I just realised ladyironchef has reached a new milestone of 300th posts. While the mark may be little compared to some other bloggers, but personally i thought it was some kind of a feat, since i wasn’t even intending to do a food blog when i just started. And its never easy to maintain a food blog, besides eating all over Singapore, you need to snap photos of the shot (much to annoyance of my friends), edit them, and spend hours doing the write-up.
I think the reason i’m able to continue up till now, mainly is the support that i got from you guys, people whom i know enjoys reading my blog, and appreciate the effort. Therefore, i’ll like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who reads LIC. Readership here has been slowly increasing, and it has also just broken the 300,000 visits within a span of just 6 months since i shifted my site to this new domain.
It’ll be impossible to do all these without one very important character, and that is my DSLR, Nikon D40. Like i mentioned previously, i’ve gotten the Nikon 50mm lens, but i sold it off after a week as i regretted not getting the macro lens instead. I’m pleased to announce that from now onwards, all my foodgraphy will be taken with my new partner, Nikon 60mm micro f2.8!! I got it a few weeks ago for $745. The shots i took so far are all excellent, like what you seen for the Obolo desserts. More photos taken by the micro lens will come soon, but i’ll need to clear some old posts taken with the kit lens first.
Thank you for reading ladyironchef, and i hope you will continue to enjoy reading it. There’s a food outing coming up on dec 6, so if you haven’t signed up yet, do let me know asap. And there will be a new column, LIC bakery, I finally started learning how to bake! Will post the photos soon : )
Cheers
Brad
Congrats!! Many more 300 posts to come!!
His Food Blog — November 26th, 2008 at 1:26 pmHis Food Blogs last blog post..The BEEFY Series Part 8 - Cheng Kee Beef Kway Teow
300,000 visits in 6 mths? me been blogging for how many donkey years and havent even reach that no. yet!
congrats, and here’s wishing u ????! haha.
Evan — November 26th, 2008 at 3:18 pmeh why cannot see chinese words? i meant to say ’sheng yi xing long’ hehe
Evan — November 26th, 2008 at 3:19 pmhfb: thanks, you too!
Evan: i also dunno why cannot read chinese. haha. no la not a lot, there are others with much more. you can see the figures ma, when u click on my main page, there’s a thing call food escapade by the right. it shows the figure for total visits
ladyironchef — November 26th, 2008 at 3:42 pmNow you make me depressed
I am no where near your 30k visits, wat’s more in 6 mths
Keep it up, will still support your web.
Fen — November 26th, 2008 at 4:21 pmHey, congrats on your 300th posts! I am nowhere near there. lol
didally — November 26th, 2008 at 4:56 pmCongrats on the milestone!
Vicki. — November 26th, 2008 at 5:09 pmVicki.s last blog post..Food Event @ Obolo Patisserie
congrats! (:
layla — November 26th, 2008 at 7:13 pmfen: thats because you start blogging late ma. i’ll proudly tell anyone who ask me about desserts, to look at your blog, because it cover the most variety and has the most comprehensive write-up : )
And eh its not 30k, its 300k. lol! thanks for the support!
didally: thanks! that’s because you always never blog! you should update more often seriously, your pictures are so beautiful and i love the stuff you make.
vicki: hahaha thanks! orders flooding in eh?
layla: thanks (:
ladyironchef — November 26th, 2008 at 7:16 pmu’re welcome.
(i know you’re gonna thank me)
hahah & awaits many more posts! (:
sp* — November 26th, 2008 at 7:53 pmOops, 30000 is already so scary… My bad, 300k… GEEZ!!! That is a huge load of supporters…
Thank you for the compliment but I always feel inferior when I meet up with food bloggers like you and professional bakers like Evan, Sihan and Vicki… I am truly no where near…
Fen — November 27th, 2008 at 9:28 amhey! you finally got your macro!! good for you!
haha… yup i added another lens to my collection. the 28-105mm f3.5-4.5 nikkor. also cannot autofocus on D40, but it has a macro switch from the 50-105mm range. you can see some pics that i took here: http://flickr.com/photos/wentongg/
i got this lens cos i needed a zoom for my film SLR, and the macro switch is really just the icing on the cake.. haha…
and yup the food shots were all taken with the 50mm f1.8! (:
wentong — November 27th, 2008 at 10:38 amfen: i think its just a few people everyday coming to LIC and refresh the page a lot of times. haha. no la, this type of thing where got inferior one. if really want to say inferior, den i will feel inferior when we eating desserts, my knowledge and experience of the desserts and ingredients not as wide as you all : )
wentong: yeah i got it two three weeks ago but didn’t post it yet. haha. good to have another new lens, like you say, lens can never be enough just like shoes (for ladies that is) haha. yeah saw yr photos, the 50mm is coming very well, excellent buy.
ladyironchef — November 27th, 2008 at 11:43 amEh Mr Brad, congrats! I’m a new fan
Ee Ling — November 27th, 2008 at 1:47 pmCongrats Brad! Keep going with your awesome posts! I need it for my meals
Jacelyn — November 27th, 2008 at 1:48 pmJacelyns last blog post..HungryGoWhere Big Eat Out! Part 2
ee ling: hahahaha thanks for the support!
Jacelyn: lol! so serious eh?
ladyironchef — November 27th, 2008 at 2:01 pmNeh, it is just that I eat alot so easier to compare but talking about ingredients and background knowledge I am just an amature. Wait till you hear Vicki, Sihan and Evan communicating in dessert language. I can never understand the bulk of it
Fen — November 28th, 2008 at 9:44 amCongrats on yr 300(th post) n 300(k visits)!
WOW!
Eatshopbemerry — November 29th, 2008 at 8:31 amWow grats!!! That’s some serious chunk of traffic!
And the new lens! I am still using my upgraded kit lens. Hmmmm!
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Camemberu — December 3rd, 2008 at 5:14 pmfen: lol! all of you speaks dessert language, only i talk human language. hahahaha
eatshopbemerry: thanks : ))
camemberu: hahaha thanks. but you definitely got more traffic than me, at least i visit your site all the time! lol! when are you going to take the plunge and get a new lens? :p
ladyironchef — December 3rd, 2008 at 6:22 pmcongratulations on reaching post #300. We just hit 300 recently as well, though it took us longer to get there (wasn’t serious about food blogging until 6 months ago).
I think you have a great site.
Nates last blog post..Homemade Li Hing Margarita
Nate — December 13th, 2008 at 4:21 amnate: hello, thanks! congrats to you guys as well! yeah same, i also wasn’t serious about food blogging initially as well. haha
ladyironchef — December 15th, 2008 at 10:31 pm