Beyond 50: Collecting Memories One City at a Time
I passed the age of 50 a few years ago, but in many ways, life hasn’t changed all that much. I still work full-time, shoot cityscapes 📸 on sunny evenings, and travel around Asia occasionally by taking paid leave. At my age, I feel life going forward is about the memories I collect, but such …
Photo of the Month (December 2025)
Photographed on 28 December 2025 at Momochi Seaside Park (Fukuoka, Japan). EXIF: 24mm, f/5.6, 128 secs, ISO 100. Photographed on 25 December 2025 at The Bund (Shanghai, China). EXIF: 25mm, f/11, 160 secs, ISO 100. “Photo of the Month” for December features two images taken in Fukuoka (Japan) and Shanghai (China). I spent about two …
2025 Top 5 Photos of the Year
It’s that time of the year again! I managed to fill the five slots, but it was a challenging year, especially shooting locally in Singapore, because the water around Marina Bay was almost always choppy, making it hard to capture clean reflections of the city lights. On the bright side, I’m excited to include a …
Photo of the Month (November 2025)
Photographed on 17 November 2025 at Lugard Road Lookout (Hong Kong). EXIF: 28mm, f/9, 30 secs, ISO 100. Photographed on 16 November 2025 at Des Voeux Road (Hong Kong). EXIF: 18mm, f/6.3, 0.6 sec, ISO 100. “Photo of the Month” for November features two shots from our trip back to Hong Kong. My son and …
Long Exposures and Daily Snaps: My Two-Camera Setup (For Now)
This is a casual talk post about my cameras. Since the DSLR era, I’ve been shooting with Nikon, moving from D60 (2008–2011), D7000 (2011–2014), D610 (2014–2022) to Z 6II (2022 to present). As for lenses, I only own a single lens today, Nikon 18-35mm (f/3.5-4.5) , which I’ve been using since 2013. I used to …
Photo of the Month (October 2025)
Photographed on 30 October 2025 at Marina Bay Waterfront Promenade (Singapore). EXIF: 18mm, f/7.1, 160 secs, ISO 100. Photographed on 24 October 2025 at Marina Bay Waterfront Promenade (Singapore). EXIF: 27mm, f/9, 160 secs, ISO 100. The first photo was captured 4 minutes AFTER the end of dusk, which is rare for me, as I …
1st National Photography Art Exhibition in Singapore
From 9 to 12 October 2025, one of my photos was exhibited at the 1st National Photography Art Exhibition in Singapore. 😊 The exhibition commemorated SG60, Singapore’s 60th year of independence, with the theme “Remembering the past and looking forward to the future.” Back in June, I came across the call for submissions and decided …
Why I Keep Returning to Self-Satisfaction in Photography
Photography has always been about self-satisfaction, capturing only what I genuinely enjoy. For me, that means long exposure cityscapes at blue hour. There’s a quiet joy in building my online gallery, Top 40 Photo Gallery, one photo at a time. 😀 Singapore Skyline from Gardens by the Bay South. 28mm, f/9, 161 secs, ISO 100. …
Photo of the Month (September 2025)
Photographed on 25 September 2025 at Fukuoka Tower (Japan). EXIF: 18mm, f/9, 193 secs, ISO 100. “Photo of the Month” for September comes from my unplanned trip back to Fukuoka, Japan, where I’m originally from. I was actually there for a family memorial and had a super hectic week, but before flying back to Singapore, …
Moving Forward (2025)
Just a quick update on this website. I recently made a few small design and layout tweaks to the home page, probably too subtle for anyone to notice. 😅 Since launching this photography website in 2013, I’ve gone through several redesigns, which you can still see on the Wayback Machine . Each time, I felt …
