Technology + Gear
I'm [sketching] on Tumblr now!

I’m [sketching] on Tumblr now!

Just when I thought my brain would explode with sparks made of Twitter links and Facebook updates, I created a “Mapping Words: Sketches” Tumblr account. I was hesitant to delve into Tumblr for the longest time because I didn’t understand it; it seemed like a platform filled with overly-shared material and confusing threads with no “about me” page...
Pimp your travel photos with Android: PUDDING CAMERA

Pimp your travel photos with Android: PUDDING CAMERA

Pudding camera is an Android camera app with eight different camera types and eight different types of film to alter your photographs. The camera types consist of: Basic, Snap, Panorama, Fantasy, Motion 2×2, Motion x4, Fisheye and Triplex. The film types consist of: Basic, Vintage Brown, Vintage Blue, Vignetting, Dazzle, Mono, Vivid, and Noir. You...
Photography Equipment: what I use & what I want to use

Photography Equipment: what I use & what I want to use

CURRENTLY, I’m shooting with three different devices: a Canon PowerShot XS10 IS, a Canon PowerShot SD550, and my Samsung Nexus S smartphone. Canon PowerShot XS 10: This is bridge camera (kind of), meaning it has more functions than a point and shoot, including manual settings, but it does not allow for interchangeable lenses and other functions that...
Pimp your travel photos with Android: PixlrOMatic

Pimp your travel photos with Android: PixlrOMatic

film type: Sophia, border: Whitetwo This image was taken at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Yeouido, Seoul in April. A woman is cooking street food, and selling ice cream, coffee, dried squid, and beondegi, boiled silkworm pupae. ** This is the third installment of the Pimp your travel photos with Android series, experimenting with the PixlrOMatic photo app....
Pimp your travel photos with Android: PHOTO ART

Pimp your travel photos with Android: PHOTO ART

  PHOTO ART is the second photo app in the Pimp your travel photos with Android series. I’m drawn to this app for a couple reasons. First of all, as you can see in the photo above, the app allows me to begin with a black and white version of the original photo and pull...
Pimp your travel photos with Android: RETRO CAMERA

Pimp your travel photos with Android: RETRO CAMERA

  When my hipster, I-phone-obsessed friends began posting loads of Instagram photos on Facebook, I have to admit, I was a bit envious. Damn, I should have opted for an I-phone instead of Android, I thought. I’ve always had a soft spot for square-formatted, torn-edged, color-distorted, scratched, and vintage-looking prints. Luckily, I discovered several Android...