“With Wings Like Eagles”
When I was unpacking at home the 37kg of luggage I had with me from Boston, Ling made a remark that I thought was fun: “Wow dear; you really bought a lot of stuff there this time.” And just to
Category: Books
Hannah’s Blurb Book is nearly done!
Just over three months ago in February I posted briefly about starting work on Vita Una: Book V. The fifth volume is finally about done. And not a moment too soon too, since I’m hoping to do a final check
Hannah’s Blurb – Vol. 4
I realized I haven’t done an updated entry on the fourth volume of Vita Una since posting about it more than a month ago here. The volume was titled Vita Una IV: To One that covered Hannah going onto one
Another Blurb
Writing and preparing yet another Blurb book has become a regular ritual for me. As soon as I finished Book III of the series of Vita Una books last September, I began work on Book IV: The initial plan for
End of Term
It was my last day guest lecturing at the college today. The lectures and workshops I did with my Japanese students covered a lot of material. And when there’s such high content density, so much memories have been created during
Tom Ang in Singapore
Tom Ang – the UK-based photographer whose How to Photograph Absolutely Everything book I enjoy reading so much – was apparently in Singapore to do a photography series in Singapore. As far as I can tell from the series trailer,
Hannah’s Blurb
Over the last 18 months now I’ve been putting together a series of photo books with Blurb and titled Vita Una, or “Life in One” in Latin. The first volume covered the first four years between 2004 and 2008 of
Lonely Planet’s Guide to Travel Photography
I’ve been looking for a good travel photography book for ages now – and in every sense of the word. It’s got to be about travel photography, and also portable enough for me to bring during travel too. The photography
Roger Ebert’s Movie Yearbook 2009
The last of three books I’d ordered from The Book Depository arrived yesterday afternoon: and it was Roger Ebert’s Movie Yearbook 2009. The book costs a hefty SGD38 including shipping from the store – compared to a hefty SGD58 from
Lonely Planet: Wildlife Travel Photography
I finally set aside some time over Sunday evening to begin reading the second of two photography books I’d bought from Kinokuniya during the 20% members discount a week ago. Lonely Planet has a couple of photography-theme books. I like
Baby photo-taking
Someone was saying that while macro photography is reasonably accessible to amateur photographers, it remains one of the most difficult themes in photo-taking for amateurs. There’s some truth to that: you’d want specialized equipment for starters – dedicated macro lenses,
How to photograph absolutely everything
There’s another photography book that is a constant companion beside my bed: and that’s Tom Ang’s How to Photograph Absolutely Everything. This is a hard cover, coffee-table sized photo book on how to photograph, well, most of everything: and it
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