Category: Altered Reality

Maneuvering Through a Narrow Space

Lip Seng


I captured this image at Changi Jetty one fine Sunday morning. On occasion, I perform image manipulation to suit the view that I originally envisaged. The painterly effect was created by applying various filters in the Photoshop software after a lengthy editing session. Creativity has no rules or boundaries. Art can be so controversial sometimes. Ultimately, it is up to you, the artist, to apply your imagination and interpretation.

Exposure information – Camera: Leica R8, Lens: Vario Elmar-R 80-200mm f/4, Shutter speed: 1/60 sec, F-stop: f/16, Film: Kodak Ektachrome 100VS, Filter: UV

Full Speed

Lip Seng

Since the sixties, I have been doing image manipulation using “Colour Derivations” technique on 35mm format. Nowadays, with IT, the process has been made much easier. I manipulate only when the effort results in an enhancement of the original image. I will never alter any image intended for photojournalism . The above image is one of that I have manipulated with Photoshop. With readily-available IT processing, creativity has become a much easier task than the tedious darkroom procedures that took place a few decades ago.

Curious

Lip Seng

I was invited by the Shen Zhen Photographic Society as a Guest of Honour for the opening of the 10th Fuji Cup (1996) Top Ten Prize Presentation cum Exhibition in 1997. I was given the opportunity to visit Fujian, China to capture this candid image. I like the expression of the little girl. She was obviously puzzled by the lion dance performance in the surrounding area. The only manipulation here is the partial desaturation with PS for the black and white effect. This picture was one of three prints that I exhibited at the 1st “Month of Photography in Singapore on Humanist Photography”, an event of the Singapore Arts Festival 2002.