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.

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

I, Anatopism

It's time for another newsletter which means another article and another photo illustration! This time, I needed a shot showing a Sony PSP and a UMD disc or 2. I actually, went through a number of different concepts in my head, but eventually settled on this setup as it was easier to do, requiring less setup.

Tech spex: Bronica SQ-B, AE Prism S, Auto Bellows S, PS 80mm f/2.8, Hasselblad Ixpress V96C, 2x 180W studio strobes, mirror lock-up, cable release.


Behind the scenes!

The Teabag Effect

We've just published our latest company newsletter, and for one of the articles, we needed a photo illustration of the different effects of steeping tea in different temperature water as a metaphor for how change percolates through an organisation. It was a perfect chance to put all the studio gear together and shoot!

Tech spex: Bronica SQ-B, PS 80mm f/2.8, Silvestri Hasselblad V adapter, Hasselblad Ixpress V96C
ISO 50, 1/500s, f/9.5; 2x 180W mains strobes, 1x 40x60cm softbox, 1x umbrella reflector, 2x black T-shirts

It's a Hasselblad

Today I plonked down serious money for a Hasselblad Ixpress V96C medium format digital back from Procamera.com.my, Shriro Malaysia's official online webstore to bring my Bronica SQ SLR system into the digital era.


Tech spex: shot with a Nikon D80, AF-S 18-55G DX-II lens, Nikon SB-22 flash

The digital back features a Kodak 16-megapixel CCD sensor with an active sensing area of 36.7mm x 36.7mm, a far cry from the full 6x6 frame which is 55.6mm x 55.6mm, producing an effective 1.5x crop on all my lenses, effectively meaning that I no longer have a viable wide angle on my Bronica.