Accidental Tourist - Taking a Boat Ride down Singapore River with Singapore Shutterjourney PhotographyGroup

One of the most touristy things to do in Singapore is to take a cruise down the Singapore River and Singapore Shutterjourney Photography Group did just that over one of the weekends in July coining the event "The Accidental Tourist". 

A bunch of shutterbugs keen on taking photos that can only be sighted from the boat/ water level gathered at the Clarke Quay before cruising our way down to the Merlion and looping back to the same location. The entire journey was quite a treat and armed with my trusty Ricoh, these are my photos for the day. 

Photo that can only be taken from the Boat

Bemused tourists looking at us (pseudo tourists) 

Till the next time, onto the world and beyond! 

Accidental Tourist - i Light Marina Bay 2012

The 2nd edition of i Light @ Marina Bay is now happening until 1 April 2012. I went to the inaugural 2010 iLight as well (blog entry here). 


This year's light installations span a wide area starting from Merlion Park with a loop down to The Promontory @ Marina Bay and down to The Marina Bay Sands before ending the journey at the Float @ Marina Bay.  


I went down with a group of photo enthusiasts I met online from SPIN (aka Singapore Photography Interest Network) https://www.facebook.com/groups/Singapore.SPIN/. 


Fortunately, contrary to normal Singapore weather, that night was quite cool (albeit still the normal humidity levels) and it was an overall pleasant walk that ended at 11p.m. - perfect timing as the light installations switch off at that time.  


Here's a few photos to mark this little excursion: 

Till the next time, onto the world and beyond! 

[my other entry at JPG.mag http://jpgmag.com/stories/18663]

Accidental Tourist- Singapore City Skyline photos

Was down at the Esplanade the other day & decided to try some long exposure photos using my recently acquired wide angle lens. Read the “PhotoCaddy” app in my iPhone that indicated that night photography needs a tripod, long exposure times of at least 20 secs and above at shutter priority mode so that’s exactly what I did. The route that I took started from the Merlion before getting on the bridge to Esplanade before heading down Helix Bridge to Marina Bay Sands before stopping for a drink at Fullerton Bay Hotel.

Singapore city skyline from Esplanade

Helix bridge with a huge crowd & the national flag reflected on Marina Bay Sands (MBS)

Pool bar (Lantern) on top of Fullerton Bay Hotel (with the MBS on the background)

If you have a chance, do take that same way around & see what you can find!

Onto the world & beyond!