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Film Diaries: Temples in Fukuoka46 comments

Ming Thein wrote 15 hours ago: It’s impossible to go anywhere in Japan without happening across a temple or two. They provide … more →

Tags: Film Diaries, On Photography, FILM DIARIES, fukuoka, Hasselblad, Japan, Ming, Ming Thein, PhotoEssay

The photographer as philosopher, part one58 comments

Ming Thein wrote 2 days ago: Some weeks ago, I was exchanging emails with a reader from New Zealand; he threw out an interesting … more →

Tags: Articles, On Photography, Article, Bias, Essay, interpretation, Ming, Ming Thein, Opinion

Off topic: hobbies and photographers328 comments

Ming Thein wrote 4 days ago: It seems that a lot of my other photographically-inclined friends and students share the same few pa … more →

Tags: off-topic, Article, Cars, epicurean, Essay, Food, hobbies and photographers, Ming, Ming Thein

On Assignment: 150 portraits in 3 days46 comments

Ming Thein wrote 6 days ago: One of the more ‘interesting’ recent assignments I had* was a series of corporate portra … more →

Tags: On Assignment, Bulk, Ming, Ming Thein, On-Assignment, Portraits, Thein, Volume

Photoessay: Fukuoka without people31 comments

Ming Thein wrote 1 week ago: What is a city without its people? What if a person from several thousand years ago were simply tran … more →

Tags: Film Diaries, On Photography, 6x6, Black and White, BW, film, FILM DIARIES, fukuoka, Hasselblad

Industry developments - Photoshop CC and the British orphaned works law134 comments

Ming Thein wrote 1 week ago: But how does it affect me? Olympus E-P5 and 75/1.8 There have been a couple of recent developments i … more →

Tags: Articles, off-topic, On Photography, Article, british copyright, Ming, Ming Thein, Opinion, Photography

USA 2013 Making Outstanding Images Workshop report52 comments

Ming Thein wrote 1 week ago: I know it’s been a really long time coming, but I’ve been so buried by other work that I … more →

Tags: Teaching, Ming, Ming Thein, Teaching, Thein, USA 2013, Workshop Report, Workshops

Working preview: The OIympus PEN E-P5158 comments

Ming Thein wrote 1 week ago: Not so long ago, Olympus updated both the E-PL series (E-PL5 reviewed here) and the E-PM series with … more →

Tags: Gearhead: Reviews, E-P5, gearhead, Micro Four Thirds, Ming, Ming Thein, Olympus, pen, preview

Europe and Singapore 2013 workshops open for registration!13 comments

Ming Thein wrote 2 weeks ago: Europe: The polls are in and the people have spoken…I’m pleased to announce the Europe l … more →

Tags: Teaching, Amsterdam, Europe 2013, Ming, Ming Thein, Munich, Prague, Teaching, Thein

Battle of the 28mm compacts: Ricoh GR vs Nikon Coolpix A373 comments

Ming Thein wrote 2 weeks ago: Following on from yesterday’s review of the Ricoh GR (Digital V) can only be one thing: the co … more →

Tags: Gearhead: Reviews, 28mm, Apsc, comparison, gearhead, Ming, Ming Thein, Nikon Coolpix A, Review

Review: The 2013 Ricoh GR (digital V)114 comments

Ming Thein wrote 2 weeks ago: Not long after Nikon announced their 28/2.8, 16MP APS-C super-compact, Ricoh also decided it’d … more →

Tags: Gearhead: Reviews, 28mm, gearhead, gr, GR DIGITAL V, Ming, Ming Thein, Review, Ricoh

Quick poll: Singapore workshop?11 comments

Ming Thein wrote 2 weeks ago: I’ve just confirmed an extended assignment in Singapore at the beginning of July this year; I … more →

Tags: Teaching, July 2013, Ming, Ming Thein, Singapore Workshop, Thein, Workshop

Photoessay: Monochrome vignettes from Shwedagon Pagoda with the Leica M Typ 24085 comments

Ming Thein wrote 2 weeks ago: Perhaps the most famous landmark in Burma, Shwedagon Pagoda has been a focal point for life in Yango … more →

Tags: leica, On Photography, Black and White, BW, Leica M Typ 240, Ming, Ming Thein, Monochrome, Myanmar

Lens review: The Nikon AF-S 80-400/4.5-5.6 G ED VR II N87 comments

Ming Thein wrote 2 weeks ago: Nikon’s 80-400mm received a long-deserved update earlier in the year; it’s in fact had a … more →

Tags: Gearhead: Reviews, afs 80-400 4.5-5.6, gearhead, Lens, Ming, Ming Thein, Nikon, Review, telephoto

Now accepting students for the Q2 2013 Email School intake!20 comments

Ming Thein wrote 3 weeks ago: Another quarter, another batch of students graduated – I’m now accepting enrolments for … more →

Tags: Teaching, email school, Ming, Ming Thein, Teaching, Thein

Film diaries: Watches and a Hasselblad84 comments

Ming Thein wrote 3 weeks ago: Digital contact sheet of the negs. I’ll admit that deep down, from the day I decided to buy th … more →

Tags: Film Diaries, On Photography, Watches/ Horology, film, FILM DIARIES, Hasselblad, Horology, Medium Format, Ming

An idea, and some help requested140 comments

Ming Thein wrote 3 weeks ago: I think I’ve figured out a way to run the site running going forward, that will enable me to b … more →

Tags: off-topic, Analysis, Information, Ming, Ming Thein, Poll, Reports, Research, site future

Review: The Nikon Coolpix A111 comments

Ming Thein wrote 3 weeks ago: Nikon has finally entered the large-sensor compact game (I don’t count the 1 series, which is a bit … more →

Tags: Gearhead: Reviews, Coolpix A, gearhead, Ming, Ming Thein, Nikon, Review, Thein

The trouble with compacts198 comments

Ming Thein wrote 4 weeks ago: Homage to Van Gogh. I didn’t leave the house that day with the intention of shooting anything, … more →

Tags: Articles, Gearhead: Reviews, On Photography, Article, compact, Essay, gearhead, Ming, Ming Thein


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