Photo(s) of the Day – China Nights
I’ve been getting some email about low-light and night-time photography. It can be intimidating, but shooting at night is nothing to be afraid of. In fact, with today’s digital cameras, it can be quite easy if you know some of the basics. I’ve been thinking maybe I’ll post a quick tutorial here in the next [...]
The Candy Shop
I was able to meet a lot of people during last week’s 24 hour photowalk. This old fella’ was easily one of my favorites. Mr. Wang owns a candy shop in the mall off Fie ‘e Lu. He was understandably in good spirits when we met. New Year’s Day and Valentine’s Day both fell on [...]
Lion Dancing
The Chinese lion dance has a long and colorful history, with some saying it originated more than 2,000 years ago in India. The lion dance is most commonly seen during festivals, such as this month’s Chinese New Year. I’ve witnessed the dances at weddings and business openings as well. The lion dance is yet another [...]
10 Minutes – The Tailor
I met a lot of people during the course of the recent 24 hour holiday photo shoot. I was able to introduce some of them in the photo-essay but wasn’t able to share very much and no more than one image. I thought it might be nice to share some more details about some of [...]
Photo of The Day – Sign of the Times
I took this shot today in the city center. Real estate advertising dominates every form of media in Liuzhou. I suspect it’s the same across China. Apartments everywhere, some built no more than 20 years ago, are being torn down here for “new and improved” modern mega-complexes. The self-contained developments include apartments, office space, retail [...]
Xin Nian Hao – 24 Hours In Liuzhou
Well that was a bit more than I bargained for. I really should do a better job of thinking things through before opening my big yap. My self-appointed mission? Take a camera and chronicle a 24 hour period encompassing parts of both the day before and the day of the Chinese Lunar New Year here [...]
Say Hello To The Neighbors
It was crazy warm hot here again today… 86 on my balcony this afternoon with a nice helping of humidity to boot. It’s weird. Two years ago Liuzhou had it’s coldest winter in 50 years. It won’t last of course, the forecast calls for temps to return to the 50′s by the weekend along with [...]
China – More Than One Great Wall
If you’re a photographer, China has a lot of “Great Walls”! Here’s a small collection… Nanning Luzhai Liuzhou Liuzhou Rongshui Liuzhou Luzhai Liuzhou Liuzhou Liuzhou Many of these walls are gone now, razed in the name of progress. I shot walls a lot during my first few months in China but somehow got away from [...]
A Day at the Opera (Liuzhou Style)
I hardly noticed the Labor Day holiday. After having to put so much “stuff” on the back burner over the past few weeks, I’ve become a man on a mission as I try my best to get caught up with everything and everybody. I did finally make it out with the camera for a few [...]
8 Minutes
Last Monday I spent the day with my friend Robert Lio and his wife Xiao up in rural Rongshui County, just north of Liuzhou. Robert and his family were making a quick stop in Liuzhou during their whirlwind spring tour of China and we had a nice, albeit short visit.We met some of the Rongshui [...]
Top 10 – China Portraits Redux
I’ve been busy (again). It seems I am forever trying to find enough time to tend to each of the irons I now have stuck into my little China bonfire. With less than a week before the next semester begins I’ve been furiously trying to tie up loose ends before having to head back to [...]
Vacation!
So, I have been on my holiday break for a week now. I was clearly ready for it, as I spent most of the first three days sleeping. In fact, I spent the entire first week doing … nothing. It was bliss. I finally managed to drag myself outside yesterday. I took the bus out [...]
Heroes
I am often amazed at the resiliency of the human spirit. It really is remarkable, how some among us, , against seemingly impossible odds, can rise above the fray. I’ve met more than a few heroes here in China but none has impressed me more than the young man I met yesterday. He is 20 [...]
An Early Christmas Present
It’s been a good day. This morning I received word that I have been selected to produce a photo documentary for a US newspaper group. The piece will be published in the spring in four parts. I can’t talk about many of the details until then but I can tell you that the project will [...]
A Walk Through Liuzhou
I have mentioned it before, perhaps too often for some of you who may have been stuck in a snowdrift of late, but the weather so far this winter has been crazy good. I haven’t had much time for photography lately, so when I had a free afternoon last weekend I decided to take advantage [...]
One Man's Life
He doesn’t feel any pain. He is not hungry and his back is ramrod straight. His hands don’t ache in the damp cold of winter and he will never have to sweat away another day in the sun. Toward The Light Last year I took a lot of photos of this old character. I met [...]
