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 ...

The background soundtrack is 鹿港小鎮 covered 张震岳 if there's such a thing.            

    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 ...

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.  ...

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 …

Waimangu, New Zealand

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 …

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 ...

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 …

Let’s talk about a legend: the Tascam Portastudio 424.And how I lit it like it was about to drop the hottest lo-fi EP of 1995. A Brief Ode to the 424 If you were making music in the 80s or 90s : in your bedroom, your basement, or your bandmate’s garage : there’s a good ...

I took out my Thermomix for the first time in a long while.  Not to use it.  But to take photos because I’m selling it.  That’s when it occurred to me: A Thermomix has a lot in common with the Fujifilm GFX 50S II? Yes. That all-in-one German kitchen robot that can sauté onions, knead …

Sometimes the Journey Is the Reward We were between locations, hours into yet another drive across the volcanic desert of southwestern Bolivia. The kind of place where the road is barely a suggestion, and the landscape shifts is just vast expanse without roads. We weren’t chasing a shot.  It was supposed to be just the ...

There’s light. And then there’s Bolivian light. I've had strobes accidentally popping off in my eyes, but I've never known light, bright light, until I was here.     Photographing the salt flats, Salar de Uyuni, of Bolivia, was one of the most disorienting and visually surreal experiences I’ve had behind a camera. It’s like ...

These photos was taken in the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve in the southwestern highlands of Bolivia, near the Altiplano region.  I can't remember specifically, which scene is from Laguna Hedionda or Laguna Colorada, both of which are known for their high-altitude salt lakes and large populations of Andean flamingoes (along with James’s and ...

I'm selling a bunch of gear, so I'll be posting some of my fav images shot with that equipment, sort of as a farewell or a homage. This one is shot using the budget XC 50-230mm lens.  It is a very underrated lens, doubly so because it suffers the ignominity of being the mk I ...