Hong Kong with a new digital camera, part 5
I found myself in Hong Kong in Christmas 1998 and early January 1999, and decided to treat myself to a new camera. My first half-decent digital, an Olympus C1400L. These are some of its results…
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Zim desktop wiki
I suffer dreadful mental blocks at times. I’m also a tad forgetful. To work around this, I use Jaap Karssenberg’s ‘Zim’. This is an excellent indexed, searchable, cross-linkable, exportable, cross-platform note-taking program. Described by its developer as a ‘desktop wiki’ Zim turns effective note-taking from a tedious chore into a simple and routine task. And…
Coastal Defence Museum and Tung Tung
Today we took a wander into Honk Kong hopped on a tram and took a look at the Museum of Coastal Defence. Then we went on to Tung Lung. Tram ride was fun too. I managed to grab a seat right at the front of the top deck, and took lots of photos. Shame it…
Studio refurbishment
For reasons I won’t bore you with now, my wife and I need to be rather careful regarding respiratory infections. I did my last model shoot 2020-03-08, shut everything down pro tem due to COVID. Amongst other projects, I used the time-out to undertake a fairly major refurbishment of my studio. I wanted to get…
Hong Kong in the Rain
Spent the afternoon wandering around Hong Kong in the rain. Despite the gloomy skies and the poor light, it still manages to be such a strangely photogenic city.
New Years Eve in Pécs, Hungary
Just spent a very cold and snowy New Years Eve in Pécs, Hungary.
A surprisingly straightforward studio flash repair
Back in 2015 I bought 3 pairs of studio flash heads (one pair 400 joule, one pair 360 joule and one pair 200 joule). They were supplied as bargain bundles, complete with stands, brollies etc. via sellers on eBay. They were quite a bargain. Each flash head worked out at approximately £50 per unit, They…
