The newly launched Fujifilm FinePix X100 has got to be one of the most talked about “professional compact” recently. A friend of mine tried it out during the recently concluded IT Show 2011 in Singapore and has written a hands-on review of it and you can check it out over at Digital Home Thoughts. Invisible… Continue reading Fujifilm FinePix X100 Hands-on Review
Author: ckng
Great Court, British Museum
At the centre of the British Museum is the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court (or simply known as the Great Court). The cylindrical Reading Room lies in the middle, and a massive steel and glass provides a skylight for the courtyard it encloses. I was trying to find a good vantage point from which to… Continue reading Great Court, British Museum
Durham Cathedral
Located high above River Wear, the Durham Cathedral in Durham, UK is one of the most prominent landmarks of Durham and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The first two Harry Potter movies were also filmed at the cathedral. Jed and I eventually got to a corner of the cloister and decided to… Continue reading Durham Cathedral
Roman Baths
This is the last stop of my day trip to Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral and the Roman Baths. Located in the city of Bath, the Roman Baths is a complex housing a temple and a public bath with naturally occurring hot water from the hotspring below. Today, the water is no longer safe for drinking/bathing. Around… Continue reading Roman Baths
Salisbury Cathedral
This is the 2nd stop of my day trip to Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral and Bath. The British people have weird and unintuitive ways to pronounce many of the places in the UK, so I was quite intrigued that Salisbury is actually pronounced solz-bree and not Sa-lis-buh-ree as it’s written. Anyway, when I got there, the… Continue reading Salisbury Cathedral
Stonehenge
I’ve always wanted to see the Stonehenge in person, so I had to make a trip down when I was holidaying in the UK last year. Booked a day tour of Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral and Bath (more about them in a later blog post), and after about a 3-hour journey, I arrived. After walking from… Continue reading Stonehenge
More Megapixels Does Not Give You a Better Picture
Attended a short talk “My Journey, 30 Years On” where Joe McNally shares with the participants the 30 years of his photographic career and some of the backstory behind some of his shots. Among the snippets of information he shared with us is what I paraphrased here: More megapixels does not necessarily give you a… Continue reading More Megapixels Does Not Give You a Better Picture
Waterfalls in UK
Other than the beautiful Black Linn Falls at The Hermitage, there are a few other waterfalls that Jed and I went to as well. On the way up the Gibson’s Cave and Summerhill Force is this unnamed fall. A 10-stop ND filter is used to obtain a long exposure which gives the silky-smooth effect to… Continue reading Waterfalls in UK
Bamburgh Castle
It’s one of those dreary and grey UK weather when we arrived at the beach near Bamburgh Castle. Things look kind of boring because of the overcast skies and flat light. Jed suggested doing a low angle shot using the rock pool to reflect the castle in the foreground. My ancient Nikon D200 does not… Continue reading Bamburgh Castle
The Hermitage
Located in The Hermitage at Dunkeld, Scotland, Ossian’s Hall is a little nondescript building which overlooks the Black Linn Falls. It’s the beginning of fall, so the trees have started to change colour, which makes a good backdrop for the little house. Entering the house reveals a lookout point for the Black Linn Falls. Again,… Continue reading The Hermitage