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July 1, 2009

Photoblog: Dang what a difference a good lens and camera can do

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Chicken sandwiches and chocolate cookies

The foccaccia bread looks amazing.

A mouthwatering POV of the the chocolate cookies.

I am currently using a Rebel XT with a 35mm lens and I really think it shows in the photos. These pictures are from San Francisco. Matt Kim was kind enough to show me a few tricks on the camera and to loan me the camera for a little while. You can see Matt’s amazing photographs here.

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Daniel
Daniel Gray is a Korean adoptee that returned to Korean in 2005 because he wanted to try and find his birth mother and to learn about Korean culture. He started a restaurant review blog in 2007, www.seouleats.com, that became a local and international hit. He and his blog has been featured in the New York Times, Monocle Magazine, The Kimchi Chronicles, Bizarre Foods, Rudy Maxa, Olive Magazine, Euronews and much more. He now is a partner at O’ngo Food Communications (www.ongofood.com), which is a culinary tourism and consulting company that offers Korean cooking classes and restaurant tours to travelers. Their food tours and cooking classes are ranked as one of the top attractions in Seoul according to tripadvisor.




 
 

 
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5 Comments


  1. Anonymous

    Rebel XTi (aka 400D) and Canon 35mm f/2.0 lens. Be sure to save me a copy of those Chez Panisse raw files for me. thx.


  2. Paula

    simply amazing! thanks for the tips, via Matt!


  3. Daniel Gray

    no problem Matt. Will do.


  4. Paula

    wait… we're ALL gonna see those Chez Panisse pics, right??? ^^


  5. dokebi

    i love the last pic.

    the cookies didn't look korean indeed



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