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  • Happy Moon Festival

    Hope you all were able to enjoy the Moon Festival with your family members. I couldn’t figure out how to take a photo of the full moon, so I looked it up online. I set the Nikon D50 to manual, then set the ISO to 200, aperture to f/16 and shutter speed to 1/200. Worked like a charm.

    To change the ISO, press the ISO button and turn the right-hand dial until it displays 200.

    To change the aperture, press the +/- button and turn the right-hand dial until it displays F16.

    To change the shutter speed, press the shutter release lightly, and turn the right-hand dial until it reads 200. So combined with the above settings, you should see 200 F16.

  • The Long Tail of Mooncakes

    mooncakes.jpgIn preparation for the Mid-Autumn Festival, I bought some moon cakes from my local Asian supermarket. Usually, I’m not a big fan of moon cakes because I don’t like the dried yolk in the middle and I’m not too hot on the traditional flavors. So, while shopping around, I came across of box of tea-flavored moon cakes. Green tea anyone? I love the green tea smoothie at Jamba Juice and I also love green tea ice cream. And, the green tea moon cakes did not disappoint. Absolutely delicious. The oolong tea moon cakes and jasmine tea moon cakes were equally well-received. That’s the long tail at work. A flavor for anyone and everyone, even for me.