Tag: photography
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Travel: Things You Lose. Things You Find. Things You Pack. Things You Leave Behind.
Travel is a worthwhile adventure — an invaluable expedition. Things experienced can leave one speechless, yet transform them into a Walt Disney-like storyteller once they return home. Traveling often teaches one to pack light; to leave at home your fears, ego, and preconceived ideas. If you are lucky, you may…
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The Ephemeral Moment that Created the Perfect Photo
Everyone has that “perfect wedding photo”. The one they put on the ‘thank you’ card, post on Facebook, and use as their profile picture for a year after the wedding. This blog is not about “that photo”… It is about the ephemeral instant that makes the perfect photo happen. My…
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Symmetrical Violation
Photo Prompt: Symmetry This week, share an image of symmetry. Void of precise terms of display or reason. A parking spot disruption conundrum. Would you notice this asymmetrical accident? Would you pause for a second to admire the irony? I did. It’s the little things.
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The Simplicity of the Chinese Mud Pie
A busy Beijing street. Fruit tents, newspapers, grills, and traffic… Then there is an ally, with a boy, making mud pies. Simple, fun, not a worry in the world. Just a fun Sunday.
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The Scale of a Chinese Pagoda
The first time I visited the Summer Palace in China I took a series of photos of the Yu Quan Hill and the Yu Feng Pagoda then wrote a blog about it. During fall of the following year I returned to the Summer Palace and picked up where I left…
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Serenity in Solitude
Is there serenity in solitude? Some would say so. Others fear there is not. Perhaps we should ask a rest stop rocking chair on a cold and rainy January day. There are normally happy families climbing on buses to whitewater raft, young couples playing mini-golf, and college kids eating at…
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A Chinese Palace of Summer
A serene oasis amidst the bustle of a thriving Beijing metropolis. The calm center of the city. A Palace of Summer that is serene year-round. At the Palace a person doesn’t think of the chaotic downtown streets, the assiduous taxis, or sky scrapers that are obstructed through the smog. Serenity…
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Yellow Paint and a First Dance
A married couple’s first dance always gets a spot in the memory book. Most newlyweds have their first dance in front of an ice sculpture, wedding cake, or a beautifully decorated master table. A romantic setting for a perfect moment in time. My husband and I went in a different…
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Chinese Ribbons Make a Minimalist
There is no such thing as a free lunch, the glass is either half-empty or half-full, keep up with the Jonses’, the bigger the better… Embellished. Ornate. Lavish. Outlandish. It seems that there is no room left for the minimalist in today’s society… But in the middle of Beijing, China;…
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Why I Started Blogging: The Messy Truth Behind the Uncustomary Housewife
Why do people blog? Why did I start blogging? This is my 1 Year Anniversary with blogging. I’ve never revealed why I started, but today I’m ready to share. Buddha sat down beneath a tree because he knew there was more to life. John Lennon wrote Imagine because he knew…
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Beijing Taxi Physics, A Refraction
Catching a Beijing Taxi, it’s a simple refraction. An essential surface phenomenon. A transmission medium. I’m here, yet I need to be there. A governance to the law of conservation. Chinese energy and momentum. It’s basic physics… Simple, right? Just like catching a Beijing Taxi.
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Something Stands Between my Husband and I
Normally the phrase “something stands between my husband and I” is a negative statement, but in my marriage it is a wonderful and comforting one. Our dog is always between us. She walks between us on hikes, sits between us on the couch, and sleeps between us in bed, she…
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Threes: The Summer Palace, China
Historians believe that Confucius once said, “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” I hope historians are right, because I really like that quote. A series of three photos: I snapped the following series of pictures during a trip to the Beijing Summer Palace; one of the most beautifully…
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A Vampire Named Louis Made Me Love Sunsets
People constantly ask me, “Why do you take so many pictures?” The time for an explanation has finally arrived. Today WordPress threw a curveball by saying that I could write about anything… as long as I included all the colors of the rainbow. So, today I’m not writing about rainbows, I’m…
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My Husband’s Favorite Picture
WHEN THE DOORS OPENED, and my music started playing, I looked down the isle at my groom. I didn’t see the 200 people standing in the chapel, smiling and snapping pictures. I didn’t see the beautiful decorations, which I had thought about tirelessly for weeks; not the flowers, not the…
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Families and Fruit Tents
A Beijing Fruit Tent: During my time at the Beijing University of Agriculture I stayed on a street that reminded me a lot of an American festival. Families working, with griddles lined up side-by-side cooking various foods “on a stick”, fruit and drink tents, and the occasional bootleg DVD stand. The…