Blue

I found a photo I took a couple weeks ago while cleaning up my hard drive. It was just water on the glass of my window. The white behind it was the sun. Looking at this photo, I see a lighthouse in a sea of mist, like in a dream when we don't really see much but we know what it is. However, I think the photo alone is quite abstract, maybe a nice quote will help defining it better. And I found this quote: "there always a touch of sadness around the most beautiful things in life". What a perfect quote for my photo! Although it isn't literally about the image I have in my mind but it describes well my feeling. As an artist, I believe it is best to share the feeling with others and leave the visual part for them to interpret.

Photo of a winter day

I went for a walk in the neighborhood with my camera. There is a nice lake near by where most couples go for their wedding photos.  The lake was frozen and the paths around it were slippery with ice. The landscape was nice in the sunset but I didn't get any good photo out of it. My feet were already numb after an hour wandering. I gave up and on my way heading home when I spot a hokey goal with a tennis ball sitting on the net. It probably has been there since summer. Maybe I don't have any typical photo of winter today but a photo of the forgotten summer is not bad.

Winter

I got back to watercolor recently. This one is a bit more serious than the previous illustration I posted a few days ago. I think I'm still in the warming up mode. For now I'm not aiming for any big project. I just start with anything inspiring. This illustration/painting is based on a free photo I found on morguefile.com. I'm trying to loosen up and refresh my feeling with the medium. I think watercolor is about building up the intuition to know when to control and when to let go. It's important to keep practicing and pushing the limit.

Yay! New lense!

I bought a new lense (a Nikkors AF-S 35mm 1:1.8) last month. This photo is one of the test shots. I was just grabbing whatever I have on the desk but it turned out really nice. I haven't got used to the lense yet but I'm excited with the new challenge. More cool pics will come for sure.

Chimneys

I was walking on the street the other day. It was cold but sunny and nice. The sky was so blue. I spotted some colourful chimneys on the building across my school. All I had that day on me was the cell phone which took a crappy pic. So I decided to go back and take revenge with my tele lense. However, the weather was bad until a week later. I waited, waited, waited and finally was able to take a nice pic. Later on I developed a habit of checking the colour of chimneys wherever I see them. I haven't found any other colour chimney. Most of them are just grey or black. I wonder who had the idea of painting these?

Just an apple

I went apple picking last Monday. It was Thanksgiving long weekend. Monday was the only day off I have. I was dead tired at the end of the day but had a good time. There were times I considered learning photography seriously. However, I know I would put pressure on myself to become a serious "photographer". At the end, I decided to take it easy.  So this is what I got from playing with the camera settings and wandering about. Without bothering much about techniques, I'm trying to capture what I find interesting.