SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE. (July 2010). Fun with fish pastries at the Takashimaya Singapore. I don't care what anybody says - Olympus art filters can generate great results, even for serious photographers. More importantly, they're a blast to use. Original photo properties: Olympus E-620 dSLR, Zuiko Digital ED 50mm f2.0 Macro lens (100mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, image stabilization on, single autofocus, pinhole art filter, matrix metering, 1/125s f2, ISO 500, 3024 x 4032 pixels, JPEG.

EDMONTON, CANADA. (September 2010). Last watermelon of summer. Permanent photo link here. Original photo properties: Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Model 2 with fixed 116mm f8 glass lens, Polaroid TZ Artistic Giambarba (expired) film (ISO / ASA 100), handheld, manual focus, JPEG scanned from instant print.

EDMONTON, CANADA. (August 2010). Why Polaroid? Because in the digital age, instant analog is wrong in all of the right places :). While the good people of the Impossible Project perfect a brand new generation of instant film, I decided to pick up a used, 35-year old, folding(!) Polaroid SX-70 camera to help shoot the very last stocks of original Polaroid Time-Zero film. Permanent photo link here. Original photo properties: Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Model 2 with fixed 116mm f8 glass lens, Polaroid TZ Artistic Giambarba (expired) film (ISO / ASA 100), handheld, manual focus, JPEG scanned from instant print.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. (July 2010). The strikingly vivid Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) is an unmistakable sight up and down the Australian East Coast. Picture available for sale as prints. Original photo properties: Olympus E-620 dSLR, Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm lens at 150mm (300mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, image stabilization on, single autofocus, aperture priority, matrix metering, 1/100s f5.6, ISO 250, 3049 x 2286 pixels (after crop), RAW.

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA. (July 2010). Gorgeous Malaysian royalty. Picture available for sale as prints. Original photo properties: Olympus E-620 dSLR, Zuiko Digital ED 50mm f2.0 Macro lens (100mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, image stabilization on, single autofocus, aperture priority, centre-weighted average metering, 1/250s f2, ISO 200, 3777 x 2601 pixels (after crop), RAW.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. (July 2010). Opera blue. Picture available for sale as prints and stock. Original photo properties: Olympus E-620 dSLR, Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm lens at 14mm (28mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, single autofocus, aperture priority, matrix metering, 1/400s f7.1, ISO 100, 4032 x 3024 pixels, RAW.

CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA. (July 2010). Morning glory. Picture available for sale as prints and stock. Original photo properties: Olympus E-620 dSLR, Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm lens at 9mm (18mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, image stabilization on, single autofocus, manual exposure, matrix metering, 1/100s f8, ISO 100, 4023 x 3017 pixels (after crop), RAW.

ETTY BAY, AUSTRALIA. (July 2010). Parasol portrait. Original photo properties: Olympus E-620 dSLR, Zuiko Digital ED 50mm f2.0 Macro lens (100mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, image stabilization on, single autofocus, aperture priority, centre-weighted average metering, 1/250s f2.5, ISO 100, 4032 x 3024 pixels, RAW.

SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE. (July 2010). Esplande skyline. Picture available for sale as prints and stock. Original photo properties: Olympus E-620 dSLR, Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm lens at 18mm (36mm, 35mm equivalent), Manfrotto Tundra NGTT1 tripod, 5-second mirror lock, manual focus and exposure via LiveView, matrix metering, 13s f8, ISO 100, 3992 x 2994 pixels (after crop), RAW.

EDMONTON, CANADA. (June 2010). Chasing the leader up the hill on Victoria Park Road at the 2010 Canadian Road National Cycling Champions. Using the Zuiko Digital ED 50mm f2.0 Macro lens with continuous autofocus for sports is a curious combination, but here's an instance where its seems to work out ok. Picture available for sale as prints. Original photo properties: Olympus E-620 dSLR, Zuiko Digital ED 50mm f2.0 Macro lens (100mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, continuous autofocus, aperture priority, matrix metering, 1/2000s f2.5, ISO 100, 4032 x 3024 pixels, RAW.