Bombs go off in Bangkok, Thailand
A series of coordinated small explosions (6) have taken place around Bangkok, Thailand about 7pm today (Dec. 31st). News services have reported two deaths. Authorities are cancelling the traditional New Years Eve Countdown at the World Trade Center.
Two more small explosions went off around midnight causing minor injuries. While the larger public [...]
Historical Photos by Yip Cheong Fun
This month’s issue (No. 37, 4/2006) of Asian Geographic magazine features images of Singapore taken in 1950s, 60s, and 70s by the late Yip Cheong Fun. Mr. Yip photographed people and places in both Singapore and Malaysia from the 1930s when he saved enough money to buy his first camera, a Rolleiflex, until [...]
Adobe Releases Lightroom beta for Windows
Yesterday at Photoshop World in Singapore, Adobe announced that the Windows beta version of Lightroom(TM) had just been posted on the Adobe Labs website. At the conference, Ton Frederiks (Senior Application Engineer Adobe Systems Benelux, Holland) spent about one hour showcasing Lightroom. It is clear that Lightroom is aimed at heading off Apple’s Aperture; already [...]
CommunicAsia 2006
Robert was at CommunicAsia 2006 at the Singapore Expo this afternoon. OK, there’s not much there for the photographer unless you are really into mobile phones and devices. Still it’s a massive IT and telecommunications show with total visitors this year expected to top 47,000. I took my Canon EOS 30D and there was really [...]
PBase Gallery - Via Crucis
In Asia, you can still find extreme religious festivals either forgotten or banned in other parts of the world. Local photographer and good friend, Stuart Clyne, recently traveled to San Pedro Cutud (San Fernando), Philippines to shoot the annual Good Friday re-enactment of Christ’s final hours. The Lenten ritual drew a large crowd this [...]
