Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
While writing my 2018 reflections on the Sony FE System last week, I realised that my preference for primes against zoom lenses have changed alongside my change of camera system. Specifically, whilst I was on m4/3 cameras, I far preferred
In the last couple of years, I’ve done a post at each year end reflecting on how the current camera system I’ve been using that year has fared. I’ve done two annual reviews on the m4/3, my primary camera system
Continuing from my last post on working with the Sony A73’s .ARW RAW files in Lightroom. Here are more examples from our Taiwan trip. I’ve included different locations this time round and also subject matter, especially when the kids are
I did a post six months ago showcasing the amount of headroom I get working with the Sony A73’s RAW files, using selected photos I took in Bali as examples. I had to do pretty extreme post-processing work for the
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
Our itinerary for Day 11 after Da’an Forest Park was to explore Yongkang Street – a not particularly well-known spot among tourists, and offering a large number of street food, eateries, (a lot of) coffee cafes, and also handmade craft
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
In the planning for our free and easy days in Taipei a few weeks ago, I was looking for fillers to populate the dead spots in the itinerary. We didn’t think the Chiang Kai-Shek or Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Halls would
Another much talked-about ‘must do’ when in the city of Taipei is to take a ride on the Maokong Gondola to reach Maokong, a hilly area in the Wenshan district of Taipei that was once famous for its tea plantations.
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
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