I spent 3 days in London in September 2024. Being the first time in London, the trip was filled with standard tourist stuff. My impression of London was that it had lots of luxury cars; food there was expensive (like 35 pound food court ramen expensive); it had very narrow streets; streets were filled marking […]

During the second half of the first day at Barcelona, after enjoying Sagrada Familia and tapas for lunch, I loaded the second roll of film for the trip, a roll of Fujifilm Superia 400. The walk took place during the opening game of IPL 2024 – why do I remember this? I was worrying about […]

I went to Barcelona for the first time in late March 2024. The trip was mostly just city walk, tapas, and lots of Antoni Gaudi. My first impression of the city was how well the city was planned – full of grid, though unlike NYC, the just-right-density does not introduce too much traffic. Chamfered further […]

It was late 2022, that I first took the rather big RZ67 outdoor. I was not hoping much from it, because my earlier play-around with it indoor did not render much amazement. Oh boy, was I wrong. Medium format really helps separate the foreground from the background, without overdoing the blur. While giving enough depth […]

From time to time, work takes away my energy completely, to the point that I don’t even have motivation for hobbies that I enjoy so much, much more than even the best achievements in my work. 2022 and 2023 were such periods. 2022 was filled with excitement of personal growth, along with my project taking […]

With a roll of black and white film, I decided to study the function of lines in composition in the (finally) snowy Boston winter. I had been amazed by the beautiful color rendering of modern films, but I had only tried black and white film once in 2020. It was a trial without any purpose. […]

After a dreadful 2021 with lots of work stuff and covid stuff, 2022 finally came. I realized I did not have any “Photo of the Month” posts the entire year, so I made a new year resolution to continue my “Photo of the Month” effort. Though, this post is more about remembering my possibly last […]

I got a used Mamiya RZ67 Pro II at the end of 2020 as a gift to myself for the hard working of 2020. I burned through the first roll of Portra 400 really quickly the day I received the camera, but I failed to load the roll onto the reel before developing – I […]

I am the most satisfied by the two shots I took by change in my backyard. Leaves from my neighbor’s trees are quite a view in this beautiful season, despite the trouble of cleaning them up. These other shots are scattered through September and October. Some from a day trip, some from a random grocery […]

I finally got my hands on a roll of black and white film. I did have any idea about black and white films, so I chose a 400 roll just to make sure I’ll be able to use it in more situations compared to a 100. ILFORD’s name seems to be everywhere when you look […]