Starting the year right

What better way to start the year than by family trips! My family went on back-to-back weekend trips to Atlantic City, New Jersey and New York.

 

 

 

 

Aside from Atlantic City, our main purpose was to stuff ourselves full with Filipino food, and in the East Coast, that means Jersey City (Max’s of Manila especially) and Woodside, NY (Jollibee and Red Ribbon bakeshop). No pictures there – no one wanted their picture shoving food into their mouths.

All in all a great trip, made more memorable with infrequently-seen family and infrequently-tasted food.

A few more

Here are a few more shots I took last night and today with the X10. Love love love it.

Summer is perfect for …

Strawberries!

Unexpected help

(One of my earlier photos using the E-PL1 + Olympus 17mm combo.)

Now we’re talking

I finally got myself a brand spankin’ new flash unit – a Nissin Di466. This is the first time I bought myself an external flash unit. I’ve always wanted to use natural light, but there are times when a wide aperture just wouldn’t cut it, and the natural light is not enough.

While waiting …

Since moving here to the US in 2006, I’ve pretty much been the one you’ll probably see in our kitchen working. I’ve been pampered back home either by my Mom or our house help – I just come home, and food is available. When i got married, my wife took over the kitchen duties mainly because she comes home earlier than I did.
Anyway, I’ve been wanting to document my kitchen experiments for some time now. I’ve tried to take a picture of some, but I’m not happy with the results of the images. So a few days ago I finally decided to buy an external flash – a Nissin Di466 for my E-PL1. Hopefully, with a few test shots here and there, I can generate some studio-worthy (or at least blog-worthy) product images.
For now, here are some of the experiments I’ve tried. Bon appetit!