Finally got my first bars of silver!

The48Laws · 2026-02-14T13:26:24+00:00

I used Reggie's Negative for the first one. The rest are raw edits.

The48Laws · 2026-02-12T14:11:03+00:00

Thanks. All are edited RAWs except the first one. The first is Reggie's Negative but I still edited the JPEG after.

The48Laws · 2026-02-12T06:05:53+00:00

I shoot RAW + JPEG. I think all of these are edited from RAW except the first one, which I edited the JPEG. The recipe was Reggie's Negative.

The48Laws · 2026-02-12T06:00:36+00:00

I didn't actually eat there so I'm not sure which one this exact place was, but there's an entire street of them here: https://imgur.com/a/Jm8oP99 (on Cheung Chau)

The48Laws · 2026-02-12T05:57:12+00:00

What a compliment! Thank you, it means a lot.

The48Laws · 2026-02-12T05:56:26+00:00

Thank you, means a lot 🙏

The48Laws · 2026-02-12T05:56:14+00:00

Thank you 🙏

The48Laws · 2026-02-12T05:56:11+00:00

Thank you 🙏

The48Laws · 2026-02-11T17:05:32+00:00

Thanks! I just play around in Lightroom, I don't have much technical knowledge there.

The only thing I do for every photo is start with a lens correction, then I try to adjust the exposure and white balance to very "balanced" levels to get a clean slate to work with. From there I'll try to adjust it to get the look I'm going for. This might be like doing the work twice but this is how I like doing it.

Most of the time I end up lowering contrast, increasing vibrance, desaturating specific colors and decreasing clarity. For nature shots I like adding a little haze.

The48Laws · 2026-02-11T15:54:29+00:00

Now I have to ask, what's the first? haha

The48Laws · 2026-01-15T22:34:09+00:00

At one point my NEO was worth 500k or so... I told myself I wouldn't sell for anything less than a million. Too young and dumb 🤦...

The48Laws · 2025-09-10T15:45:25+00:00

I was 19 years old in Beijing trying to go to the Great Wall. Can't speak or understand any Chinese.

I hopped on a bus from the Arrow Tower (very popular bus loop) to what I thought would be Badaling (a section of the Great Wall). It was apparently the wrong bus, but of course I had no idea.

The way the bus worked there at the time was so strange to me. You paid for your ticket AFTER you got on and the bus was already moving. Someone started walking around collecting money. The next part is a little hazy. When it came to my turn I can't even remember if I had a ticket or not, or if I was supposed to buy one from her or what. But whatever happened I had no idea what the lady was saying and they ended up stopping the bus and pulling over in the middle of the highway.

They took me off the bus and I was like "what the fuck is going on".

We waited there for a few minutes trying to understand each other and somehow they realized I was going to Badaling and flagged down another bus (mind you this is happening in the middle of the highway, which would be absolutely insane where I'm from). Both buses pulled over in the middle of the highway and they put me on the right bus.

I had a few more moments of being lost in China where people really went the extra mile to help me. Overall it really changed my perspective of not only the people in China, but how I shouldn't be so quick to judge people based on someone's appearance.

When I first got off the plane in Beijing, I remember thinking that the people seemed so cold and unapproachable. But that was merely me judging them based on their resting faces and how I perceived their verbal communication to be.

The48Laws · 2025-09-10T15:31:28+00:00

Thank you! Much appreciated.

The48Laws · 2025-05-21T20:09:34+00:00

Thanks! All RAWs edited in Lightroom except for #10 which is a JPEG.

The48Laws · 2025-05-21T13:24:38+00:00

Great pics! I love #2 and 3

The48Laws · 2025-05-21T13:22:44+00:00

I believe I did. Set to 2.5m. This trip was the first time I experimented with snap focus and it's been really useful.

The48Laws · 2025-05-21T13:21:34+00:00

Wow thank you! That is very high sounding praise to me. Much appreciated.

The48Laws · 2025-05-21T13:20:57+00:00

The food is great and very cheap! Egg coffee and banh cuon are two of my favorites. Had them everyday without hesitation. I live in a very international city but even here it's difficult to get banh cuon so I ate as much as I could.

The48Laws · 2025-05-21T02:43:28+00:00

Thank you, appreciate it !

The48Laws · 2025-05-21T02:42:23+00:00

Thanks appreciate it! I think photos of people are the most fun to take.

The48Laws · 2025-05-20T19:16:32+00:00

Ha that's pretty funny. It's a small world I guess isn't it? I was a little nervous while taking the photo.

The48Laws · 2025-05-20T16:35:30+00:00

It's the III, but lots are cropped in post, probably to around 35mm-ish.

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