01.05.10 New Years eve in Dallas
Just some snaps from the end of 2009. Went into Dallas with Greg and Lakshman.
Posts Tagged ‘people’
11.23.09 Random Savannah
String of totally banal photos taken over the course of my quarter in Savannah.
Tagged d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4D, nikon, nikon 20-35mm f/2.8, people, random, savannah, scad, street
06.28.09 First days of Shanghai
Shanghai was a mixed bag in terms of favorite places I’ve been to. It’s a giant city – second largest in the world – but once you get past the surface, which looks like a culturally vibrant and crazy place, it’s really all about business. The arts scene was highly commercial, in a bad way, though it did have its gems. I’ll get to that even more in a later post. Architecturally though, it’s far and ahead one of the more interesting, in China and worldwide. The World Expo (aka World’s Fair) is being held there next year, so a lot of construction is going on to get these ridiculous projects built. What I also liked was in the mornings, people would be out and about right outside the hotel doing tai-chi and dance aerobics, even playing badminton. There was a pedestrian only boulevard / plaza in front of the hotel where all this took place.
Tagged china, d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4D, nikkor 85mm f/1.4D, nikon 20-35mm f/2.8, people, shanghai, temple, travel
06.25.09 Hangzhou
One entry for Hangzhou. The least culturally vibrant of the places we visited in China. I’d associate it with the equivalent of the American upper middle class suburb, in the sense the architecture and environment reflected a concern with money and artificial beauty, rather than quirkiness and the embrace of organic culture. The temple area was rather pretty, but the city in general had that kind of vibe going for it.
Tagged china, forest, hangzhou, nikkor 50mm f/1.4D, nikkor 85mm f/1.4D, nikon, nikon 20-35mm f/2.8, people, scad, street, temple, travel
06.25.09 Streets of Xian
Well, I’m finally back in the states, but I’m hardly even halfway done posting all of the images from the trip. Costly internet in Hong Kong prevented further updates, and it wasn’t until now I had the time / inclination to start posting. Although at least now I’m back on the desktop with Lightroom, and thus, better lookin’ exports over Picasa.
