What I am packing for camera equipment to Taiwan this time round.
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Learning to Learn. Its all about habits and space and not throwing the kid to the ‘tutor’.
My opinion as a parent in the importance of being there for our kids coming to learning, no matter how busy or cra*** life may be.
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Newborn Photography: Maybe if we could also…
Newborn Photography, what they don’t say and some important things production line natured shoots forget nowadays.
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Coming soon… a writeup on newborn photography.
Newborn photography, the idea of it conjures up an overload of cuteness and love but is it more than just adjusting and posing asleep newborns into pre-prepared setups? More to come …
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The ways to test Camera build and weather resistance
Testing a Leica CL for weather resistance.
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Musings: Forgetting to Live in the moment.
Life nowadays seems to mainly work in a vicious cycle of “we fear to stop and we stop to fear” till the point where we…
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A 3 hours quickie to Saint John’s and Lazarus island with the Fujifilm GFX50S.
A writeup on a quick trip to St John’s Island and Lazarus island with the kids, highlighting what to expect and of course, the sights.
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Life from the very first breath.
Welcoming Evan to the family 🙂
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Parenting: when the toddler asks you what ‘Joy’ means?
As most of us do, we seek joy in life and the meaning of it and make a fine mess of finding it in the process….
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Parenting: (trying to) Teach the toddler housework 🙄
Teaching the toddler housework, and well, no parenting guide ever said it would fail…right?
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Photography makes me a better parent.
How photography gave the opportunity to make me a better father.
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Documentary style in photography? Documenting the journey of my foot surgery
Documenting my foot surgery process with a Fujifilm X100F
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Entering 2018.
This blog was started in mid-Nov as a promise to myself to consolidate my photography equipment reviews and provide a platform for my musings (or naggings) Now in 2018, with a surprising viewership of approx 35,000+ until now I’m indeed very humbled and will endeavour to provide a good bit of cheer and read to […]
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Our Traditions. Dead, Dying or Still holding on?
In our hyper-connected 24/7 world nowadays, society treads on, progress endures with a pace that is relentless no matter the cost or losses. From very young, one trait I realised about the Chinese culture is the sheer multitude of festivals and traditions available if one decides to be pious. I still recall my late grandfather’s insistence […]
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Musings: A bad day can happen to anyone.
Musings on life and its share of ups and downs.
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Exposure: Is there a ‘best age’ to start photography?
A discussion on the most appropriate age to start photography for our dear children.
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Photography: should there be taboos or any line to not ever cross?
a discussion on what may constitute taboos in photography, what are the lines to not cross or to cross.
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Photography. Does your image tell a story? and Vision vs Technique
Photography musings. Does the image tell its own story? Vision vs Technique
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Portraits and daily life. Hands on with the Olympus 45mm F1.2 Pro.
Those who know me know that portraits will always be my main stay in photography and that my roots started with Olympus long before I made it through Sony, Pentax, Leica, Ricoh, Panasonic (well, basically almost every brand) before settling down on Fujifilm.  Kei on the Fujifilm X100F, Classic Chrome. Who says portraits must […]
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Taking photographs: but of what? A honest sharing of my journey.
Musings. What exactly to shoot when you really want to start photography?
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