Animal photography is tough. It is physically tough because you generally need at least 300mm lens, and those things are heavy. It’s also physically tough because it usually involves lots of walking in humid weather and under hot sun. eg birding… it requires full awareness of the surrounding nature, listening to the bird calls, trying …
Travellers Among Mountains and Streams
GFX 100RF f/11 1/250 GFX 100RF f/11 1/250 This elongated XPan format is great for painting-esque pictures. One of my favourite Chinese painting is "Travellers Amongst Mountains and Streams" by Fan Kuan. According to Wikipedia and Google " 谿山行旅圖 (Travellers Among Mountains and Stream) is a monumental Northern Song dynasty ink-on-silk hanging scroll by ...
Su Ao Small Town
The background soundtrack is 鹿港小鎮 covered 张震岳 if there's such a thing.
East Coast
Well, I did it, I sold off my GFX 50S II to buy the GFX 100RF. Only the GF 63mm "standard" lens is left in my now empty-ish dry cabinet. I've listed it on Carousell but probably won't sell it. It is too good a lens vis-a-vis what it's fetching on the second-hand ...
A Mei’s 听海
Somewhere between Hualian to NanAo. A-Mei's 听海 is the soundtrack that keeps playing in my head while photographing these scenes. I think it is super apt. It so happens that this is the part of Taiwan where A-Mei's tribe, the Amis are from. This is probably one of my better gear decisions in a while. ...
Taupo, Aotearoa
I’ve long heard about the breathtaking scenery of New Zealand, but words and photos don’t quite prepare you for it. These three photos were taken on the road to Taupo. We were heading north because the setting sun was off to our left (that much I know about cardinal directions). Although the sun was already …
Vertuo-also
In art school, I was never a particularly a good sculptor or painter, but I absolutely loved all the art history classes. Having done the Nespresso Pixie photo, I thought it’d be fun to pretend I’m in art school again and create something interesting. From a product design POV, the Nespresso Vertuo is that introduces …
Espresso: Tossed, not Stirred
I was going to sell my Nespresso Pixie the normal way. You know the “meh, it’s clean, it works” (lowballers stay away). An iPhone snap in dim kitchen lighting with a sad little caption like “Used. Still works. $80. Self-collect only.” Done in 14 seconds. But no. I made the mistake of having one cup ...
Kelly
This portrait of Kelly was using Fujifilm GFX 50S II on the 63mm f/2.8 lens. Not every portrait session goes as planned — and that’s often when the magic happens. When Kelly walked into the studio, I’ll admit I wasn’t sure what to expect. He’s not someone who’s naturally drawn to the spotlight. No flashy …