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February 1, 2009 Flickr releases 3.0

I am a fan of Flickr but one of the nagging gripes I had about the service was that it was a lovely Herculean task to try and upload my photos. I was simply unable to just drop a folder with photos1 in the Flickr Uploader and let it upload away. It would always fail [...]

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November 10, 2008 BlackRapid RS-1

I should offer the same advice I offered to folks looking to eat peacefully at Newton Market to those looking to brave the photo equipment stores in Singapore. After a particularly tough week, I decided to see what was to be had for my photograph craving and naively walked into the store with an itch [...]

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October 29, 2008 Forays into Black & White

I do like shooting in black and white. Personally, I think it makes things uncomplicated and you can focus on the fundamentals like composition, lighting and to coin a term from Ansel Adams, forces you to “previsualise” the shot1. Of course it is a little more complicated and there is a whole wealth of learning [...]

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October 16, 2008 Lowepro Slingshot 200 AW

After the past couple of weeks and with the last SMART Expo behind me, I decided to treat myself to something for my photography fetish. New friend Simon was bragging about his new Lowepro Slingshot 100 system and I’ll be honest, I was a tad bit jealous of him. Apparently shifting faster than you can [...]

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September 29, 2008 Digital Photo Workflow Evaluation

Now that I have my new Nikon D90 in hand, the volume of my photos taken has increased and I am giving some serious thought to my digital photo workflow. Previously, I didn’t really have an efficient workflow when I was working from film to online, so it is was all rather haphazard1. One week [...]

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