Author: Richard Muscat Azzopardi

  • The Ryanair Blackmail

    Today I was charged €120 by Ryanair for being a bit too busy. I had an incredibly hectic morning to finish off all the loose ends at office and was flying out of Malta at 4 pm. I managed to check in online at 12.10. Ryanair, however, has a clause somewhere that if you do…

  • Lenses: An Introduction

    Lenses: An Introduction

    Lesson #2 in Photography for Ignorant Geniuses Find earlier photography lessons here. Lenses At the very basic level, a lens is what controls and directs light onto the camera’s sensor. Lenses are usually named and defined by their focal length in millimeters. Focal length affects two major aspects of photography: magnification and composition (through field…

  • The Wedding Cake: Redux

    Lija Wedding Cake: Redux Shot with a Canon EOS 50D (w/ Sigma 70-300 lens, mounted on a tripod) Shot on Manual Focal Length: 300mm Aperture: f5.6 Exposure: 1/2s ISO 200 I already attempted shooting this subject once before, but had approached it in a completely different way. This time I brushed the dust off my telephoto lens…

  • Review: Ainol / Ainovo Novo 7 Paladin

    China. It houses about a fifth of the world’s population and produces a very high percentage of the world’s goods. Average Chinese workers, however, have one massive problem. There is no way that they could afford one of the luxurious products they make. The average iPad costs more than most Chinese people’s monthly wages, so…

  • A Quick Bite

     A quick bite Shot with a Canon G12 Shot on Aperture Priority. Focal Length: 67mm (equivalent of) Aperture: f3.5 Exposure: 1/40s ISO 800 A short lunch break means you have to wolf something down quickly. This time round I managed to get a slight extension to meet up with my brother at Stuzzico, a little cafe about…

  • 8tracks.com: Musical Discovery Paradise

    Sustaining a creative spell on a daily business for a long period needs fuel. I’m a terribly boring guy, and I don’t really believe in doing drugs. I stop drinking coffee after lunch time and only use energy drinks if I need a kick before playing football and I’m too exhausted to walk to my…