Ever gone on a trip especially one with photography in mind where the weather didn’t happen as you have expected? This is exactly what happen to me on one of my last trips. I was expecting low temperature and a couple showers, but didn’t expect that much fog! Basically the great scenery that I was expecting didn’t happen.

Well the point is, that in this condition there is no reason to be down and stop taking lots of photos. In fact, these kind of situations are perfect situations where we can explore our creativity. Remember that with proper compositions there are millions of ways to create special photos out of ordinary scenes.

In my case, it was obvious that the fog would eliminate possibilities to take landscape scenery shots as long as its there. Therefore what I do is focus on nearer objects and use the foggy environment itself to create the shots. I’ll have to admit though, that I’m quite fond of vignettes and darker tone photos. On the other hand, indoor objects when possible always offer great opportunities for your winner shot.

And one last important thing: don’t forget to enjoy the trip and have fun!

Here’s a couple of the photos that I have taken on the trip.

In my opinion, our photography shouldn’t be limited only to our digital cameras and SLRs. Lately with so much apps available for iPhone, there has been quite a lot of quality software which we can use to take interesting photos as well as editting it on the spot using the iPhone. I’d like to share a few of my favourite apps that I use frequently on my iPhone. Obviously for serious photography stuff the SLR is still my choice, but there’s nothing wrong with taking fun pics; which most of the times turned out to be interesting

1. The default camera app, love the touch focus

2. PhotoForge, this is a very powerful image editting software. Feels like having desktop photoshop on my iPhone

3. Pano, great photostitching software!

4. Photoshop mobile, this is much less powerfull than PhotoForge but is handy for quick editting and adding borders.

5. Last but not least, Hipstamatic, amazing software that gives all of the photos taken that retro touch! You’ll be amazed how creative you can be with this

The trick is as always, to not only use one app at all times. Instead, try different combinations. Shoot with one app and edit with other apps. You’ll get interesting results.

The photos from the Australian Kendo Championship 2010 are finally here. This gallery contains 400+ images, handpicked and edited for your viewing pleasure. Browse through and see almost all of the 2010 Australian Kendo Championship including the matches, award ceremony, trophies and off-the-floor activities.

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