Jonker Walks

It really did seem like just yesterday that my wife's family were visiting with us in Malaysia from Spain, but that was in September and Christmas is practically upon us. This trip down to Malacca marked the first time my wife's entire immediate family has been on a road trip in Malaysia together. It seemed like it was time for a walk down Jonker Road.

1. Local handicraft and bicycle rental.


2. Street vendor.


3. Interesting "chandelier".


All shots Bronica SQ-B, Hasselblad Ixpress V96C.

More Table-Top

A bit more table top photography.

Speak No Evil


Instruments of Fun


Tech spex: Bronica SQ-B, Zenzanon S 150mm f/3.5, Hasselblad Ixpress V96C, Bronica Auto Bellows S.

Gimme a Hy6

Recently, I've had the privilege to try out the Sinar Hy6 along with the 45 degree prism finder and the Sinar eMotion 75 LV digital back. Perhaps I'll post a follow-up review sequel to Michael Reichmann's now 1 year old review. :D

Tech spex: Shot with a Nikon D200, AF-S 18-135G DX

Product Photography

Between stuff at work, in-laws visiting and a change of hosting for my blog, it's been awhile since I've blogged. So here's a post for this month, and I'll follow up soon enough with some retrospective posts later on, especially since we had a super trip to Shanghai in August.

Here's some table-top macro photography I've been doing recently (today, in fact) for a retail outlet.

Tech spex: Bronica SQ-B, Zenzanon S 150mm f/3.5 @ ISO 50, f/16, 1/500s, Bronica Auto Bellows S, Bronica Bellows Hood S, Hasselblad Ixpress V96C digital back. 2x 180W strobes, 1x reflector

Try, try again

I had originally intended to write the "Try, try again" article for our 3rd newsletter, but when that started to overflow and grow into an entirely different kind of article altogether, I decided to let the writing take me where it would take me and instead ended up with "I, Anatopism" instead for the 3rd newsletter. This pushed "Try, try again" into Newsletter no 4, and once again, I needed to shoot a photo illustration for my article.

"Try, try again" was inspired by products like the Mac mini, which although seems like an entirely new, ground-breaking product, was actually the product of decades of trial and error on the part of Apple and NeXT Computer, proof that perseverance pays it's dividends eventually. Luckily, I happen to own a Mac mini myself, and it was a case of showing off the Mac mini the way it really shines - a depiction of all that computer power inside a casing that is smaller than many textbooks.

So with a few books duly arranged on the table top at work and unecessary background clutter cleared away, the photo below was shot and ultimately used to illustrate the article.

Tech spex: Nikon D80, Nikkor AF-S 18-135G DX lens, 2x 180W mains strobes