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Archive for June 2006

On last Friday

Posted by: Eric Setiawan on: June 12, 2006

It was Friday, 8 June 2006. Nothing so special. The sky was clear blue. Oh, I had a fever, sore throat, and a flu, not a big deal But the real experience was happening at noon when Budi and I went to a small (very small indeed) camera shop. Not any ordinary shop, [...]

Jim O’Connell: How to buy a camera and take a picture

Posted by: Eric Setiawan on: June 5, 2006

Jim O’Connell: How to buy a camera and take picture. Why he still use film cameras today and love every seconds of using it manually. Nice thought.

Jim O’Connell: Thoughts on Photography

Posted by: Eric Setiawan on: June 5, 2006

Jim share his thoughts on photography: “A real master can use his camera to show you how he feels about a scene, not merely to show you what he happened to see… Photography (and all “art”) is nothing more than a different form of nonverbal communication. The trick is to have something brilliant to say [...]

Seeing the world through children’s eyes

Posted by: Eric Setiawan on: June 2, 2006

Lately I have found 2 interesting events. Angkor Photography Festival in Cambodia dan Hello Video project in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Both was happening in Southeast Asia. Both involving children. And yeah, both are inspiring me a lot.
I knew about Angkor Photography Festival from Flickr thanks to Stuart Isett who’ve been supplying the photos into Flickr [...]