Photos
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One Shot: The Farallones
Sometimes you have a bad photography day where there is no light or poor light, you don't get any of the shots you want because you haven't had coffee, or you just don't know your equipment very well. In this case, I had a borrowed Fujifilm XT-30 and telephoto lenses and.. boy, I did not have fun. I'm still not sure…
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Five Frames: Chinese Gods
Singapore is technically a secular country. A large number of its ethnic Chinese population practices traditional Taoist rituals, though evangelical Christianity is encroaching quickly. As an ethnic Chinese person raised in Christian traditions, I felt surgically removed from these practices and I wanted to document…
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Touching Grass: Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
Taiwan's Taroko Gorge near Hualien is a place of great beauty. I spent a fun day here in 2006 with my family, with my Leica M3 and some black and white film (I am guessing it is Tri-X 400, which would have been what I was using a lot back then). I don't photograph nature or landscapes very much, so am very out of my…
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Well Fed: Two Artisans
As you may know from elsewhere, I love food. I am obsessed with it. I love eating, I love food stories, I love writing about food, I love writing about people who make and eat food. I did that more actively in the past where I wrote a few travel guidebooks and cookbooks, and also published a few articles about Asian…
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What I’m Shooting: Nikon F3HP
I started out in film photography in 2003 using a little Nikon F-601, and to many people (including me) the pinnacle of SLRs in the Nikon world is the F3HP. Built like a tank, this thing will outlive me, I’m sure of it. The mirror slap of an SLR feels a bit anachronistic at this point. I simply haven’t used a camera…