August Desktop Calendar
Taking a break from 5 this week because it’s the last day of the month and that means it’s time for a new desktop calendar for free download. August’s calendar image comes from the Sho Qing Opera Troupe, a traditional Taiwanese opera performance group. To see more images of the group, you can take a [...]
Sheri at Tai-Da
Taipei seems to be a popular destination for American models this summer. Fresh from the shoot with Jen a couple of weeks ago, I met up with Sheri. Hailing from New York and represented by Abrams Artists Agency, Sheri is in Taipei for a couple of months and we met up on a rainy Sunday [...]
Taipei Photowalk 2009 – The Winner and Selected Highlights
After a few days of consideration, a careful study of the submitted images and a lot of coffee, it’s time to announce the winning image from the Taipei leg of the 2009 Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk. There were so many great images posted to peoples Flickr streams that I thought it’d be very difficult to [...]
National Museum of Taiwanese Literature
The National Museum of Taiwanese Literature was opened in 2003 in the southern city of Tainan. The museum is dedicated to researching, preserving, cataloging and exhibiting literary artifacts. The museum thematically traces the history of Taiwan’s literary development. The introduction celebrates Taiwan’s spirit of self-determination, and highlights her struggle as she treads her literary journey.
Shutterbug Sunday – Wahliao Dot Com
Shutterbug Sunday goes to Singapore this week to feature Wong Kin Leong, better known as WahliaoDotCom, photographer for the Singapore Tourism Board and their Uniquely Singapore campaign. Shifting effortlessly between genres, alternating color with black and white, architecture with weddings, lifestyle and personal projects gives wahliaodotcom a unique style. The images capture the bustle of [...]
Five For Friday – Noel Gallagher
A few months ago, I covered the Oasis “Live Forever” tour of Taiwan for Hinoter magazine. Issue number 37 is now available (Chinese only) in Taiwan which carries the interview we did with Noel Gallagher as well as a few live shots. Noel was generous with his time, giving us a good half an hour [...]
Jen in Ximending
LA-based model Jennifer is in Taipei for the summer and we met up last week for a quick shoot in Taipei’s trendy Ximending area. With temperatures in the mid-thirties centigrade, we tried to find some shady areas, but even still, we only shot for 2 hours or so. All images were taken with a Canon [...]
Taipei Photowalk – A Few Snaps
Saturday July 18th 2009 saw the first ever Taipei Photowalk, held as part of the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk. I served as leader for a group of 50 or so photographers wandering through the streets in Xinyi district, Taipei. Our group was truly multicultural – we had members from Taiwan, India, Australia, Vietnam, Scotland, Poland, [...]
Shutterbug Sunday – Mark Hewatt Photo
Here we are again on Sunday and another featured photographer in the Shutterbug Sunday series. I hope everyone who participated in Photowalks around the world yesterday had fun, stayed safe, made some new friends and shot some cool photos. Today, the spotlight is on Mark Hewatt, an experimental photographer from North Georgia, USA. Unlike some [...]
Five For Friday – Random India
Some random images this week on 5. The only thing these five photographs have in common is that they’re black and white photos from India that were shot in 1997. Before we get into that though, don’t forget that Photowalk is happening worldwide this Saturday, July 18th. I’ll will be leading the Taipei event, details [...]
Taipei Photowalk
Only two more days until the first Taipei Photowalk. As part of the Worldwide Photowalk, this years event will be held in Taiwan for the first time, with one walk being hosted by me in Taipei, and another in Taichung hosted by Mark Forman. Details for the Taipei event are : Date Saturday July 18th [...]
Photo Critique – The Worker
Time for the second installment in the photo critique series. Your response to the last one was positive with quite a few people saying I was too nice in my critique, so this one might be a bit tougher. Once again, I won’t reveal the name of the photographer and my intentions in offering this [...]
More Musings on Creativity and Seeing
Last week, in the post Musings on Creativity and Seeing, we looked at some different ways to get you thinking creatively. Today, we’ll delve into that some more by looking at simplicity, six elements of design and touch a little on composition. More after the jump.
Sunday Shutterbug – Brent Walker
Sunday again and this week we’re looking at Brent Walker. Brent is a photographer in Atlanta, GA. He is the owner of Lucky Pinup Photography and operates his commercial and fine art business from Brent Walker Photography. He says, My career as a photographer has been one of high contrast. It’s not uncommon for me [...]
Five For Friday – A Wedding
End of the week again, so you know what that means. Time for 5. This week we have five photographs from a wedding I shot last weekend. Over the past few years, I’ve been shooting weddings occasionally but this year I’ve decided to try to shoot a lot more. If you, or anyone you know, [...]
Katoli’s World – Abandoned Dreams and Urbex Heaven
Time for another post from the archives. This first appeared in September 2007. At 1.47am on September 21, 1999, an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale occurred along the Chelungpu faultline in central western Taiwan. With it’s epicenter located at the town of Jiji, the 921 quake claimed the lives of 2415 people, severely [...]
Musings on Creativity and Seeing
The other day the UPS guy arrived at my door with a copy of David duChemin’s excellent new book “Within The Frame”. In it, he talks about “the journey of photographic vision”. It got me thinking about how we see as artists, how our vision enables us to create great photography (or poetry, music, painting [...]
Shutterbug Sunday – Mitchell Kanashkevich
Shutterbug Sunday is moving into the world of travel documentary photography this week, with the spotlight being placed on Mitchell Kanashkevich, a freelance travel and documentary photographer who is represented by Getty Images. More after the jump. Clicking on the pictures will take you to different parts of Mitchell’s portfolio and blog.
Five For Friday – Night Markets
The night market is an important facet of Asian lifestyle and this weeks 5 takes a look at some of Taiwan’s night markets. Ranging from a few tables on a sidewalk to closed off streets and purpose-built marketplaces, night markets are an essential part of Taiwan’s xiaochi (small eats) culinary culture.
July Desktop Calendar
Halfway through the year now and so it’s time for the seventh calendar. July’s calendar comes from a shoot for a magazine article that was done of Taipei 101 from Elephant Mountain, Taipei. Click on the download link below to download the calendar – there are 9 different sizes in the zip file, including iPhone. [...]
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