I just bought the Canon PowerShot S95 as an always-with-me backup to my huge DSLRs. It’s the best compact camera I’ve ever used or owned. Period. I’ve been out of the market for a pocket sized camera for years – the last compact I bought was a Canon G7, before that a Canon S2 IS in 2005, and my first digital camera – a Canon PowerShot S40, purchased in 2002 before I moved to Indonesia. I still have the S40!? fromRead more
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1000 frames per second: Flamethrower VS Fire Extinguisher (video)
DANCING PIGEONS – “RITALIN” Dancing Pigeons – Ritalin from Blink on Vimeo. â€It was difficult to know how this shootout would look like in superslowmo. We did some tests with a gas-flamethrower but the flame was only 2-3 meters and it looked quite bad in slowmo, so the special effects guys had to build a new flamethrower from scratch. They made one with liquid fuel, and that one was much better, firing out 10-15 meter flames. But the first timeRead more
52 Canon DSLR Cameras Used for Matrix-Style Surfing Shots (video)
52 Canon DSLR Cameras Used for Matrix-Style Surfing Shots. Seriously awesome. Here’s how they did it: via Planet 5DRead more
Topaz for Photoshop CS5
This is definitely not my usual style, but am playing with Topaz for Photoshop CS5. Please forgive the detour.Read more
Disco Jeepney
The interior of a Jeepney found in Guadalupe, Manila. In case you didn’t see the previous post, check out the exterior of this thing – I take it he’s a Transformers fan.Read more
Photographing Manila as an expat
Took a stroll the other day with a fellow photography enthusiast and Novita through a part of Manila most expats would never dare explore. Between that area and the area we live in, “Fort Bonifacio”, there’s a massive, imposing wall reaching 5 meters in some places. I wasn’t sure if it was keeping them out, or keeping us walled in. The security guards near one entrance just smiled and said there’s no way we could enter. Of course that didn’tRead more