An Evening With the Sin Hoe Ping Puppet Troupe

I’ve never seen a marionette/puppet performance in my life, so when a friend Belinda Tan posted in Facebook about the Sin Hoe Ping Puppet Troupe performing outside the Asian Civilisations Museum, I went for it. Held on 16 and 17th Feb from 6-9pm, the performance is part of the Regenerating Communities project, an initiative for… Continue reading An Evening With the Sin Hoe Ping Puppet Troupe

Singapore’s Chinatown At Dusk – Re-shooting An Old Shot

Many years ago, I took a photo of Chinatown from the Chinatown Food Centre at Smith Street on my Nikon Coolpix 950. It was a long exposure shot showing the “food street” along Smith Street as well as the iconic 3-storey shophouse in Chinatown. It was close to the Lunar New Year, and a night… Continue reading Singapore’s Chinatown At Dusk – Re-shooting An Old Shot

Dawn of a New Day

On this brand new day of this brand new year 2012, David, Kit and I, along with several ClubSnappers went for a morning shoot. We went to the waterfront in front of the Artscience Museum at the Marina Bay Sands to shoot the Singapore Skyline. I usually prefer the view over from the Esplanade Theatre… Continue reading Dawn of a New Day

2011 – Year In Photos

As 2011 draws to a close, I thought I’d share some of my favourite photos from 2011. So here goes. Western Australia Trip I went for a short trip to Perth, Western Australia with my friend Clarence where we enjoyed ourselves a lot. It was also fun to catch up with our respective friends and… Continue reading 2011 – Year In Photos

Daybreak at Bay East Gardens

Situated near Tanjong Rhu, the Bay East Gardens is part of the massive Gardens By the Bay project which is dubbed the “Garden In the City” by the Singapore Government. As part of the 2010 Youth Olympics, an interim garden was developed on Bay East and it’s fronted by a 2km promenade which faces the… Continue reading Daybreak at Bay East Gardens

Capitol Theatre Revisited – Part 2

This is a continuation of our visit to explore the innards of the Capitol Theatre of Singapore. You can read the first part of the writeup here. On one of the visits we decided to venture backstage, which was accessible via a door from the outside of the building. Nothing much to see here, apart… Continue reading Capitol Theatre Revisited – Part 2

Slow Shutter Techniques

We all know that we can use a Neutral Density (ND) filter to slow down the shutter speeds to get really smooth water when shooting waterfalls, or to smooth out the ripples on the water surface, something like this:- During our recent morning shoot, Jed taught us another technique we can use. This involves taking… Continue reading Slow Shutter Techniques