It has been a long tradition that lion troupes go around performing “plucking green” at famous Keong Saik Street on the last day of the Chinese New Year. The grand finale “qing” ended almost at 930pm. Discussing how to tackle the Qing which include quite a few cans of beer/stout. The lion dancers are expected [...]
Yeah..times flies, we are saying goodbye to the Tiger year and welcoming the Rabbit year in less than 24 hours. I wish all my friends, readers, partners and clients A Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year! Hearthis post
Themed based cafes are far and few in Singapore. Yet there is one that is related to photography, Room with A View. This cafe is located at 17 Carpenter Street on the level 5. To get to the cafe , you’ll have to take the lift up. There is a little surprise here in how [...]
Well, strobist or off camera lighting is not a new concept. It means to take the camera from the camera hotshoe and place it in a different position. Sometimes it means using more than one source of light. Digital cameras has made it easier for us to gauge our exposure immediately after taking a shot. [...]
I do selective Pro Bono photography jobs. One of them is the Qingming Festival praying event organised by the Zhoujiaquan lion dance troupes. Most of these troupes operated on a non commerical basis. Their main source of income is to go around performing “picking the greens” during Chinese New Year periods. Since I am always interested in [...]
It used to be very expensive buying a photo from a traditional stock agency before the days of the Internet. Sock agencies had to publish thick catalogs showing the photographs in their library. The fees to license the use of a stock photo is not cheap too. With the internet and subsequently microstock websites, all [...]
Mandalay From Kalaw I would move on to Mandalay, where I have the most interesting encounter with a trishaw driver, Mr Win Tin. Mr Win Tin offered to drive me around Mandalay. I told him I would get him to give me a ride down to U Bein Bridge in the afternoon if he was [...]
Inle Lake I was glad I visited the Golden Rock temple and happily I set off for my ride back to Bago (K2500) the next morning. This was the start of a backbreaking 16 hours bus journey to Inle Lake via Bago. I paid and another 500 Kyats to upgrade my [...]