: My Little India Of all of the neighbourhoods in Singapore, I’ve probably spent the most time in Little India. …
: Five Frames Chinatown With motion picture film. There’s a touristy bit of Chinatown Singapore (Smith Street-ish) and …
: Mei Ling Street Between 2013 and 2018, I lived near the Mei Ling Street estate. I felt like if I was a housing …
: Roadtrip to Tretes A memory I will always treasure: the opportunities I’ve had to visit Tretes. Going to Tretes …
: Doors of Surabaya One of my oldest friends in the world lives in Surabaya. I love visiting her. Not only is the food …
: Bencoolen Street I lived in the Prinsep Street / Bencoolen neighbourhood in the early / mid 2000s. I’ve always …
: Alameda Americana It is only in my thirties that I have started to think this: growing up in a city-state where the …
: Little India, Singapore The last time I was home in Singapore, I did one of my favorite alone activities: I walked a lot, …
: Birds at Sea Once or twice a year, I try to go on a boat ride with some birders. I started birding as a joke …
: Five Frames in Camp Mather with my Yashica 124G and Portra 160 One of the more unique things about Bay Area life is that many Bay Area cities have their own …
: Five Frames in the Mission Lately, I’ve been spending more time in the Mission, specifically around 24th Street. …
: SF, Union Town? One of the more surprising things about living in San Francisco is that I’m now a part of a …
: B Sides (Myanmar) Some time around 2012/2013, I spent most of my time in Myanmar. The country was opening up: Aung San …
: B Sides (India) When I think back to the life I led in my 20s, I will be forever grateful and amazed that I got to …
: Nearly Two Decades Ago One of the things I love about film photography is how it gives me a good sense of my exact feelings …
: Bulk Loading Film Like so many people who still shoot film, I am now mostly rolling my own. Bulk loading, once you …
: Kampong Glam, Singapore When I was growing up in Singapore I loved going to Kampong Glam, the Arab quarter. The British …
: Motion Picture Film, Mistakes, Fun Like so many film photographers outraged by the cost of color film these days, I’ve thrown …
: Savoring Hijabi Butch Blues Finished reading: Savor by Fatima Ali 📚 and Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H 📚 Two queer Pakistani …
: Five Frames with Nikonos V To me, the best thing about living in the Bay Area is the easy access to all kinds of nature, by …
: Ugly / Beautiful Last Friday, I had the unfortunate honor of experiencing (yet another) race-related incident in San …
: Medium Format, Developed Medium Well I’m not actually a very handy person. It’s amazing that I am able to load film at all in …
: Saying Goodbye to Fuji Superia 400 Fuji Superia 400 has been my stock color film for a long time. I have 10 rolls left, and when …
: Tenderloin Tessie Almost 50 years ago, a drag queen named Tessie started feeding the homeless in the Tenderloin and so …
: Drag Up, Fight Back I had a drag-filled weekend that was full of trans joy. For that, I am grateful. On Saturday, I went …
: Protests and Parades One of the interesting things about living near City Hall is I never know what I’m going to …
: Embracing mistakes I have a problem: I tend to be a perfectionist. Sometimes, when something doesn’t turn out …
: The Cool Blues of San Francisco Recently, I had an opportunity to purchase a few rolls of Kodak Vision 3 500T Film (5219). I was …
: One Night in the Mission I used to be a creature of the night, but no longer. I used to be out all the time, but rarely now. …
: Lower Polk, SF Join me on a walk around Lower Polk, a neighborhood directly adjacent to mine. I spend a lot of time …
: Scenes from a Lifetime Ago In 2007, I moved to the United Arab Emirates for my first full time job out of college. I was …
: Three in the Tenderloin Look up any travel information for San Francisco and ‘helpful’ people will tell you: …
: Taking the train during the rain While my primary mode of transportation in San Francisco is my bike, I do find myself enjoying the …
: My favorite place in San Francisco I love running or biking towards the Golden Gate Bridge. I come here far more than I go to Golden …
: St Patrick's Day in San Francisco Some photos from the first roll of film I developed and scanned myself. I have been wanting to learn …
: A Singapore Story I have been away from ‘home’ full time for almost five years now. Even though I’ve …
: A Walk Around a Wet Market in Taiping, Malaysia Wet markets have a bad reputation, because of the ‘rona, but their name really just comes from …
: Touching Grass Shot on Fuji GW690II on Portra 800, developed and scanned by Underdog Film Lab I was always a big …
: Review: How Daido Moriyama Takes Photographs Finished reading: Daido Moriyama: How I Take Photographs by Takeshi Nakamoto 📚 Daido Moriyama is one …
: Borders Real and Imagined San Francisco’s Chinatown is one of the oldest ones in the United States. Chinese people, …
: A Sense of Home Rollei QZ 35T, Ektar 100, developed and scanned by Underdog Film Lab in Oakland. I talk about this …
: Fisheye at Pak Ou Caves I had the good sense to have brought a toy camera then, since I was concerned about my nicer cameras …
: Seventeen Years Later I’m thankful to my photography hobby, which has been a part of my life in some way or form for …
: Spending more time in Chinatown Photo taken on Rollei QZ 35T, Ektar 100, developed and scanned by Underdog Film Lab. For whatever …
: Fill Your Life with Music (And Fairies) Photo taken on Minolta Hi-Matic 7S II, Fuji Superia 400, developed and scanned at Underdog Film Lab, …
: Take a Bow Photo taken on Leica M3, 50mm Summilux, Kodak T-Max P3200, developed and scanned by Underdog Film …
: My First Time in Myanmar Photo taken on Sony Nex-5 in 2012. Around a decade ago the world was a vastly different place. Aung …
: The Best Camera is the One You Have I have been an avid enthusiast of phone photography and videos even before iPhones arrived in the …
: Hari Gawai, some years ago One of the things I love about my home region is how it’s home to so many unique cultures. …
: Silhouettes Most people love the Golden Hour. I also love the moment just before the sun sets where the light …
: My month so far A series of unprecedented storms swept us in San Francisco in January and February. Dark clouds and …
: Chinese Bakeries of San Francisco Photo taken on Leica M3, 50mm Summilux, Ektar 100. Developed and scanned by The Darkroom. When you …
: Black and White: Three Photos Outside This is one of the photos that made me very glad I had a film camera in my pocket. I was able to jog …
: Little Saigon, SF Photo taken on Olympus XA2 on Fuji Superia 400, developed and scanned by Underdog Film Lab. Mention …
: The Magazine, SF There’s a curious shop on a street I walk past daily, that makes it look like we’re in …
: Test roll: Nikon L35TWAD As I previously mentioned, I’ve had my Nikon L35TWAD for some time but was not able to turn it …
: Music for the Soul I was having a horrible day in August 2020, feeling shut in and defeated. There was no Covid-19 …
: Roadtrips and Chicken Rice Balls In my last year of university I started dating a person who lived 250 miles away from me. It was my …
: Past Life: Sana'a Street Life Getting to see Sana’a in 2009 was an honor. It was one of my favorite cities: ever. Anywhere. …
: Mycology: Fantastic Fungi Finished reading: Fantastic Fungi by Paul Stamets 📚 As part of my new interest in mycology, I read …
: Graphic novel review: All Quiet in Vikaspuri Finished reading: All Quiet in Vikaspuri by Sarnath Banerjee 📚 Sarnath Banerjee’s graphic …
: Street Life: Air Mata Kucing As a child, my parents would put us on a bus or train to Kuala Lumpur to see friends, visit people, …
: The Market in Mae Salong Mae Salong is one of the most interesting little towns I’ve ever been to. It is said that many …
: Where I Live Now: Near San Francisco's Mission District In 2018, my wife and I moved to San Francisco. We love the Mission district and try to spend as much …
: One Shot: The Farallones Sometimes you have a bad photography day where there is no light or poor light, you don’t get …
: Five Frames in Beirut Beirut’s Gemmayzeh is one of the most popular neighborhoods for nightlife. It’s full of …
: Five Frames: Chinese Gods Singapore is technically a secular country. A large number of its ethnic Chinese population …
: Touching Grass: Taroko Gorge, Taiwan Taiwan’s Taroko Gorge near Hualien is a place of great beauty. I spent a fun day here in 2006 …
: Well Fed: Two Artisans As you may know from elsewhere, I love food. I am obsessed with it. I love eating, I love food …
: Half Frames Around The Tenderloin The Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco frequently gets a bad rep, but I could not live …
: What I’m Shooting: Nikon F3HP I started out in film photography in 2003 using a little Nikon F-601, and to many people (including …
: Santa Baby (Film Version) Happy holidays! We’re having weather here in San Francisco, which is a bit of an event. My …
: Manga review: Moyasimon volume 1 Finished reading: Moyasimon by Masayuki Ishikawa 📚 I spent the latter half of 2022 reading widely on …
: Five Frames from Ceylon Between 2013 and 2016, I went to Colombo quite frequently for work and relaxation. An old friend of …
: What I’m Shooting: Nikon L35TWAD Nikon point and shoot camera has wide and tele lenses, so it’s very handy. Not quite as slim as an …
: How Music Works Finished reading: How Music Works by David Byrne 📚 David Byrne seems to like the same things I do, …
: My wedding in film and digital My friend Javad Tizmaghz, an excellent photographer and even better woodworker, took our photos for …
: Outtakes from a cookbook In my mid-20s I was involved in the production of several cookbooks behind the scenes. That helped …
: Five Frames from the first roll of film I ever shot When I was 19 years old I had the opportunity to spend a month in Kolkata, India. Someone bought me …
: Hello 35mm my old friend I have always loved film photography. I love everything about it. From the moment I was given a …