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Technology has really changed the way we live. From the moment we wake up to the sound of our alarm clocks or our cellphones to the time we doze off in the evening after checking our emails, social networking sites accounts (facebook, myspace, friendster, multiply, etc.) and whatever we fancy on the internet, our lives are integrated with technology. We work, play, and rest with technology.
For most of us, we want technology to be always with us, within reach, and always online. They’ve become an integral part of our daily routines that we need them like clothes.
My current focus on gear acquisition is integration and minimalism, so most of my upcoming gear posts or articles will be on practicality, integration and minimalism.
I’m not going to go into the details of all these gadgets (you can use the internet for that), but I’ll mainly focus on my personal experiences with the gadgets that I actually use.
I hope to share some of the insights I gained through this quest. So check the blog regularly and read along as I document my quest to set up my perfect mobile technology gear set. 
After raking your brains on what photography equipment you must buy first, you’ll be faced with another question: “What camera bag should I buy?”. Like the previous questions of what camera to buy and what accessories to buy next and in what sequence, answering the question of what bag to buy is a headache.
Don’t worry, most of us will face this problem. When I faced this problem, here’s what I did:
Continue reading Buying tips for your camera bag(s)
Now that you’ve got your nice, new and shiny DSLR camera, it’s time for the additions. If you started with the basic kit of camera body and kit lens, good for you. Before long, you’ll start contemplating on what to buy next. Most of the time it will be these three: Flash, Tripod and Lens. So what do you buy first? As always, my automatic answer is “what do you need?”
Establishing the need for any equipment/tool/accessory is the first thing you should do when contemplating on a new acquisition.
Note: Gear Acquisition Sickness (or Syndrome in some part of the online photography community), or GAS is an affliction that hits you when you start mingling with other photographers and beginners. I’ll discuss GAS in another post, but as a brief, GAS makes you need something that you really just want. It’s like saying I WANT to have this lens because I think it’s cool, then rationalizing that you NEED that lens because it will make you a better photographer. In the end you just end up with a lens that doesn’t make you a better photographer and just takes up space in your bag or dry cabinet.
So on with the tips.
During the time I was writing this article, I noticed that it was fairly long. So to save you from reading till the end, I’m giving you a summary:
If you’re budget conscious yet you need to satisfy that urge to buy more, follow this sequence of purchases:
cheap TRIPOD, good FLASH, better LENS.
Still interested to know my rationale for that sequence? Read on.
Continue reading Flash, Tripod, Lens - which comes first?
Looking back at my previous posts here, I came across my blog about email forwarding. It was a public information drive that never really got off the ground. So now I’m at it again. This time, I will try to harvest and count how many email addresses I can gather from a few of the chain emails that get forwarded to me.
First off, I checked the inbox in my Yahoo! email account. I selected the last forwarded messages I received. Here are the subjects of those emails, you might recognize them:
Continue reading The Fast Forward Experiment
I often get the question, “Why get a DSLR?” from beginners who have been told by other photographers to get DSLRs. My first reaction is, “You don’t, unless you really need to.” and “Google it.” And if you do search for it, you’ll find tons of useful articles, especially one from Digital Photography School.
But since I’m writing about budget photography and how to cut down on spending in this hobby, i’m going to give you some points to consider before buying a DSLR.
Continue reading Budget Photography: Why get a DSLR?
As part of my new year resolution to write regularly, I’m creating a series of blogs on tips and suggestions for the photographer on a tight budget. I’ll be dishing out practical advice on cutting cost in this “expensive hobby” of ours.
The initial topic list includes:
This will get me busy for a while.
You may ask why I’m giving these tips. Well, I’ve been asked about these topics so many times I thought it best to just write about it and point the person to my blogs. Feel free to try them out.
A disclaimer: These are my suggestions and opinions based on my experience. These are not rules you always follow, but they are more of guidelines, like the rule of thirds (sounds better than calling it the guideline of thirds). I’m in no way forcing you to adapt them or implement them; and in no way am I responsible if your gear lust dies after following these blogs.
Let the cheap times roll.
A recollection of the year that was 2008
One year after my last post here, I’m writing again. It’s been an eventful year in my life. Career-wise I’ve moved from one great job to another. I’m now based in Singapore with my wife and finally settling in.
All throughout the year, I have been blessed and it’s time to pay it forward. I’ll be churning out new posts about photography, technology and life in general to share tips and insights.
Happy New Year everyone and let’s all have a great year ahead. God bless!
- RusselCP
In my search for that relaxing and stress relieving place, I took up the offer of my wife’s uncle to spend a weekend on their farm in Bataan, with them and my parents-in-law and my wife’s nephew Mikko. The farm is called Alion Farms, located where else but Alion, Mariveles, Bataan. I’ve never been to Bataan and all I know was a lot of people died marching there way back in World War 2.
To read more on how the trip went and see the photos I took, please visit http://www.mementoph.com/eureka/
Thanks.
A couple of days ago, I got another forwarded message in my inbox. This one was way too old, remember the time when an email hoax spread about Yahoo! closing down? Yep, I got that again, for the nth time. Anyways, I replied, again for the nth time, with my straightforward response to these kinds of emails. Note: The following text is not for the faint of heart.
Continue reading Fast Forward
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