Entries by Kam

Financial Management and Personal Finance Software

I have been using Microsoft Money for a long time. I think the first version of Microsoft Money I started using was version 3.0. Back in the days, I had a choice of Quicken or Money on the Windows platform. Since I was buying it to help me manage money, I chose the cheaper of […]

Olympus OM-1 – My First SLR

I was spoiled in a way that I got exposed to photography when I was young. My dad gave me a point and shoot automatic film camera and a little booklet to me to learn how to take photos. We used to go out on a weekend afternoon to take photos. After a while, he […]

Downtown Vancouver at Night

Even though I work in downtown, I rarely take my camera to work with me.  But I guess I have to change that as I find the results from night time photography very satisfying.  Now that we still have relatively few hours of sunshine, taking night time photographs after work should be fun.

Winterscape in Steveston

Winter in Vancouver rains a lot.  It is so wet that it feels extra cold.  And because it is so wet, it is particularly difficult to take photos.  I have been slowly accumulating some photos over the past few weeks from random days of dryness and here are some of the Winter photos in Steveston […]

Samsung NX10

I usually try to avoid repeating news from other blog sites.  But I am feeling particularly excited about yet another “mirrorless” interchangeable lens camera system being offered to us.

Sunset at Garry Point Park

Have you been to Garry Point Park?  It is a popular park at Steveston where lots of festivity happens in the Summer.  In the Winter, it is also a very good place to see the sunset in case you miss the sun (a typical situation for most who live in Vancouver).