Merry Christmas to all my friends! On Christmas Eve we had dinner with my Chinese family (I baked an epic olive bread that complimented our red wine and cheese very well!) at Xiaoyi's daughter's apartment.
On 23 October 2019 the Fujifilm X-Pro 3 was announced and in good Fujifilm tradition, there are several reasons why this new iteration of the X-Pro series surprises us! In-camera Orton Effect (see below
While in South Africa, I received the new (not-yet-publicly-available) Fujinon 16-80mm zoom lens for just more than a week to test its usability for street and travel photography. So, I had to create
Linhai City, located in the southern wing of the Yangtze River Delta economic circle, 300 km south of Shanghai and 230 km southeast of Hangzhou, is a historically significant city because of the well-preserved
When the group of South African photographers visit us, I could not but take them to Dafen. For me, Dafen is like an island in Shenzhen. The inhabitants of this island also share "Shenzhen Time",
Our recent trip to the Longji rice terraces was planned to coincide with the start of the planting season. There were two reasons for picking this time of the rice-growing cycle: This is the time when
Longji has become quite a tourist attraction. With this comes also the habit of the local people to ask for money in exchange for being photographed. I have no problem with this as we are intruding on
In my post yesterday I mentioned that I went to the Yangtze River to photograph the city skyline reflected in the water. The reflection is a well-known feature of Wuhan and like in many cities around the
On our weekend visit to Wuhan, I wanted to photograph the city lights as it is one of the major attractions of Wuhan. The Yangtze river flow through the city and the reflections of the lights in the water
Honghu Park is well known for its Lotus flowers. In winter they die down to the point that you see almost no sign of them in the water. But come spring the leaves start appearing out of nowhere, and by
The rainy season in Shenzhen reminded me of the finger family song called Rain, rain go away that we learned and sung as children. Here is a version from Lyricfind.com. It most likely differs from what
My friend Gary and I went to Honghu Park to photograph the Lotus flowers. The flowers are in full bloom and a real feast for the eye. Then we saw these ladies walking past us each carrying a peculiar flat
While in Yangshuo, we hired one of those electric bikes to explore the place a bit better. It gives you the opportunity to explore some small roads that are not easily accessible. For this outing, I only
On our trip to Guilin, we visit the little village called TianXing Cun just north of Guilin. The main purpose of the visit was to find the elusive traditional farmer with his water buffalo ploughing a
We are currently busy with our photography tour in the Guilin district. Yesterday morning, in Yangshuo, one of the photographers and I went down the road from our hotel to buy some snacks as we did not
This is the third post about our travels in Africa in 1999 en route to Tanzania. Although we did not plan our trip thoroughly enough, one thing that we decided to do, was to visit schools, as this is,
This is the second part of my memories of our 1999 trip from South Africa to Tanzania. Luangwa Bridge Market We stayed over at a private lodge just outside Lusaka in Zambia, with the idea to get up very
I was looking for a specific photo tonight when I stumbled upon a set of old scans from 1999 of a trip into our northern neighbours of Southern Africa. This makes for a good conversation point around a
It has become a trend in travel photography to create optical illusions of well-known landmarks. I am always amazed by the creativity some people have to think and execute these optical illusions. Like
In my previous post, I talked about a "band" that I found in Honghu park in Shenzhen. They were a real jolly group and it was a refreshing difference from the normal musicians I found in the
