January 6th, 2006
Photo-a-Day in China
The biggest relief of being home is that I no longer have to take photos everyday. While in China, I started a photography project- a photo a day in China. Taking photos everyday, and choosing one of those as a representative photo really took over our lives while traveling. I ended up wearing my camera around my neck for every moment outside of the hotel room, even during bus and train rides. After a full day of transportation, we usually still had to trudge out and and try to photograph things. I did manage to get a photo for each day, which was extremely rewarding. Of course in China, not every day goes well, so I ended up with some duds that I’m not proud of, but there are also some nice ones too. I am going to post these daily photos everyday on my photoblog, and I hope that some people can see the wonderful diversity of the people and the land in China- from the Uighur people of the west, to the minorities of Guizhou province, and the tropics of Xishuangbanna near Laos, to the frigid Heilongjiang near Russia.
September 14th, 2006 at 9:02 pm
It’s a joy reading your weblogs and viewing your pictures. The writing is so relaxed and therefore fun and easy to read, the pictures -despite your modesty and self criticism- are top quality.
I study in Nanjing,PRC(3 years now) and I have been to Japan (I was in Kyoto for 3 weeks, summer ‘05).So in that sense your website is inspiring and rewarding, thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.