Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
There were more than a few occasions this Taiwan trip where I was invited to join the kids and Ling in taking part in our itinerary activities: e.g. strawberry and grape fruit picking, or a dip into the hot springs
I kept a close look at my watch as we were having dinner at Eslite Xinyi Store’s basement foodcourt. I’d missed the sunset photography shoot up Taipei 101 the day before on Day 10 – so this was my last
Every trip we go with two young kids means we have to populate the itinerary with the kind of activities we know they would enjoy – for sure. That really just means two activity types: playgrounds, and animals. The Taipei
Huashan 1914 Creative Park visited for the kids, it was my turn for another photography enthusiast activity: up Taipei 101 for a sunset shoot. You can choose any time to visit of course, but there is really no contest between
Towards the last stretch of Tamsui Old Street, the Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 + MC-11 came out to play. A couple of pictures taken over the 10 minutes I had before our driver Checo came to pick us up again for
I’d read prior to the trip that with the exception of the A-Mei Teahouse which opens till midnight, the shops at Jiufen Old Street close at 6PM. Coupled also with that most of the visitors to Jiufen are day-trippers, I’d
The Taroko Gorge, inside the National Park, is among the three most talked about and rated ‘must visits’ when sightseeing in Taiwan, with the other two being Sun Moon Lake, and Alishan. This trip we’ve settled for two out of
We decided that an early morning ascent up Mt. Hehuan would be too much for the kids to handle. The drive from Cingjing to Mt. Hehuan would have taken an hour, and in order to make the sunrise timing in
For the last couple of trips, I’ve routinely remarked on how much camera equipment I tend to over pack. For our upcoming Taiwan 2018 trip starting later this week, I’m now in the same dilemma. Despite the detailed notes I’ve
My trip to Hong Kong wasn’t one that was heavy on photography. Still, I had to decide which of my two camera systems to bring as I had colleagues presenting their conference papers and I’d promised to take pictures. The
I did a lot of HDR compositions while I was still using the Nikon D300 ten years ago. And with a good deal of luck and preparation, pictures like these were quite possible: HDR shots though are by their very
There were three lenses – the FE 24-105mm f4.0, FE 16-35mm f4.0 and the adapted Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 – accompanying the Sony A73 on its maiden overseas outing: and I ended up using just two lenses: and about 99% of
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