Category Archives: Travel
Fresno Hmong New Year 2009-2010
Every year thousands of Hmong people from all over the world gather to celebrate the coming new year. A custom that has been celebrated for many generations, there are a multitude of cities which put together these events. The largest celebration traditionally occurs during the whole week between Christmas day and New Years Day in [...]
Also posted in: Events, Photography Tags: Fresno Hmong International New Year 2010, hmoob culture, Nikon 85mm f1.4, Nikon d700, people photography 6 Comments
Portland Asian gardens visit
Last month I was in the Portland area visiting family. In between the rainy days, we found time to visit the Portland Chinese Garden and Japanese Garden. Although the Chinese garden was smaller than expected, it was still rich with beautiful artifacts and very full of culture. The volunteer tour guide was very knowledgeable and [...]
Also posted in: Family, Photography Tags: 35mm f2, 85mm f1.4, D700, family, Portland Chinese Garden, Portland Japanese Garden, Tea house, Travel 1 Comment
Our Temple of Heaven pictures
The Chinese have such poetic names for their cultural relics. We visited the Temple of Heaven on one of our last days in Beijing. It was a very picturesque museum, though not at the same level as the Great Wall. But, being the picture whores that we are, we managed to grab lots of shots. [...]
Also posted in: Photography Tags: beijing, china, Nikon 35mm f2, Nikon 85mm f1.4, Nikon d700, Nikon D90, Temple of Heaven 4 Comments
The Great Wall of China photos
Wow! What a magnificent relic the Great Wall is. It was by far our favorite scenic spot of the trip. Not that the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace weren't great in their own right... but the Great Wall is just on a whole other level. Part of it's allure is that it is [...]
Also posted in: Photography Tags: china photos, Great Wall of China, Nikon 35mm f2, Nikon 85mm f1.4, Nikon d700, Nikon D90, travel photography 8 Comments
Beijing: Forbidden City and Summer Palace
A little history, Beijing used to be called Peking (I think Peking is what some European guy wrote down when the Chinese locals kept saying Beijing! Beijing! .. oh? Peking?) Anyways.. you know what they say: When in Rome, act like the Romans... when in Beijing.. eat Beijing duck (must eat at Da Dong [...]
Also posted in: Photography Tags: beijing, Beijing Opera, china, Forbidden City, Nikon 35mm f2, Nikon 85mm f1.4, Nikon d700, Nikon D90, summer palace, Tienamen Square, travel photography 9 Comments
Shanghai night life… and the happy ending
Everyone, stop what you're doing and go rent the movie Shanghai Kiss.. you'll appreciate these pics more... and well you get to see the sexy Kelly Hu one more time. The movie is about an Asian American reluctant to touch base with his roots until he visits Shanghai. Cliff notes: Asian dude, white girls, asian [...]
Also posted in: Photography Tags: 85mm, 85mm f1.4, china, nighttime pics, Nikon, Nikon 35mm prime, Nikon DSLR, shanghai, the bund 3 Comments
The Shanghai experience – Day one
The beautiful city night scape greeted us when we arrived in Shanghai and to top that off we were fortunate enough to have stayed with Mr. and Mrs. cool =) who had the most spectacular view from their balcony. Our first day there we walked around and discovered the city sights and smells...we agreed, "If [...]
Also posted in: Photography Tags: Food & Recipes, Nikon, Nikon 35mm prime lens, shanghai, Travel 6 Comments
another adventure…Dansui Fisherman’s wharf
Here's a visual walkthrough of our new routine. It starts from breakfast in the hotel lobby, full body massage from their hi-tech cocoon massage chair... off to the subway... then to our new destination of choice.
Today, we explored the National Palace Museum of Taiwan and was able to view at a lot of beautiful ancient [...]
Also posted in: Photography Tags: 35mm f2, 85mm f1.4, dansui, kay, taiwan, Travel, ty, weird food 10 Comments
City life in Taipei
We explored an outskirt town the other day, so this time we checked out the downtown city life. One thing we noticed right away... there are a lot of scooters, and a lot of 7-elevens mini marts. Here are some pics.
Las Vegas swingin part 1