ROBIN WONG

In about 12 hours from now I will be in Perth, Western Australia. Partly to for a photography assignment shooting an old friend's wedding, and partly to get away from the madness of Kuala Lumpur life and just relax.  I am not sure if I will find time at all to update this blog, but if you do not hear from me for the next one week, rest assured that I will be out there shooting away happily. I miss

Having quick spin with the underrated Panasonic 14mm F2.5 lens. Mounted on my E-PL5 and just took it out for random clicks. Guess what? I actually liked what I am seeing from this lens. It is small, light, wide open at F2.5 and works well with E-PL5.  Portrait if a Stranger

Last year, I experienced Holi Festival, or the Festival of Colors for the first time. I was not very sure if I could get into the celebration again this year going in as a photographer, due to the newly imposed rules on restricting DSLR users to enter the festival compound. I pushed my luck and managed to secure myself a media pass (thanks Sunil) and braved myself through the colors and water and grabbed myself some shots. My Olympus DSLR

Side Note: This blog has just surpassed 8 Million Page Views. That is a LOT for a humble blog of mine. Thank you all beautiful readers for making this happen. I am not sure what made you guys come back again and again, but what I can tell you is that shutter therapy for me continues, and I hope you get your shutter therapy too! I have always been a fan of longer focal length when I am shooting on

Few days ago I posted a photo of Sarawak Kolo Mee. Do you really think that would be complete without the Sarawak Laksa? Taken with Olympus OM-D E-M5 and that new awesome M.Zuiko 25mm F1.8 lens of course. That 25mm lens is just perfect for food photography. You can have a decently wide coverage, yet at the same time you can choose to do close up shooting if required. 

Everything about this one shot was wrong. It was completely out of focus. It has a strongly backlit subject. The image has no definition and the composition was boring, having the man smacked right in the middle of the frame, with nothing else to support the main content. The exposure was all off with too much shadow and highlight burns. No matter how much post-processing the image cannot be salvaged. This shot was a failure. A rejected frame from the

I was away to Sarawak, my hometown last weekend, was busy with work, thus the lack of shutter therapy. Nonetheless, the reward was in the delicious local Sarawakian dishes which I stuffed myself silly.  Sarawak Kolo Mee. The longer I have been away from home, the tastier it gets. 

I got mine. Olympus M.Zuiko 25mm F1.8 BLACK.

It has been a while since I last used the M.Zuiko 60mm F2.8 Macro lens, hence I decided to bring it out for a spin last weekend.  Oh gosh, I almost forgot how amazing this lens was for insect macro. I should spend more time doing macro shooting. The following images were taken with Olympus OM-D E-M5 and M,Zuiko 60mm F2.8 macro lens.  If you are interested in finding out how I managed the above shots, kindly read my entry

The week has been an unexpectedly long one, with work stretching to ungodly hours, and shutter therapy was needed more than ever. I joined a group of old shooting friends and we attacked the Petaling Street, KL this morning. Not exactly my favourite street hunting spot, but somehow it turned out to be very enjoyable.  A while ago, a friend Raja Indra Putra commented on the way I approached the street people (strangers) before I took photos of them. He

Last Friday I had a blog reader visiting all the way from Germany, Mirko who came together with Celine. We met up at KLCC and I brought them out for local Malaysian dinner. I think the food was probably a bit on the spicy side. Nonetheless, we all had great time knowing each other, exchanging ideas on photography. Unfortunately their time in Malaysia was so short and they had to fly off the next morning, else I would have brought

Note: May I direct your attention to Olympus Ambassador of South Africa, Dallas Dahms who runs an amazing blog rich in useful Micro Four Thirds contents here (click).  I think it is great seeing more and more people shoot with Olympus OM-D and Micro Four Thirds in general, and more importantly share their thoughts, photographs and experience. I have often been asked questions, either by my beautiful blog readers here or friends in real life, on how to make good photographs.