I hang out with my best friend on Wednesdays, and we usually drive around the whole city stopping by various places to eat, hang out or explore places that we haven’t even seen yet. Last night, we decided to stop by one of our favorite food vendors in Queens that we’ve actually been going to since college. This guy has been around since before food vendors were hip ;). All this guy serves is shish kabobs but they are so good! [continue reading…]
Hey Everyone! I’m back after a long hiatus. Don’t worry, I wasn’t kidnapped by aliens or anything :). For those who are frequent visitors, as you can see, my blog has gone though a lot of updates. My brother in-law is definitely one of the coolest people I know; even though he’s a very busy person who works on his own websites, he has been kind enough to make several worthwhile improvements to my blog, both in terms of what you can see and what you can’t. There are a few finishing touches that need to be done but those will be added over time. Since this is my first post after the update, I thought I’d just write up something quick (like a walk on the High Line) just to get the ball rolling again, and to test out some of the new features. [continue reading…]
This will be a quick post as I haven’t had much time to process the rest of my photos. I just wanted to share with you all my first couple of pics from a Fuji X-E1 that has had IR conversion done to it. I’m still getting the hang of it but it’s been a lot of fun using the IR converted X-E1. I will probably write up a detailed user experience soon but for now, I’m just experimenting with it. [continue reading…]
I hope everyone is having a great summer. Sorry for the lack of posts. What was only suppose to be a two week fishing trip ended up being extended a lot longer. I also know that a few of you left me comments and sent me emails. I’m sorry for the late replies! I’m back now, and I will be posting again. I have some cool Fuji stuff coming soon, and I might throw some Leica in the mix since I want to expand that section of my blog. But for now, I just wanted to post something quick to get the ball rolling again. I figure a great way to start off is a pic of lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge.
I took this shot in Dumbo. It was actually a pretty muggy day. While I like walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, I rarely do so now because it gets very crowded. I had my M 240 and my old 35mm Summicron Version 4 with me. I’ve been shooting with a lot of my older lenses lately. I prefer the modern Leica lenses in general but a lens like the Summicron Version 4 is so compact; it’s a great lens to carry on those hot summer days. Nowadays, I use the ASPH version more because I prefer it optically but the older one is still no slouch; someone recently requested a 20×30 print of the photo in this post, and I have to say, for a lens that is decades old, it still performs brilliantly.
Anyway, I appreciate you all stopping by. Take care!
Sometimes it’s easy to get stuck in a certain mind frame or pattern, so this year, I’ve been making it a point to try new and interesting things. I’ve been making huge efforts to broaden my horizons as they say. One new adventure in this quest of mine was to go to a cupcake baking class at Butter Lane. This was actually my sister’s idea. Now, this doesn’t seem like such a big change but I bet many of you haven’t actually eaten anything that I’ve cooked before. Trust me, you don’t want to. I like you all too much to feed you what I cook ;). [continue reading…]
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