서울 강남역

Stormy day, always kind of sucks in korea cause you have to do a lot of walking.

Also, I had so many umbrellas stolen in korea.

FOCUS

Houston 2/21/10

weather was gorgeous

had to get out and walk around do something active, take some pictures

I was analyzing my pingpong playing while driving home...

I've come to the conclusion that even in in pingpong games i come out strong and with enthusiasm but almost always lose momentum and struggle to close out a point or a game.

In individual points... I have no trouble setting myself up for an easy finish or great shot at the very least, but often fail to capitalize on it. This makes me a great doubles partner because it's all about setting up the shot for your teammate and i set up very well.

ive always had problems finishing things in my life. I'll work on this.

This is probably the #2 or #3 best/favorite picture ive taken

It's simply a short door in the side of a building.

But the colors, shades, textures, peeling paint, very subtle horizon between the wall and ground, composition, mysteriousness...there's so much going on here.

And that's not even touching on the subject of what's going on behind the door!

Once i went back to this same place, this same door--but it was gone.

Not gone in the literal sense, the same wall and door were there...

But i tried to replicate this picture, and this exact door was gone from the world.

Then it bothered me so i went so far as to get a print of this picture and take some measurements of the ratios of distances and bring the print to the door to try to replicate it again....but alas to no avail.

Glad i got a picture of it while i could. part of my treasure.

ps. the door leads to that candy forest with the chocolate river inside willy wonkas chocolate factory. ;-)

Come with me
And you'll be
In a world of
Pure imagination
Take a look
And you'll see
Into your imagination

We'll begin
With a spin
Traveling in
The world of my creation
What we'll see
Will defy
Explanation

If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There's nothing
To it

There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly wish to be

If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There's nothing
To it

There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly
Wish to be

love that song

So this was an alley in 점촌 down the street from where i lived.

I dont even know where that door at the end led to.

But the alley always drew me in, it was very magnetic.

The lighting at night, very emotive.

Passed it many a night coming home from teaching at 학원, or after 회식, or late night 피씨방 ㅋ

seating apparatus

Of all the pictures ive ever taken, this is by far my favorite

i like everything about it...

the harsh vignetting, the way the floor tiles are symmetrical but the wall tiles are offset

the contemporary styling of the chair itself, the bluish hues

This chair was in the outdoor patio in moma and i passed it up walking back into the building but did a double take and went back outside to quickly snap the picture.

kneel

From a mothers day project i did

I went out and shot a collection of pictures and sent it to my mom as a flash video with a message and song embedded.

For this particular shot I had great lighting as the sun was setting and lining the banks of a stream in our town were these small flowers.

However, just passing by, u only get an overhead view and they are just flowers that arent very interesting. I descended the sloped wall to kneel on a dry part of the streambed and shot upwards to backdrop a single flower stalk against the sky with shallow depth of field for a pronounced effect.

Likewise in some of the mundane times of life, if u can just kneel and humble yourself in a lower position, u might just be able to see the mundane from a different perspective and as beautiful and meaningful.

cheers

vintage

perspective

candid

slow flash

alpha