Capture three distinct image styles in one lens

This unique Lomography Nour Triplet V2.0/64 Bokeh Control Art Lens pays homage to the fascinating but forgotten scientist, Hasan Ibn al-Haytham who lived in around 1021 in Cairo, Egypt. He was the first to unveil, and meticulously recorded the enigma of spherical aberrations, al-Haytham is the trailblazer of modern optics.

Key features of Lomography Nour Triplet V2.0/64 Bokeh Control Art Lens

• Compatible with full-frame mirrorless Canon RF, Nikon Z and Sony E mount cameras.
• Available in a historic brass design and a sleek black aluminium version.
• Optimal for portraits with a 64 mm focal length.
• Maximum aperture of f/2.0 for a beautifully shallow depth of field and excellent low-light performance.
• Special-shaped rear drop-in aperture plates for exquisite bokeh effects.
• Modern helicoid focusing mechanism for quick operation and easy integration with filmmaking gear
• Unique spherical aberration control knob for three powerful bokeh effects:

1. Soft: timeless, ethereal scenes stand out with softened light and a slight swirl.
2. Classic: elevates a sharp subject against an enchanting diffused backdrop.
3. Bubble: creates mesmerizing separation between your subject and backdrop with bubble-shaped bokeh texture.

Lens for powerful portraiture & videography

The Lomography Nour Triplet V2.0/64 Bokeh Control Art Lens has versatile focal length of 64mm, making it perfect for striking portraits. Featuring a unique spherical aberration control knob, subjects shine dramatically against three distinctive backdrops and signature special-shaped Lomography drop-in aperture plates allow for additional stunning bokeh effects. 

For videography, the control knob allows powerful transitions between a soft-focus glow and a sharp three-dimensional effect featuring beautiful soap bubble bokeh. Silent stopless focus and aperture rings, along with optional follow-focus gear rings, provide precise control for capturing emotions and creating stunning cinematographic effects in-camera, giving total control over any scene.

Technical Specifications 

Lomography Nour Triplet V2.0/64 Bokeh Control Art Lens 

• Focal Length: 64 mm
• Lens Construction: 5 elements in 3 groups
• Maximum Aperture: f/2.0
• Apertures Available: f/2.0, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16
• Dual Aperture Mechanism: iris-style and special shaped drop-in rear aperture plates
• Image Circle: 44 mm
• Field of View: 37°
• Lens Mounting Profile: full-frame mirrorless,
• Sony E, Nikon Z, Canon RF
• Electronic Contacts: no
• Closest Focusing Distance: 0.6 m
• Focusing Mechanism: helicoid
• Filter Thread: 55 mm
• Detachable lens hood: yes
• Finish: brass with black brass ring elements or black aluminium

Back Lomography Nour Triplet V2.0/64 Bokeh Control Art Lens on Kickstarter

If you are keen to own the Lomography Nour Triplet V2.0/64 Bokeh Control Art Lens, they are now on Kickstarter! Backers can get this lens at an unrivalled early bird price! 

Back Lomography Nour Triplet V2.0/64 Bokeh Control Art Lens here on Kickstarter – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lomography/nour-triplet-bokeh-control-art-lens 

* Information and pictures courtesy of Lomography *  

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Photography by Ryan Cheng

Before I go into my planning, goals and objectives for Q4 2021. First, let me take a short trip back in time to Q1 to Q3 2021.

Reflecting Q1 to Q3 2021

Entering into time machine mode, let’s go back in time to a few months back in 2021. 

Q1 2021

In Q1 2021, I was secretly and cautiously optimistic about 2021 that it would be a year of recovery albeit at a much slower pace. Looking back at this point, it wasn’t this scenario at all, more of a complete opposite instead. 

Q2 2021

Moving into Q2 2021, I was celebrating and marking 15 years of TGH Photography and Travel Portal/Blog in April 2021. Things look pretty alright until May 2021 when I got myself into a sticky and messy situation that is not helped with Phase 2 Heightened Alert (P2HA) situation. I was lost , shared through my reflections, thoughts and feelings during June 2021 with fate and time. I was kind of depressed, my mental and emotional health wasn’t in a good shape, I spiralled downwards to the bottom, got stuck in a rut, reaching a tipping point. I had a few dark periods in my life till date, this period would be right up there with my other dark periods.

Q3 2021

Moving from Q2 to Q3, I slowly got myself out, thanks to a few friends who pulled me out from the rut. This started a period of making further pivots and changes. This was followed by Reflecting H1 2021, new themes for photography and travel in H2 2021 and some photography, travel and updates in August 2021. 

During this period as I pivoted, changed and reorganised, those changes needed some time too. Opportunities come and go, sometimes you get them, sometimes you lose them. 

Photography by Isaac Ong

Plans for Q4 2021

Entering into Q4 2021, what are plans, goals and objectives for Q4 2021? My main theme that I wrote down earlier in my introductory paragraph above is, “Survival”. I am pulling all my brains, mind, soul, as well as pulling strings, networks, connections to survive. Just by saying it’s very tough is an understatement of the predicament and ground level situation that some small and medium sized businesses are facing. 

Photography

In my area of commercial photography services, I made a switch into other photography genres in the portraiture segments, covering leisure, family, pets as well as corporate portraiture. Although there is a school of thought that teaches us to specialise in one or two genres, the fallout from this global pandemic has shown that specialising in one or two genres have its pitfalls too. Having a few more specialisations will be very helpful for future-proofing, not just in the photography industry, in other industries as well.   

I have also made a move back into doing wedding photography, both pre-wedding and actual day wedding photography. When the economy returns back to a more normal and stable level, I would  relook into my photography services portfolio again. 

Zine 

Initially, I have plans for what I want to produce and achieve in publishing zines, an outreach for my photography, writing and content creation. At the forefront, I wanted to publish a zine commemorating 15 years of TGH Photography and Travel Portal/Blog milestone and a special project to seek funding on a segment of my documentary photography works that I did some years back. Due to unforeseen circumstances, both external and internal factors, those two zine projects were put on hold, I would relook at them in Q1 2022. 

My focus is now on a photography therapy zine, an inspiration that came from my nature therapy walks during Q2 to Q3 2021 when I went trekking into nature and outdoors, with my camera and lenses, photographing landscapes, light rays, bringing me peace and tranquility. 

NFT / Digital Arts

I embarked on the digital arts journey some time back on Makersplace platform. At that point in time, I didn’t do enough homework/research and preparation before entering into this space. While NFT has recently received quite a lot of limelight and attention from the creatives industry, I am doing more homework/research before I go more full in-depth into this platform to showcase my curated photography works.

Keep a lookout for my updates in the NFT / Digital Arts segment in Q4 2021! 

Travel and Tourism

I would love to travel out again, just like pre-covid time for my travel photography and holiday. While I don’t have a timeline on when we can safely travel again, I would have to wait patiently for the time to arrive while I concentrate on my photography business and building up my digital agency business. 

When can we restart tourism? I asked myself again on World Tourism Day 2021. Many of us wanderlusts are searching for this answer too. Meanwhile, I am networking with travel and tourism folks, from travel agencies, Travel Talk on Twitter (TTOT) community and travelers from all over the world. When it’s safe to travel again, I would share more on them if the universe and stars alignment for my travel photography fall into place.  

Emotional / Mental Health

To be honest with everyone reading this article, I am still, and have been mentally and emotionally very fatigued for a lengthy period of time, the worst period was probably in May and June 2021. We are all exhausted battling this ongoing global pandemic, its economic, social, emotional and mental fallout and onslaught on our work and daily living. 

Running your own small sole-proprietorship photography business is already very challenging and tough. Throw in a global pandemic situation and it just magnifies many times more. 

How many would really know, feel and understand how small and medium sized businesses are feeling and coping right now in the midst of an ongoing global pandemic? 

When can we see the light at the end of the tunnel?

When can we see the light at the end of the tunnel? We have been asking ourselves this question all these time during this ongoing global pandemic. 

Help local small and medium sized businesses by referring clients to them, through word of mouth or do a shoutout for them on your social media platforms. Please don’t judge, please be kind, everyone one of us is trying and working very hard to survive this global pandemic situation. 

All of us, just want to survive and get out of this ongoing global pandemic situation, returning back to a more normal life during pre-covid days, although we will most likely unable to return back to those days. 

That’s basically in a nutshell, my main theme, my plan, my goal for Q4 2021 – Survival. 

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At the Chua Soo Bin: Truths & Legends, an exhibition held at National Gallery Singapore from 6th December 2019 to 28th June 2020. There are close to 100 photographic works alongside archival materials, displaying the history and development of photography in Singapore, an area that is traditionally overlooked. Mr Chua Soo Bin photography works, tells more than just complex stories of his subjects. His portraiture artworks displayed great trust, close relationship and being up close and personal with the subjects and surroundings, through the Legends Series Photographs.

“Spotlighting the works of Singapore artists and educating the public of their artistic practices continue to be a priority for the Gallery. While photography has traditionally been under-researched in Singapore, it has played a significant role in our art history. The iconic works of Chua Soo Bin are excellent examples of the potential of photography as an art form. It has been exactly three decades since Legends was completed. We hope that this retrospective will raise awareness of Chua’s significant contributions to Singapore’s art scene as a photographer, a gallerist, art dealer and art patron. At the same time, visitors will be inspired to learn more about Singapore’s very own photographers and reflect on the changing role of photography,” said Dr Eugene Tan, Director of National Gallery Singapore.

Now, let me bring you a short walk through into this amazing artistic photography world of Chua Soo Bin: Truths & Legends

First Section: The Legends Series Photographs

The portraits of 14 ink masters, showcasing their portraitures, life, intimate moments and insights to a global audience through the eyes of Singaporean master photographer Chua Soo Bin.    

Second Section: Candid and informal portraits of Wu Guanzhong

A collection of photography artworks, candid and informal portraits of modern Chinese ink artist Wu Guanzhong over two decades. The trust and rapport between artist and photographer is more than just special, beyond amazing, reflected through this collection of photographs.

Third Section: The life and journey of Master Photographer Chua Soo Bin

In this final third section, we learnt a lot more about Master Photographer Chua Soo Bin life, career and his commercial photography works.

A short Q&A session with Master Photographer Chua Soo Bin

During the preview session of Chua Soo Bin: Truths & Legends, we had the honour of meeting the legend himself, master photographer Chua Soo Bin, who shared some insights of the photographs that were on display inside the gallery while we were on a short preview tour.

After that, we had a short Q&A session too, listening to his years of experience, not just in photography, the stories behind those portraitures and insights into the different eras of photography from film to digital.

My personal thoughts and feelings as a photographer

For all photographers out there, whether you are from the old school of film photography or a young person learning photography in today’s digital world, I strongly encourage you to visit Chua Soo Bin: Truths & Legends photography exhibition at National Gallery Singapore.

As the saying goes, a picture speaks a thousand words, when you visit this photography exhibition, you are not just walking into a master photographer’s eyes, works, and relationship with the person/people/environment. The portraits/photographs “speak to you” too, as you view the photography exhibition, a connection that bridge the photographer, subjects/people and their artworks across to you.

Chua Soo Bin: Truths & Legends, is a very inspiring photography exhibition, personally for me as a photographer. Having started my photography with film photography more than three decades back, viewing the photography prints shot on film cameras brought me back in time when it was just 36 frames in a roll of film and you had to print the photographs, versus the modern digital photography of today, instant gratification and sharing on social media.

I can continue writing and sharing, I feel that I would really like you to visit this truly special photography exhibition at National Gallery Singapore. I would just leave you with this quote below by the Master Photographer himself, that strikes a deep chord with me and my photography.

I would like to thank National Gallery Singapore and Tate Anzur for the invitation to the preview of Chua Soo Bin: Truths & Legends.

Information on Chua Soo Bin: Truths & Legends

Date: 6th December 2019 to 28th June 2020

Location: City Hall Wing, Level 4, Wu Guanzhong Gallery

Ticketing

General admission ticket required (Free for Singaporeans and PRs)

Chua Soo Bin: Truths & Legends is curated by Charmaine Toh from National Gallery Singapore. A series of complementary programmes through the course of the exhibition will also reflect the changing role of photography in today’s digital culture.

For more information, visit https://www.nationalgallery.sg/exhibitions/chua-soo-bin-truths-and-legends

* Information courtesy of National Gallery Singapore and Tate Anzur *

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Now, think back, how did photography came about and in which year? How was the early days of photography like? Photographs provided us with a lot of rich and cultural insights into the history, culture, development, changes and growth in the community, society and country, not just through the eyes of the photographers, you can also see the world during their time through the eyes of the subjects.

There is a very special exhibition taking place at The Perankan Museum, titled Amek Gambar (Taking Pictures): Peranakans and Photography, it would not just amaze the historian, heritage enthusiast, this special photography exhibition would be very beneficial to photographers (whether you are young or old, enthusiast or professional), from observing how photographs were taken during that era (especially portraiture photography) and the history of photography that started in 1839.

John Teo,  General  Manager of  the  Peranakan Museum,  said:  “Every photograph captures  a moment  in  time, andtells  a  story. Today,  we  take photographs  to  mark important  life  events – births,  marriages,  deaths –butalso  the  mundane, the  ordinary,  the everyday.  The  ‘photographs’in  Amek Gambar–from  monochrome  early images  on  metal plates,  to  dazzling digital  displays  –provide a  fascinating  insight, not  only  into the  Peranakan  world, butlife  in  Southeast Asiaand  Singapore,from  the mid-19th  centuryto  today.As we  enter  the museum’s  10thyear,  it is  also  timely to  showcase  our collectionof  photographs  of Peranakans,  one  of the  bestin  the world,  in  part through  the  generous donation  of  more than  2,500  photographs by  Mr  and Mrs  Lee  Kip  Lee.“

Source: Press Release from The Peranakan Museum

When you arrive at The Peranakan Museum for Amek Gambar exhibition, proceed to start off your photography discovery journey on the thrid floor. Your journey takes you through more than a century and a half of photography, their arrival in Southeast Asia, the early adoption, growth and evolution of photography in Southeast Asia. The affluent Peranakans were among the first to participate in this phenomenon thing called photography.

Walk slowly, observe each and every photograph, looks at their eyes, are they watching you watching their photograph? How and where did the subjects position themselves during a family portraiture shoot? Each and every photograph tells you their own unique story.

On the third floor where you kickstart your photography discovery adventure at The Peranakan Museum, the first section of the exhibition showcases early photography techniques that are not even commonly heard in today’s modern digital society. From albumen print, daguerreotype, negative prints, large format prints, glass plate negative, you can view and learn about the photography technology of the early days since the invention of photography.

For the photography gear heads, there is a display of old cameras, from twin lens reflex (TLR) to rangefinders, single lens reflex (SLR) cameras and modern digital cameras today. A pit stop that most (or all) photographers will stop, spend time admiring the old cameras and thinking to themselves, should I get one of those?

After you have finished admiring all the vintage analogue cameras on display, continue to the second floor of The Peranakan Museum where the Amek Gambar exhibition continues. Walking through the timezone, observe the changes in the photographs, from the studio settings, posture and positioning, clothings and fashion, the occasions when photography was brought into beyond the portraiture shoot, to the modern digital photography in today’s society.

As you leave the second floor Amek Gambar exhibition space, your Amek Gambar journey has not ended yet! Remember to participate and contribute your own photographic memories through “Space, Time and Memories” at The Peranakan Museum.

At the lobby on the ground floor, enter into this big and modern digital space artwork titled “we stop to watch the world go by” by local artist Sarah Choo and Larry Kwa. Do pop into this “My Best Side Photo Studio”, specially designed for the Amek Gambar exhibition and do your own photo shoot! Oh yes, the theme and props change at different times of the year! Share and tag your photo #tpmsg for the world to view your photography works!

This special and unique exhibition, Amek Gambar at The Peranakan Museum, would definitely interest history, heritage and cultural enthusiasts. A shout out to all photographers, I highly recommend fellow photographers (whether you are enthusiast or professional) to visit this exhibition, it’s not just about the cameras and gears, this exhibition presents the purist side of photography, capturing memories and moments lasting beyond generations.

Information and details on the exhibition

Amek Gambar (Taking Pictures): Peranakans and Photography

Dates: 5th May 2018 to 3rd February 2019

Venue: The Peranakan Museum, 39 Armenian Street, Singapore 179941

Admission fee:

Website:www.peranakanmuseum.org.sg

Enquiries: 6332 7591 / nhb_pm_vs@nhb.gov.sg

Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday: 10am to 7pm (to 9pm on Friday)

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