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Feb
5
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Another Singaporean local food that I would like to recommend is from the National University of Singapore Arts and Social Sciences canteen Yong Tao Fu stall. The concept of this type of stalls is quite different from the other food stalls serving other varieties of food. Here, you are free to select the ingredients you prefer and order them in the form of dried, soup or Laksa together with options such as rice, noodles, bee hoon, kway teow, or nil…
Feb
2
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The minimum shutter speed depends on a few things: the focal length of your lens, whether it has Vibration Reduction (VR) technology, and on the ISO value.
Ideally, the shutter speed should be…
Jan
30
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ISO refers to the sensitivity of your camera’s image sensor to the amount of light present. Generally, the higher the ISO value, the faster your shutter speed will be, and consequently the increased ability to work in lower amounts of light. When do I increase the ISO? Is it better to use higher ISO values? What do I do when there is insufficient light?
Jan
27
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The 18-55 standard kit lens has about 3x zoom. Its benefits are, it is wide and long enough for covering a wide range of photography styles, and its weight makes it easy to carry around. Some limitations include insufficient range and the unsuitability for indoor photography…
Jan
24
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Primes lenses are lenses with fixed focal lengths. The minimum aperture values for prime lenses are normally lower than that of zoom lenses. Also, prime lenses produce images that are sharper and of higher quality.
Jan
22
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Yes Natural is a Chinese vegetarian restaurant located in Lor 27 Geylang a 5 minute walk from Aljunied station and serves unique dishes different from what you will expect from vegetarian food. Their philosophy is to use less oil, salt, no MSG, and as much organic ingredients as possible. My personal favourites are the Almond Sauce Noodles and Pocket Salad…
Jan
20
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What do the numbers 1:3.5-5.6 on my lenses mean? They refer to the minimum aperture values that your lenses can go. The lower the aperture value, the more “blurred” effect (bokeh) you can achieve for your background, which means better isolation of the subject. On the other hand, the higher the value, the larger your Depth of Field will become and …
Jan
19
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I finally came up with my personal Life List, a list of goals which I plan to achieve. They are mainly divided into Photography, Travel, and Personal categories and include goals such as travelling to Antarctica, photographing Machu Pichu in Peru, interpreting for a humanitarian cause and many others.
Read on to find out more…
Jan
17
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M stands for Manual. In this mode, as the name goes, everything is placed under the control of the photographer, from the aperture value to the shutter speed, ISO, flash and white balance. This is particularly useful in challenging situations where a certain exposure effect or artistic effect is desired…
Jan
16
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My first panorama image of the Singapore skyline…
