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Blog entry Nikon D700 posted. 2011-06-09 15:48:53 UTC

And one more upgrade, I finally got around to swapping my old D100 for a D700. Things I appreciate most so far are the ability to meter with my old ...

Photo Breakfast at a Market published. 2010-12-26 13:43:17 UTC

Pouring a bowl of congee, the owner of this well assorted breakfast place by the market in Heshun, looks out on the center of the market every day. ...

Photo Monks studying in Yunnan published. 2010-12-26 13:33:42 UTC

Under the shade of a large temple two monks are studying, well, one is actually sleeping. Right next to them were a few small chairs and a blackboard ...

Photo Man with funny teeth published. 2010-12-26 13:21:49 UTC

On a market in Heshun, a man in hat with really funny teeth smiles at into the camera, while the butcher cuts his meat for him.

The setting was ...

Photo Woman on a market in Yunnan published. 2010-12-26 13:11:18 UTC

Out West in Yunnan, close to Ruili, near the border with Myanmar, an old woman haggles over the price for a bag full of vegetables. Her drawn face ...

Blog entry Nikon F100 posted. 2010-10-05 14:25:34 UTC

I went and upgraded my film body to one of the best Nikons ever made. The F100 was the last pro-sumer film body to hit the streets and it is smooth ...

Blog entry Twitter changes posted. 2010-10-02 03:56:38 UTC

Twitter changed to oauth only, and so I updated my code to keep twitter followers posted automatically with news.
30 minutes and one gem later, everything ...

Photo Waterfall Cherry Valley published. 2010-08-26 23:33:59 UTC

The waterfall in Cherry Valley in Yunnan is cascading down the rocks to meet the muddy brown river below.
In this black and white picture, I wanted ...

Blog entry Buying Gear in Shanghai posted. 2010-08-03 08:56:01 UTC

The best places to buy camera gear in Shanghai must be the mall at Luban Lu and Xietu Lu (five stories full of new and old, cameras, film lighting ...

Blog entry New Projects posted. 2010-07-26 01:33:09 UTC

Spurred by an article on WIRED about how the US wants to move more of its freight traffic to internal waterways, I thought about how Shanghai's waterways ...