Posts under ‘Photography’

From the Beijing Capital Museum (北京首都博物馆), which opened earlier this year.

As always, you can click on the image to see a bigger version

I guess it’s true what they say: “You can’t escape the Banana Republic.”
Ok, so they don’t say it. But I just did. Considering all the restaurants, stores, and other things that could do well in Tokyo, but aren’t here…
Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against The Banana Republic. I don’t [...]

For as long as I can remember, I have always loved dragons–especially those of the Chinese variety. I have an affinity for them; when I did Chinese martial arts, my best animal form was the dragon, and when I studied Japanese, my first Japanese teacher nicknamed me “Dragon” in Japanese (”Ryu,” 龍 or 竜). [...]

This man is practicing Qi Gong (pronounced “Chee Gong;” or in Chinese: 气功) in a park in Beijing. Qi Gong is a kind of Chinese Yoga and breath-focused meditation for health and/or spiritual development.

I like the eery contrast of this picture. This was taken at a mountain temple in Beijing in April 2008. You can click on the picture to see a larger view.

Confession: I don’t shoot in black and white. I can’t remember if my Canon Ixy 800IS can even shoot grayscale, but I know my Nikon D70s can’t. That’s ok. I prefer to shoot in color and remove the color, anyway.
Here’s an example I shot at a mountain temple in Beijing, back in [...]

Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’ve renewed my Flickr Pro membership, so you can see all of my pictures again. I will start uploading all my new ones when I have time…
Here is the link to my photos.

I’ve gone almost four months without posting. That is a lifetime for a blog!
I have a lot to say, and many pictures to post, but when I got back online, I discovered that my Flickr Pro account had expired. The free version is still up, but that only allows access [...]

Today, I went to a school I had never been to before, but I didn’t have to. To make a long story short, I was supposed to go to the school yesterday and today, but the schedule was changed. The person at my company who handles scheduling said he had emailed me [...]

Wow. A week’s gone by, and I haven’t really had anything exciting to report. Well, “no news is good news,” I guess. I have been busy with a lot of (boring) stuff; final exams at my high school, preparing the syllabus for next year’s classes at my college, etc. I [...]