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Canon EOS M Launches in Brunei Darussalam with Sneak Peek of EOS 6D
Because the EOS M is Canon’s first mirrorless we had this odd situation where all invitees who came with their mirrored Canon cameras (including my PowerShot G11) all aimed at this tiny little thing...
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Photography: Reducing the Risk of Tethered Shooting Using a HONL Speed Strap
I photograph food a lot and goes without saying, I tether my EOS 5D Mark II to a 17 inch Dell Studio laptop. There’s really no other way when critical review is key to decisive, quality results. Thing...
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Windows File System Memory Cache Size Tweak Crashes Canon Digital Photo...
While messing with a Windows 7 tweak a few days ago, I came across one on the web that I hadn’t tried before. It looked promising and I was convinced that increasing FileSystem Memory Cache Size to...
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Super Wide 0.4x Angle Lens for Samsung Galaxy S3
While shopping for a SanDisk 64GB MicroSD card at Changi Airport last night, I came across a super wide lens accessory produced by ib-F40. Instead of the popular magnetic case design they released for...
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SHIMWORLD: An Epic 2012 in Review
It’s that time of the year, after the smoke has cleared, to sit down and reflect on the accomplishments and setbacks the last 365 days (2012 is a leap year) have brought. November 3, 2012 marked the...
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Stream Video, Music and Photos from Samsung Galaxy S3 to Your Computer
Yes, you read that right. Your Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone just got smarter with the help of a free app called AirDroid. You can now very easily download large number of high resolution images stored...
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December 2012: Resorts World Sentosa Celebrates Grand Opening
SINGAPORE, 7 December 2012 – Singapore’s first integrated resort Resorts World Sentosa marked its Grand Opening today with a forecast of 17 million visitors for 2013. The S$7 billion resort has...
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Gong Xi Fa Cai 2013: Constellation on Steroids
For a few years now, I took great risks shooting in close proximity to exploding fire crackers – thinking back, it may have been too close for comfort and not something I want repeated. So this year...
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Brunei Darussalam Celebrates 29th National Day 2013
Best wishes and congratulations from Butra Home Concept Magazine and Jan Shim Photography to all Bruneians here and abroad celebrating Brunei Darussalam’s 29th National Day. Image from Butra Home...
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Dramatic Sunset Boardroom Photography
I have in recent years photographed great number of corporate offices including hotels and their business centres. An example from 2012 is Radisson Hotel Brunei’s Business Centre and Boardroom. It’s...
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Adobe Lightroom ‘Parallel Processing’ Speeds Up JPEG Export by 50%
It should be noted that I use Canon Digital Photo Professional as my RAW batch processor. I have dabbled with Lightroom more than once or twice but never found the encouragement to switch especially...
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Magnificent Sultan Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien (SOAS) Mosque in Brunei Darussalam
A completely unplanned road trip from Seria to Bandar Seri Begawan I made yesterday led me to the photo of the magnificent and historic Sultan Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Mosque, which is quite possibly the...
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Postagram Turns Instagram Photos into Real Postcards
A reader in Canada who stumbled upon my blog post a couple of years back responded with a postcard photo of Canada’s deadliest rockslide — Frank Slide. Of all the senders who have taken the trouble to...
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Photographing Muffins & Co. at The Souq
“The Souq provides a perfect opportunity for any entrepreneur to start and own a retail business. Since a majority of the renovation costs have been covered and prepared in the Souq, business owners...
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The View From My Kitchen Balcony
My kitchen balcony has all the elements of good feng shui. How do I know this? Quite simply, the term feng shui literally translates as “wind-water” in English and in that respect, the balcony gets...
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Calibrating the Dell U2711 Wide Gamut LCD with a Spyder 4 Pro
If you have just bought a Dell wide gamut U2711 LCD and have tried calibrating it over and over with a Spyder4Pro but you’re just not getting the results you had hoped — white doesn’t look quite white...
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Brunei Darussalam National Day Run 2013
Some years back my daughter Jewel ran her first long distance event — a 6 km run starting from and finishing at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in the Brunei capital, an event she was neither...
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Enchanted Sungai Liang Forest
On days when I am not sweating buckets at badminton, I’m doing the same here inside the humid Sungai Liang forest reserve, though not nearly as much. The club where I play is a 10 minutes drive while...
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Wireless Scanning and Printing Using Canon Pixma MG6370 All-in-One Printer
Have you ever wanted to scan a document be it a photograph or a page off a magazine and have it transferred to your iPad immediately (or an iPhone if you prefer working with small devices)? No? Well,...
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