Com recently. Continue Reading…

Nov 23

Photo Organizing and Post-Processing n00b

Posted in: Event Photography, Photo-Sharing

Just finished reviewing photos taken during the Health Expo, ah, I suck when it comes to photo-organizing and post-processing, gah! Maybe I should just drop everything into pendrive, lol (actually it works, so yea, I guess I’ll be doing so from now onwards).