Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Users of the micro-four thirds camera systems regularly debate on what are the best prime lenses for the system, and one phrase often gets bounced around – the “m4/3 Holy Trinity”. There aren’t any religious connotations to its usage of
Another month, another visit to see the ongoing construction of our new home @ The Minton condo. The site’s Facebook page is quite lively with at least a couple other photographers (besides myself) making regular trips to the place to
The last two weeks of weekends had been madly busy for me at work, and I didn’t get to take as many pictures of Hannah as I’d like – apart from a couple using the new LX7 that I bring
While the newly acquired LX7 isn’t the smallest compact camera around, it still fits very nicely into the side pockets of the bermudas I wear when we’re out of home on weekend trips. It’s a more discrete photo-taking device than
Small sensor compact cameras are a bit of in an odd state right now. They can be tiny and low-priced. On the other hand, they’ve also become pretty sandwiched between other competing classes of devices. A key indicator of small
I just realized that after the at least several thousands of pictures I’ve taken of our girl using the 20mm f1.7 and 30mm f2.8 prime lenses, I’ve hardly made a blog post of the pictures taken using the (boring and
Another weekend and more pictures of Hannah with the 2 weeks old Sigma 30mm f2.8! Hannah on Saturday mornings is usually up at around 7 AM-ish – about an hour after I get up, which means that the two of
The Panasonic 20mm f1.7 has become the lens I use most often when I’m at home or taking pictures of Hannah. The lens is beautifully sharp in the center, works wonderfully well in low-light, and starts-up quickly when attached to
It’s been a while since I’ve taken evening pictures, and have forgotten how wonderful the colors can turn out with a good low-light lens. The following were taken yesterday evening at our cellgroup friend’s apartment block near Punggol Drive. We’d
While coming home from brunch over the weekend, we spotted that the numerous Trumpet Trees along Buangkok Drive were all in full bloom. Quite a beautiful and colorful sight; that after parking the car, we walked out to the main
The institution I work in has a biannual event which sees staff having an outdoor family event. The usual staple of Singapore attractions typically serve as venues, and this year – also Hannah’s first – was going to be our
There’s an adage one commonly finds on photo-enthusiast discussion forums, and it goes like this: the best camera you can have is the one that’s with you. That’s one of the reasons why the iPhone 4 has turned out to
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