Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
The Billingham Hadley Pro and Sirui MyStory 13 that I recently just did posts on are great bags for traveling, but they’re really quite large to lug around for our weekend brunches and dinner outings – since the only things
Continued from the previous post! I placed an order with B&H Photo Video for the Samyang lens on the 9 Jan WEDS afternoon, and it was delivered by DHL Express on 12 Jan SAT afternoon – two days ahead of
My first lens acquisition for 2019! Thankfully again it’s not an impulse buy, but a considered one, and also for my favorite prime focal length too: 35mm. One of the nicest things about the Sony Alpha mirrorless cameras is the
While writing my 2018 reflections on the Sony FE System last week, I realised that my preference for primes against zoom lenses have changed alongside my change of camera system. Specifically, whilst I was on m4/3 cameras, I far preferred
Continuing from an occasional series on packed camera bags. Sirui is better known for its affordably-priced but yet decent quality tripods than for its camera bags. The sole distributor here in Singapore for the bags – T K Foto Technic
Several years ago, there was a photography enthusiast web site called Cam Bags, and it was a forum for enthusiasts to put up reviews and pictures of their packed camera bags. That site was really useful, since with the gradual
In the last couple of years, I’ve done a post at each year end reflecting on how the current camera system I’ve been using that year has fared. I’ve done two annual reviews on the m4/3, my primary camera system
The longest trip I had out of the country was a three week visit to New England in 2010, and arranged as part of a two year long work project I was in between my institution and Massachusetts Institute of
We have friends in our church small group who visit Japan at least once, and more often than not, twice a year. It’s been about nine years since both Ling and I have visited Japan, and that was without bringing
Continuing from my last post on working with the Sony A73’s .ARW RAW files in Lightroom. Here are more examples from our Taiwan trip. I’ve included different locations this time round and also subject matter, especially when the kids are
I did a post six months ago showcasing the amount of headroom I get working with the Sony A73’s RAW files, using selected photos I took in Bali as examples. I had to do pretty extreme post-processing work for the
There were more than a few occasions this Taiwan trip where I was invited to join the kids and Ling in taking part in our itinerary activities: e.g. strawberry and grape fruit picking, or a dip into the hot springs
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