I am a photographer that loves to be ready as you never know when the moment will strike where you need your camera. It doesn’t matter what camera you pick up, as long as the moment is special, capturing it with any type of camera is better than none at all. In a related post, I talked about reaching for the nearest camera, which is the best tool you could have at the moment.

A special moment hits in split seconds. When you recognize something worth capturing, it takes only split seconds for that moment to erode. When you reach for the closest camera, turn it on and take the shot. Don’t worry about settings or exposure or even focus. It takes merely 2 seconds for the camera to boot up and fire the first shot. After that, you can look at your settings and adjust it for the situation as needed. Too many times, people worry about their settings and by the time they are done fiddling with their camera, the moment is lost. You never know when a photographic opportunity awaits you.

My favorite go-to camera is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 10.1 MP Digital Camera with 3.8x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3.0-Inch LCD – In WHITE of course!. Most of my photos are taken with it because it takes no time to boot up and the photos taken by its “Intelligent Auto (iA)” mode is spot on, sharp, dynamically bright, and amazing overall.

I was having a paid session today with Tony Stark in his Iron Man 2 suit for a promotional material, but Andy decided that he also wanted to be in the photo. Damn you Andy!!!

After buying our Keurig B-70 B70 Platinum Single-Cup Home Brewing System, we were disappointed to see so few k-cup selections at our local stores. Most stores carried the standard coffee cups, but none of the interesting specialty flavours of coffees and teas advertised on the Keurig website.

Fortunately for us, while at Costco buying the specialty coffee maker, the customers ahead of us told us about specialty k-cup stores throughout Edmonton.  So today we stopped at one of them located in the industrial park of west Edmonton called, Your One Cup Solution. To our surprise, we found more flavors at the store than what was advertised on the website, but hey, who’s complaining.

The pictures speak for themselves. The awesome thing about this particular store is that they allow you to pick single cups in a carousel so that you don’t have to buy an entire box that you may not enjoy. The cost was $20 for 24 cups.

Check it out for yourself. Your One Cup Solution store address is 10532 178 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and they are open Tuesdays through Saturday from 10am-6pm.

Capital Ex Carnival Swing, originally uploaded by Melvin Tan.

When I was younger, we used to call it the Swing of the Century. Carnivals make good opportunities to take highly colourful pictures and motion. This shot was captured handheld with my Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5, yep, a point-and-shoot camera.

Style At Home, originally uploaded by Melvin Tan.

Trying some interior design stuff as another way to express my creative juices. I think we achieved the color balance that we were hoping for. We had a little help from an interior design consultant though, but we picked all of these except for the fabric on the sofas.

Air Over Denver, originally uploaded by Melvin Tan.

Another business trip to Phoenix Arizona for a Users Conference. We were passing over the Rocky Mountains in Denver Colorado.

Amanda, originally uploaded by Melvin Tan.

We are in the process of building a new house so we stopped by for a visit to check on the progress. Basement was complete and the first floor as you can see in the background.