On Assignment

This page will contain an archive of all of the main articles I’ve written by category and sorted with the most recent first – it seems that there are some fundamental navigational issues with WordPress that I can’t get around other than by manually updating this page with every new article. It’s a work in progress, of course…

Last update 26 September 2019

On Assigment
On-Assignment photoessay: Welders (30 Aug 2019)
On-assignment photoessay: Monolithic (31 Jul 2019)
Photoessay: Enter the Abyss (1 Jul 2019)
On-Assignment photoessay: gentle curvature (25 Jun 2019)
On-assignment photoessay: From the workbench (18 Feb 2019)
On-assignment photoessay: Preparations (25 Jan 2019)
On assignment photoessay: Development details, part II (7 Oct 2018)
On assignment photoessay: Development details, part I (5 Oct 2018)
On-assignment photoessay: the face of construction (27 Jun 2018)
On Assignment Photoessay: Koenigsegg, part II (15 Jul 2017)
On Assignment Photoessay: Koenigsegg, part I (13 Jul 2017)
On Assignment: Above and Beyond – a collaboration with Koenigsegg (10 Jul 2017)
Fortitude: resolved, a film (or: Thaipusam 2017 with the H6D-100c) (25 Mar 2017)
On Assignment: High speed rail underground (14 Mar 2017)
On Assignment: The face of construction (18 Dec 2016)
On Assignment photoessay: Man Machine Monochromes (28 Nov 2016)
On Assignment photoessay: Overpass (22 Sep 2016)
On-assignment photoessay: Underground again (6 Sep 2016)
On assignment photoessay: Chinese University of Hong Kong Library (4 Jun 2016)
On-Assignment Photoessay: Curves in the garden (9 May 2016)
On Assignment: Film noir (13 Mar 2016)
Reportage and medium format: Thaipusam 2016 with a Hasselblad H5D-50C (25 Feb 2016)
On assignment photoessay: Construction, part II (19 Oct 2015)
On assignment photoessay: Construction, part I (18 Oct 2015)
On Assignment: the International Lutheran Seafarers’ Mission (4 Oct 2015)
On Assignment Photoessay: Abstraction in the machine (9 May 2015)
On Assignment photoessay and challenge: Making a $200 watch look the business (1 Sep 2014)
On Assignment: new car launch, part II (4 Aug 2014)
On Assignment: new car launch, part I (2 Aug 2014)
On Assignment: the TBM breakthrough (1 Jul 2014)
On Assignment: shooting a car (15 Dec 2013)
Dear Client: a little advice from your photographer (17 Oct 2013)
Workers of heavy metal – a combined On Assignment Film Diaries Photoessay, part two (30 Aug 2013)
Workers of heavy metal – a combined On Assignment Film Diaries Photoessay, part one (28 Aug 2013)
On Assignment: architecture by night (16 Aug 2013)
On Assignment: Retouching, and the difference between amateurs and pros… (12 Aug 2013)
On Assignment: 150 portraits in 3 days (16 May 2013)
Packing for the USA (23 Mar 2013)
On Assignment: back to the hospital (19 Nov 2012)
On Assignment: concert photojournalism (9 Oct 2012)
On Assignment: A small matter of retouching… (14 Sep 2012)
Watch photography with the Olympus OM-D, and thoughts on its use as a backup system (31 Aug 2012)
On Assignment: Time factors and big magnets (22 Aug 2012)
The contents of my bag (13 Jun 2012)
A day in the life of… (12 Jun 2012)
Architecture and the concrete jungle (4 Jun 12)
One man’s detail is another man’s retouching nightmare (3 Apr 2012)
Bistro food (29 Mar 2012)
Diner food (4 March 2012)
Thaipusam 2012 (12 Feb 2012)

Horological
Film diaries: Watches and a Hasselblad (30 Apr 2013)
Watch photography with the Olympus OM-D, and thoughts on its use as a backup system (31 Aug 2012)
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Latitude (27 Aug 2012)
Some Hublots (and, how to shoot watches on location with available light…) (11 Jul 2012)
A visit to manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre (9 Jul 2012)
The C3H5N3O9 (Nitro) Experiment ZR012 (23 Jun 2012)
The Jaeger Le-Coultre Master Ultra Thin Moon (19 Jun 2012)
The Maitres du Temps Chapter 3 (30 May 2012)
The Speake-Marin Immortal Dragon (16 May 2012)
The complete set of images from my exhibition with Jaeger Le-Coultre and Leica (8 May 2012)
Opening night of my joint exhibition with Jaeger Le-Coultre and Leica (3 May 2012)
Watch photography, part one: introduction (5 Mar 2012)
Watch photography, part two: using what you’ve got (6 Mar 2012)
Watch photography, part three: getting serious (7 Mar 2012)
The never-ending quest for more magnification (28 Feb 2012)
Macrophotography with the Leica M: seriously? (12 Feb 2012)

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  1. Salut Ming .. any review for the x-t1 soon ??? thanks

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