"You don't take a photograph, you make it." Ansel Adams
"A soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone." Johann von Goeth

But he who, having no touch of the Muses' madness in his soul, comes to the door and thinks that he will get into the temple by the help of art - he, I say, and his poetry are not admitted; the sane man disappears and is nowhere when he enters into rivalry with the madman.
- Plato, Dialogues - PHAEDRUS (360 B.C.)

Hi! Hello. Thanks for reading this.
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I started photography some 20 years ago before the days of auto focus, with a manual film SLR, the Minolta X300. But stopped after some time and the camera rusted away, literally.
Interest rekindled in the last 3 years when I got my hands on a cheap no-brand China-made digital camera. That cheap cam has distorted optics, not preserving the true proportions in a scene. It made some people looked better. :-)
Then got a Nikon E5700 digital camera and discovered flickr. Soon realised the cam's limitation and was thinking SLR again. Considering the Canon 350D until Olympus E500 dropped into the scene with its innovative Ultrasonic Wave cleaning system, low price, good reviews, and smaller lens with the four-thirds standards.
And today I have just used up 100G of hard disk space, something I never could dream possible! I need to do some serious housekeeping or maybe just go buy a 500G external HDD. And that will last me maybe 2 years?
My 100 most interesting pictures according to flickr are here.
My flickrInspector score is 3377
And from flickrInspector I found some of pictures ending up in blogs:
Throw an orange, get a hubby by Miko
eXhibition @ Gone Fishing / 3rd Flickr Meetup by sleepydays
Seashore Sunset by Michael & Yuhui
Beneath the Surface by Matthew Hollinsworth
Did you bring me my dinner? by Oh My Cats
Windows in Windows by flickrama
Gathering Storm by yihzy
And in best of photo blogs:
Peace in the Home, Fire in the Heavens
Natural Abstract
Curious Baby
And some of my pictures are available for sale on 
Olympus E-Systems Pro Gallery

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- Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 14 photos, 2 members
- Beautiful photos by Ms Judi's contacts 10799 photos, 531 members
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Testimonials (11)
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yuliang11 says:
"his works are just impressive. luv his landscapes. it's
interesting how fine his nature works are in modern
Singapore.
great to meet him of flickr"2nd October, 2007
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shimmertje says:
"I met Lawrence on my first Flickr meetup in Singapore. I'd already been impressed by his photostream even then, and felt privileged that I could now put a face to the name.
At the time, he told me that there are many, many attempts behind every good picture. That may be so - but he gets many, many good pictures. I continue to feel privileged to view his photostream."13th August, 2007
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CharlieBrown8989 says:
"Lawrence
I never met him while I was living in Singapore.
Only on here I found him.
He do very well in Macro & architecture as well as landscape photographies.
I can see that he handdle all espect of digital imaging in the superb manner. He is a rising star in Digital Imaging.
Thank you for your kindness & sharing to the web community.
When You shoot alone; Is Not Alone!!
You never Alone!!
You are great!!
I appreciate your everything!!"18th May, 2007
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dacookieman says:
"His photos are ever so pleasing, a myriad of colors and life, executed with skillful composition leave me in awe. he is indeed a master in his craft. :)
But what i really like about him is his relaxed "kampung" style attitude, where everything is slow and easy. he comes across as a real, earnest individual who is frank and honest in his words.
When i think of Lawrence, i remember his easy smile and that funny boisterous, booming laughter."14th May, 2007
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night86mare says:
"A very interesting personality with whom one can talk about the world, espion is indeed one dedicated to the art. When one speaks to him, I am sure they can easily see and feel that this soul is one who really seeks knowledge - consistently and thoroughly.
His approach to photography is to me, rather relaxed and laid-back, and I really envy that, for I would think that it takes a certain amount of self-control and mastery to display such.
He has taught me a lot, and I definitely have a lot more to learn from him. The best part about all this is that you don't even realise that you're being taught because of his earnestness and sincerity, it is only after everything that you realise that he has so much to offer - and has offered it so warmly.
Thanks for everything - my friend! =)"10th April, 2007
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sprintist86 says:
"A coach, teacher and guide to me in every aspects. The sincerity to help others to learn and improve,and provide value-added critiques has touched me one way or another. That I learnt so much from him. So much that within days I learnt what I was trying to figure out reading for a much much longer period of time. He has always praises for others and maintains humble about his work. Passion and humility is what represent ESPION best! Thanks for all your lessons and help!~"
31st March, 2007
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* K A Z Z I E * says:
"Consistently creating masterpieces !!!
your whole stream is nothing but inspirational !
:)"15th July, 2006
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Coppertane says:
"An Artist bringing out the elegant side of otherwise mundane Singapore.
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.""29th April, 2006
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小猫王 says:
"An elegant eye for detail, funky eye for reto-listic colours and patterns in everyday Singapore. An enchanting culturalist who captures interesting aspects through his camera. Well done, Lawrence!"
30th March, 2006
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c'est moi says:
"talented photographer!"
22nd March, 2006
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Wilson Low says:
"Espion's photos are full of beautiful macro,details and colours too ;-D"
8th February, 2006











