Sri Lanka Tea Country

In the last year or so I have developed a fondness for tea. Green Tea, that is! That will most certainly result in a series of posts regarding tea in all aspects.
For the moment, check out the great pictures of Sri Lankan High Country, where all the major tea producers of the world hold plantations, as seen by the Abstract Gourmet.

Canon Glass Torture

How's about this video of a bored dude torturing testing a canon lens. Pretty disturbing for photography aficionados like me and Canon fans in particular. Anyway, it didn't brake. As for what pictures can you take afterwords ...

Coca Cola Aniversary

This is my photo tribute to the 125th aniversary of the most popular soft drink of the world. On this ocasion they have issued a special set of three vintage shaped bottles. I think they are very nice. Happy Birthday, Coca Cola!

St. Constantin and Elena BBQ

Last weekend we went to my fathers to celebrate St. Constantin and Elena (orthodox celebration of the people with the saints names). Of course, the usual BBQ was in order along with some other stuff. All and all, some quality time with friends and family.

Lavazza Espresso Cups

Espresso Style has received no less then 12 "demitasse" espresso Lavazza cups. They exhibit the sleek classic Lavazza Italian design with the vertical thick blue stripe on the white porcelain. I love many things Italian, and Lavazza espresso is quintessential Italian. The design and lifestyle culture of Lavazza is very cool and to my taste, not to mention that they roast a damn good coffee blend.

I enjoy my espresso once every few days in one of these cups.

Shooting Food

I never planed to be this thorough with my food photography, but ... talking about profesionals! This is Stephen Hamilton.

Canon 50mm f1.8 II & Tripod

I got myself new photo gear! And I'm so happy. Now, my food styling pics (hopefully) will look better and better.
So, I got the "cheapo" Canon 50mm f1.8 lens and the Fancier WT-3560 photo tripod.

I know, the Canon photo gear fans will say that I only got the cheapest and worst 50mm lens. It's true, but it's a beginning and it will make my hand better. It's good for me wright now, considering that all other 50mm lenses from Canon cost at least 3 times the money. 

As for the tripod, it's a delight to work with it, as opposed to shooting from the hand, especially as the 50mm has no built in image stabilization.

The gear was bought online from here and I'd like to congratulate them for the excellent quick service.

Further info about the lenses can be read here.

Constanta Skyline Radiating Clouds

I've started to master the Canon 450D's controls and, of course, Photoshop's Camera Raw!

Canon EOS 450D

I finally got my long awaited Canon EOS 450D. It's my first ever Digital SLR. Up until now I have used a compact digital camera, Canon PowerShot A510. It has served me faithfully, but it was time for the real stuff to enter stage. So, I took a deep breath and clicked on the buy button. I hope to take many cool shots with it.