Seattle.Taipei.Paris.Tokyo
Last night I loaded up the Fuji X-H1 with the 16mm (24mm equivalent) and the Leica M-P 240 with the 28mm Summicron and headed down to a spot I haven’t been to in years, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. As you come up from the CKS Memorial MRT Station you are greeted by quite a sight. Heading […]
Read More Glowing Buildings – Fujifilm X-H1 and Leica M240So many good things to say about this camera, but for now I’ll just let the photos do the talking.
Read More First Outing with the Fuji X-T1The weather is finally starting to cool down a little at night here which makes going out shooting a lot more tolerable. Even after 12 years in the tropics and subtropics (Singapore and Taiwan) I still can’t get used to this heat. Lugging around a big DSLR kit doesn’t help. That’s where cameras like the […]
Read More Wide Angle Black and Whites – Ricoh GR with GW-3 AdaptorI’ve been using Nik’s software suite for a few years now. The suite has several different modules, but I spend most of the time in Silver Efex Pro II. Within that module there are several different ways to process your color images. There are a couple dozen presets, there are tools for manipulating your image […]
Read More Nik’s Silver Efex Pro – Kodak 100 TMAX ProIf asked where some of the best street photography can be had, I would be quick to answer: Paris, New York City, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Taipei, Taiwan. If you are coming to Asia then you are mostly-likely going to land in places like Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai or Bangkok. These are among some of my […]
Read More Taipei, Taiwan – Photography Off the Beaten PathI am a big fan of crosswalks. It came about mostly by accident because the urban landscape is full of busy streets, people and crossings. Plus, you get the benefit of having various groups of people just waiting to walk toward you every 60 seconds. It’s hard to define the genre of street photography and I […]
Read More CrosswalksTaipei has a lot to offer the the street shooter. Modern architecture, city parks, night-life and one of my favorite scenes, any of the dozens of temples that dot the city. You can’t go more than a few minutes in any direction no matter where you are in the city without finding a temple. They […]
Read More Taipei’s Temples and Shrines