Last week I covered a 2-day corporate event and each night, the highlight was the dinner. And my what a pleasant two nights they have been. The first night’s dinner was held at White Rabbit, Dempsey and the second night, Tanjong Beach Club, Sentosa, which I understand was just opened last month. Both very pleasant locations for a relaxing buffet after a whole day of activities.

And the Tanjong Beach Club, which was where KM8 had been:

I got the test roll I mentioned here developed and scanned with the Epson film scanner. Besides the dust spots (and there were plenty!), what worried me was a fungus-like spot on the top left part of a few images, especially image 3/10. Upon closer inspection of the 20mm lens, the glass looked clear and unlike digital images, I had no idea at which aperture they appeared visible. Usually for spots in a digital image, if you use a smaller aperture, say f16 and smaller, you might notice dust spots. Continue reading 'Images from Pullman, Putrajaya'»

A few days ago I was asked to give some advice on someone else’s photography assignment relating to architectural photography. The theme was ‘Extraordinary out of the Ordinary’, using compositional techniques such as two thirds rule, diagonal approach, balance of negative and positive space, and colour. Here’s the content of the email I sent out (with more explanation here). Continue reading 'Composition'»