Passing Car

 

I noticed the three arrows in this scene on my way from the harbour to the high street. I followed the advice of one of my photographers Sam Abell and composed and waited. Several vehicles passed that didn't fit or were going too fast but eventually I clicked as this small white car passed. I was pleased with this one.

Parking

 

Eastern Paid Parking Lot

An attempt to make the ugliness and chaos of the city somewhat presentable.

A Few From Seoul

It was too hot to do much proper photography while I was in Seoul last week. I mostly took snapshots to share with friends, but a few, I think, are worth sharing on the blog.

 

The bus to Seoul stopped at a service area for ten minutes. Enough time to use the toilet or get something at the convenience store, but not both. I chose to get something to drink and on the way back to the bus I noticed a couple of transport trucks hauling cars for movie sets. In addition to a Ford Granada V6 was this Opel Rekord 1900.

The neighbourhood of Itaewon is full of steep hills. It was too hot to go up and down them, so I took photographs from the tops of stairs. Itaewon is a foreign quarter and there are many international restaurants such as the Russian one advertised by the sign in the top left.

Riding the subway on my way to see a Martin Parr exhibition at the Seoul Photography Museum.

My hotel was in a neighbourhood full of construction and small industrial shops so the view wasn't very good during the day. But at night I discovered an interesting photo opportunity from my window. This picture was made handheld through glass, so maybe don't look too closely . . .

The Good Old Days (Both Directions)

When I watch films set in the pre-electronic past, I envy the absence of computers and phones on desks. How good it would be to not have constant distractions and temptations and to perhaps think clearly with pen and paper.

Of course, if the people of that era knew about word-processing and spreadsheets, no doubt they would want to ditch their bottles of ink and get a machine that saves them time and effort.

Bird Perches and Lake

 

Yeongnang Lake, Sokcho.

I am pleased with this composition but it is something of a practice picture. I would like to come by one morning and find loons drying their wings on the perches.

Writing Skills

My writing skills are atrocious. I can manage a few decent sentences and sometimes a paragraph, but I can't organise my thoughts well enough to complete a short story or a simple essay. I was never a good writer, but years of living in a non-English foreign country and almost as many years having my brain rotted by computers and the Internet have led to a serious deterioration of my ability to think and communicate clearly. I need to rehabilitate myself by regularly writing good sentences, then good paragraphs, and then moving up to essays and stories. This blog entry could be a start.

Tractor in Yongchon Village

 

Tractor, Yongchon Village. 

I had to return to this scene many times to get a composition and light that I was happy with.