Author Archives: Ron Yue

Tip: A useful exercise to improve your composition

Want to improve your composition? Attach a wide-angle lens to your camera, something around 24mm, and go around for a few hours and photograph using only this lens. If it is a zoom lens, don’t change the focal length. For … Continue reading

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On the High Road to Everest – photography tours update

I’m pleased to announce that our photography trips have been well received by American Express and that they have joined us as a partner. Our two remaining ‘Mountain Kingdoms of Yunnan’ trips in Northwest Yunnan for 2011 will serve AMEX … Continue reading

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A sure way to fail

What’s the surest way to fail at getting a great photograph? To not go out at all. I cannot count the number of times that I’ve been glad that I’ve bothered to get up early, or delay the dinner, or … Continue reading

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What is the best camera?

Whenever someone asks me, my answer is usually one and the same – Your own eye. No camera or lens can ever replace your ability to make a great composition, or do all the creative thinking for you. I smile … Continue reading

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History Beckons

Years ago when I first visited a rebuilt, tourist-crowded section of The Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing, the whole experience left me cold. This was not the romance I had imagined for ages, jostling with boisterous tour groups … Continue reading

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Welcome to my new website and blog!

Hi! Thanks for visiting my website and blog. I will be posting featured and new photographs, photography tips and techniques, discussions on equipment, stories and inspiration from life in the field, and other fun bits and pieces. Please come back … Continue reading

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