Tag: Photography
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Samsung GX-20 unveiled
Samsung recently unveiled its new line of HD-compatible point and shoot cameras as well as the new GX-20 DSLR. I wasn’t able to attend the launch but Fritz as well as some other photo enthusiasts were able to glance at the GX-10’s successor. Samsung isn’t a very big player in the local DSLR scene. It’s…
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Lens Review: Fixed Focus AUTO Tamron 28mm f/2.8
Update: One of my readers, Rick Grogan was able to purchase this lens for .00. He says that “it was part of the Adapt-A-Matic range made from 1969 to 1971 and is built to the same grade as nikon/canon/carl zeiss etc” When you leave a little boy in a room filled with different toys, there…
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Dating a Food Blogger, (The Rudiments Of)
In this I assume that you dear reader are in like with a food blogger. More likely to be female than male, food bloggers are one of the more passionate niche writers whose taste for words are just as delicious as their taste for food. Dating a food blogger can be a rewarding experience, not…
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Saigon Street Snaps (wew! I alliterate!)
Touched base (LOL what a term, this “touched base”) at Ho Chi Minh earlier today. Here are some street snaps of downtown. Trying (very hard) to do this whole street photography bit.
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Marlboro Country, Sabtang
It’s been what … 15 years since my last visit. Batanes is as beautiful as ever. Although some of the areas have been modernized (read: cemented streets, electricity and w00t — Internet!), the rolling hills, whistling wind and crashing waves still take center stage as the islands’ splendor. Batanes looks so much more beautiful than…
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Angkor Wat, Cambodia Take Two! (Vietnam Included in set!)
Last year I posted something (wait let me find it …. here it is!) about wanting to go to Cambodia with friends who could make time out for a few days to see Angkor Wat, shoot it, and go home. Despite my being out of Manila for several times last year, I wasn’t able to…
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Eating my words — Valentine’s Day Gift from Dad!
Remember how my dad gave me his entire Cokin creative filter collection almost a year ago? Well, for Valentine’s he went over the top by giving me a little bit more of his hobby. But first, let me eat my words. Despite the technical support supremacy of Canon, if all things were constant, I’d opt…
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My 2007 in Photos (Part IV)
The European Food Festival at Serendra. It was like a fashion show but we had trays of food parading the stage.
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