2023-03-29: 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 …
2023-03-28: Three in the Tenderloin Look up any travel information for San Francisco and ‘helpful’ people will tell you: …
2023-03-27: Taking the train during the rain While my primary mode of transportation in San Francisco is my bike, I do find myself enjoying the …
2023-03-23: 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 …
2023-03-20: 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 …
2023-03-17: A Singapore Story I have been away from ‘home’ full time for almost five years now. Even though I’ve …
2023-03-15: 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 …
2023-03-13: Touching Grass Shot on Fuji GW690II on Portra 800, developed and scanned by Underdog Film Lab I was always a big …
2023-03-12: Review: How Daido Moriyama Takes Photographs Finished reading: Daido Moriyama: How I Take Photographs by Takeshi Nakamoto 📚 Daido Moriyama is one …
2023-03-02: Borders Real and Imagined San Francisco’s Chinatown is one of the oldest ones in the United States. Chinese people, …
2023-02-25: A Sense of Home Rollei QZ 35T, Ektar 100, developed and scanned by Underdog Film Lab in Oakland. I talk about this …
2023-02-24: 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 …
2023-02-23: Seventeen Years Later I’m thankful to my photography hobby, which has been a part of my life in some way or form for …
2023-02-22: Spending more time in Chinatown Photo taken on Rollei QZ 35T, Ektar 100, developed and scanned by Underdog Film Lab. For whatever …
2023-02-20: 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, …
2023-02-17: Take a Bow Photo taken on Leica M3, 50mm Summilux, Kodak T-Max P3200, developed and scanned by Underdog Film …
2023-02-16: 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 …
2023-02-15: 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 …
2023-02-14: 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. …
2023-02-12: Silhouettes Most people love the Golden Hour. I also love the moment just before the sun sets where the light …
2023-02-12: My month so far A series of unprecedented storms swept us in San Francisco in January and February. Dark clouds and …
2023-02-08: Chinese Bakeries of San Francisco Photo taken on Leica M3, 50mm Summilux, Ektar 100. Developed and scanned by The Darkroom. When you …
2023-02-07: 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 …
2023-02-03: Little Saigon, SF Photo taken on Olympus XA2 on Fuji Superia 400, developed and scanned by Underdog Film Lab. Mention …
2023-02-01: The Magazine, SF There’s a curious shop on a street I walk past daily, that makes it look like we’re in …
2023-01-31: Test roll: Nikon L35TWAD As I previously mentioned, I’ve had my Nikon L35TWAD for some time but was not able to turn it …
2023-01-30: Music for the Soul I was having a horrible day in August 2020, feeling shut in and defeated. There was no Covid-19 …
2023-01-29: 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 …
2023-01-26: 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. …
2023-01-24: Mycology: Fantastic Fungi Finished reading: Fantastic Fungi by Paul Stamets 📚 As part of my new interest in mycology, I read …
2023-01-24: Graphic novel review: All Quiet in Vikaspuri Finished reading: All Quiet in Vikaspuri by Sarnath Banerjee 📚 Sarnath Banerjee’s graphic …
2023-01-11: 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, …
2023-01-09: 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 …
2023-01-08: 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 …
2023-01-07: One Shot: The Farallones Sometimes you have a bad photography day where there is no light or poor light, you don’t get …
2023-01-07: Five Frames in Beirut Beirut’s Gemmayzeh is one of the most popular neighborhoods for nightlife. It’s full of …
2023-01-06: Five Frames: Chinese Gods Singapore is technically a secular country. A large number of its ethnic Chinese population …
2023-01-04: 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 …
2023-01-04: Well Fed: Two Artisans As you may know from elsewhere, I love food. I am obsessed with it. I love eating, I love food …
2023-01-04: Half Frames Around The Tenderloin The Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco frequently gets a bad rep, but I could not live …
2023-01-03: 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 …
2023-01-03: Santa Baby (Film Version) Happy holidays! We’re having weather here in San Francisco, which is a bit of an event. My …
2023-01-02: Manga review: Moyasimon volume 1 Finished reading: Moyasimon by Masayuki Ishikawa 📚 I spent the latter half of 2022 reading widely on …
2023-01-01: Five Frames from Ceylon Between 2013 and 2016, I went to Colombo quite frequently for work and relaxation. An old friend of …
2023-01-01: 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 …
2023-01-01: How Music Works Finished reading: How Music Works by David Byrne 📚 David Byrne seems to like the same things I do, …
2022-12-31: My wedding in film and digital My friend Javad Tizmaghz, an excellent photographer and even better woodworker, took our photos for …
2022-12-31: Outtakes from a cookbook In my mid-20s I was involved in the production of several cookbooks behind the scenes. That helped …
2022-12-31: 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 …
2022-12-31: Hello 35mm my old friend I have always loved film photography. I love everything about it. From the moment I was given a …