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Fujinon GF20-35 F4 First Images
I know how anxious many of you are to see real life images from a production Fujinon GF20-35 lens, so please bear with me that…
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Image Management Part 3
This is part 3 of a 3 part series on image management for travelling photography hobbyists. The first covered preparing the storage media for travelling…
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Udaipur, India
The city of lakes We jumped on a short 40mins flight down south to Udaipur and were blown away by this magical city. Some call…
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Image Management Part 1
There are two questions I get asked frequently from this site (usually via the contact form, although I wish they’d use the comments section below…
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Does camera sensor size matter?
For the longest time, I’ve been wanting to conduct a quantitative survey of whether sensor size really matters. Every photographer I know cares…
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Ham Tin Wan Camping, Hong Kong
It’s hard to believe that we’re still in a semi-lockdown phase here in Asia with essentially no travel allowed for fun purposes. Even travel for…
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MacLehose Trail 3, Hong Kong
The MacLehose Trail is a 100-kilometre hiking trail that crosses the New Territories in Hong Kong. In previous posts, we hiked across Stage 4 and 5 and…
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Fujifilm X-T4 First Impressions
The Fujifilm X-T4 has arrived and I just got mine yesterday. Giving away the punchline is always a bad strategy in a blog post because…
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Unesco Global Geopark, Hong Kong
As we continue to live under COVID restrictions here in Hong Kong, our usual travels are unthinkable and impossible to plan. Instead, we’ve been focused…
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MacBook Air 2020 Review for Travel Photography
With the recent introduction of a quad-core processor option in the MacBook Air lineup, the new 2020 model becomes a viable travel laptop for photography…
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MacLehose Trail 4 & 5, Hong Kong
The MacLehose Trail is a 100-kilometre hiking trail that crosses the New Territories, starting from Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung, in the east to Tuen Mun in…
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Sharp Peak, Hong Kong
In these uncertain times, I hope that you and your loved ones are keeping safe and healthy. Like many of you, we’re in a locked…
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How to rescue an image
I recently shared a simple Capture One Pro image workflow on reddit and received a very encouraging reply from none other than David Glover of…
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Koh Samui Redux
Right before COVID-19 took hold and turned our lives upside down here in Asia, we managed to get away for a long weekend at my…
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Peak Design 6L Sling Review
It seems like my photography closet is chock full of Peak Design (PD) gear. Their products have excellent quality, reasonable prices, and extraordinary design; that’s…
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It’s Not About The Gear
Gear related posts on this site generate 10-50x more views than travel photography related posts. There are a number of reasons why this is likely,…
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35MM Equivalent Lens Comparison
The 35MM full-frame equivalent lens is likely the most popular focal length of all time, and manufacturers keep developing amazing lenses with this field of…
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Capture One Image Workflow
A simple Capture One Pro workflow Updated on January 30, 2020 for Capture One Pro 20; the original post appeared on September 28, 2018. I…
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Website Improvements
When I started this website in early 2018, the intention was for it to be a place where I could give something back to the…
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George Town, Penang, Malaysia
I’ve had Penang Island on my bucket list for a long time and finally got the chance to visit this super cool food and architecture…
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Phu Quoc, Vietnam
This is the second in a two part series from Vietnam that includes a recent trip to Saigon and Phú Quốc. Phu Quoc is a…
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Saigon, Vietnam
Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City (both names are commonly used in 2019) is the commercial and financial capital of Vietnam; it is also the…
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