At the mid-August, I took a weekend trip to a small island at Shandong province, called Lingshan island, with 2 colleagues and many friends. It was one of those cheap fare trip, tour bus, villagers’ room, local food and very basic toilet with no practical shower. But it was fun exactly because of the lack [...]
Since my first day to China, I’ve always wanted to shoot lotus, since there was no lotus at North America. At beginning of August I went to Century Park for a short photo session. I was expecting lotus and sunflower, but it turned out I was too late, sunflowers were being cut down that day. [...]
Last month I was pleased to participate in an outdoor model photography session organized by IBM Photo Club. We went to Shanghai Daning Lingshi Park [上海大宁灵石公园] with around 50 IBMers. There were 6 models hired by the organizer, I guess 2 of them are semi-professionals, while 4 others are simply amateurs who might feel that [...]
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"Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but, unlike charity, it should end there."
Some people see a big wave coming and run away from it, but they ultimately end up beaten by the wave and fall down. I choose to stand face to the wave, waiting for it with open eyes (nose shut), and you won't believe how much fun I have jumping over the wave as it comes! As a bonus, I have my feet firmly in the sand before and after the jump. That is the attitude I choose from now on.
— A lesson learned from Phuket