January 2012
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Dirham (by Filippo Chiesa)
Scenes of the City
I went out to the old city, at night as usual. The silence of the street surrounding me. And the lights of streetlamps pouring sleep into the eyes of the alley, showering me with their yellow pallor, as I fill up my palm with the flowers of the wilting wind.
Then I look once more. I gaze into the emptiness, to see you You, my old city, I forever see...
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Watch“Our Father in …. zzzzz ….. Amen!” Funny Fiji boy struggling to stay awake at church.
Whilst we were filming the choir in church singing, I noticed, out of the corner of my eye, a boy in the pews struggling to stay awake during the service and swung my camera around to film him. We’ve all had this experience! I remember burying my head in my hands to catch forty...
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WatchEmirates Winter: A Middle Eastern timelapse
tinywrld:
Emirates Winter. ”the best time to chase visible fluffy clouds with a true blue sky that only exist to the human eye at this time of the year” - Lewis De Mesa
An awesome tracking timelapse from a part of the world I haven’t yet been. Ever since I first saw tracking/moving timelapses (timelapses where the camera is being moved or...
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WatchSteve McCurry: A Retrospective by Leica
Steve McCurry is one of my personal photographic heroes. In fact, it was probably his work and work of others like him in the National Geographic magazines I read as a kid that first got me interested in exploring and probing the world we live in and recording it in photographs.
A true master of his craft, Steve McCurry has travelled the world over, and...
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adipos asked: I'm strongly considering getting a frequent flier credit card (either Delta or United). Of course, the most practical advise is to carefully read the terms and conditions of the card. And the partners of the airlines are what I'm considering the most (I'm a young globetrotter). Any other practical advise before I make the commitment? Much appreciated! x
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Technological change: The last Kodak moment? | The... →
Tourists taking photos, digitally | Pisa, Italy 2010.
Canon 5D mkII, EF 24-70 f2.8L
The Kodak Moment
My friend, Dr Kenneth Lyen, recently sent me me a note, I found it very poignant and thought I’d reproduce it (with permission) on Handcarry Only.
“Alas, poor Kodak, I remember her well. a film of infinite beauty, of most excellent colors; the fulgent laughter, the tenebrific tears,...
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WatchSongs of the South Pacific, a welcome from Fiji.
Fijians just have a knack for music, they are without doubt one of the most naturally musically-inclined people I have met (Filipinos are pretty high up in the list as well). Everywhere we went, there was music. At dinner, someone would be strumming the guitar in the corner, in a queue, someone would be humming a tune to themselves, at church, the...
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Watch“I think travel really is a kind of drug… something quickens in us as soon as we get on a plane, and for those of us who like planes, like the unknown, anywhere I’ll be going tomorrow would be exciting and interesting.”
Pico Iyer
“Frequent Flyer” is a 20-minute documentary about frequent flyer miles, the people who collect them, and the world of airports and...
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Round the world: The 45 Places to Go in 2012
(via The 45 Places to Go in 2012 - NYTimes.com)
Definitely on my ‘try to go’ list for this year from the list of 45 on New York Times:
6. Tokyo (already booked for next month)
7. Tanzania: Safaris and the great African landscape.
8. Chilean Patagonia: As part of the South American adventure.
10. Havana, Cuba: Not decided yet but I hope to be able to go, its a...
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WatchAbsolutely stunning video from one the my most favourite places in the world - Morocco. Its a time-lapse with a difference.
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Hot nights in Bangkok
Roadside food stalls at night, Bangkok, Thailand.
As the lyrics to the Murray Head song go …
“One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can’t be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me”
It is probably pretty unfair, what people don’t realise is that...
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6 Days in Bangkok with the Sony NEX 5N, Leica 50mm...
One of the most anticipated cameras of 2011, the Sony NEX 5N is pitched as being both a great camera for compact camera upgraders as well as DSLR shooters’ ideal second camera. First and foremost, this is not meant to be an technical review of the NEX 5N nor the Leica or Zeiss lenses, there are enough great reviewers out there on the internet like Steve Huff, whose opinion I’ve drawn...
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“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to...”
– Jack Kerouac
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Mongolia: Beneath the great big sky.
Tourists in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia
When most people think of Mongolia, they are actually thinking of Inner Mongolia, which is actually part of China. Mongolia is a sovereign nation, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. According to Mongolians I’ve spoken to, Inner Mongolia is about as ‘Mongolian’ as a Pizza Hut pizza is Italian, having a majority of Han...
