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Long(ish) Exposure in Taoyuan County (Single Shot)
This shot is a longer-than-usual exposure, taken while braced against some rocks at 1/3 of a second, an eternity in terms of my usual exposure lengths of at least 1/60 of a second. For this shot, I...
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Jhubei Temple Parade, October 2012
Last Sunday, a celebration of San Tai Zi ( 三太子), a major figure in Taiwan’s popular and religious culture occurred throughout the streets of Jhubei, heading north toward Hsinfeng. I’m always excited by...
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Single Shot: Minimalist Lanterns
Not my normal style, but something I came across while working on my processing of old RAW shots. This is from April, 2011 during the pilgrimage of Chinese deity Mazu, goddess of the sea. Here are more...
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Taipei Gay Pride Parade 2012
Last weekend marked a few steps for me: the inclusion of a few of my photos through Flickr to Getty Images as well as the acceptance to Alamy’s photo wire service and stock image database. I’m very...
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In Korea: the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) (Korea Post 1)
It’s been way too long since I’ve posted here, so I’ll return to posting not with Taiwan, but with photos from a place that is a bit more fast moving and hectic – South Korea. Today’s post is about...
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In Korea: Gyeongbokgung Palace (경복궁) (Korea Post 2)
Moving to a different part of Korean history, Gyeongbokgung Palace is a major historical site and tourist attraction dating originally to 1395, but rebuilt as recently as the 1990′s due to war and its...
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In Korea: Streets, Markets, and Daily Life (Korea Post 3)
Minus the snow, many of these aren’t too different than my normal Taiwan photography. All are situated in the varying districts of Seoul. Filed under: taiwan2010 Tagged: asia, d5000, korea, korean,...
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Year of the Snake: Lunar New Year 2013 in Taiwan
With a vacation to Korea, an apartment move, and a visiting family member, I didn’t go out to document this year’s Lunar New Year as much as in the past. With that said, it was a great time of...
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In Korea: Snowy Changdeokgung (창덕궁) Palace (Korea Post 4)
Changdeokgung (창덕궁) Palace is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the five grand palaces, along with Gyeongbokgung (경복궁), which I posted about earlier. Both were landmarks of the long-lasting...
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Experimenting with Film
These shots were taken with a not-so-recently acquired Olympus OM-2S, an excellent SLR from the 80′s. I love the mechanical feel of film cameras (and DSLRs as well, to an extent) but can’t say I love...
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24 Hours in Beijing
I know it’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything here, but I’ll hopefully be getting the camera out again as I’m back in Taiwan. I recently went through Beijing and was “stuck” with a 24-hour...
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Solemn Sights in Washington, DC
During my trip to the US, I stayed with family in New Jersey. As I’ve visited New York City with my wife countless times, we decided to visit DC via the Amtrak train. I was last in DC when I was in the...
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Single Shot: Mountain Temple
OK, so I haven’t been taking any photos or posting much of anything. This post is an attempt to get back to taking photos and posting again. Life’s been busy, but I hate that I’ve neglected this blog....
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Rainbow Village, Taichung
Brief note: I’ve still been focusing on running and cycling over photography lately. I may be in shape but my camera isn’t being used! I’ll dust it off and get out at some point. I hope! These photos...
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Older Photos from Throughout Asia
As I was digging through my Flickr archives today, I noticed that I don’t post very many photos at all here! My Flickr account, small by some standards, just passed 6,000 photos recently. This is a...
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Pu Zhao Temple, Jhudong
These are from around Jhudong (竹東), the city where I teach. First is the exterior of Pu-Zhao Temple, a Buddhist monastery… …and its big Buddha who overlooks my school: Filed under: taiwan2010 Tagged:...
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Spiritual and Financial Landmarks
These shots are from Kuala Lumpur, an incredibly diverse city I didn’t give nearly enough time to explore during a brief visit last week. I mainly visited the Petronas Twin Towers, the Batu Caves, and...
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A Diagram of Enlightenment: Borobudur, Indonesia
Borobudur, located in central Java, Indonesia, is the largest Buddhist temple in the world and one of the oldest and most important Buddhist structures. Lost to the jungles and the earth until the...
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Prambanan, Indonesia
Not far from Borobudur is Prambanan, a similarly dated temple complex. Originally, it consisted of 240 temple structures, of which only a few remain. The largest and most important of these is devoted...
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Daily Life in Yogyakarta.
Whenever I travel, I try to get an idea of the more mundane aspects of life in the place I’m visiting. Getting away from “touristy” areas (though this is hard sometimes), eating local food, and just...
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