[Warning, emotional crap ahead, feel free to skip.] I’m still here. I have to say, work has been really getting me down for the last few months. Couple that with a move, and you got the slump that I’d been in. I had been through some episodes before, so I understood immediately that if things […]
Category: Trips
Streets of Vancouver: Episode 1
Hey guys yea I’m not dead. I’ve been so busy in the last few months I really just didn’t have time to go out and take many photos. But now that things have slowed down a little bit, I’m planning to renew my focus on photography. Sorry, I know you guys were waiting for […]
Restaurant Series: Kobi Korean BBQ (North York)
I’ve been back home for Christmas, in Ottawa. But I planned for a Toronto trip in the middle of this little vacation, because most of my friends ended up in Toronto after graduation. I know Vancouver is supposed to have better Korean food overall, but I still hold onto the belief that Finch Ave. has […]
Film Series: Canonet QL 19, September 2017, Kodak Portra 400
Second roll of film I shot with the camera, as soon as I knew the camera worked, is the Portra 400. I first shot an expired 120 roll of these back in 2013 when I was on co-op at QNX, and had a chance to play with a Mamiya 645. Despite screwing up and ruining […]
Review Series: iPhone 8 Plus
Title photo is inspired by Kelsey McClellan. Before you flame me on my choice of phone, OS and/or calling a smartphone camera as a camera. Let me explain. My Xiaomi Mi 6 was great, the portrait mode was adequate, and the phone itself ran fine. But once I started working, some issues became obvious: – […]
Film Series: Canonet QL 19, August 2017, Fujifilm C200
I’ve been feeling uninspired lately. I’m not sure if it’s the new work, or the more consistent schedule, or that I’m always tired. I just haven’t been taking that many photos lately, nor did I have the desire to. I was kinda burnt out, maybe? But the streets of Vancouver makes such interesting scenes everyday, […]
Restaurant Series: Miku (Waterfront)
Shirley was visiting this weekend. Vancouver is surprisingly picky on Japanese food, since we were planning to do a shoot in Stanley Park around the afternoon, we wanted to grab lunch relatively close to that area. Given this restriction, the best Yelp could offer was Miku, sitting at 4.5 stars with 900+ reviews. I booked […]
Back Home. [Xi’an Day 3]
Play this. Or this. How do you express the feeling when you haven’t been home for 5 years, and then you return? It’s kinda hard to describe, but I found myself smiling more every meter I moved towards my home. I was born and raised until 11 years old in Xi’an, China. This is […]
Trip to Hutongs and Houhai (胡同与后海) [Beijing Day 8]
Ok, so 2 things. I know this was a huge gap from day 2.. I got some minor food poisoning and did nothing worth noting for a few days. Mainly being a potato. Also I’m now posting this about 2 months late. I’ve just been too caught up between moving across the country and playing […]
Restaurant Series: La Jia Si Chu (辣家私厨) Beijing [Beijing Day 2]
At the end of a long day, nothing beats a good meal of baby lobsters. I used to have this stuff all the time before I left China. My mom would take me out on the streets after work on her scooter, and we’d eat either this stuff, or claypot, or both. I know we […]