Photo Essays
A staple of good documentary storytelling, a photoessay exists to communicate a story through a sequence of images based around a common theme. If you think of the entire photoessay like a news article, then the individual images have to be like the sentences or paragraphs in a written work. A photoessay can contain words [...]
Five For Friday – Photo Essay Tips
This week on 5 we’re going to look at a few tips for creating photo essays. Humans are naturally drawn to stories and with a little planning, you can create your own photo essay that will wow family, friends and strangers. A photoessay is simply a series of photographs put together that tell a story. [...]
Kinmen’s Military Bunkers
The final flashpoint of the Chinese civil war between Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists and Mao Zedong’s Communists, Kinmen is a small island under Taiwanese control but located 2km off the coast of Fujian province, China. From 1949, throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, Chinese cannons pounded Kinmen with over one million rounds. The earliest fighting [...]
Kinmen’s Military Bunkers
The final flashpoint of the Chinese civil war between Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists and Mao Zedong’s Communists, Kinmen is a small island under Taiwanese control but located 2km off the coast of Fujian province, China. From 1949, throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, Chinese cannons pounded Kinmen with over one million rounds. The earliest fighting [...]
Cosplay
For those who fancy themselves as superheroes or comic book characters, cosplay is the answer. Short for costume play, Cosplay was originally a Japanese subculture that began in the 1970s which featured people dressing as characters from anime, manga, tokasatsu and video games. As it’s grown and spread to other countries, it’s added some local [...]
Mazu Madness
Fireworks madness from the Mazu Festival. Don’t forget to take a look at previous posts detailing the origins of the Mazu Pilgrimage and images from the first 2 days of this years festival. Also, check out the complete gallery of Mazu images from which these few highlights are taken.
2008 Mazu Pilgrimage Festival
Saturday April 5th saw the start of the 2008 Mazu Pilgrimage. Among the many gods and goddesses worshipped in Taiwan, Mazu, the Goddess of the Sea is perhaps the most revered. Every year, in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar, the Dajia Mazu, which is housed at the Zhenlan temple, is taken out on [...]
Foguangshan – Buddha’s Light Mountain
In 1967, Venerable Master Hsing Yun purchased 30 hectares of land in Dashu , a small town in Kaohsiung county and founded the Foguangshan Monastery. During the groundbreaking ceremony on May 16th, Master Hsing Yun established the following objectives. Spread the Dharma through culture. Cultivate human talents through education. Benefit society through philanthropy. Purify the [...]
Foguangshan – Buddha’s Light Mountain
In 1967, Venerable Master Hsing Yun purchased 30 hectares of land in Dashu , a small town in Kaohsiung county and founded the Foguangshan Monastery. During the groundbreaking ceremony on May 16th, Master Hsing Yun established the following objectives. Spread the Dharma through culture. Cultivate human talents through education. Benefit society through philanthropy. Purify the [...]
Alishan Forest Railway
Alishan (Mt Ali) in the mountains east of Jiayi is one of Taiwan’s top tourist destinations. High mountain tea, panoramic vistas and 1000 year old forests are all must-see attractions in the area, but perhaps the most famous attraction of all is the Alishan Forest Railway .
Kaohsiung MRT
20 years ago, the Kaohsiung City Government undertook a feasibility study to construct a rapid transit system in Kaohsiung. In 1990, after favorable results from the study and lobbying efforts, approval was granted to establish the Kaohsiung City Mass Rapid Transit Bureau. Disputes in funding between the city government and county government stalled the project [...]
Changhua’s Fan-shaped Garage
A couple of weeks ago Ashish from Tumbling in Taiwan posted about a recent trip he made to Changhua. In it he mentioned seeing a sign at the train station that said “fan-shape garage” and was wondering what it was. So, with today being a beautiful winters day with clear blue skies, I decided to [...]
Changhua’s Fan-shaped Garage
A couple of weeks ago Ashish from Tumbling in Taiwan posted about a recent trip he made to Changhua. In it he mentioned seeing a sign at the train station that said “fan-shape garage” and was wondering what it was. So, with today being a beautiful winters day with clear blue skies, I decided to [...]
A Return to the San-zhr Pod Village
Last May I blogged about the abandoned pod development in San-zhr on the north coast of Taiwan. It has proved to be one of the more popular posts on this site, so last week a friend and I headed out there for a photo shoot. The first time I was there, I stayed outside as [...]
Katoli’s World Slideshow
Three months ago, I posted a photoessay about Katoli’s World, the now abandoned amusement park destroyed during the 921 earthquake. Continuing my experiments with slideshows and music, I’ve created another video presentation. Enjoy.
Katoli’s World Slideshow
Three months ago, I posted a photoessay about Katoli’s World, the now abandoned amusement park destroyed during the 921 earthquake. Continuing my experiments with slideshows and music, I’ve created another video presentation. Enjoy.
Slideshows with Music – new feature
Been experimenting with some slideshows of photos with some background music. I’m not sure how well it works, so think of this as a test case. The photos are all from the 2007 Mazu Festival in Dajia that I blogged about earlier in the year. Let me know what you think of the slideshow.
Longshan Temple, Taipei
In 1738, settlers from Fujian, China constructed a temple in Wanhua, Taipei on the site where a man left an amulet of Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) hanging from a tree. Legend has it that the amulet gave off a bright light, even in the darkness and so, a temple was built. That temple is the [...]
Merida Cup @ Shetou, Zhanghua
This weekend saw the 2007 Merida Cup take place in Shetou), Changhua county. A series of mountain bike races over back roads and hiking trails was held. I meet up with Joe from Fotozon and we headed down to see the action. We arrived in time to see five uphill races spaced out over a [...]
Visions of Angkor
After decades of war, genocide and famine, tourist arrivals in Cambodia have been steadily increasing since the late 1990s. Tourism was Cambodia’s fastest growing industry, with arrivals increasing from 219,000 in 1997 to 1,700,000 in 2006 and in the first nine months of 2007 there’s been a further increase of 19%. One of the jewels [...]
Exploring Jiji, Nantou
Jiji (集集) in Nantou county (å—投縣) is a small town that was hard hit by the 921 earthquake (ä¹äºŒä¸€å¤§åœ°éœ‡) that was measured at 7.3 on the Richter scale and claimed the lives of 2400 people. The epicenter of the quake was in Jiji and devastated the town. Over the past 8 years, Jiji has been [...]
Random Acts of Dao
Went out for an after dinner walk last night. As I was about to leave, I heard the sounds of lots of fireworks being let off, and remembering that I’d seen a lot of Gods walking through the streets earlier in the day, I grabbed a camera and some earplugs and went in search of [...]
Taoyuanli Forest Trail
At the northern end of Baguashan (å…«å¦å±±) on the edge of the city of Changhua (彰化市) is a hilly terrace called Taoyuanli. Lying behind the Changhua University of Education, Taoyuanli is dotted with hiking trails and makes an easy escape from the city. The area used to be known as kang-a-lai, which means “inside the [...]
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